Middletown is down the tube.
MIDDLETOWN — Despite a well-financed campaign supported by some of Middletown’s most prominent citizens, a proposed 0.75-percent income tax increase could not overcome voters’ lack of confidence in the City Council and the uncertainty of the 253-day lockout at AK Steel Corp.
What next? Middletown ponders future
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Middletown Journal continues
Had voters approved the proposal, it would have generated $9 million annually and raised the city’s income tax to 2.25 percent — one of the highest rates in the Miami Valley. It would have cost a resident making $40,017 about $900 a year.[...]Becker said he plans to proceed with the budget cuts that were announced this fall, which include closing two fire stations, reducing police staff and keeping the city’s two municipal pools closed.
As a blogreader said: “theres’ no reason armco couldn’t settle their differences long time ago instead of being hell bent on union busting and in the end city busting.” cite.
At a previous council meeting:
