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Income Tax Winners & Losers
Filed Under COIT, Income Tax, Lake County, Lake County Council, property tax crisis
Here’s the list of winners and losers under a Lake County income tax, according to a report by Bill Dolan of the Northwest Indiana Times. Notice how some of the same cities appear on both the lists of winners and losers.
Losers:
County Councilman Larry Blanchard, R-Crown Point, is opposed to the income tax, saying it will rob residents of East Chicago, Gary, Griffith, Hammond, Highland, Hobart, Lake Station, Merrillville, New Chicago and Schneider.
Winners:
New estimates indicate North Township — including East Chicago, Hammond, Highland and Munster — would get more money than paid out, but much smaller amounts than originally thought.
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