Meanwhile in LaPorte County

via Howey Politics

LaPORTE BEGINS ASSESSOR REMOVAL: La Porte County Council President Mark Yagelski will ask the County Commissioners on Tuesday to pursue removing County Assessor Carol McDaniel from office (Wink, Michigan city News-Dispatch). Yagelski said he received a critical report on McDaniel’s performance from Tim Rushenberg, Indiana Department of Local Government Finance commissioner, along with a request to initiate the process for her removal, on Aug. 10. State legislation passed in 2008 allows the DLGF to make the request of county officials, and this is the first time it has used that authority. Yagelski will ask the County Commission to adopt an ordinance calling for McDaniel’s removal. An ordinance approved by the commissioners would pass to La Porte County Prosecutor Robert Beckman, who is required to file the case with Judge Tom Alevizos in La Porte County Circuit Court.