Governor Mitch Daniels appointed three members to the newly created Distressed Unit Appeals Board. The three members are from the South Bend area, Warsaw and Kokomo.
The Distressed Unit Appeals Board will be made up of nine members and will ultimately decide how much spending cities, towns, and townships will need to cut from their budgets to be in compliance with the new state law capping property taxes (House Bill 1001).
There is still the possibility a representative from Northwest Indiana could be appointed to the board and would hear appeals from governmental units in Lake County.
We have a great suggestion for the Governor if he is looking for an appointment from Northwest Indiana.
George Janiec from Team Hammond Taxpayers' Group would be an excellent addition to the Distressed Unit Appeals Board.He would not be a rubberstamp, he would honestly and fairly look at the appeals, and he would make the right decisions which would benefit the taxpayers and not the entrenched politicians of Lake County.