Lake income tax unlikely to survive expected veto

CROWN POINT | Lake County Councilwoman Christine Cid, D-East Chicago, said Tuesday she won't rescue the county income tax if it's vetoed later this week.

Lake income tax vaguely promises property tax relief

CROWN POINT | Lake County officials insist a local income tax scheduled for a vote Monday would bring property tax relief — but not to all and not a dollar-for-dollar reduction.

Lake officials keep V-Mad on the job

CROWN POINT | Lake County drainage officials voted Wednesday to maintain two contracts they have with a Lowell-based contractor who has been under fire.

MARK KIESLING: Save the shovels for snow, not political mud

Look at some of the dirt these politicians have dragged into your house. You'd think they were born in a barn.

GOP candidate vows to be full-time surveyor

CROWN POINT | The Republican candidate for Lake County surveyor announced Wednesday he will resign as an engineer for the BP Whiting refinery if elected in Tuesday's general election.

MARK KIESLING: If you can't do the time, don't do the job

There are 24 hours in a day, eight of which we spend asleep, but apparently some candidates for public office feel they can jam the 16 remaining hours with two full-time jobs.

Surveyor candidates make more waves

CROWN POINT | The Lake County surveyor and his re-election challenger traded another flurry of accusations.

Full time on the public dime?

Lake County Surveyor George Van Til was so annoyed at his Republican challenger recently, he unleashed the worst insult he could think of.

Candidates for surveyor spar over need for full-time hours, professional credentials

CROWN POINT | Veteran Lake County Surveyor George Van Til, a Democrat, says his job can't be done in the time proposed by Republican challenger Eric Krieg.

Lake drainage contracts are now bonded

CROWN POINT | Lake County officials have financial guarantees from all contractors currently working flood control projects, as required by state law, a county attorney said.

Van Til unloads on his critics

CROWN POINT | An independent investigation has refuted claims of impropriety in the Lake County surveyor's office, Surveyor George Van Til said Friday.

Lake County Democrats ahead in fall election fundraising

CROWN POINT | Most of Lake County's Democratic candidates are winning the battle of the bulging election war chests, campaign finance reports released Friday show.

Lake surveyor and drainage officials berated by candidate

CROWN POINT | Accusations of bid-rigging, official negligence and political smear campaigns broke like a storm Wednesday morning over Lake County drainage board meetings.

GOP candidate demands FBI and State Board of Accounts probes

CROWN POINT | A Republican candidate for Lake County surveyor is now calling for the FBI and the State Board of Accounts to investigate two flood control projects.

Van Til's GOP rival roils Lake drainage meeting

CROWN POINT | Lake drainage officials were hit Wednesday with a torrent of political debate between County Surveyor George Van Til and his opponents.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Lake County GOP offers chance for clean government

In the last 25 years there have been more than 50 Democrats in Lake County who have been convicted of political corruption.

Lake surveyor race vitriol increases

CROWN POINT | Lake County Surveyor George Van Til is fending off another attack by his Republican opponent who said he has found another case of unfinished work for which the county already has paid.

MARK KIESLING: There is plenty of investigative material out there

If the feds are going to investigate George Van Til for allegedly campaigning on county time, they should look at other offices as well.

Politics surge through Lake drainage projects

CROWN POINT | The race for Lake County surveyor continues to sizzle this summer with the Democratic incumbent carrying on in trying circumstances and his Republican opponent trying to make his life between now and the Nov. 6 election even more difficult.

Latest salvo in Lake County surveyor's race muddies drainage project

MUNSTER | The waters of a slender ditch running north alongside an undistinguished street in Munster are being stirred by the latest debate in the Lake County surveyor's race.