Longevity pay hot Porter County Council item

Porter County Council President Dan Whitten yanked an item that should have been on last month’s agenda to the front at the start of the meeting Tuesday night, calling the omission “asinine.” “I’m not sure why this has become an issue. It really isn’t,” he said of the approval of money for the first of the twice-yearly longevity paychecks that are routine business for the council. “The county …