I haven't been commenting on much happening in Indy or locally.
The legislature is in session, so our liberty is at risk, but I haven't been inspired to say anything. As of this morning, I haven't seen anything that would raise taxes in Lake County. That's good.
Locally, Gary laid off 100 employees. I was on vacation, and did not see it in the paper last week.
Mayor McCheese of Hammond is trying to eliminate the City Court. Good move, it would save a couple million dollars. Lake County would pick up the cases. Consolidation at the county level moves one step closer to reality.
The Lake Central High School referendum went down in flames. NO $95M RENOVATION FOR YOU! The plan was stupid anyway, that high school is waaaaay too big. If they need more room, they should build a new high school and split it up. Nothing good comes out of a high school with upwards of 4000 kids. Hell, Munster is too big at 1500 kids.
I heard that Crown Point just built a new high school for $35M, so why wouldn't you just build new? It makes no sense.
Other than that... I've got nothing. Obama is much more interesting to me.
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"Mayor McCheese of Hammond is trying to eliminate the City Court. Good move, it would save a couple million dollars."
According to the budget referenced in this article, the court is a "revenue-generating entity."
http://nwi.com/articles/2008/10/24/news/lake_county/doc5b7cec5e31a84c0a862574eb0082e5f4.txt
I'll try that again.
http://tiny.cc/w0mc6
Looks like they may have broken even, at best. It was like $853k in expenses and $850k in revenue.
Why does the City need its own court? The towns don't have their own.
Obviously, I'm not Mayor McCheeze's biggest fan, but I support the man on this one (and a few other issues as well).
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