House Dems want state to fund Gary shortfalls

In the category of "you've got to be kidding" ... the Post reports that House Democrats have decided play some additional politics with the state budget.

"The city of Gary could qualify for a multimillion-dollar state bailout under provisions of a budget proposal House Democrats unveiled Tuesday.

The budget would create a "circuit breaker replacement grant fund," which Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. William Crawford said would promise state funding to provide basic services in civil taxing units which lose more than 20 percent of their budgets to the tax caps."

I can't wait to see Buzz and Fat Pete and our Liberty caucus readers weigh in on this one!