This past weekend, both the Toledo Blade and Toledo Free Press addressed the possibility of the vote on the 3/4% income tax being affected by a certain Mayor’s actions which have made national headlines.
From Maggie Thurber’s column in the Free Press:
“Toledoans know that serious cuts would have to be made if the city were to [...]
In the midst of the chaos between Mayor Finkbeiner and the Marines that has garnered unwanted and embarrassing attention, a co-worker asked me, “What do you expect? It’s Carty!” He in no way was defending the Mayor’s disgraceful actions and unapologetic stance, but he was simply stating we knew what he was like when we [...]
For the Facebook users out there, come join the Tax Break For Toledo Facebook Group.(click the link)
If you are not a user, registering is free, but this is probably a generational thing.
The complaint from Toledo’s elected officials that will soon become deafening is, “Our City cannot run with a cut of 57 million dollars from the budget.” This is the amount of money that will be cut when Toledoans vote NO in March AND November.
The question to them is, then why not bring us a lower [...]
Maggie Thurber at Thurber Thoughts has a very relevant post about city spending. Actually, she has many posts regarding spending. Be sure to read this post about OUR limited dollars funding the ever-expanding City government.
In short, why hasn’t the government rescaled the number of employees? The City’s purpose is not to collect tax dollars to [...]
There are several reasons why we Toledoans should vote NO on the 3/4% income tax in MArch AND November.
Because it’s time for politicians to put priorities above pet projects.
How much money should be spent on Southwyck? Should the City spend anything? Why is the City involved [...]
