Property owners in Ohio may get rear-ended by a sneak attack from the state legislature. Apparently there is pressure coming from schools to lift the 1976 cap that keeps property taxes from rising when house prices rise.
Why this is dangerous and dumb is the subject of a column by Thomas Suddes in today's Dispatch - Democrats could be in for a shock if they touch property-tax cap
Suddes is, by the way, the most refreshing and intelligent of Dispatch columnists. Maybe that's because he isn't a staffer, but writes from Ohio University. To find his essay on the Dispatch web site you have to enter his name in the search box.
Anyway, his essay today exposes the seriousness of those protecting property from more tax by Big Brother: "Democrats like to claim that Social Security is the third rail in national politics: touch it, and you die. They might find out, and soon, that Ohio politics might have a third rail, too: property-tax caps."
Sunday, November 23, 2008
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