Local Govt & Politics
Oakwood tax levy passes
Oakwood residents are supporting a 3.75-mill additional property tax, according to unofficial election results.With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the vote is 55 percent to 45 percent in favor of the tax levy.The issue is the first tax increase request for city government services in 22 years.Administrators and elected officials ...
West Carrollton tax increase passes
Voters in West Carrollton voted for a 0.25-percent increase in the city’s 2 percent income tax Tuesday, according to unofficial election results released Tuesday night.With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the vote is 53.77 percent to 46.23 percent for the tax increase.The five-year renewable measure would cost a resident who ...
Both Harrison Twp. levies approved
Harrison Twp. had two police levies on the ballot and both passed with 100 percent of precincts reporting, according to unofficial election results released Tuesday night.The levies were a renewal police and EMS 13 mill levy and a 4-mill renewal levy.“If they both fail, there will not be a policing ...
Beavercreek tax levy failed
A proposed 1.5 percent earned income tax in Beavercreek has failed 61 percent to 39 percent with 100 percent of precincts reporting, according to unofficial results.There were 6,437 votes cast against the tax increase and 4,030 cast for it.Proponents of the tax say the city has changed throughout the decades ...
Fairborn schools levy fails
With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the Fairborn City Schools’ 11.7-mill emergency levy has failed 69 percent to 31 percent, according to unofficial board of elections results.If the levy passed it would have generated $7 million annually for 10 years, and kept the district fiscally solvent and meet its budgetary ...
Centerville schools levy failing
In a close vote Tuesday night, Centerville’s 6.9-mill school levy was failing, according to unofficial election results.With 100 percent of precincts reporting before midnight, the levy was failing 50.69 percent to 49.31 percent.The difference was 182 votes.Superintendent Tom Henderson last month said the levy is needed, even though the district ...
Unofficial count: Whaley and Wagner in, Leitzell out
With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Nan Whaley and A.J. Wagner have survived the runoff vote for mayor of Dayton, according to unofficial results from the Montgomery County Board of Elections. Whaley has received 4,965 votes, and Wagner came in second with 2,566 votes. Mayor Gary Leitzell lost with 2,338 ...
Trammell’s daughter pleads guilty to stealing $70K in funds for battered women
Angela Goodwine, 53, of Dayton pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to stealing $70,000 in taxpayer money that was supposed to help battered women. The conviction was the second related to social services programs operated by the Dayton chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in Montgomery County. Goodwine’s ...
Judge rescinds order banning prosecutor from court
Vandalia Municipal Judge Cindy Heck rescinded her order barring Vandalia Municipal Prosecutor Claudia Turrell from practicing in the court, according to a order Heck issued Thursday afternoon.The controversial April 18 decision to ban Turrell from court for allegedly repeating a rumor about Heck led to Turrell being placed on paid ...
State of Dayton positive, mayor says
Dayton Mayor Gary Leitzell delivered a list of positives Thursday evening in his State of the City speech, making mention of two years of budget surpluses and development projects in the GE EPISCenter and Dayton racino among other successes made during his tenure.The address, given from the Ahiska American Turkish ...
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