Jan
18
Will Lake Co. Income Tax Arise From Death?
Filed Under COIT, Income Tax, Lake County Council | Leave a Comment
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.
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Jan
18
Chicago Pollutes NWI Air
Filed Under Chicago, IDEM, Lake County, Northwest Indiana, Porter County, air quality, environment | Leave a Comment
An IDEM official says that Chicago is polluting Northwest Indiana air.
Writes the Post-Tribune’s Gitte Laasby:
When Lake and Porter counties have ozone problems on hot days, don’t blame the region’s heavy lakeshore industries. Indiana’s top environmental official suggests you look toward Chicago instead.
“The No. 1 contributor (to ozone problems in Lake and Porter counties) is Chicago,” Indiana Department of Environmental Management Commissioner Tom Easterly said in a recent Portage appearance.
Not so fast, an Illinois public heath expert counters. …
It makes sense that the wind blowing from the west would carry away pollution created in Illinois into Northwest Indiana. But, I still wouldn’t give Indiana’s heavy industries free reign to pump out more pollution just because Chicago is contributing to our air quality problems.
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Jan
17
Almost Unforgivable
Filed Under GUEA, Willie Harris | Leave a Comment
It’s bad when the judge calls crimes “almost unforgivable” when sending away a politically-connected defendant to more than four years.
Writes the Post-Tribune’s Andy Grimm:
Gary attorney Willie Harris received a prison sentence of more than four years, nearly the maximum under federal guidelines, for his role in a scheme to defraud two not-for-profit groups in a 2001 land deal.
During a sentencing hearing Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Philip Simon called Harris’ conduct in a series of deals “almost unforgivable,” noting that to complete a series of fraudulent land sales, Harris bilked a charitable group founded by his aunt and forged the signature of a woman who considered him a brother.
“This is a case where the evidence is that Mr. Harris and the other defendants, but especially (Harris), is essentially preying on an old woman,” Simon said. “And an old woman who was a relative … and a client.
“What I have here is a profound abdication (of his duty) as a family member, as a taxpayer and as an attorney.”
