NWI's State Representative Chester Dobis is the real front man in the current session of the Indiana State Legislature. My new moniker for Mr. Dobis is "My Man Chester."
Now many of you will recognize that Mr. Dobis and I have had our differences over the years and I have been plenty critical of him when we have disagreed. But when Mr. Dobis is right, I must support him with the same strength as I have been a critic.
Representative Dobis has consistently shown that he recognizes the realities of over bloated budgeting and useless expenditures of tax dollars by most units of local government in NWI. He has specifically indicated the gross failures of Lake County Government and of the three largest cities of NWI: Gary, Hammond, and East Chicago.
Mr. Dobis has specifically challenged the political leadership of Lake County Government and the Mayors of the three cities to put up or shut up. That is not a threat by him or a wish, it is a reality. The rest of the State of Indiana is not going to keep on getting the unwilling and the incompetents out of the fiscal troubles by increasing tax revenues.
Specifically, the 2% cap ,which is now law to extend the cap to rental units and businesses, will not be amended solely to "save" Lake County without some serious efforts on the part of the political units in Lake County to correct their ongoing thirst for other people's money. Mr. Dobis was even more specific. He said I don't buy your promises and I am not going to try to sell those promises to my colleagues. I have heard those promises before and as soon as the Lake County Mayors and County politicians get their way, they forget their promises.
It is truly time for tough love being directed at Lake County governmental units. Mr. Dobis is right and everyone in Indiana should let him know they support him in continuing the fight for decent government in Lake County. Lake County's political leaders are addicted to other people's money and it is time to force them off this addiction.
Thank you My Man Chester.
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