Shaker Heights Income Tax Increase
Recent posts
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Blog Post
'Twas the Night Before Tax Day
‘Twas the night before tax day in ol’ Shaker Heights, Its Centennial saw yet another tax hike; The taxers were happy, asleep at their desks, While visions of revenues dance...
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Government
A Look at Shaker's Income Tax Increase
City operating revenues have been slowly declining since 2007.So Shaker Heights, a mostly residential community, turned to residents earlier this month to approve a 0.5 percent income tax...
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Government
Shaker Heights Safety Forces Misused a Week After Issue 1 Passage: Letter to the Editor
(Tuesday evening), around 5:45pm, there were 3 police officers, 2 police cruisers and the K-9 unit on my street, Rawnsdale Road. There were officers on my property and I asked them what...
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Government
Taxes from Increase to be Withheld Beginning in October
The impact of voters' approval of Issue 1 will be reflected in paychecks in about seven weeks.Additional taxes from the 0.5 percent increase will be withheld from the pay of people who wo...
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Government
Shaker Heights Taxpayer Union Reacts to Issue 1 Passage
After months of speaking out against the city's income tax increase, the Shaker Heights Taxpayers Union faced defeat Tuesday night when voters approved Issue 1 64 percent to 36 percent.Si...