Goodman does have a view. He borrowed it from Kreider. (updated)
From Emily Kreider's Campaign Website:
These problems reflect weakening communities. Emily has a plan to bring Ohio back and make our communities strong again:
- Reduce reliance on property taxes for school funding.
- Revise the Homestead Exemption to reduce property taxes for senior adults and disabled people. This exemption should be fully funded from the state general fund.
Bill proposes 'circuit breaker' property-tax relief
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Enterprise Staff Writer
A bill introduced last month in the Ohio Legislature would give tax breaks to senior citizens and disabled Ohioans on fixed incomes -- and could benefit school districts in the process.
State Rep. Jon M. Peterson (R-Delaware) and state Sen. David Goodman (R-New Albany) introduced legislation in August that would expand the Homestead Exemption Act.
Looks like Emily is already winning the debate.UPDATE: As near as I can tell, the story goes that Goodman sponsored a Senate Bill that was identical to the House Bill that was written by Rep. Peterson. Rep. Peterson states that the idea originated with two Westerville School Board members, Kevin Hoffman and George Tombaugh. Westerville is Kreider's home. So...
By my timeline, I can't tell if Kreider's plan came before or after the original formulation of a proposal by Hoffman and Tombaugh. It does appear, however, that one can safely say that Kreider campaigned on the issue before Goodman appears to have taken it up. If anyone wants to point me toward resources that could/would flesh out or correct this, drop me a line (jason.m.sullivan@gmail.com)
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In the September 7 issue story, "New Legislation Proposes 'Circuit Breaker' Tax Relief," Rep. Peterson and Sen. Goodman's bills remind me of discussions of 'death bed conversions" in Sunday school. Now the Ohio Supreme Court has been telling the General Assembly since 1997 that it needed to do something about the funding of public schools. Specifically, the court indicated reform was needed in the way property taxes were used to fund the schools. A Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, Mr. Callender, proposed a bill to give greater property tax relief to seniors in 2004, but that bill stalled in the House. Where were Rep. Peterson and Sen. Goodman in 2004? So with 2.5 months remaining before an election where all indications are that the citizens of Ohio have had enough of Republican failed leadership, Rep. Peterson and Sen. Goodman are getting religion on the homestead exemption issue. The degree of irony in their conversion almost takes your breath of away.
Mackenzie White is apparently oblivious to the fact
that we are in election season and didn't bother to
see if these guys have democrat opponents. She must
be more interested in being the mouthpiece for the
Republican party than being a journalist.
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