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• Morley Library…..shining a light on their actions

  By Contributing Writer on September 16, 2018 • ( 33 )

  Another taxpayer sent a letter to Aurora Martinez, Executive Director of the Morley Library, asking for information.  Here is the letter (name has been redacted): Lobbyist letter to Morley Library Ms. Martinez, with the help, no doubt, of the prominent local… Read More ›

• State Issue #1….all is not as it seems

  By Contributing Writer on September 15, 2018 • ( 46 )

  We have not heard much about State Issue #1 that will be on the November ballot, so when we received this letter written by the State of Ohio Chief Justice Maureen O’Conner, we thought it worthy to pass it along… Read More ›

• State of Ohio Report Card Grades…..

  By Contributing Writer on September 14, 2018 • ( 517 )

  Thanks to Lobbyist Jim W. for this article: (LFC Comments: Here are the overall grades earned by each school district.  Unfortunately, our research into the whole idea of State report cards leaves us disillusioned about their accuracy. In any case,… Read More ›

• Ohio School Funding….a lot of talk, no action

  By Contributing Writer on September 13, 2018 • ( 12 )

  Thanks to Lobbyist Arzella for this article on school funding……everyone knows there is a problem, seniors are being pushed into poverty, but no one really has the spine to do anything about it because the public school’s special interest lobbyists… Read More ›

• Seniors and Bankruptcy…..on the rise…

  By Contributing Writer on September 12, 2018 • ( 17 )

  Thanks to Lobbyist Arzella for this disturbing article on bankruptcy and seniors….. We knew that this was coming, and property taxes have a lot to do with the financial decline of seniors. https://abcnews.go.com/US/soaring-bankruptcy-rates-signal-coming-storm-broke-elderly/story?id=57150897  

• Concord’s Limited government…..an oxymoron to be sure…

  By Contributing Writer on September 12, 2018 • ( 32 )

  Thanks to Lobbyist Arzella for this information from the News-Herald.  All I can say is….hmmm…right, and they would never put a continuous levy on the ballot either…..the evil of increasing government works in incremental steps…(I updated my comment based on… Read More ›

• The Truth on Renewal Levies…..100% accuracy is our goal…

  By Contributing Writer on September 12, 2018 • ( 11 )

  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

  By Contributing Writer on September 11, 2018 • ( 8 )

  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

  By Contributing Writer on September 9, 2018 • ( 43 )

  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 ›

• A “Post-Truth” World…a “cause or a symptom”?

  By Contributing Writer on September 8, 2018 • ( 11 )

  I was exposed to the “Post” world years ago when I was discussing Bible theory with my neighbor.  He stated, quite matter of factly, that Europe was ‘post-Christianity’.  That statement caused me to do some research, and to  my amazement,… Read More ›

• DeWine…less testing, more funding for schools…really?

  By Contributing Writer on September 7, 2018 • ( 8 )

  Thanks to Lobbyist Kirsten for the heads up on the proposed education plan by Mike DeWine, candidate for Governor of Ohio. “Less testing, more learning: DeWine unveiled his education plan on Thursday, calling for fewer tests and more state funding for… Read More ›

• Property Taxes…….lets see if numbers can “talk”

  By Contributing Writer on September 7, 2018 • ( 9 )

  We have recently been working with the Liberator Group trying to expand our understanding of what is happening to property taxes in Northeast Ohio.  We have received comparative property taxes for a ten year period, by political sub-division, from the… Read More ›

• SPLC and Lakeland Community College…..

  By Contributing Writer on September 7, 2018 • ( 10 )

  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…

  By Contributing Writer on September 6, 2018 • ( 7 )

  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”

  By Contributing Writer on September 4, 2018 • ( 6 )

  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

  By Contributing Writer on September 1, 2018 • ( 13 )

  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?

  By Contributing Writer on September 1, 2018 • ( 8 )

  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

  By Contributing Writer on August 31, 2018 • ( 78 )

  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

  By Contributing Writer on August 31, 2018 • ( 41 )

  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…

  By Contributing Writer on August 31, 2018 • ( 20 )

  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?

  By Contributing Writer on August 29, 2018 • ( 246 )

  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

  By Contributing Writer on August 29, 2018 • ( 128 )

  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

  By Contributing Writer on August 28, 2018 • ( 30 )

  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 ›

• City of Euclid facing tremendous tax increases

  By Contributing Writer on August 28, 2018 • ( 39 )

  Last night we met with representatives from Euclid, Ohio regarding their unsustainable real estate taxes, and changes to their income tax on the November ballot.  It seems that all of the surrounding communities are facing the same increasing tax burden… Read More ›

• Lake County Statistics

  By Contributing Writer on August 27, 2018 • ( 26 )

  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 ›

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