From the Northwest Indiana Times:
Lake County Councilwoman Christine Cid has apologized for falsely telling a WJOB radio audience Friday morning that Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. offered her a job to change her vote in favor of a county income tax.
"McDermott did not offer me a job of any kind. I said that facetiously, to hurt him. It's probably hurting me now. It was wrong, and I apologize," Cid said Friday afternoon.
She said that on the "JED in the Region" show to host James Dedelow, minutes after McDermott had criticized Cid for refusing to vote for the county income tax at Monday's council meeting.
McDermott said Friday afternoon he was glad Cid retracted her explosive assertion. "I don't want the federal government out there thinking I'm offering jobs to get a tax passed," he said.
The exchange was an example of the pressure elected officials have been under since the income tax debate ignited last month.
McDermott supports the tax because it is expected to generate almost $7 million in new revenue for the city.
Cid, who represents East Chicago and Highland on the county government's fiscal body, voted for a tax in 2007, but voted against it last week, saying she was convinced during a meeting with her constituents last weekend that it wouldn't benefit her district.
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http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hammond/lake-councilwoman-retracts-allegation-she-was-offered-job-to-vote/article_ded04860-bdd7-5435-a1f6-ed49f0dbebb5.html
