Last week Illinois passed legislation to significantly increase its income taxes in order to help solve its dismal budget deficit problems. Personal income tax rates in Illinois will go from 3 percent to 5 percent — a 66 percent (!) increase — for the next four years. Corporate taxes also will increase. Legislators passed the [...]
Archive for January 16th, 2011
Illinois Ups The Ante
Posted in America, Politics, The Economy, tagged America, Government spending, Illinois, Illinois Budget Problems, Illinois Income Tax Increase, income taxes, John Kasich, Ohio, Ohio General Assembly, Politics, Tea Party on January 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From A Village To A City
Posted in Ohio, tagged 2010 Census, New Albany, Ohio, Public Employee Unions on January 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In addition to all of its other functions, the U.S. Census also determines whether a town is a “village” or a “city” under Ohio law. The Ohio Revised Code provides that “cities” are municipal corporations which, in the last federal census, had a population of more than 5,000. All other municipal corporations are “villages.” The [...]
Questions Of Fit And Fitness
Posted in sports, tagged Ben Watson, Bill Belichick, Browns Backers, Browns Football, Cleveland, Cleveland Browns, Colt McCoy, Mike Holmgren, NFL, NFL Football, Pat Shurmur, Peyton Hillis on January 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Browns have hired a new head coach, the 13th full-time head coach in the team’s history. His name is Pat Shurmur. Shurmur was the offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams for the last two seasons, and before that he was the tight ends, offensive line, and quarterbacks coach with the Philadelphia Eagles. So, [...]
