Bilski Might Vote No On Lake Income Tax

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The Northwest Indiana Times reports that Lake County Councilman Ted Bilski might vote “NO” on the new Lake County income tax because it doesn’t fairly distribute tax revenues because the money taken from taxpayers’ paychecks doesn’t necessarily stay in their communities.

Writes Bill Dolan for the Times:

County Councilman Ted Bilski, D-Hobart, said Thursday he is prepared to vote against the 1 percent personal income tax he supported only last week because its redistribution as property tax relief would be unfair under the current proposal.

“I’ve been waiting a month for this hybrid option, but we don’t have it yet,” Bilski said.

Four council members who support the tax are counting on Bilski’s vote today to overcome a veto on the tax by the Lake County Board of Commissioners.

Bilski said he has been soul searching since his vote for the tax. “I did not feel comfortable after that night. I’ve been meeting with our mayors and talking to everyone.

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3 Responses to “Bilski Might Vote No On Lake Income Tax”

Buzzcut on December 28th, 2007 9:05 am

I hope it’s true.

I’ll be there to make sure it comes true. Are you going?
Chris on December 28th, 2007 12:56 pm

Hi Buzz,

I’ll have to see what the wife has planned for this evening. It’s too bad that the tax vote wasn’t during the middle of the holiday season. Of course, I bet it was planned that way.
Chris on December 28th, 2007 1:19 pm

Hi Buzz,

I took a look at Professor Eisenstein’s blog and it might have convinced me that it is important to show up at tonight’s hearing — if only to show that I’m opposed to the imposition of a new tax that we all know will end up being increased at some later date.