Tractor Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 What the hell is it with people voting to pass school levy's in Westerville. Since I moved up here a few years ago no levy has failed. I did my part I voted against every one of the damn things. You'd think people in westerville don't actually pay property taxes or something. Last time I checked there weren't that many apartments or trailer parks in westerville. Fuck the school system. Do they actually need the money or are they just betting on more each time they can. I could totally understand if "We the people" were allowed to see the budget and balance it ourselves. I could understand if the money would actually help the dumbass kids in these schools, but I'm a firm believer in "you will learn if your interested" not "throw more money and your kids get smarter" Oh and one more fucking stupid thing. I know over a year ago it was ruled by the Ohio supreme court that the current school funding system doesn't work and doesn't represent the people properly. The government has not complied with 2 or 3 court orders now to work to change the system. WTF!!! Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensan Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 People passed the levy because they want their own kids to have more available to them. If you don't like the taxes where you live, I have a simple solution for you(MOVE). You can fix your car with basic hand tools, but it is much easier to do the job with the right tools. I will agree that the current system is flawed. In neighborhoods that make more money and have higher property values will have more funding and school supplies, not to mention better teachers. It should change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conesmasher Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 I voted for the westerville property tax. My little sister deserves all that she can have and I will give whatever necessary to make sure that she has it. Secondly, I know several teachers that are in prospect of losing their job, that provide very good services to the community and the children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Originally posted by Mensan: People passed the levy because they want their own kids to have more available to them. If you don't like the taxes where you live, I have a simple solution for you(MOVE). You can fix your car with basic hand tools, but it is much easier to do the job with the right tools. I will agree that the current system is flawed. In neighborhoods that make more money and have higher property values will have more funding and school supplies, not to mention better teachers. It should change.There is a difference between having more available to children vs. just raking in more and more cash to blow it on things that aren't really necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tony_K Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Gawd, life is tough in Westerville! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils Advocate Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Last year, the school board rpomised a bunch of stuff (that it wouldnt fire teachers, take aw1ay programs, etc) if a certain levy was passed. Well, that levy was passed, and the school board didn't keep a single one of it's promises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensan Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Then you should use your vote to FIRE THEM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils Advocate Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 I'm not from westerville. Thanks, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Ah who gives a rats ass, people in westerville have too much fucking money anyways. I'm from the older part of westerville, my neighborhood was built 20+ years ago. Its gonna be so tough for all those rich bastards who live in medallion, the lakes, ect. Maybe they will have a tough time paying for all that water to fill up their swimming pools, or gas for their $50,000 SUV. I had alot of benefit from going to highschool in westerville, we had alot of resources (computers, software, hardware, scientific equipment) that other schools didnt have because their city would never pass a levy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VDUB Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Originally posted by Cone Smasher: I voted for the westerville property tax. My little sister deserves all that she can have and I will give whatever necessary to make sure that she has it. Secondly, I know several teachers that are in prospect of losing their job, that provide very good services to the community and the children. I completely agree with this man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Are they STILL bussing in the kids from Columbus INTO a Westerville School? It was like that back when I was in High school (early 90's). They were bussing kids that lived between 161 and morse fucking road? WTF? Umm.. that's still Westerville? