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Editor, News-Register:
In the Sunday News-Register dated April 24th, in the "Pats on the Back" section, the Marshall County School Board members are granted a "Pat on the Back" regarding the county's Levy Rate. The members voted to keep the rate at 86% even though the school system is facing a shortfall of $880,000. The article reads that the board members put taxpayers first and noted that they could make their budget work without raising taxes.
The "Pat on the Back" also states the following, "At a time when other government bodies (insert Ohio County School Board) would not have hesitated to raise the levy rate to cover the shortfall …"
It was recently reported in the newspaper that the rate in Ohio County has been maintained at 95.5% for another year.
Rather than raising the already too high rate the board could just take some more money from the Ohio County Library or put another bond issue on the ballot if they should experience a shortfall.
Tom Dailer
Wheeling