Campaign Finance Reports Show No Major Surprises

The Northwest Indiana Times reports that Lake County campaign finance reports are out.

The result that the Democrats have thousands of dollars to each Republican dollar isn't surprising.

Major Democratic candidates in Lake County have major dollars, and they are spending them lavishly, Lake County campaign finance records filed Friday show.

The Lake County Board of Elections and Voter Registration released campaign finance disclosure reports indicating Democrats running for mayor in Gary, Hammond, East Chicago and Hobart are outspending their Republican opponents by a wide margin.

Prediction -- the candidates with the most money will be the winners.

Maybe a candidate or two can donate some money to help out struggling Merrillville before it closes down for lack of funds after an audit discovered someone swiped $300,000 from the town's budget.

On another electoral note, elections are coming up in Cuba and people are mad that they aren't getting low cost government houses that were promised decades ago. When three generations are crammed into small houses, it causes unrest among the people.

Of course, the country is communist, so we can assume the selection of the official party candidate won't be affected.

We shouldn't feel so bad here in Lake County. At least we aren't to the point yet where we are waiting in line to get a house and a car from our local government party leaders. However, we could see a day when we're all lining up at the Township Office to submit our application forms so that we can get a priority date for our free government health care.