 He resigned from the council in September 1998 to devote more time to his family and his law practice and was replaced on the council by James Gradolf.When Hackett purchased a home in Indian Hill in 2000, the purchase made "The Cincinnati Enquirer"'s column of most expensive real-estate transactions in the area.Hackett decided to run for Congress because "with all that this country has given me, I felt it wasn't right for me to be enjoying life in Indian Hill when Marines were fighting and dying in Iraq," he told "The Cincinnati Post".