From the Northwest Indiana Times:
Lake County bus agencies planning an express route to the county government center to collect new taxpayer subsidies are likely to meet a veto roadblock.
Three of seven Lake County Council members said Friday they cannot vote for a tax increase to bail out the Regional Bus Authority. The transit agency has told its employees June 30 will be their last day if pleas for a new local tax or other bailout funds go unheeded.
Daryl Lampkins, general manager of Gary Public Transportation Corp., made a pitch to the council Thursday for additional money to preserve bus service inside Gary and to points south along the U.S. 30 business corridor, northern Crown Point and South Shore commuter stations.
Lampkins reminded council members no bus system he knows of can operate without tax subsidies.
However, three no votes in the council likely would doom any bus tax request because it requires five council votes to overcome a veto that two Lake County commissioners have promised to stop an income tax.
The RBA plans to bus supporters from Hammond to the council meeting Tuesday.
Lake is the only county in the state that has resisted passing a local income tax.
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http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/lake-officials-ready-to-throw-tax-proposals-under-the-bus/article_08099714-276f-54ae-91da-65304d834e77.html
