(Photo from Times - links below)In an amazing turn of affairs most people speaking tonight were supporting the RDA and staying in it!! This was actually a surprise to me, since I figured it was easier to get a crowd against taxes than one for them. After all the testimony though the vote was called with:
Stevenson, Graham, Blaney and Whitten voting to remove Porter County from the RDA ...
Will the attorney general act on the legal issue now? Can a county remove itself after committing? In an interesting side note the council also ordered their appointment to the RDA to stop attending meetings. I have no doubt that the county can repeal the tax, but wonder if we'll be dipping into our hospital proceeds to pay our $3.5 million this year if we do? Lots of questions.
Lots of details still left outstanding but there's no doubt that the council has spoken and they want no part of the RDA going foward. I'll add links to quotes from testimony and other media later tonite.
Times Article and Here as well
couldn't find anything from the Post yet ... will post the link in the morning
