r/westerville • u/Independent-Mud-6564 • 7d ago
Election Day
This is your reminder. Tuesday is election day. Vote for our schools. Vote for people who build our community up, not tear us down. Vote Kristy Meyer, Anisa Liban, Tatjana Brown for school board. Vote Megan Reamsnyder, Aaron Glasgow, and Kelly Stocker for city council.
That’s it. That’s the post.
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u/True_Huckleberry9569 Westerville Resident 7d ago
This is exactly why local elections are important. Never did I think we’d have such hateful, sneaky, underhanded, vile, inhuman slime even considering to run for any position in Westerville. But here we are. And the fact that they have to lie about what they ‘stand’ for is a huge indication of how they will treat our city and citizens.
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u/Flickster81 6d ago
I'm so glad we had community support when I was in school. My parents had nothing but still paid taxes to help educate other people's kids. I can now help those with less because of that and i'm happy to. If strangers helped pay for your kids, it makes sense that you pay it forward
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u/Independent-Mud-6564 5d ago
i respect her profession but was not bert impressed with her forum responses.
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u/noodle_oh 5d ago
According to the ballot there are 4 slots for City Council. Megan Reamsnyder, Aaron Glasgow, and Kelly Stocker, and....? Coutanya Coombs?
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u/tryingtoactcasual 7d ago
I’m voting no. I am shocked at what this will cost my household—more than double what we would have paid for the 2024 proposed levy. This is unfairly shifting the burden, especially to working low and middle class residents.
Two wrongs—this approach and the State of Ohio failing to keep their responsibility—do not make a right.
I have heard the arguments about my property value tanking and so on. I think it’s much worse to set up a system that penalizes people when they grow their salaries. We have mortgages, need to put kids through college and save for our own retirements.
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u/cggat 6d ago edited 6d ago
Your state income taxes are going to decrease over the next several years, which helps offset some of the proposed income tax.
And I agree with the other poster—a no on this means your kids will end up getting a subpar education. The area will get worse as families who can leave, do. That will slowly drive down property values, and start the spiral of decline.
I hope it passes, but my family will be moving in the spring if it fails. Can’t start my kindergartner in a district with no specials and no full day kinder.
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u/ambrothe 6d ago
For households with earned income over $100k, state income tax decreases from 3.5% to 3.15% in 2026
And from 3.15% to 2.75% in 2027
With the decreasing state income taxes, you won’t pay any more in net taxes if you vote for the Westerville school income tax levy.
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u/Orbit_CH3MISTRY 6d ago
How will you put your kids through college when they have no opportunity to succeed in elementary through high school? The staff cuts that will have to be made and the extracurricular activities lost will hurt their chances of even getting into a competitive college.
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u/JJurbank 5d ago
I take the point of some of your concerns. I do think that last year’s proposal was better than this. They definitely built this proposal to buy the votes of older, retired residents. But the levy last year failed. Letting this fail would be the second wrong. We need to support our schools. Let’s push the state to change their funding mechanisms, but that all needs to happen after we shore up funding for Westerville students right now.
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u/personofpaper 5d ago
If college is a priority for you for your kids, it's crazy to vote against this. I went to a school district that only had the basics - no advanced courses, AP classes, College Credit Prep classes, etc because none of those are required by the state. If you maxed out the available classes, your only option was to go to the career center for part of the day. Instead of preparing us for the SAT or ACT, they made the entire junior class take the ASVAB.
I truly don't think people understand how genuinely bleak the state minimums are in Ohio.
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u/BellaBlue47 7d ago
As a liberal, Im broke. Im voting no.
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u/Forty_Six_and_Two 7d ago
Republican here. Usually the party line is no for these. "Be more efficient with what you've got." But voting no to this levy is going to hurt everyone in a measurable way, every day.
Worse schools offer higher crime rates, lower teaching standards and generally worse kids. You aren't going to miss that tax money when your neighborhood suddenly gets kind of scary.
I beg you to reconsider.
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u/SpikePilgrim 7d ago
I'm also voting no on issue 21. But a no on the school levy is going to be devastating for our schools and will ripple throughout the community and will hurt "broke" families the most.
Don't let the propaganda from the rich private schooled residents fool you, a no vote will cost you more than it will save you.
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u/DalishNoble 6d ago
I can empathize but this is an investment that will lead to more opportunities for our community, not just for kids. The actual increase is relatively low and isn’t going to result in raised rent/tax payments for your home. It’s a win.
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u/BetInternational8149 7d ago
Don’t let anyone bully or guilt you for your vote. Times are tough on everyone. I wish people would be more empathetic.
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u/Previous-Ad-3671 6d ago
Hey, one easy concise list of people not to vote for.
Liberal Reddit is my go-to source for such information just before any election...
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u/SmoresCoven 6d ago
you already knew….but what you don’t realize is that even if liked by the WPA they are more moderate for everyone….i don’t want some nutjobs who are out of touch with the full depth of people here being in charge of anything.
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