Per Capita
Fiscal Waste

The City of Gary, including the civil city budget and including all taxing districts in the City of Gary, spends in excess of over half a billion dollars annually, spending $586,272,637.00 in 2005. In contrast, Lake Station spent $15,000,000.00.

The City of Gary has over 1,600 full time employees, an additional 200 part time employees, and at least another 100 individuals hired as consultants or working under professional service contracts. Lake Station, in contrast, has under 70 people on its payroll.

- from the
Public Statement

Acting Chair, Sabrina Haake, comments on the efforts behind the Forum:

"In sum, we want a better way of life for everyone in our community, and believe we can deliver a cleaner, safer and more prosperous life for our citizens than we've received for the past 50 years from Gary."

This forum is an outgrowth of the Miller Beach Disannexation Meeting
held December 15, 2007 at the Wildermuth Library.

The purpose of this site is to discuss ideas and strategies for improving
and preserving Miller Beach. Whether you agree with the idea of
Disannexation (or Secession) or not, there are basic concerns that all
Miller Beach residents share:

• Schools
• Crime
• City Services
• Littering and Dumping
• Corruption
• Dissociating Miller Beach from the reputation of Gary

We welcome your ideas, announcements and strategies for making
Miller Beach the envy of the lake.