Issue 31 - Cuyahoga County Tax Increase

Voters in Cuyahoga County will go to the polls on March 2nd to decide on Issue 31, a $21,000,000 property tax increase for arts and culture and economic development. It seems odd that the public is being asked to raise taxes for the arts when fundamental services are being curtailed in the county due to budgetary shortfalls. Recently, the city of Cleveland dramatically reduced their police force, emergency services, and trash pickup and eight county school districts need to repair or replace leaky roofs, drafty classroom windows and old school buses. Of course, it's up to the Cuyahoga County voters to decide on how to spend their money.