Sunday, January 27, 2013
16 of 18 Ohio Patch communities saw 2012 income tax collections surpass 2011 figures
Correction: The information in bold has been corrected. Rising income tax collections and falling unemployment rates suggest local economies are slowly rebounding in Northeast Ohio, at least for some communities. Avon saw a whopping increase of 13 percent, due in part to the opening in late 2011 of the Richard E. Jacobs Cleveland Clinic center, which amounted to more than $400,000, according to Avon Finance Director Bill Logan. Avon Lake saw a gain of 6.7 percent. A review of income tax collections for 2012 and 2011 in 18 Northeast Ohio Patch communities shows only one of the municipalities saw a drop in income tax revenue, Brecksville, while just one community saw income tax returns remain flat: Solon. The remaining 16 communities saw an …
Monday, September 3, 2012
For Labor Day, Patch looks at how jobs have changed during the last century.
This is a story about jobs that, by and large, simply don’t exist in the United States anymore. Or if they do, are holding on by the fiber-optic thread that will soon extinguish the occupation for good. Some are ancient history, like the iceman who has not cometh since the Eisenhower Administration. And others – including the minimum wage Wal-Mart “greeter” - were here just yesterday. A LESS DISPOSABLE TIME At The Sun newspaper of Baltimore – where many wonder if reporters will eventually go the way of the typewriter (and the skilled folks who repaired them) – there used to be an aged, exceedingly polite elevator operator named Barney Barney. [Yes, his first name and his last name were – inexplicably - the same.] Though extraordinary …
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Children may be priceless, but they're also not cheap.
The last few years have put money matters front and center in our country, and in our homes. In this recession, families have had to forgo extras that the children once took for granted as part of life. Plane trips to Disney World gave way to day trips to Kalahari. Instead of buying new video games, parents are either renting them or only buying them as Christmas and birthday presents. The pile of presents under the Christmas tree may be smaller the past few years. And that may be some of the better scenarios. Teens'college prospects may be narrowed as parents are unable to afford to pay as much towards college. Children have also had to live with more stress in households where a parent has lost a job, a parent's job is in jeopardy, or …
Buck98
8:23 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
It is also just as sad that some are so willing to keep handing over their hard earned cash whenever the government or school board comes a calling. Sheep will follow. Trying looking at how much you turn over to these people each year. more ›