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Vetoing the county option income tax for lake county is a good first step. Now lets reduce spending to stay within budget!

April 05, 2013 8:19 am on GUEST COMMENTARY: County option income tax is unconstitutional
Mr. Ross, you say "There are some people too unstable to own guns, and we need to limit their access to them. I agree, I just don't trust the government to make that determination. What everyone knows is that not only will a background check be required, but that you'll have to meet the governments requirements on that test to get a license to buy and carry a gun. This would be another way of taking away our rights under the constitution. Before our rights under the constitution are taken away there needs to be proof that an individual is not capable of using those rights. That is the opposite of the government requiring that the person prove that they can use their constitutional rights before using them, which "background checks" would do.

April 04, 2013 8:35 am on EDITORIAL: Expand background checks to limit violence
Perhaps a single head of Lake county Government would wield too much power. However, there are improvements which could be made, especially in the personnel and accounting departments.

April 03, 2013 8:09 am on EDITORIAL: Review entire structure of county government
We in northwest Indiana like our mobility. This project will be good for all.

March 31, 2013 7:42 am on Main Street extension talks anger Dyer residents
"Random Testing" of any sort is just another expansion of the police state.

March 30, 2013 8:32 am on EDITORIAL: Say no to drugs, but yes to screening
$200,000.00 per unit? With housing prices in Gary at less than $100,000.00 per house for a nice house, the money could buy 120 good existing houses. Is a 1200 square foot "unit" at 1200 W 20th going to be worth $200,000.00 + dollars on the market? I doubt it. Will these units be reserved exclusively for Psychotherapy patients (Edgewater Systems provides behavioral healthcare services)? If so, maybe maybe this is too many patients living too closely together. I've no doubt of the need, just the implementation and cost.

March 27, 2013 8:06 am on Construction under way on Gary homeless housing project
There is currently no other reasonable way than malpractice lawsuits to police poor medical practice, however Indiana is right to limit these lawsuits to reasonable amounts.

March 20, 2013 8:08 am on EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Malpractice lawsuits cost all of us
Another example of government confiscating our property through excess taxation.

March 20, 2013 7:56 am on I bought useless property, which county will sell again
Andrea Neal, you're correct on this one! It's too bad that "big money" has the power to purchase opinion and influence votes to accomplish dubious causes. Voters paying attention can still take control, but we must be diligent.

March 20, 2013 7:51 am on ANDREA NEAL: Concerns mounting over Common Core standards
It's the job of our public servants to spend our taxes wisely, not to continually ask for more so that they can spend more. There's plenty of taxes being imposed now, they only need to be allocated and spent wisely. Don't impose more taxes, replace the politicians that ask for more!

March 20, 2013 7:40 am on EDITORIAL: Structure Lake County income tax well