Sewage seeps into politics as lawmaker’s Gary agency sues cities she represents

Sewage seeps into politics as lawmaker’s Gary agency sues cities she represents

A dispute over wastewater treatment user rates is pitting a Gary state lawmaker against communities she represents in the Indiana General Assembly. State Rep. Ragen Hatcher, D-Gary, whose District 3 seat includes Gary, Hobart, Lake Station and New Chicago, is also the executive director of the Gary Sanitary District. On Jan. 15, the GSD and the city of Gary filed a federal lawsuit against Hobart, Lake Station and the Merrillville Conservancy Dis…