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June 26, 2009

State Rep. Kathleen Chandler of Kent has shown courage in saying the possibility of a tax increase should be part of the budget discussions currently under way in Columbus.

With a budget deficit now predicted at $3.2 billion or even worse, the choice, Chandler correctly says, is between slashing funding for schools, food banks, libraries and health providers or creating additional revenues through taxation.

Ohio currently is cutting taxes, which is one reason the deficit appears so large. These are the cuts that were enacted in 2005 when the economy was booming and they involve reducing the income tax, phasing out the personal property tax, exempting a sales tax exemption for lobbying, of all things, and for debt collection.

The idea for the cuts was to make the state more inviting for new, prospective businesses and make it less attractive for longstanding businesses to leave the state, as recently occurred in Dayton with the departure of its flagship company, NCR, which left Ohio for Atlanta.

Why not postpone the cuts that are going into effect? According to some estimates, that alone would raise $800 million for Ohio and help it fund services that benefit the poor and, in the case of libraries, whose support is scheduled for huge reductions, the general public as well.

With the economy in the tank, not many businesses are expanding at this point, so the damage by slowing or deferring the tax reductions would not augment what critics of Ohio's taxation policies call an anti-business climate.

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82.	Posted by Nanny_Society July 7, 2009
	I hope the ethereal Exposer returns to our forum soon. It would be tragic if The Exposer perished due to exposure. I'm am that if she would just sink her teeth into Erbe and Arnold (there is prime liberalism there) she would get back into her stride.

81.	Posted by Kent Sheetz July 7, 2009
	Nanny_Society, You must have missed it. In a recent comment, the Exposer said, "You won't have the Exposer to kick around anymore." Nah, the Exposer didn't really say that! I made it up! Don't worry, the Exposer, like Nixon, will be back.

80.	Posted by Nanny_Society July 6, 2009
	I am worried about The Exposer. There is an article by Caroline Arnold to which she has not posted. It seems kind of lonely, doesn't it?

79.	Posted by Kent Sheetz July 6, 2009
	Poo-Bah, Now we know what some of our local Republicans do in between elections, when there are no yard signs to steal. No offense to the honest Republicans out there.

78.	Posted by Nanny_Society July 6, 2009
	Much better! The impostors have been exposed. Poo-Bah, please take the advice from the strangest of sources.

77.	Posted by Kent Sheetz July 6, 2009
	Here's what the critics are saying: "Best film since Beyond the Valley of the Dolls!" - Roger Ebert "All talk, no action." - Streetsboro Gateway News "Gender bending romp through interesting locales and Denver!" - Rex Reed "I don't like it." - Michael Medved You asked for it, you got it! Back by popular demand, the local low comedy that rises to the top! THE KENT KEYSTONE KOPS in KUTANO KAPERS! trish83 2 days ago KentCouncilWatcher is your source for Hawksley at the RC too? trish83 2 days ago A friend told me about this website discussion board program today. I hope you people figure it out. KentCouncilWatch 2 days ago Woo-hoo! This is neat. Can't tell you where I got the info, but let's just say got it from a friend of someone else on the recall committee. A council member who was up for recall made veiled threat s to them if they didn't stop with the recall. Somebody read certain stuff in the paper which set off some red flags about who might be stirring the pot against the recall. A little digging around by certain people in certain places and Hawkseley's name was matched to a lot of replies on a certain paper's blogs. Rocky561 2 days ago Finaly got here. It took me awhile to figure this out. When I signed up, my name had already been taken, so I'm using this. Can you believe sshole Hawksley and his dipsht stuff in the paper's blog? I can't believe he thinks he is fooling anybody. What a dumss. Rocky561 2 days ago Anybody wanna bet that a bunch of the paper's blogs go silent around 7:00 tonight while Hawksley is at a certain meeting??? Haha. InvisibleOne 2 days ago I imagine Hawkseley will probably be playing with a laptop at the meeting to keep up with his postings. He is nothing more than an egotistical snob dipsht, in other words a typical liberal sshole. trish83 2 days ago KentCouncilWatch, FYI a contact of mine can track internet users addresses and says that at least 20 or 30 user names or more trace back to only 1 or 2 addresses on the paper's web site. (IP addresses??) I'm not sure how all this works, but I'm told that it means that someone (are 95% sure that it's Hawksley) definitely posts under a whole bunch of names from probably 1 or 2 computers. They will check the addresses (?) with accounts of subscribers and see who took out the original web account when they get a chance. Isn't it strange that our friend who isn't Hawksley (LOLOLOL) isn't posting his crap right now? He must be busy at a certain meeting tonight :) Rocky561 Yesterday Definitely an sshole. Bet you don't have the blls to write here dckhead. KentCouncilWatch 22 hours ago Rocky, tone down the language please. BTW anyone know where LX is these days? InvisibleOne 17 hours ago She said she was going to Madrid with a buyer and then Denver for a few days. Probably won't be back until after the 4th. Rocky561 11 hours ago HAHA LOOK WHAT HAWKSLEY WROTE ON POST 58 HERE. http://recordpub.com/news/article/4616202#comment HE'S REALLY FLIPPED OUT AND PARANOID. GOOD ONE. WHAT A GULLIBLE SSHOLE. Rocky561 11 hours ago HOLY SHT YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT LX IS FEMALE? GO FIGURE! [Edited for profanity] Don't miss next week's exciting episode! [bump]

76.	Posted by SherlockHolmes July 6, 2009
	Dr Watson, another clue: TAYLOR, Elmer (Jim), 70, of Benton d. 10 Nov 2000 at V.A. Medical Center, Marion; b. 16 May 1930 in Benton; s/o Elmer Bryan TAYLOR & Edna Lorain JACKSON; md Athalia MOORE 20 June 1951, she survives; surv. by mother-in-law, Sarah MOORE of Benton; 2 sons, Jim TAYLOR of Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio; and Kenneth TAYLOR of Mason City, Iowa; a daughter, Marinda HORNSBY, Ravenna, Ohio; 9 grandchildren (named); a brother, Richard TAYLOR of Decatur; 3 sisters: Dorothy MONTERSTILLE, Ottawa; Phyllis McGLASSON and Ruth Ann SILEVEN, both of Decatur; preceded in death by parents; 2 brothers, Harley and Floyd TAYLOR, and a sister, Mildred ANTHONY; burial Mon. 13 Nov. in Masonic & OF Cem, Benton.

75.	Posted by Uknown July 5, 2009
	Paranoid? I'm not paranoid. Who me? Please vote for me! Signed, - Just me and no one else, Kent Sheetz The Hawky Poo-Bah

74.	Posted by tbear July 5, 2009
	It does seem that way.

73.	Posted by KentCouncilWatch July 5, 2009
	So all of you are wimping out on me? How disgusting!

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