Belatedly he answers

HAMMOND Some two months after the City Council's appointments to the Port Authority came into question, Council President Dan Repay said the group is still awaiting a legal opinion from Roger Berger, council attorney.
Repay said he did not expect the council to appoint anyone to the Port Authority seat vacated by former Councilman Ernie Dillon, now a county councilman, until Berger comes to a conclusion.
"In everyone's interest, it would be best that they wait until we have a firm legal opinion," Repay said. * * *
Repay said Berger had contacted several sources and gotten conflicting information.
"He's hopefully close to rendering an opinion," Repay said.
The council is expecting a letter from Berger with not only his own interpretations and recommendations, but those of others, he said.
Repay could not say whether Berger had contacted the office of Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter.
Carter spokeswoman Staci Schneider said in January that Berger, as the attorney for the appointing body, would have been directed to the attorney general's Dual Office Holding Guide, a lengthy document prepared for officeholders and their attorneys. Any interested parties could file a petition in court for a judge to make a determination.

I say no. No, in cosmic thunder.