Are voters to blame?
The county auditor has issued his report on the 2009 triennial update of property values across the county. The news is not good for the village or the school district.
Total tax valuation fell 8 percent in the village and about 6 percent in the school district. This translates into lost real est ...
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Vote sent a message
The voters have spoken and elected newcomer Nancy Fisher and incumbent Dale McAvena -- who was seen as a maverick -- as Wellington Township trustees. In doing so, they voted out Calvin Woods, who has consistently voted with Virginia Haynes on most matters.
Fisher won convincingly in both the town ...
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It's voters turn to listen
The Wellington schools have listened to the voters. When voters last year narrowly defeated an 8.48-mill bond issue to construct a new K-12 school with an auditorium and stadium, the school board and administration listened to the reasons why the levy was defeated.
The price tag was too high; the ...
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Stop negative letters
We see it with every election cycle. Television ads smearing an opponent's character offer plenty of heat to a campaign but no light.
We cringe when we are subjected to them on the television hour after hour, night after night. Why, then, do writers of letters to the editor think we want to read ...
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Law makes no sense
We all enjoy reading about silly laws still on the books. For example, in Ohio:
* It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
* It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
* When a terminated teacher appeals his termination, the board of education must pay for the referee to hear the appeal.
The fir ...
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Vote to have a choice
On Election Day, we trust Wellington voters will not be confused by Issue 20, the question to frame a charter. This is not a vote to approve any particular charter that was written in secret.
This question simply asks voters "Do you want the state to tell you how to run the village -- so to be ci ...
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