Taxes are rising everywhere in Lake County, except for Hammond, Winfield, and Schererville, reports Susan Brown of the Northwest Indiana Times.

The city of Hammond showed a 4 percent reduction in its tax levy, followed by Winfield at 3.8 percent and Schererville at 2.9 percent.

At the other end of the spectrum, the town of Dyer showed a rise of 23.9 percent.

Observes Buzzcut at Blue County in a Red State:

Only 3 out of 80 municipalities in Lake County cut their levy this year.

Most of the money spent on local government taxes in Lake County goes to operating expenses (77%), debt (16%), and capital (7%), according the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance. In 2007, as well as 2006, residential property owners paid 64.2% of the taxes. Commercial interests paid 20.1% in 2007 and 19.5% in 2006.

The DLGF report shows that Lake County’s spending has grown by 55.3% since 1998 while inflation has only risen 24.7% since that time.

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