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						  SCHERERVILLE &mdash; Former Gov. Joe Kernan said Friday that a public climate of mistrust of all levels of government means ethical behavior is more important than ever. Kernan, co-chair of the bipartisan Indiana Commission on Local Government Reform in 2007 that came up with the Kernan-Shepard report, addressed members of the Lake County Advancement Committee on the importance of ethics in government. &ldquo;Today what is facing government, government on all levels, is an increasingly hostile citizen. People are feeling disenfranchised,&rdquo; Kernan said. Government is not doing what citizens believe should be done and in some cases government is actually doing  &amp;hellip;
					  
				 
	  				  
   