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Nitsud Regnifloh
Valerio Heights
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Nitsud Regnifloh
Valerio Heights
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there are no committees scheduled for Thursday, but sessions are scheduled for 11:00 a.m.
just an FYI...
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hivner1
clintonville
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Thank you for the links, @von... although most taxpayers in the lower brackets can't understand most of the jargon within these documents. Is this the definition of transparency?
The problem is that we keep getting "shocked" with various services that are going to be cut and our gut reaction is to protest said cuts. I'm not necessarily against these reactions, but I am weary of them. We live in a poor state (even if cbus/franklin county do not feel it as much) and we have fairly low taxes overall. Not to mention the recession, yada yada yada...
I think that rather than protest about libraries, we protest about wasteful spending.
Liberty bells in every county to commemorate Ohio's bicentennial? Seriously?
Ohio also had a "bicentennial bells project" which had the casting of a commemorative bicentennial bell placed in each of Ohio's 88 counties. 200 years ago bells were part of our every day lives in schools, churches and courthouses. It therefore seems fitting that bells will play a part in our bicentennial celebrations. These bells were done on-site in each county and are molded in the shape of the traditional American Liberty Bell style. Each bell is personalized with the name of the county, the date it was forged, the Great Seal of Ohio and the Ohio Bicentennial logo. Each individual county chose where the casting and placement of their completed bell took place.
I realize that this is dated but it is representative, IMO.
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adrock
Grandview Heights
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hivner1 wrote >>
Thank you for the links, @von... although most taxpayers in the lower brackets can't understand most of the jargon within these documents.what the hell. most tax payers in the lower tax brackets are literate and know how to do basic math. that's all you need to understand anything in any of those documents. if there's a word you don't understand, it will be found in a dictionary, online, or sometimes within the document itself. what about people who don't pay any taxes? are they just all deaf, blind, and dumb?
if you think ohio has low taxes overall then you need to get out of the state. ohio residents have the 7th highest tax burden in the country.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/topic/86.html
please though, anyone making under 35K a year should not attempt to understand read that. as hivner1 pointed out, you won't be able to understand it. basic english and numbers are too tough for you.
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cabbage
Clintonville
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An idea mentioned on Facebook is to have a rally at 2:00 on Saturday. This is kinda silly because no one will be at the statehouse on Saturday! Also, it is ComFest, and so we'll lose possible attendees. So I'm thinking Thursday. So if there are sessions at 11:00, does that mean that it is good to have the rally then because there will be people around, or is it bad because they'll be in a closed room? Is 10:30 better? or noon? What do others think?
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Smithli
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Someone mentioned that legislators don't always see rallies at the Statehouse. This is true. If you want your legislator to know you're there, try to schedule an appointment with them or one of their aides. Don't be upset if it's one of their aides; I'd be very surpised to get a legislator at the last minute. Call their offices immediately to schedule an appointment. You can find the Statehouse office phone numbers on http://www.senate.state.oh.us/ or http://www.house.state.oh.us/.
If you can't get an appointment, stop by their office and leave your name and a quick blurb about why you're there. Be succinct - they'll appreciate if you don't waste their time. Say who you are, WHERE YOU LIVE (because they don't care what you have to say if you're not their actual constituent), and why you care. 5 minutes or less. Emails are good, calls are better, and visits are the best if you're trying to express how important this is to you.
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hivner1
clintonville
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Woah nelly. I was not saying that lower income people are illiterate. Easy. I'm merely suggesting that the cuts being proposed are without much background and more up front information would be helpful in order to make informed decisions about whether or not it is effective to protest this issue. I love libraries, especially Columbus Metro. Avid user since birth! I just think this is a red herring and that we need to start going after the spending of our money more. I apologize to Mr Adrock and anyone else who may have thought I was calling poor people stupid... definitely not my intent, especially given I grew up in the social services system.
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