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1647545498 Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 I still can't believe Renoldsburg High built a freaken collum thing a few years ago in front of the luch area that supports... NOTHING!!! I drove by one and and was like, WTF?! I'm glad our levy didn't pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrelyNutsDSP Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Blah, blah, blah...I still hope they pass regardless what anyone else thinks. For the amount you pay, your kids can get a damn good public education if YOU contribute your portion. If I don't like the taxes, I'll move. Simple plan and very effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tony_K Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Or buy a cheaper house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1647545498 Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 My kids? The whole thing is socialistic so blah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Originally posted by Corolla sans Engine: Blah, blah, blah...I still hope they pass regardless what anyone else thinks. For the amount you pay, your kids can get a damn good public education if YOU contribute your portion. If I don't like the taxes, I'll move. Simple plan and very effective. My point is that the Westerville school district is PAYING for Columbus peeps to got to school in Westerville. Columbus only pays for Columbus schools.. NOT westerville schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted November 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Alright you dumb fuckers that think I must be some rich fuck to live in westerville. WTF I moved hear from near Marietta, OH assholes! There probably isn't anyone within 1 mile of me in westerville making over 70K a year. Just move! thats a pretty dumb idea. No matter where you live taxes are just as bad. In the Warren school district about 10 miles out of marietta, OH there taxes are higher then westerville. The problem there is there are alot of land owners so not as much population. The school doesn't need more fucking money all the time. I can't wait to vote Ken Blackwell into office so we can get rid of the property tax system all together so that dumbass poor people that crank out babies by the dozens will have to pay there fair share too. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Originally posted by Mr. 2: I still can't believe Renoldsburg High built a freaken collum thing a few years ago in front of the luch area that supports... NOTHING!!! I drove by one and and was like, WTF?! I'm glad our levy didn't pass.It DID pass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1647545498 Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Oh crap I guess I missed the final figures. I thought it didn't. How much is it going to go up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest powers Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Tractor, Taxes are a part of life. Don't want to sound like a dick but deal with it. My taxes are going up 850 a year. And i have to just pay them or move to a cheaper house in a lower taxed county. When leavy's pass it tends to increase the property values. So again part of life. And yes Westervill likes to pass school levies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 I have no problem with local taxes and Levies. However.... I live in Dublin. Good schools here too. The problem *I* have is the school district lines don't match up with the tax divisions. Meaning not everyone who's sending kids to Dublin schools is paying the property tax for those same schools. In other words - people who don't take it up the ass on these levies (and for me its about $13,000 in property tax PER YEAR) are sending their kids to our schools for free. Oh, and when OUR kids try to enroll now to OUR school for kindergarden or 1st grade, our school not 3 blocks away and to which I've been getting $$$ raped for every year of said child's entire LIFE, they can't go... because the school's FUKKING FULL already. Full with kids getting bus'd in from other neighborhoods... neighborhoods who're not paying the property tax I am to keep that school up?!? And now they try to bus our kids down to some shitschool near Bethel? Um, I don't fucking think so. About to tell me "move"? About to tell me "tough its life"? About to tell me "stop whining"? How about instead I tell you what I'm, what we're, doing about it: I'm not paying it come April 05. I've got the money escrowed but I'm not paying it. They can come try to sue me. They may. Good. I'll win in commissioners court too: Thirteen grand a year so I CAN'T send my kid to the public school right around the corner I've been paying for? Thousands of dollars in collected tax monies over six years and I can't send my kid to said school? Oh Yeah, we're not going to lose that in comissioners' court. Oh and guess what - in the meantime I'm not paying the levy, AND I'm sending my kid to private school. About six to eight grand annual will cover that easy. Oh, and the public school will lose more. Because the moment I take my kids out of the public school system altogether they lose an extra ~$5,000 in state/Federal matching funds. And like I said - I, we, will win levy exemption when/if Dublin tries to sue me, us, for that levy money. ------------- TAX AND LEVY DISTRICT BOUNDARIES NEED TO MATCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS - PERIOD. ------------- Sorry about that rant. That was last spring and it still chafes my ass. And it was my neices and kids in my neighborhood even not my own kid. It'd be worse otherwise. My Point being (I have a point? uh lets pretend I do) - you never have to just take things up the ass. *whew, deep breath* [ 05. November 2004, 09:45 AM: Message edited by: Mowgli ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest powers Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Originally posted by Mowgli: (and for me its about $13,000 in property tax PER YEAR) 13k in dublin would put the value of your home around 1 mill. Are you sure about that number? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 $240,000 and I'm sure. Wanna see my break down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest powers Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 yes address please i can look it up in 2 seconds. Thanks You can give me yours and I can give you mine and we can both compare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 pm me - never have never will post an address on CR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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