You either
agreed or disagreed with the views of Mr. Moldovan, but even the most staunch
teachers' union advocates had to reluctantly agree that he did have some valid
complaints about budgetary excesses in the township's annual tax increases. I inserted "LIGHTNING STRIKES
THE HAMILTON B.O.E." into this graphic. I have a history of being a fierce
supporter of Hamilton's schools and teachers, but as a senior citizen I find
myself wondering why I don't get just a bit of a tax break from the large
amount of my income that goes to the schools. Most of monthly social security check goes to
Hamilton Township for my quarterly tax payment. The last time I looked which
was a few years ago, I found that more tax dollars went to the school system
than to the township. Most of us in the senior citizen community have been
paying those exorbitant taxes many years after our children graduated from
grammar and high school. It is long past
the time that the powers that be in the state, county and local municipalities look
into what is an unfair senior citizen tax burden and at least consider some relief.
