tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post4722371701736019498..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-22748632243220465832008-02-08T13:54:00.000-05:002008-02-08T13:54:00.000-05:00Gee, what a great idea! Replace one tax with another.<BR/><BR/>That explains why my Morgan County withholding went from $52.00 to $112.00.....per month.<BR/><BR/>Sick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-37438906665779106572007-08-12T00:22:00.000-05:002007-08-12T00:22:00.000-05:00MorganCountytaxpayer.org is looking for volunteers . Please join as we may lead the way in tax increases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-89066012286238492272007-07-26T09:06:00.000-05:002007-07-26T09:06:00.000-05:00Wilson, have you ever really asked yourself exactly why the donut counties like Morgan are 98% white? Try looking in the mirror at yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-87754487236558912122007-07-26T08:42:00.000-05:002007-07-26T08:42:00.000-05:00Still...I chuckled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-62780585271611219182007-07-26T08:22:00.000-05:002007-07-26T08:22:00.000-05:00Tripe like above is the reason people turn off anonymous commenting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-23401964562469420562007-07-26T08:16:00.000-05:002007-07-26T08:16:00.000-05:00"The racial makeup of the county is completely lost on me in this context...I'm dumbstruck at its mention."<BR/><BR/>Never mind Wilson he's a negro trapped in a gay white man's body. He likes his men as he likes Ho-Ho's. You know chocolate on the outside with a white and creamy center.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-24975918631333553122007-07-26T07:42:00.000-05:002007-07-26T07:42:00.000-05:00I know Jeff...he's a smart cookie. Altho:<BR/><BR/>I generally don't like trading one tax for another. This dangerous ploy started in 1973 with Gov. Bowen's ridiculous tax plan. It's a too-easy "fix" that never ends up doing what it was intended to do, and they tend to be taxes that never go away. <BR/><BR/>Isn't it smarter to own up to tax problems and fix them outright? <BR/><BR/>That said, Morgan gets a lot of raps, some of them deserved. At least they used a convenient tax tool to try to help their citizens.<BR/><BR/>The racial makeup of the county is completely lost on me in this context...I'm dumbstruck at its mention. <BR/><BR/>And the LAST freaking unit of government that need ANY more of my money is townships. They're like the Pentagon: they throw more money on the ground than they spend wisely. (Think Walter Reed)<BR/><BR/>Here's a township tax idea for you: sell Center's real estate portfolio. It isn't generating property taxes, thanks to their trustee and still-asleep township board. It is turning out to be pretty expensive personal storage space.<BR/><BR/>Another idea: sell the Center trustee's car. It's expensive, outfitted with police equipment and darkened windows. Let him use one of his many personal vehicles and turn in mileage for trustee business. Whatever that is.<BR/><BR/>Washington Township's trustee is considering buying and/or rennovating fofice space for himself and the court/constable. Precisely at the time township government is on its knees.<BR/><BR/>Do ANY of these township folks geet it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-34981654918694877582007-07-26T07:37:00.000-05:002007-07-26T07:37:00.000-05:00"Morgan County is also notoriously 98.4% white... "<BR/><BR/>Are you trying to say that only predominantly white counties know how to effectively run a government? If you are that would be awfully racist of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-88449887412710656982007-07-25T22:07:00.000-05:002007-07-25T22:07:00.000-05:00That is of course if the money actually makes it there. <BR/><BR/>Remember the CCC lawyer said the tax increase did not specify WHERE the money would go - so that public safety CCC members could vote on it legally.<BR/><BR/>Pike voterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-45389555525845934022007-07-25T19:48:00.000-05:002007-07-25T19:48:00.000-05:00Schools did not get any of Marion County's COIT increase, Wilson. It goes to public safety, criminal justice and pensions--all items under the control of Uni-Gov. Other taxing units don't share in its collections.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-47478318484809140632007-07-25T19:42:00.000-05:002007-07-25T19:42:00.000-05:00What doe sthe demographics have to do with it Wilson? Oh, I know, Only white people pay taxes, right? <BR/>No such thing as an employed black? Maybe you just have nothing better than throw yourself at the feet of our democrat leaders and worship the ground they walk on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-89816222375568882162007-07-25T19:29:00.000-05:002007-07-25T19:29:00.000-05:00Unless there's a special provision excluding schools from COIT receipts, I believe all taxing units receive a proportional share of COIT. I do know township governments get a piece of the COIT funding stream. There may have been recent legislation to more narrowly target which entities automatically get a piece of that COIT cash... I suspect there are likely such targeting "strings" attached to the specific "Public Safety COIT" increase authorized by the Legislature and passed by the CC Council here Monday night.Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-8219420611240101162007-07-25T19:01:00.000-05:002007-07-25T19:01:00.000-05:00Morgan County is also <I>notoriously</I> 98.4% white...Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.com