Steve Dalton at Porter County Politics looks at a John Byrne post that asks if HEA 1001 was an attempt to create a Lake County unigov like Marion County’s by requiring the county council to review budgets for Lake County’s municipalities and other taxing units.

I can see unigov as being one way to solve problems with the budgets in Lake County by taking advantages of economies of scale.

But, will people in south and north counties be willing to let go of local control in favor a county-wide control for schools — which are exempt from HEA 1001 — and other government offices?

What governmental units would be at their best if they were county-wide?

Would a Marion County style unigov system work in Lake County?

Would a unigov system concentrate power in the hands of too few elected officials — namely the Lake County Council?

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The South Shore Progressive asks if it is time to let the Republicans run Lake County for a while.

It’s just that I’m too disgusted by it all. I’m tired of the power struggles, the pissing matches, and the protection of the patronage system. Maybe its time to let the Republicans have a go at county government.

I probably would have remained a Democrat — my parents have been lifelong Democrats, my college education was dominated by Democratic Party leaning professors and I interned for Democrats on the state and federal level — if I hadn’t moved to Northwest Indiana.

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