A civics lesson played out in a Lorain County Commission meeting last week, as school officials, city leaders, and residents packed the room to argue over local property tax exemptions.
The debate pits people who desperately need financial relief from rapidly escalating tax bills against educators who desperately need funding to keep classrooms running. It was a genuine no-win situation.
Today in Ohio podcast hosts say neither side of the debate is to blame for the conflict because this mess was made in Columbus. Legislators and governors have methodically given huge tax breaks to the state’s wealthiest residents and shifted more and more of the tax burden on to people who own homes. Lawmakers have repeatedly failed to fund public schools as they should…