The Lake County Government Thieves and Charlatans Are at Your Door!!!

The Lake County Government Council is about to vote on implementing a local county income tax.  An individual income tax of 1% on income earned in Lake County.  The overall affect of this tax will be to dramatically shift funds from south Lake County to the northern cities of Lake County.  It has no other value.  It is a way for the mayors of the three incompetent, corrupt, non-performing, and generally financially bankrupt cities to pick the pockets of the citizens of Lake County further.  There, literally, is no additional benefit for this effort.

The Lake County Council, who is about to vote on this tax, is so afraid of the truth coming out, that they have forbidden Mr. Michael Griffin, Clerk/Treasurer of Highland, from making a power point presentation to them on the inequality and ineffectiveness of this tax and its consequances.  There is no one who disagrees with the assessment that Mr. Griffin is the most knowledgeable individual in Lake County, if not the State of Indiana, on local government financing.  The man is not only brilliant on this topic, among others, everyone, Democrat or Republican (or in between), know him to be of the utmost integrity as well as fair and unbiased.  He is real credit to all public and elected officials. 

To deny him the opportunity to present his case speaks volumes about what the Lake County Council is about to do and their commitment to "not be confused by the facts."  I therefore take this humble opportunity to make available the power point presentation that Mr. Griffin would have presented to the Council if he had been given the opportunity.  The following is his presentation: Income20tax20talk1.ppt.

The central idea is two fold.  One, it is a shift of money from south towns to the northern cities.  Two, the tax only addresses, as usual, increasing the source of government funds not with reducing any of the costs.

This continuous feeding of the northern cities insatiable appetite for other people's money and their incompetent governorship must be put to an end.  The only way to do that is like dealing with an addict, cut off the source of juice.  You are therefore encouraged to call, fax, or write your Lake County Commissioners and Lake County Council members and tell them: "NO!!  and Hell, NO on the income tax!!"  If you do not do it now, do not cry later. 

The following are all the elected people in position to make a difference and their phone numbers:

LAKE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Frances DuPey, Commissioner, 3rd District

Building 'A', 3rd Floor, 2293 N. Main Street, Crown Point, IN 46307

Phone: 219-755-3205

Alt. Phone: 219-933-2808

Fax: 219-755-3064

Gerry Scheub, Commissioner, 2nd District

Building 'A', 3rd Floor, 2293 N. Main Street, Crown Point, IN 46307

Phone: 219-755-3200

Fax: 219-755-3064

Roosevelt Allen Jr., Commissioner, 1st District

Building 'A', 3rd Floor, 2293 N. Main Street, Crown Point, IN 46307

Phone: 219-755-3056 Fax: 219-755-3064

Gary Courthouse, 400 Broadway, Gary, IN 46402

Phone: 219 881-6078

East Chicago Courthouse, 3711 East Main Street, East Chicago, IN 46312

Phone: 219 397-6728

LAKE COUNTY COUNCIL

Ted Bilski, Councilman

Elsie Brown-Franklin, Councilwoman

William (Will) Smith, Jr., Councilman

Thomas C. O'Donnell, Councilman

Ernie Dillon, Councilman

Larry Blanchard, Councilman

Christine Cid, Councilwoman

2293 N. Main Street

Crown Point, IN 46307

Phone: 219-755-3000

Fax: 755-3283

DO IT NOW!!!  THERE REALLY IS NO TOMORROW ON THIS.

Comments

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Professor, I have Tom O'Donnell's home phone number and personal e-mail address on my blog.

I urge everyone reading this to call and e-mail O'Donnell. He is the lynchpin. If he doesn't vote to over-ride the veto, the COIT doesn't pass.