Big bucks raised to push levies
Today is the deadline for campaign finance reports to be filed for candidates and issues on the Nov. 7 ballot.
Take a look at the reports for the Children's Services levy and the Health and Hospitalization levy to provide health care to the needy and let us know if you see anything interesting.
The biggest thing that jumps out is the $300,000 the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati gave to the health levy. The Health Alliance owns University Hospital, the beneficiary of the largest part of that levy that generates $55 million per now but, if adopted, will be cut to generate about $45 million per year.
1 Comments:
at 10:58 AM, October 27, 2006 
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Post a Comment*you know, if the board of commissioners would exercise the courage to raise taxes without these taxpayer levies - those levies that have been proven to be suported time and time again - all these campaign contributions could go into the programs to serve the community rather than to sell it to the community.
sometimes - in order to have a certain quality of life and maintain essential services - you have to have to make unpopular decisions.
if elected officials really want the citizens "approval" so that they can't be smeared with - this candidate raised taxes, this one didn't - maybe they should do just one campaign to authorize the bocc to do their job consistent with the voting record and within parameters - so much is wasted selling a concept that the bocc is required to fund one way or another.
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