Well-Named: The Campaign for Ohio’s Future (Bankruptcy)
The last word was added by columnist Peter Tom Suddes (oops; HT to an anonymous e-mailer for the article, and to Scott for the correction) in a must-read Cleveland Plain Dealer opinion piece.
He’s describing the open-ended, anti-democratic, and mostly unaccountable perpetual spending-increase mechanisms built into the education initiative backers hope to put onto the ballot this November.
Here’s a lot of what you need to know (but read the whole thing):
The campaign’s hidden objective is to deny Ohioans the power they have over public school spending. Instead, voters would be told to pay up and shut up.
If the initiative makes November’s ballot and somehow passes, homeowners’ school taxes would rise with inflation without a vote. Ohio has long forbidden unvoted property tax increases, which would let school boards evade accountability to taxpayers.
Voters who can will, as has already occurred to an extent, vote with their feet — and go to a less taxpayer-hostile state.
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[...] This topic continues to grow. Not surprising due to the hideous hidden problems. The proposers know the problems. They must know and are trying their best to thrust this beast upon the Ohio economy. Thanks to Bizzy Blog for catching this article. When Ohio’s Republican base — suburban homeowners — see the Frankenstein the school lobby jolted to life on Wednesday, Democrats may pay a price if Gov. Ted Strickland and Democratic legislators are as tone-deaf as the Campaign for Ohio’s Future (Bankruptcy). [...]
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