Dec
21
Scheub Threatens To Quit Democrats Over 1% Tax
Filed Under COIT, Gerry Scheub, Income Tax, Lake County, Lake County Commissioners, Lake County Council, property tax crisis, tax revolt, taxes
Lake County Commissioner Gerry Scheub threatens to quit the Democratic party if taxpayers aren’t allowed to speak before the Lake County Council votes to override the Commissioners’ veto of the 1% income tax legislation, reports the Northwest Indiana Times.
Lake County Commissioner Gerry Scheub said he is so upset about an aspect of the county income tax voting process he may resign from the Democratic Party.
“I don’t want to be part of this party if the Lake County Council doesn’t permit residents, citizens and taxpayers to speak prior to their vote Dec. 28,” Scheub, D-Schererville, said Thursday.
That pledge could result in the end of the 72-year-old politician’s long career in the Democratic Party, which includes 20 years as a St. John Township trustee and 11 in his current office as a chief executive in county government. …
“It’s as emotional as hell,” Scheub said Thursday.
Votes on the tax come as the county is mailing out 2007 property tax bills that are 13 percent to 23 percent higher than last year, the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance announced Thursday.
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