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Dayton levy campaign brings in record haul
Two hospitals and a health care company combined to contribute $140,000 to the Dayton levy campaign, or more than one-third of the record $384,000 total donations.
Because of cash leftover from the 2007 levy, the campaign had at least $445,000 on hand to promote the levy. Keep in mind there is a second report that comes after the election and will probably show a few more contributions.
That is a stunning figure. It’s almost double what the 2007 levy committee raised. Most of the money is being spent on television ads.
It will be interesting to see if all the fund-raising pays off with a victory on Nov. 4.
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By Mary
October 28, 2008 7:06 AM | Link to this
Joe, you may or may not be right about the property tax, but I am fairly certain hospitals get many tax breaks other entities do not get.By Joe Lacey
October 27, 2008 11:09 AM | Link to this
Hospitals and Caresource are not expempt from real estate tax.By Mary
October 27, 2008 6:25 AM | Link to this
Good points, Bobby. It seems people want to raise and spend other people’s money on their pet projects based on emotional rhetoric. Taxpayers are supporting a lot of gravy trains that do not pay their own share of taxes. I have noticed hospitals and health care businesses also have a lot of money to spend on fancy buildings and artificial turf around the Miami Valley. They do not pay property taxes and just charge more for health care.By Bobby
October 26, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this
The “nonprofit” hospitals are always supportive of property tax levies since they pay no property taxes.The health care company derives it’s income from processing medicaid claims that are paid by the state,I.E.,taxpayers.The new building being built for Caresource will bring how much in new property tax revenue? My guess is the money Old Prof wants from the state could be found if the statehouse gang would legislate meaningful healthcare reform. The money given for these levies is chump change relative to what these outfits would pay IF they paid property taxes.By School Supporter
October 24, 2008 11:47 PM | Link to this
Oldprof, your “blame Columbus” platitude downplays the importance of the new superintendent and board in fixing longstanding issues. The best reason to vote for the levy: Dayton’s new sheriff (Supt Stanic) makes better spending decisions than his predecessors.By Mary
October 24, 2008 8:34 PM | Link to this
And maybe the health care businesses and hospitals should be doing their own jobs, as well. What with financing artificial turf and school levy campaigns, no wonder health care costs are going through the roof.By teacher
October 24, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this
Has there been any polls regarding the levy. I am wondering how it is looking in terms of passing?By urban_girl75
October 24, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this
This levy needs to pass. We haven’t had a levy passed in 16 years. Dr. Stanic has expressed many what-ifs and they are not pleasant. There will be layoffs and classrooms will be even more overcrowded than they are now. I have 26 students in my room and most need a lot of individual teaching, something I am not able to give them very often. The schools need assistant principals to help with the behavior issues that are going on. Schools may close. We do not need that. The children of DPS deserve this levy. Yes, mistakes(big mistakes) have been made in the past. But, we have a new leader who has already proven he believes in living within a budget.By Oldprof
October 24, 2008 7:05 AM | Link to this
This money could be put toward more constructive uses if our legislators had been doing their jobs, which includes setting fair tax rates to fulfill their constitutional duties. None of the Brahmans in the state house deserves election; they had the chance to fix this years ago and instead they resisted and created more cost inefficiencies.