To complete our research into the Lake County Commissioners’ Campaign Reports, we are giving you the individual reports given to us by the Lake County Board of Election for Commissioner Dan Troy. 2005 Pre Primary Troy … Read More ›
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Commissioner Troy and the Board of Revisions…..makes one say “Hmmmm”
Updated: 9/30/18 1:16 pm We were made aware of another issue dealing with Commissioner Dan Troy that interested us enough to spend our time doing some research so that we could inform Lake County taxpayers. Rather than being judgmental, we… Read More ›
Campaign Contributions……our research revealed a lot
Our latest foray into the Lake County politics started when we attended a Commissioners meeting and Commissioner Cirino introduced a resolution prohibiting Commissioners from accepting campaign contributions from employees that are under the direction of the Commissioners. Cirino resolution on… Read More ›
Commissioner Dan Troy’s Folly…..want to see how politics works in Lake County?
Updated 9/27/18 4:40 am…to include legal ruling from the United States Supreme Court case decided on 6/28/96. Thanks to Lobbyists Arzella and John for the heads up on this issue. This is the first of a three part expose on… Read More ›
Property Taxes and the Amish…..we are destroying a culture
We attended a Geauga County Tea Party meeting last week, and discovered some real patriots that were interested in helping the Amish community, although they are not part of the community. Following their Christian principles of being kind, tolerant, patient… Read More ›
Lakeland CC set once again to fleece taxpayers……
Thanks to Lobbyist Arzella for this News-Herald article on Lakeland Community College’s desire to once again dip into the pockets of Lake County taxpayers. One could say that this is a “bitter pill to swallow’, but we think of it… Read More ›
November 6 Ballot Issues…….what will they cost us?
Thanks to Lobbyist John M. for getting us the final ballot issues that will appear on the November 6th ballot. November 6th ballot issues final Once again, we wanted to provide a service to Lake County taxpayers by providing the… Read More ›
Property Taxes for Public School Funding….can it ever go away?
If you have been reading our past posts, you know that we are very concerned that if we stay on the path of ever escalating property taxes, we will price seniors and those living on fixed incomes out of their… Read More ›
The Truth on Renewal Levies…..100% accuracy is our goal…
We had been told that there is a new law that allows renewal levies to realize an increase in their property tax revenue based on the State mandated reappraisals of property values. Rather than just accepting that statement as a… Read More ›
Reply on inside millage tax increases
We did hear from the Lake County Auditor, Mr. Ed Zupancic, in reply to our question on the increases in property taxes due to the current reappraisals. Looks like we will have to wait until later in the year when… Read More ›
DeRolph versus the State of Ohio…..a bit of history and reality for seniors
Our focus on the impact of increasing property taxes on our seniors has led us into learning the history of the DeRolph versus the State of Ohio, where the Ohio Supreme Court found that using property taxes as a funding… Read More ›
SPLC and Lakeland Community College…..
The Southern Poverty Law Center and Lakeland Community College have joined forces to get out the vote. “Register to vote on campus! It’s easy and only takes a couple minutes. Visit our table in the A-Building outside the bookstore this… Read More ›
Inside Millage……back to basics…
We were asked to try to explain “inside millage”, so we thought we would share what we know about this confusing topic. I found several website that address “inside millage” versus “outside millage”, but they all got very complicated. … Read More ›
School Funding article……more “food for thought”
Thanks to neighbor Mike for the following link that discusses alternatives to public school funding. https://www.ecs.org/is-it-time-to-stop-funding-schools-with-local-property-taxes/
Tax Lien Certificates…..you judge if our Treasurer is forthcoming
We have had a good experience to date with officials in our County government. Everyone of them went overboard to ensure that we had timely and complete answers to our questions. They all went above and beyond the call of… Read More ›
CAUV…….How does it impact you?
In a seemingly never ending quest to better understand the complex world of property taxes, we went down the ‘rabbit hole’ known as CAUV. Our current State Representative Ron Young, proudly proclaimed that he was able to secure property tax… Read More ›
2018 Sexennial Reappraisal……maybe this is more than you want to know
Since we have been getting a lot of questions from taxpayers regarding the recent notices in the mail from the Lake County Auditor about their increased property valuation, we thought we should reach out to our favorite Auditor – Mr…. Read More ›
Commissioner Hamercheck……stepping up to the plate for citizens
When an elected official does something correct, we will heap praises on them. LFC offers a big thanks to Commissioner John Hamercheck for taking a courageous stand and supporting the following resolution to rescind the Mexican Matricular Card. The resolution… Read More ›
Responses from Commissioner Hamercheck…
Lobbyist Bob reached out to Commissioner Hamercheck and asked for his response to our earlier post “Illegal Aliens”…..what is the score? He received permission from Commissioner Hamercheck to publish his comments, and in keeping with our policy of honesty and… Read More ›
Public Schools….what do they have in store for your children?
We were made aware of a new program for our public schools entitled “Each Child, Our Future”. We asked Sarah Fowler, our State Representative to the Ohio School Board, what her opinion was of the new program. This is her… Read More ›
Morley Library….They can avoid the questions, but the truth will prevail
We sent an email to Ms. Martinez of the Morley Library asking several questions: 1. What do they plan to do with all the money in their fund balances? 2. Why do 72% of people in their district choose not… Read More ›
Social Security Benefits losing ground to inflation…..and property taxes
For those on social security, if you think that you are not able to “stretch your dollars” as far as before, there is a reason. Thanks to Lobbyist Julie for this article on social security and the loss of its… Read More ›
Lake County Statistics
The Center for Community Solutions produces some very interesting statistics about each county in the State of Ohio. Here are some sobering numbers about Lake County: Lake County Poverty Statistics 2018 (1) Although I have no gift of prophecy, I… Read More ›
Morley Library….they have some explaining to do!
We have been researching Morley Library’s tax levy that is on the November ballot. Without ANYONE in county government reviewing their financial statements and certifying that there is a financial need, it is up to the taxpayers to “pull back… Read More ›
Riverside School brochure…..
Riverside School has published their brochure entitled “Quality Profile”. It is a pretty slick marketing brochure by the School Board and school personnel. (copy and paste the link below to a new tab on your brower) https://filecabinet5.eschoolview.com/E5095A79-8FEF-4B49-B2E7-CB76014BAA4B/18Riverside_QP.pdf As always, we… Read More ›