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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1981
Page
3
Lorain County property taxes grew despite lower rates from 1975 to 1979 as inflation shifted burdens to homeowners and farmers. HB 920 and the 1976 uniform assessment, plus a 1980 issue separating residential from commercial reductions, increased accounting work and delayed expected relief, with notable impacts on the Elyria district and looming reappraisal effects.
A sample Elyna District 33 tax bill explains the math behind property taxes. John and Mary Smyth own a 50 by 206 foot lot with land valued at 3 849 and buildings at 9 520, for an assessed value of 13 369. The district tax rate is 0 5725 and after applying a reduction factor of 2 87372 the net tax is 238 47, with further deductions for income tax relief and owner occupied home credits. Senior citizens and the disabled may receive additional reductions. The first half payment is due March 5.
The Elyna district shows a rising share of property taxes paid by homeowners from 61 percent in 1975 to about 68 percent in 1979, with a dramatic revenue impact over five years. Residential and agricultural property surged 79 percent while commercial and industrial rose only 24 percent, a trend echoed by a nearby county study. Two measures, including a 2 percent reduction under Issue 1, aimed to curb the shift but take effect in 1982 and rely on future reappraisal, leaving inflation-era damage largely unaddressed.
President Reagan spurred White House action as a federal task force led by Charles Rinkevich probes Atlanta child murders, now totaling 20 victims with 18 bodies found and two missing. Police and FBI, aided by volunteers and tracking dogs, conduct wide searches while a death by own action of a white man is probed as a potential witness.
The sixteen jurors in Jean Harris’s murder trial asked for repeated legal clarifications on intent and second degree murder as deliberations stretched into a fifth day. A separate note sought whether a not guilty verdict on second degree murder must come before any other charge.
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