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Residents raise concerns about online tax‑sale process, delinquent‑tax removals and long‑running drainage problems
Summary
Public commenters urged the Board to reconsider online‑only tax‑sale bidding, alleged unexplained removal of a delinquent 2015 tax for a local candidate and warned of chronic flooding from the Shurz and Travis ditches; the Board did not respond during public comment.
Several residents used the public‑comment period at the April 1 LaPorte County meeting to press the Board on tax‑sale procedures, alleged delinquent‑tax removals and long‑standing drainage problems.
Bob Pollock of Michigan City said he learned this year’s Commissioners’ Tax Sale bidding was handled only online and via Zoom and urged the Board to allow interested parties to bid on parcels if no bid materializes or if an initial bidder fails to pay. Pollock told…
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