RICH JAMES: Is it too soon to talk of new tax?

Northwest Indiana has languished in mediocrity for far too long, largely because of an unwillingness to raise or spend money.

RICH JAMES: It's OK for a politician to change his mind

Mike Repay’s yard signs prior to the 2012 Lake County commissioner’s Democratic primary were emphatic — “No new taxes.”

Obama is feeding Big Brother's appetite for power

Columnist Rich James' April 14 description of the Indiana GOP's school gun legislation as "Big Brother" (author George Orwell's symbol of an all-powerful government) is misleading and needs to be challenged.

Seriously, would Lake politicians put service first?

I think columnist Rich James needs to read his columns before they're printed.

RICH JAMES: Good government would take major overhaul

What if Hammond had three mayors? Or Valparaiso? Or Crown Point?

Coats is supposed to represent Hoosiers' views

I take some offense to Rich James’ column which implies U.S. Sen. Dan Coats had his soul purchased by the NRA.

RICH JAMES: Remove fences, end tourism turf war

There are no walls, no checkpoints and no border guards asking for residency cards when you pass from Lake County into Porter County. The same can be said when you slip from Porter County into LaPorte County.

Sen. Dan Coates backs gun rights because voters do

Rich James says that Sen. (Dan) Coates dances to the NRA’s tune. It’s called representing your constituency and that tune is our national anthem. That is undoubtedly why James didn’t like it. As for Sen. Coates selling his soul – James sold his soul a long time ago to Saul Olinski. The Times…

RICH JAMES: Credit Soliday for trying to help Lake County

I suspect state Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso, limped home from the Indiana General Assembly a bitter and beaten man.

RICH JAMES: GOP should remember its treatment of Lake County

There’s nothing funny about abuse of power, but I couldn't let it pass without a good belly laugh.

RICH JAMES: Lake transportation system needs upgrades

If there were snail darters in Indiana, opponents of the Illiana Expressway likely would have used them to block the proposed highway.

RICH JAMES: Coats dances to NRA's tune this time

Indiana Sen. Dan Coats sold his soul last week.

Two false assumptions support Lake income tax

Rich James’ April 10 column regarding the proposed Lake County income tax incorporates two glaringly false assumptions:

Speak up now or get stuck with income tax check

Could it be any easier? Rich James, the mouthpiece of the Lake County Democrat machine, assures us county government is already cut to the bone. The county complex must be a ghost town? Nope, it’s a-buzzing.

RICH JAMES: Unfortunately for Pence, Daniels is his yardstick

I can’t help but keep thinking about Gov. Mike Pence’s obsession with cutting the state’s income tax by 10 percent.

Which Rich James are we looking at this time?

Is the Rich James who wrote the column about the judges on following the law because it is the law, the same Rich James who back in February berated law enforcement for upholding the law as it pertains to illegal gambling?

GUEST COMMENTARY: Downstate Republicans want Lake to implement tax

Bravo to Rich James for his April 10 column. James exposed the two Republican members of the Lake County Council (Eldon Strong and Republican County Chairman Dan Dernulc) for playing politics with the Local Option Income Tax.