Category archive for ‘Local Government’ rss

  • Lancaster’s dilemma: Kasich budget in a nutshell

    Lancaster encapsulates the dilemma faced by local governments around the state as they confront cuts in the state budget: cut services and eliminate jobs or raise taxes. Or, in some cases, both.

    8/22/11 • (2)

  • From the Department of Huh? Republicans continue to say no more money should be spent on schools and local governments

    With everyone expecting their to be more money available for schools and local governments in coming weeks why is the Governor continuing to say that he will veto any more money directed to schools and local governments?

    6/03/11 • (3)

  • What to do with a surplus? Kasich says local governments should not expect any of it

    At a public event yesterday Gov. Kasich again reiterated that he is opposed to giving any money from a surplus to local governments. This stands in clear contrast with what House and Senate Republicans wish to see. What does this mean for local governments and why is this still a bad idea?

    5/24/11 • (2)

  • The estate tax, local governments, and creating your own reality

    We have heard a lot of Republicans during the budget process that their simply isn’t enough money to go around and that local governments are going to have to use the tools given to them to cut costs. Shockingly, the same people who tout this line are the same people in favor of cutting funds from being directed toward local governments. How can that be?

    5/20/11 • (1)

  • Breaking News: Kasich still sort of a jerk, can’t explain his own budget

    Governor Kasich held a press event yesterday where he attempted to rally support for his budget. Instead we get a bunch of great quotes and glimpse into the true nature of our Governor. It isn’t all that pretty.

    5/10/11 • (4)

  • Local Government Impacts

    As has been noted here and elsewhere, local governments take a tremendous hit in the Kasich budget, by design it appears, as a way of closing a $7.7 billion gap and also in an ideological attempt to starve local governments, pass on the burden of tax increases, and force local consolidation. We pass on two notes as we enter another busy week in the budget process – a new analysis of the impacts to local governments, and a dedicated hearing in the House Finance subcommittee.

    4/03/11 • (1)

  • John Kasich’s Reverse Robin Hood Budget

    Drastic cuts to school funding, SB5, and diverting of funds earmarked for local governments, will increase fiscal pressure on those least able to pay for them.

    3/26/11 • (3)

  • Kasich Budget: local governments and schools suffer hidden cuts

    While everyone was anticipating large cuts to the State’s Local Government Fund, the Governor’s budget redirects revenue from a variety of taxes, normally distributed to local governments and schools, to the State General Revenue fund (see page B-6 of the Blue Book). None of these cuts were included in the numbers the administration is putting out about its level of funding for local governments.

    3/15/11 • (3)

  • Ohio Budget Preview: Impacts to Local Governments

    The State shares a significant portion of the revenue it collects from taxes, the federal government and fees with units of local government. One mechanism for revenue sharing is the Local Government Fund, through which counties and municipalities receive a set percentage of the collections from the State’s General Revenue Fund. As a result, payments [...]

    2/13/11 • (0)