"The state budget defiicit is much bigger than the 8 billion talked of. Both the city and school system have had plenty of warnings... oh well. There were no excuses this time. Hold them accountable at election time. "

"Jeff, I agree that the future has a lot of uncertainty. Gov Strickland did raise "taxes" on Ohio, by repealing the roll back of the income tax reduction scheduled in 2009, added the commercial user or activity tax (not certain the name) on…"

"This is the way I look at it: + Most renewal levies passed in north central Ohio on Tuesday night. I believe that people thought that drastic cuts at this moment would just create more chaos, drive down property values, and the like. + The vote…"

"You have no clue as what is about to hit Galion next year - stunning. "

"Russell, go to the Crawford Co Auditor's web page. Find your own property and then look under the levy tab on the left side, only the highlighted items at the top are newly voted taxes, all of the other are current taxes and you will see that…"

"Shirley, thank you for your interest in the schools. The levy issue is not new money but a renewal of an existing levy that was first voted in 2001. As for the school living within their means, you will need to understand that there is NO pay to…"

"We are still trying very hard to get the utilite rates lowered and we will continue to work on it .. none of us can afford any more increses in taxes or anything else at this point in time . Scott when I was elected I said I would fight for the…"

"Wish you could convince the city council that we can't afford these overpriced utilities and them blood suckers from RITA we are over taxed. (Yes I know RITA doesn't impose the tax they just collect it but this was my chance to call them…"

"</ b> I will also vote no on any tax levy the BOE put on the ballot they had a chance to make money when they decided not to sell the high school just to prove they will do what they wanted to do , Now let them fiqure out how to come up with…"

"Brian, you are not correct, sir. Not all of the buildings exceeded 85%, and in fact I believe that at least three of them fell below that number. Also, there was no prohibition against renovation unless it exceeded 100% of the cost of new…"

"The latest Galion Propaganda book that I'm aware of praised the (old) Middle school renovations & stated that it was used as an example for the rest of the country."

"Brian, This can not be true. The Middle schol wsa completely renovated in the mid 1970's. How in the world could it be the most expensive ? THE OSFC does put in a formula as a guidline, but they push very hard for new buildings. The plain…"