Dare to Reject D.A.R.E.
1/22/2013A dangerous program has been foisted on our elementary school children, all
in the name of good intentions. D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance
Education) has been around for years in an attempt to keep kids of drugs
(along with alcohol and tobacco)...
read more here...
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Chardon Schools Levy, November 6, 2012
9/24/2012
On the ballot for a second attempt in November is the 5.95 mill Chardon
Local Schools (CLSD) continuous operating levy. The levy will generate
$3,760,826 per year and cost taxpayers $182.22 per $100,000 property
valuation per year. This same levy was placed on the ballot in a
special election during August of this year and was turned down. The
voting results were 2,874 (60.06%) AGAINST vs. 1,911 (39.94%) FOR.
The
school district has used up the reserve funds it has available, and has been
instituting cuts. Deficits (expenses greater than revenues) are
forecast from fiscal year 2012 (which ended June 30 of this year) onward and
the cash balance goes negative later this fiscal year. To avoid a
negative cash balance, additional cuts are planned. So the school
district does need more funding, as cuts keep getting more difficult to
make. To see if this levy request is reasonable, let's look at the
financial information. (Note: the CLSD fiscal year, abbreviated FY and
mentioned often in this article, runs from July 1 to June 30; thus FY 2013
is the current fiscal year which started July 1, 2012 and goes to June 30,
2013.)
read more here...
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Disingenuous: Geauga Park District Levy, November 6, 2012
9/16/2012
The park district wants you to believe they are doing you a favor by cutting
your taxes. They will manage with $680,000 less per year, by reducing taxes by
16%. Wow, how are they doing this? Pay cuts? Reduced expenses? Fewer employees?
No, government does not work that way. Government is always expanding. So what
is the catch?
read more here...
~cc~ State Issue 2: Redistricting
Commission, November 6, 2012
9/11/2012 On the ballot in November is a state issue proposing a
change to the Ohio constitution concerning how redistricting is
accomplished. The proposal, if approved, would create a twelve
member commission charged with drawing congressional and legislative
boundaries, rather than the current process which is carried out by
state legislators. read more
here... ~cc~
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The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution of the United States
New State Legislature:
Geauga County (NE Quadrant):
State Senate District 32:
Capri Cafaro
State House District 99:
John Patterson
Geauga County (NW, SW, SE Quadrants):
State Senate District 18: John Eklund
State House District 76:
Matt Lynch US House
District 14: David Joyce US Senate:
Sherrod Brown,
Rob Portman
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