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Mercurius
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This opens up about a billion dollar deficit in the current two year budget. I think they should raise the C.A.T. tax or do away with the past tax cuts.gk wrote >>
Supreme Court just ruled that the governor's slot machine proposal is subject to public referendum. This does not bode well for the state of Ohio and its current budget woes. The governor and legislature may need to do what they should have done to begin with and that is raise taxes.
http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/09/22/copy/slots_graphic_info.ART_ART_09-22-09_A1_3MF5AML.html?adsec=politics&sid=101Posted 2 years ago # -
gk
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Mercurius wrote >>
gk wrote >>
Supreme Court just ruled that the governor's slot machine proposal is subject to public referendum. This does not bode well for the state of Ohio and its current budget woes. The governor and legislature may need to do what they should have done to begin with and that is raise taxes.This opens up about a billion dollar deficit in the current two year budget. I think they should raise the C.A.T. tax or do away with the past tax cuts.
http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/09/22/copy/slots_graphic_info.ART_ART_09-22-09_A1_3MF5AML.html?adsec=politics&sid=101They also could means-test the additional homestead exemption granted to individuals age 65 or older. Certainly, billionaire Les Wexner does not need an additional homestead exemption on his New Albany mansion.
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Mercurius
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gk wrote >>
Mercurius wrote >>
gk wrote >>
Supreme Court just ruled that the governor's slot machine proposal is subject to public referendum. This does not bode well for the state of Ohio and its current budget woes. The governor and legislature may need to do what they should have done to begin with and that is raise taxes.This opens up about a billion dollar deficit in the current two year budget. I think they should raise the C.A.T. tax or do away with the past tax cuts.
http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/09/22/copy/slots_graphic_info.ART_ART_09-22-09_A1_3MF5AML.html?adsec=politics&sid=101They also could means-test the additional homestead exemption granted to individuals age 65 or older. Certainly, billionaire Les Wexner does not need an additional homestead exemption on his New Albany mansion.
Wouldn't that go to the city and not the state?
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joev
Merion Village
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Claw back that income tax cut. God, even Republican George Voinovich is calling for it. Stop being stubborn, Ted. More people will be hurt worse by a $1 billion cut than by the repealing of a $1 billion tax cut that was decided four years ago but only has been in effect for two months.
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Casino gambling at Ohio's race tracks a matter of survival, horse-racing industry officials say
Published: Saturday, April 02, 2011, 6:00 PM
By Dave Davis, The Plain DealerCLEVELAND, Ohio--The future of Ohio's emerging gambling industry is in the hands of a man who doesn't seem to care much for games of chance.
As a resident, John Kasich voted in 2009 against a state constitutional amendment allowing casinos to be built in Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati.
READ MORE: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/04/casino_gambling_at_states_race.html
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Kasich OKs Racetrack Slots In Casino Operator Deal
By Associated Press
Published: June 15, 2011Ohio Gov. John Kasich laid out rules for legalized racetrack slot machines on Wednesday as part of an agreement that settles a dispute with Rock Ohio Caesars, which is developing casinos in Cincinnati and Cleveland.
READ MORE: http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2011/jun/15/4/kasich-caesars-unveil-deal-2-ohio-casinos-ar-541289/
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