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Opinion.

Keeping taxes in check

Editorials

You’re not imagining things. Taxes just keep getting higher and higher — at least when it comes to property taxes. Axios reports median property taxes in Ohio rose 23.1% from 2019 to 2023. That’s higher than the national average increase of 21.6%. Axios quoted CoreLogic data that says ...

What’s the rush? High speed not worth the risk

Columns

I’ve pondered this question before: Why is everyone in such a hurry all the time? More and more it seems that there are no speed limits on local roadways. Interstate 70, in particular, seems more like a racetrack that a highway. Every day as I drive to and from the office, people pass me as ...

Use the power of story to make point memorable

Columns

Can you remember any Bible stories? How about Noah’s Ark, Jonah and the Whale or the First Christmas? Did you realize these stories are thousands of years old? The most recent, The First Christmas was decades old before it was scribed. They were all passed on verbally for years before ...

Delivered

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, On the Jewish calendar beginning on 4/22/2024 the Passover is commemorated when the first-born throughout Egypt died due to Pharaoh’s stubbornness before God while Israel was delivered by the offering of lambs & their blood.-Ex 12:1-51, RSV “Death” originated with ...

Cheers & Jeers

Editorials

CHEERS to James Delman, retired Sunset Heights fire chief who received the Distinguished Service Award on Thursday from the Ohio Fire Marshal and Division of EMS during a ceremony in Columbus. JEERS to the extent of flood damage in Belmont and Monroe counties. Assessments put Belmont ...

Time to fix housing crisis

Editorials

Most Buckeye State residents have understood Ohio has a big housing problem for years now. For those seeking a house or apartment, the crisis is unavoidable. But state lawmakers are just getting a sense of urgency on the matter. The Ohio Senate Select Committee on Housing released a report ...