Ohio property tax history shows bias and reform
An LSC study traces Ohio land tax from 1803 to 1825 with assessors misclassifying land to shift burden, prompting 1825 shift to general property tax. It details equity problems, exemptions, and the Kelley Law of 1846 mandating true-value taxation and uniform rules, leading to ongoing debates and later reforms culminating in 1972 uniform assessment rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
LSC
Ohio General Assembly
State Department of Tax Equalization
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Miss Elyria selects Tracie Guinta for Ohio Miss American Teenager
Tracie Guinta, 16, of Elyria Catholic, wins local Miss Elyria title and will compete at the Ohio pageant July 19 at Geauga Lake Park in Aurora. Runners-up include Sherry Smith, Eily OConnor, Debbie Brown, and Pam Oblinger from nearby high schools.
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Tracie Guinta
Elyria Catholic High School
Elyria
Ohio
D.j.’S
Country Roads
Sherry Smith
Ridgeville High School
Charles Lovell
Breck Ct
North Ridgeville
Eily O'Connor
Elyria Catholic
Kenneth O'Connor
Michigan Ave
Debbie Brown
Ely
Ria High
Gordon Brown
Briar Lake
Pam Oblinger
Elyria High
Conrad Oblinger
Washington Ave
Tracie
Robert Guinta
Pasadena Ave
Geauga Lake Park
Aurora
C-T
John Fazio
Wellington band director resigns for sales job
Dana R. Kimes, Wellington High School band director for seven years, resigns to represent a Tennessee headquartered firm as northern Ohio representative. He will operate from his Wellington home serving Medina to Toledo. The band will march in the July 4 Bicentennial Parade in new uniforms. board decision on return for that performance. The Kimes family resides at 217 Sheila Drive with eight month old son Kevin.
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Wellington
Dana R. Kimes
Kimes
Tennessee
Ohio
Medina
Toleso
Wellington High School
Ohio State University
Lexington
New Philadelphia
Florida
Disney World
Kevin
Sheila Drive
Oberlin garage case moves to Lorain grand jury
Investigation into alleged state time remodeling and related charges at the Oberlin garage of the Ohio State Department of Transportation nears the grand jury stage. Officials say patrols and the prosecutor’s office have gathered evidence about payments for work on Corcoran home and other state time activities.
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Oberlin
Ohio State Department of Transportation
Lorain County
Grand Jury
Elyria
James BE
Corcoran
Chronicle-Telegram
Lorain
Ashland
Highway Department
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Grand
Joseph K. Grunda
William Wilkens
Ohio Bureau of Budget and Management
Grunda
Wilkens
Granda
Oxford Ave
Renee
Permit refused delays Elyria Christian Academy construction
Construction of the 1 million Elyria Christian Academy on 15 acres off West Ridge Road is blocked as the city building department refuses to issue a permit. The conflict centers on park land within the West Ridge Subdivision that may cover part of the academy site, with the planning commission's acceptance of the recreation parcel still unclear. City officials search minutes from 1973 to resolve land designation while council demands notification and accountability before permits can be issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Christian Academy
West Ridge Road
Academy
Fenwick Drive
West Elyria Land Development Co
West Ridge
Planning Commission
George Ferguson
Felix J. Klimczak
D-6
Norm Failing
648 Board warns agencies of budget cuts in 18 month plan
The 648 Board and Bruce Ward warned directors that to survive in their current form agencies must seek outside funding as the board contemplates an 18 month cut plan beginning July 1. Expenditures run about $138 000 monthly against $111 000 income, creating a deficit of $184 276.
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County Mental Health
648
648 Board
Bruce Ward
Council For Retarded
Lorain
Nord Centers
Youth Services Inc
Nord
YSI
Centro Para Servicios Sociales
Obertin Center For Integrated Services
HELP
Wellington
Resource Center
Amherst
Avon Lake
Zieba counterfeiting case dismissal seen in Cleveland
Lorain Edward J Zieba expected to have 13 counts of counterfeiting dropped as federal authorities proceed with required procedures. Zieba was to begin a jury trial in Cleveland federal district court when the case was continued at the request of the government. Corts and Messerman, Zieba’s lawyers, say dismissal is certain. U S Attorney Coleman declined to comment. Zieba was arrested July 24 after Charles McCann of Brook Park tried to sell counterfeit plates to an undercover agent.
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Cleveland
Corts
Messerman
Zieba
U.S
Secret Service
Lakeview Park
Charles McCann
Brook Park
McCann
Majoras Presses Council Over Ambulance Contract Cutback
John Majoras owner of the citys only ambulance service pressures council to approve a new two year contract by taking one of two ambulances out of service at noon. The dispute centers on a rate of 4200 first year and 4500 second year with council seeking 3000 per month. A finance committee led by Alan Zaleski negotiates while public safety debates the plan amid unpaid bills and potential service gaps.
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John Majoras
Majoras
Council
Finance Committee
Public Safety and Environment Committee
Alan Zaleski
Seward
Zaleski
Jack E. Ryba
R-4
Public Safety
Ryba
Felix Klimczak
D-6
Oliver Jones
D-5
Public Safety Committee
C T earns national typography honor
The Chronicle-Telegram earned second honorable mention in the Edmund C. Arnold Awards for newspaper typography, finishing two points behind first place Mankato Minn Free Press in the under 50 000 daily circulation category. The CT circulates about 40 000. Other top finishers included Arlington Heights Herald and Clearwater Sun. Appleton Post Crescent won first honorable mention with 17 points. Hamilton Journal News was the only other Ohio daily near the top.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Edmund C. Arnold
Newspaper Editorial Workshop Services of
Los Angeles
Arnold
The
Mankato Minn. Free Press
C-T
Arlington Heights
III. Herald
Clearwater
Fla \Sun
Appleton
Wis
Post-Crescent
Ohio
Hamilton Journal-News
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B.L. Bogart
Dr_ Bogart
Ohio Supreme Court
State Department of Taxation
Park Investment Co. of
Cuyahoga County
Board of Tax Appeals
Orrow
Dana R, Kimes
Thomas J. Kammer
New London
John Skolnicki
Skolnicki
Division Three
Kammer
Christian Academy
By Mirie SH
Aman
Paul Robinson
Ward
Ronald Mihalick
YST
Edward Brunner
Michalick
Brunner
John McCrea
By Frank Finegold
Fredrick Coleman
Coleman
Gerald Messerman
Altormey Generals Office
By Tony Denslow
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