Northwest Indiana Discussion

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I have to side with the landlords on this one. This is ridiculous!

What's the point of paying property taxes when services are all seemingly going a la carte?

What is this money actually going for anyway? It's time to start looking at severe cuts in the Sheriff's Dept budget and instead all they come up with is a new way to tax.

This is ridiculous !!! The landlord is doing the right thing by evicting the deadbeats/troublemakers, and he is getting penalized for it !

I am beginning to be more troubled that there hasn't been more comment on this topic. Please don't tell me that most posters are at least passively in favor of this!

For all the complaints of landlords on taxation and city government they have a fair gripe on this one. And what does this money go towards anyway? We want to reduce the bloated spending in government, not find new ways to pay to keep the practice going.

You know on a different note but still within the sheriff's budget authority I have been asking why Lake County isn't working out a deal with Porter County to house prisoners to ease overcrowding at the county jail but it seems like the sheriff and perhaps the council too are more committed to building a brand new building rather than accept an option that can be implemented overnight. Just another example of why I don't think these political hacks have the best interest of the people at heart.

Now, you've entered my realm...

The reason they cannot ask Porter County is because the manger is full there too.

One of the few growth industries in all these united States are prisons and so-called law enforcement. Both already take over one third of government spending at every level city, county, state and federal.

Choose your crime priorities more wisely. If they're out chasing drugs and prostitutes, they can't be out chasing robbers, rapists, murderers and other violent thugs.

But hey! YOU want to control semi-normal human behavior over keeping real violent criminals off the streets, it has a price tag, and quite a large one at that.

You haven't seen anything yet, wait until they start jailing all the dissidents too. That's not very long from right now either. They're going to need that new building.

Its a crock, but its exactly what I thought would occur when the County Council went against the state and refused to enact the income tax

Just wait, there will be more and more "fee's" coming in Lake County


This is no better than that jackass sheriff in Illinois who refuses to do what a court orders him to do as well

This should be repealed, and honestly, if the landlord had to take someone to court to order them out, you really think they are going to recoup the money?

You're right. That's the same thing I said when they started charging for garbage pickup too.

Oh no! You're being "soft on crime!" That is EXACTLY what comes out of law enforcement's mouth as soon as you mention cutting their budget. I say cut, or at the very least, freeze them and prioritize what you want them to accomplish. Then watch them like a hawk.

There is a difference Maxx. In Hammond the collection expenses for trash are all a la carte. In the case of all the Sheriff's new proposed a la carte fees we already pay taxes for them. Now if he wants to remove all those costs from the property taxes and just go a la carte for everything I suppose that would be a different matter.

Someone mentioned charging the criminally accused for being arrested. It seems that's already going on, but I think shouldn't be. Booking fees are becoming more common and in Munster they charge you something like $25 (or is it $50) just for a copy of an accident report.

In Cal city they can even slap excessive fines on you for playing your radio too loud in your car before you ever see a judge or a courtroom, which is in addition to the expense of having your car towed and any penalties the judge may impose. That's just wrong. What? They couldn't just make that part of a minimum sentence if found guilty by a court? That actually scares me!

Are you speaking of the sheriff in Cook County who is refusing to evict innocent renters without proof of proper notification? I applaud his actions and wish there were more in government just like him.

Mirage: I wish they would fine that little SOB who lives in my neighborhood and blares his stereo in his car so loud that my house vibrates. Or for him installing speakers in his friends cars from his garage and then they all start playing their radios. If you don't mind the noise, I'll be glad to send them to your neighborhood.

I have no problem with a judge imposing that fine. What I object to is being presumed guilty before trial, as I said when the Cal City law was being discussed. If you want your car back you have to pay both towing fees and the fine before you go to court to perhaps have even more punishment added on.

But why bother sending the offenders my way? the police CAN intervene. Did you call them?

It's just so easy isn't it Mirage... So now it's the Sheriff's fault (I'm no fan of the Sheriff) that we need more jails because of all the criminals and the broken down justice system. So now we should drive out to Porter County to put people in jail? More criminals being housed by the taxpayers means more jails. Blame the legal system and the politicians, not the Sheriff. But it's easier for you to blame the front man isn't it. How about blame society, if people didn't break the law they wouldn't be in jail and you wouldn't have to pay for it, but that's life and in this ignorant society it's never going to change. You know if the police responded to all the abuse and comments made every day by you people, you'd all have something to complain about. I can just imagine you people in our shoe's trying to do a job that is impossible to do with all the great support by the armchair taxpayers.
Mirage, an honest question. Since I've been around on both boards I've noticed somehting about you. This is a straight forward question, can you give a straight answer. What really is your problem with the Police?

With Max it's pretty simple, he's a common thug and a druggy who's had more run-ins with the police than he can recall. It's easier for him to b!tch and complain about the simple law than to follow it. You on the other hand I can't figure out because you tend to "ride the fence" a little.

First I agree w/ the garbage service, now you are onto something. If you live inside city limits you are paying for this service in your taxes.

Then you again get lost because of your personal hate for the Police. "Freeze budgets", yeah Max I agree you don't deserve a raise either! You people are so ignorant that you can't see past your own personal vendetta, rather than sounding intelligent and reasonable. The one thing that is wrong in police work is that the police can't do their jobs because they are spending to much time doing things that are not or should not be their job, just like the topic of this entire post. Or like as I said already, raising your kids or managing your marriage. Once again, comments made by people who have no clue, sitting back from the outside looking in and people like you and Mirage that have a personal vendetta and will NEVER be happy with anyone related to law enforcement. Maybe someday you can admit that fact.