[LFC Comments: Thanks to the News-Herald for this article on Mayor Potter’s reversal on his proposed tax increases for their road repairs. Hopefully, they can find some magic answers to solve their road problems.] ***** LAKE COUNTY Kirtland plan for… Read More ›
Mayor and Council Members Raising Taxes Without a Vote of the People
[LFC Comments: The residents of Kirtland have to make a very important decision on the November ballot. We have provided our readers with a link to the current City of Kirtland Charter, and the ballot language of Issue 3 changing… Read More ›
The change in the City of Kirtland’s leadership has been very perplexing to us. They now have extreme liberal Democrats running the beautiful city. Why? The proud and resolute Mayor Kevin Potter convinced voters he could magically fix all the… Read More ›
Lobbyists for Citizens is a 501 (c) (4) Non-Profit. Our mission is to ensure honesty, transparency, and integrity in politics. We are not funded by any one individual, business, or firm. We are independent and passionately committed to bringing honor… Read More ›
Over the last nine months, I have truly appreciated the opportunity to serve as your mayor. I had the good fortune to meet quite a few of you during my term as a councilman and during last fall’s campaign. … Read More ›
The beautiful City of Kirtland has lost its way, and many City officials have forgotten that they work for the taxpayers of Kirtland. The City is not the personal playground for the Mayor and certain City Council members. Honesty and… Read More ›
Here are the current Kirtland School District’s levies. You will see that they also have a levy passed in 1976 for 42.95 mills that now has an effective tax rate of 12.110783 for Class 1 (residential/agricultural) property. It appears Superintendent… Read More ›
Updated: 8/28/19 We thank the lobbyist that made us aware of the Lake County Auditor’s ‘glitch’ that impacted Kirtland schools. It is important to note that the correct amount of taxes were collected from the taxpayers, but a human error… Read More ›
We met with Kirtland School Superintendent Mr. Bill Wade yesterday. We found Mr. Wade to be kind, personable, and gracious with his time; he is very well informed about the property tax issues and their impact on Kirtland schools and the… Read More ›
[We previously had the information for the May, 2018 ballot issue. Since our goal is always 100% accuracy, we have revised this post.] LFC will give a presentation on property taxes on April 16th from 7:00 pm to 8:45 pm… Read More ›
Lobbyists for Citizens has reserved the meeting room at the Kirtland Library on Tuesday, April 16th, from 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm. We will be discussing property taxes in general, the housing affordability factor, funding for Lake County schools, and… Read More ›
Thanks to the News-Herald on this article about Kirtland. Residents may want to hold on to their wallets, because it sounds like a road levy is in your future. Couple that with a potential school levy, and the inevitable increase… Read More ›
As a reminder, about the issues on the May 8, 2018 ballot – please vote. LAKE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS QUESTIONS AND ISSUES (Certified 2/15/18) Updated 2/27/18 MAY 8, 2018 PRIMARY ELECTION Issues in 2018: State, School and other Districts,… Read More ›
One of our Kirtland lobbyists told me that he put my ‘Lobbyists for Citizens’ business card on the Kirtland Library bulletin board. He was informed that they checked me out and found out that I am a conservative. They removed… Read More ›
I received a call from the Kirtland Superintendent today. He verified that for the College Credit Plus Program Kirtland costs were are follows: 2015 – 2016 815 Total College Credits @ $41.57 = $33,838 Cost to Kirtland Schools 2016 –… Read More ›
A big thanks to one of our Kirtland Lobbyists for the heads-up on a program that costs all Lake County taxpayers. We have not heard of this before. Here is a link to their website: https://www.ohiohighered.org/content/college_credit_plus_info_students_families College Credit Plus 2017-18:… Read More ›
A big thanks to Kim Collise for this handy website guide for Lake County residents: Lake County Ohio Community Information 2017: ************************************************************************ Concord Township website: http://www.concordtwp.com Elected Officials: http://www.concordtwp.com/Elected-Officials-Staff-Contacts Meetings Guide: http://www.concordtwp.com/Township-Government/Public-Meetings Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConcordTownshipLakeCounty Twitter: https://twitter.com/concordtwplake Events Calendar: … Read More ›
Thanks to one of our Lobbyists for this action item: Oppose HB 512 Oppose Removing Transparency from Ohio’s State Education System 02-20-2018 UPDATE: Just last Wednesday, Representative Reineke announced legislation that would combine the Ohio Department of Education, Ohio Department of Higher Education, and Ohio… Read More ›
As a continued service to Lake County taxpayers, we believe that it is important that taxpayers know what their annual costs will be if ALL of the proposed levies in their taxing districts on the May 8th, 2018 ballot are… Read More ›
In continuing the project comparing real estate taxes billed for 2018 vs 2008, we are reporting the changes for every political sub-division in each taxing district. Madison Township Taxing District #1: Madison Twp TD 1 Madison Village… Read More ›
We have been working on calculating the average spend per student for each school district in Lake County. We must say that there are some very startling numbers….. Here is the average $ spent per student for CY 2018 vs… Read More ›
Wow, looks like Kirtland taxpayers have some decisions to make in May. Their school board has agreed, unanimously I may add, to place a whopping 5.9 mill operating levy on the May ballot. Please remember that a 1 mill levy… Read More ›
As we continue to “go down the rabbit hole” of real estate taxes, we thought it may be helpful to define “Housing Affordability”. The Northeast Ohio Regional Impact and Outcomes group measures “housing affordability” as 30% of a household’s annual… Read More ›
Stay tuned for updates of issue impacting Kirtland residents…..
