Should libraries be consolidated in Porter County? The Chesterton Tribune talks to people saying "no" ... Mitch Daniels and reforms offered as phase two this year would say "yes" to keep taxes low and make government more efficient.
Portage Mayor Velazquez has made 2009 appointments to boards and commissions. In Portage this can be difficult because there are so few people who would qualify for Republican spots. I have a question, if we had a viable third party, what would happen to all these rules that restrict boards to two parties?
"Despite hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting services, extra efforts by county employees and weekly status meetings, county officials were unable to get 2008 property tax bills out by the end of that year. The delay, which was already a couple months behind the traditional due date, was blamed on problems with a new software program purchased for the auditor and treasurer's offices." Times on May 2008 bills which will now go out Jan 19th 2009.
Continuing articles on the property tax caps, and appeals by Gary. Here's the scoop: no one knows for sure what the affect of the caps will be, mainly because state oversight and county assessing officials are basically an entire year behind. So Valpo and Portage and other communities may be better off than originally estimated, Gary may be as well, but other communities hard hit by real estate woes may be worse off going forward than they thought. Remember with market based assessing, 2009 assessments should go down in NW Indiana.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
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