Lawmakers Better Start Drafting Their Own Property-Tax Ballot Issue if They Want to Avoid Becoming the Prey: Gene Krebs

Lawmakers better start drafting their own property-tax ballot issue if they want to avoid becoming the prey: Gene Krebs

It this repeal of all property taxes makes the ballot in 2026, it has a very good chance of passing as a referendum on the ruling elite. However, I have little hope that the legislature will understand the risk they are taking, or how they resemble the elk of Yellowstone who can make loud bugling calls, but now can’t do much except run from the wolves, writes guest columnist Gene Kreb, who served in the Ohio House from 1993 through 2000 and as a…

Confusing property tax question on the ballot in Paola

As the November 4 general election approaches, voters in Paola are being asked to vote on a ballot question that is more than a little unclear in its wording. The question reads: “Shall Unified School District No. 368, Miami County, Kansas (Paola) (the “District”) be authorized to levy an ad valorem tax in an amount not to exceed the amount necessary to finance the costs attributable directly to the assignment of cost-of-living weighting to the …