Haynam inspires City of Toledo assessment study

Stung by my criticism of the City of Toledo 36% increase in special assessments over the last five years, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner and City Council have appointed a task force to examine the rising cost of special assessments. Last month, as chair of city council’s finance committee, my opponent imposed a 4.4 million dollar tax increase on residents of the city of Toledo by increasing special assessments. During my opponents tenure on council he has supported increased assessments totaling 10.7 million dollars. He has also opposed submitting proposed assessment increases to the voters.

According to Blade reports, the Mayor and council reacted to my opposition to those increases by appointing a task force. Of course council and the mayor could have rejected the increases in the first place, or repealed the assessments. Instead, they chose to leave the tax increase intact in favor of a “do nothing” study.

I pledge as County Commissioner not to permit any increase in taxes on residents of Lucas County without submitting the issue to the voters. That is a position my opponent has refused to endorse.

To read the Blade article, clich here.