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Issue 55 passed. Now What?
by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press December 2024) Cuyahoga County voters overwhelmingly approved Issue 55, increasing the cigarette tax from a 30-cent per-pack tax, first passed in 2006, to 70 cents per pack. The tax increase would raise an estimated $160 million over 10 years for public arts funding. Cuyahoga Arts and Culture (CAC), the…
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Cleveland voters approve School Levy and Bond Issue by a wide margin
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press December 2024) Cleveland voters showed their support for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District with two out of every three voters giving their approval of the Issue 49 Bond Issue and Levy at the November 5th General Elections. Of the total 123,820 votes cast, 69,840 were for the Bond Issue…
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Despite passage of the levy, Cleveland schools face “tough work ahead”
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press December 2024) At the November 6, 2024, Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Board of Education Business meeting Cleveland School Board Chair Sara Elaqad praised the efforts of the Cleveland Teachers Union, CMSD staff and Board members, endorsers, businesses and supporters that helped to pass the Issue 49 levy and…
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Call for a complete overhaul of County Government, starting with the Land Bank
To the editor: (Plain Press November 2024) Thank you, Chuck Hoven, for your August article: Cleveland and Cuyahoga County need new policies to help residents address property delinquency. For years, authors at REALNEO.us have asked that Cuyahoga County stop third party tax lien sales and for Cuyahoga County to stop funding the corrupt Cuyahoga…
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Legal Aid’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic can help resolve tax issues
by Tonya Sams (Plain Press November 2024) Receiving a notification from the IRS can cause anxiety and fear. These feelings can be magnified when someone cannot afford an attorney to resolve their tax issues. The Legal Aid Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) can help taxpayers with their tax problems for free. The LITC…
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Time to tote the score in city of corporate welfare
By Roldo Bartimole (Plain Press October 2024) In sports we keep records to see who is ahead and who is behind. It’s simple. Get the scores. It tells the story. I thought it was time to put up a scoreboard that gives us some feel for what the tally is on downtown public subsidies. Where the…
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Cuyahoga County determination of property values called arbitrary and capricious
To the editor: (Plain Press September 2024) As someone who worked for 25 years in the mortgage industry {the last 10 years in underwriting} I find it appalling that Cuyahoga County determines property values in such an arbitrary and capricious manner. LETTER Part of my responsibility was reviewing appraisals whether it be for…
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Cleveland and Cuyahoga County need new policies to help residents address property tax delinquency
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press August 2024) Cleveland homeowners face foreclosure at a higher rate than the national average. A good percentage of those foreclosures are due to residents getting behind on their property tax payments. Cleveland and Cuyahoga County policy makers could do a much better job in assuring residents are able stay…
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Local politicians fund wants of the wealthy over needs of the poor
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press June 2024) Cleveland bears the distinction of having the highest child poverty rate among big cities in the United States. Yet rather than addressing this critical issue, Cleveland politicians continue to prioritize the wants of the wealthy and powerful over the needs of its poorest citizens – Cleveland’s children…
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