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January 2, 2009
$75-MILLION OF COUNTY TAXES FOR SPECIAL INTERESTS
REALNEO
The Northeast Ohio online community thanks Cleveland-area taxpayers on behalf of Forest City Enterprises, for the $42 million Convention Center subsidy generated by a 0.25% hike in the county sales tax.
What have you done lately for Randy Lerner, Sam Miller, Albert Ratner, Tim Hagan, the Cleveland Orchestra or the Playhouse Square Foundation?
Plenty.
You may not know it but as a resident of Cuyahoga County you have been extremely generous to these richest of our rich.
The figures are in through December for a number of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County taxes.
...The $42 million is the result of the one-quarter percent sale tax increase voted by two people – Hagan and Jimmy Dimora. No real public debate. Absolutely no public vote.
So thank you from Sam Miller & Al Ratner.
That is, of course, if the dysfunctional Cleveland and Cuyahoga leadership can ever get their act together to start building the new Convention Center for Sam, Al and Forest City Enterprises.
NoLandGrab: Of course, Forest City didn't bother to thank taxpayers, since they look upon the public subsidy as an "entitlement."
Posted by eric at January 2, 2009 11:06 AM