Letters to the Editor
‘Skip Tax’
Of all the things I thought we’d see from a full Tea Party Board of Commissioners, a tax increase certainly was not one of them.
The recent approval by the Board of Commissioners of a $15 “user fee” ($1.7 million total) is an additional tax on Geauga County residents.
It’s equally surprising to have Commissioner Skip Claypool’s assertion that this new tax will not harm a Chardon-area rental car company. He assures they can absorb the increase. Certainly not Tea Party doctrine; it sounds more like a Nancy Pelosi statement than that of a good conservative.
It amazes me that a worthwhile county agency like the tourism bureau or the non-profit Geauga County Historical Society have had their monies zeroed out and, yet, the Board of Commissioners are all in on the county engineers’ overarching road development policy.
I guess county monies are only worthy of Anti-Rural Anti-Environmental uses.
I hope Geauga County residents will join me in naming this the Skip Tax.
Mike Nolan
Chardon Township
Transparency
Transparency is always an important issue for local government.
Auburn Township’s minutes and expense reports are uploaded to our website twice a month under the “What’s New?” tab. Financial reports are always available by email.
I am currently working with the Ohio Treasurer’s Office to voluntarily post our expenditures to ohiocheckbook.com, so that residents have another source for fiscal information and will be able to see the township’s spending trends in a visual format.
Information requests can always be sent directly to me at fmay@auburntownship.com and I will timely respond through email. Copies are available at 10 cents a page.
Meetings are held the first and third Monday of each month. Residents can always reach me by phone at (440) 543-7028 or email if they have a question or public record request.
Fred May, Fiscal Officer
Auburn Township
