The Center for Community Solutions, a local think tank, celebrated their 100 year anniversary in 2013 serving Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. Here are some excerpts from their website….http://www.communitysolutions.com/history What We Do Applied demographic and socioeconomic research at Community Solutions seeks… Read More ›
Real Estate Taxes
Kirtland Schools have hit the wall…News Flash…so have taxpayers
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 ›
Real Estate Tax Bill Received Today…you better be sitting when you open it..
Just saw our real estate tax bill for the first half of 2017…..increase of $874.77 (8.834%) for the year. Well if this does not reinforce what we have been saying about pricing seniors and others living on fixed incomes… Read More ›
Commissioners’ Meeting 1/16/18
Resolution to appoint Walter R. Siegel to the Port Authority. This opening on the Board was due to Rita McMahon leaving the position. A gentleman in the audience asked that the commissioners consider a female for the 9 person board… Read More ›
Lowering your real estate taxes….it can be very “taxing”
For any Lake County resident that wishes to try to lower their real estate taxes, there is a brief window of opportunity. Residents must file between January 1st through March 31st of each year. So now is the time to… Read More ›
Stormwater Assessment Fee….Call it a “driveway tax” not “special assessment”
Updated 1/11/18 While reviewing the Lake County website on another matter, I noticed this tax that I knew nothing about. http://www.lakecountyohio.gov/smd/StormwaterAssessmentFee.aspx It appears that the Federal Government’s EPA issued an unfunded mandate to control local pollution. So our county government,… Read More ›
Riverside School District Taxpayers….hold on to your wallet, they are at it again..
After asking some questions on the status of the proposed new Riverside school in Concord Township, a source told me this: “The School District has, or will shortly, post information on the expected additional taxpayer costs, if the Madison Ave. and… Read More ›
Lake County Financing District….update…update
We sent an email to the Riverside School officials and inquired how the funds received from the Lake County Financing District were spent, and what impact will the Perry Plant devaluation have on the schools in the district. Here is… Read More ›
Lake County Financing District…what is it???
When I was looking at my real estate tax bill I noticed I was paying $182.24 every six months to some political sub-division called “Other”. No longer willing to just accept “other” as an acceptable answer, I started to do… Read More ›
Lake County Schools….by the numbers…
We found a useful comparative worksheet that allows us to compare Lake County schools versus the rest of the State of Ohio. The information is published annual in the Cupp Report. Here is the 2016 report. We have added in… Read More ›
Can you afford to live in your home?
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 ›
Thumbs up for Auditor Ed Zupancic…
We met with the Lake County Auditor, Ed Zupancic, and three of his employees. We were highly impressed with Mr. Zupancic and his very capable employees. They have a complicated task of tracking all of the real estate tax levies… Read More ›
Council on Aging versus RSVP..where should we spend our tax $?
Lake County’s population is aging, and by 2030 one-third of legal residents will be over 60 years of age. Many of our seniors are facing food and housing insecurity, in addition to abuse and neglect issues that need to be… Read More ›
Unrig the Economy
I attended a meeting sponsored by Americans for Prosperity at Landerhaven today. Their keynote speaker was Ohio Senator Rob Portman. AFP’s five principles of tax reform are: Simple – Lower rates – Fewer Deductions – Eliminate Loopholes, Exemptions, or Deductions… Read More ›
Abolish Property Taxes…
We thought you might like to read an article from our friend and Bible scholar, Mr. Leonard Gilbert. Abolition Property Taxes page 1 Abolition Property Taxes page 2 Leonard is correct when he says that most people would argue that… Read More ›
Tax Collection Comparison….Wait till you see these numbers..
We compared the real estate taxes collected for the Lake County Taxing Districts 8, 9, & 10 for TY 2005 / CY 2006 to TY 2016 / CY 2017. All numbers were provided by the Lake County’s Auditior’s office. Comparison… Read More ›
Homestead Exemption – 2017 Requirements
We have had some questions on the State of Ohio Homestead Exemption. After searching the Internet and visiting the Lake County Auditor’s office here is what we have found out for you. For those that have a lot of time… Read More ›
*****Taxpayer Alert*****
Hold on to your wallets, the local taxing authorities are going to be reaching in for more of your money. At the Lake County Commissioners’ meeting today, the Lake County Auditor, Mr. Edward Zupancic, broke this bad news: The Perry… Read More ›
Lake County Tax Collection By Political Sub-Division TY 2016 / CY 2017
The schedule below details the real estate taxes collected from Lake County Residents for the Tax Year 2016 / Calendar Year 2017. We have separated the taxes by the three schools districts covering Concord Township. In case you were… Read More ›