The Coshocton County Beacon November 27, 2019 | Page 4

|  OPINION |  Letter to the Editor id you make it to in local business activity the Miracle on from employees spending Main parade? Ar- and businesses purchasing en’t the new lights local goods and services. - I am talking especially The Thanksgiving Day about the stars that adorn holiday always means that Main Street - beautiful! Ap- the shopping season is in preciation goes to the many MARK’S MUSINGS full swing - despite the fact sponsors that helped make that the decorations go up them possible. in the stores at Halloween. Or even be- Did you make it to the Warsaw Lions fore. That is just silliness I think but that Music and Comedy Show at River View is just my opinion. High School? I am writing this column And the Thanksgiving weekend - due to the Thanksgiving holiday - on brings another facet to our communi- Friday, Nov. 22 and am hoping to get ty - deer gun season. Youth gun season there on either Saturday or Sunday. is this weekend and the regular season Laughs are always good and these will start on Monday, Dec. 2 and run shows typically deliver a boatload of through Sunday, Dec. 8. them. Combine the humor with the By the time you read this edition of wonderful singing and musical talent The Beacon the Buckeyes will have that exists in our community and this either defeated the Nittany Lions or show is a winner. And the proceeds slipped out of the playoff picture - for always go to wonderful causes. a week. My opinion is that even if the Our community continues to move Buckeyes lost to Penn State and then forward with lots of things in the works. beat TTUN they will still make the play- People are starting businesses left and off. Their resume is very solid and the right - and whether they are at home or statistics back that up with the Buckeyes opening up a small shop downtown, leading the nation in many categories. in the Plaza, Warsaw, West Lafayette Of course, these are just my predictions or otherwise, these are all very good and I was way wrong on baseball this things. Let’s support these locally year. owned businesses during the holiday Speaking of baseball, what happens season and beyond. to Houston? How would you like to be A dollar spent locally returns an aver- an Astros fan and know that your team age of 67 cents according to the United - well, essentially cheated? Who knows States Chamber of Commerce and our how many teams do this and just don’t very own Coshocton County Chamber get caught though? Seems like a famil- of Commerce reinforces this. Saturday, iar theme right now though. Nov. 30 is Small Business Saturday, Here’s hoping that you and yours have and The Beacon is pleased to have two a very Happy Thanksgiving! Don’t eat pages in this week’s issue focused on too much! area small businesses. Small but mighty could really be the words that better describe our area’s small businesses. And every dollar spent at local business- es generates and additional 50 cents To the Editor, The River View School District Income Tax Levy is a very big topic. We the voters made our voices heard when we voted it down, but here we are again. They shouldn’t be allowed to put it back on the ballot within at least a year. We voted it down and because its not the outcome they wanted we have to do it all again in 4 months time. The flyers the school sent out were short and sweet. They will only say the bare minimum in hopes that peo- ple will just vote yes. I say this because when people actually research this and find out how it will impact their finances most don’t like what they are finding out. First of all things that can and will be taxed are as follows: wages, salaries, tips, interest, dividends, unemployment bene- fits, taxable scholarships and fellowships, pensions, annuities, IRA distributions, capital gains, state and local bond inter- est, federal bond interest, alimony, AND all other sources of income (including lump sums, 401K distributions, etc.) Information on this at tax.ohio.gov page 4. What can not be taxed is social security benefits, disability and survivor benefits, railroad retirement, child support, work- ers comp, and property received as a gift bequest or inheritance. There is no cap on that $50,000 income, so if you make more you pay more, if you make less you pay less. Since posting my information that I have researched and thought peo- ple should know, myself and others have been kicked off sites ran by supporters of the levy, we have been called names, told we are uneducated, told we must not care about or we hate the kids, called vari- ous names, and just verbally harassed D |  because we don’t feel the same way. If this matter is so simple, cut and dry then why are the supporters mad at those of us actually researching this? Its ok for them to bully and harass us but it’s not ok for us to express our opinions and views on the matter. This will have a negative impact on those who are barely making it now with no more to spare. Not all re- tired people live on social security, some live on pensions. With everything else around us going up (property taxes, gas tax, sales tax, healthcare cost, etc.) some just simply don’t have any more to give. Its not only the retired people, what about the ones barely making it from week to week? What about all those delinquent property taxes that people already cant afford? People we are not against the kids or the school, but we have to know how this will impact all of us financially. I will not vote to take from people who have no more to spare. I encourage everyone to do their research. Call the IRS; call the Ohio Dept. of Taxation. This tax will affect anything you have to claim as in- come. Not to mention if you are married and both parents work you are being tri- ple taxed (property taxes, your wages and your spouses wages). In households that are double or triple taxed we shouldn’t have to pay to play sports, band, choir, or for school lunches. Fun Fact from the Ohio Dept. of Taxa- tion (yes I called them) If a school is con- sidered “Traditional” (which RV is) they can not tax social security, if a school is considered “Alternative” they can tax social security. Jodi Wilson Warsaw Isleta to have cookie and candy sale ISLETA - Isleta United Methodist Church will have its 13th annual “Christmas Cookie and Candy” sale in the church basement on Sat. Dec. 7 from 8 to 11 a.m. There will be hundreds of delicious holiday cookies and candies to choose from, and you can make up your own assortment of favorites. Price is $6.50 per pound. Plan to come early for the best selection! Isleta UMC is located at 58608 CR 9, Newcomerstown. Contributed | Beacon Share Your Opinion! The Coshocton County Beacon believes in our right of free speech. The Beacon will publish a letter to the editor or an opinion as space permits. A letter to the editor must contain your name and city or village of your postal zip code. Example: John Smith, Fresno. To maintain accuracy the preferred method of delivery is email in Microsoft Word format. Please email your letter to [email protected]. 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