Would love to get a better understanding of this issue, hey Lake County readers, do tell. Will this be a contested seat in 2010?
From a Times letter to the Editor
A staff member from the Lake County Solid Waste District accused state Sen. Beverly Gard as being in the pocket of the waste industry. This coming after the district was described as being a waste.
An attorney with 20 years experience should come up with a better argument than personally trying to slander someone who is considered the legislator with the most integrity in the state. The board owes Gard a letter of apology and action taken on this staff member who did not represent us in a businesslike manner.
I am sure she has considered the source, but the district should act in a more ethical fashion.
In a district that from 2000 to 2007 increased solid waste up to 30 percent while its mission was to reduce waste and Porter County decreased theirs by 18 percent, the district is not doing its primary job. Too much use of district cars for personal business.
- Lou Harding, Munster
Then in comments a totally different perspective:
Senator Gard is considered by most Indiana legislators as corrupt. She has been known to sign on as sponsor of any bill derogatory to the waste industry just so she could kill it by not hearing it. She is as much a parasite as the typical Lake County Democrat. Mr Harding obviously does not know what he is talking of. All citizens of Indiana would benefit if Mrs. Gard we eliminated from Indiana Government by any means. She may be the worst legislator in Indiana; and there are many vying for that dishonor.
