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Jan
18
Will Lake Co. Income Tax Arise From Death?
Filed Under COIT, Income Tax, Lake County Council | 3 Comments
Just when it seemed that the proposed Lake County income tax was dead and buried after angry villagers with torches and pitch forks vanquished it, the second act of the play begins.
Like an evil creature from a Stephen King novel, the proposed Lake County income tax is slowing coming back to life.
Only time will tell if the evil creation will be powerful enough to defeat the good guys and destroy the local economy by rearing its ugly head just as economists are predicting a recession.
Read more at nwiblogs.com.
Jan
15
Disturbing Ethical Precedent
Filed Under Christine Cid, Lake County Council, government reform | Leave a Comment
The Northwest Indiana Times calls the selection of Lake County Councilwoman Christine Cid as president a “disturbing ethical precedent” because she is a county employee and will now have inordinate power to protect jobs in her department from cutbacks at a time the Good Government Initiative suggests cutting back local government and an Indiana government reform report states that elected officials should not also be allowed to serve as government employees.
This brings us to the main reason Cid should not have been named council president: She is a county employee and, therefore, cannot help but make decisions that affect her own department.
That is a major ethical no-no, and the rest of the council didn’t prevent it.
Cid is a supervisor in the county clerk’s office, overseeing operations in the East Chicago branch. It is difficult to imagine her being able to recommend eliminating her employees’ jobs — and possibly her own — as part of a reasonable decision to consolidate operations in Crown Point.
