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muh smallest of rural centers dying a slow one due to muh USD....

here's a linky for those that care....

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/20...175623002/

Quote:Two villages decided on Tuesday to not exist.

Residents in Amelia and Newtonsville chose to surrender the villages' powers, meaning they will become unincorporated areas of their surrounding townships.

The vote in Amelia wasn't close, with 68 percent of the voters deciding to dissolve this community of 5,000 people.

In Newtonsville, population 400, the vote was only seven votes: 53-46.

Quote:The two villages in the rural and suburban Clermont County just east of Cincinnati join a growing number of towns that have decided to call it quits in recent years. Counting Amelia and Newtonsville, 14 municipalities across Ohio have dissolved in the face of rising costs and dwindling revenues.

Amelia is a metropolis compared to the other 13 towns, the largest by far of any municipality in Ohio that has called it quits in recent years. All but one of the other towns had less than 500 people.

In the case of Amelia and Newtonsville, the imposition of a 1% earnings tax spurred residents to petition for the villages' dissolution.

#infrastructureDissolve

#consequenceOfCapitalism

this is where Ike understood Hitler's vision of the I-system....

@Irony

it's no different than 'major urban centers' being adjoined to the waterway or the rail system that evolved in the early 20th century...

(11-09-2019 07:06 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  muh smallest of rural centers dying a slow one due to muh USD....

here's a linky for those that care....

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/20...175623002/

Quote:Two villages decided on Tuesday to not exist.

Residents in Amelia and Newtonsville chose to surrender the villages' powers, meaning they will become unincorporated areas of their surrounding townships.

The vote in Amelia wasn't close, with 68 percent of the voters deciding to dissolve this community of 5,000 people.

In Newtonsville, population 400, the vote was only seven votes: 53-46.

Quote:The two villages in the rural and suburban Clermont County just east of Cincinnati join a growing number of towns that have decided to call it quits in recent years. Counting Amelia and Newtonsville, 14 municipalities across Ohio have dissolved in the face of rising costs and dwindling revenues.

Amelia is a metropolis compared to the other 13 towns, the largest by far of any municipality in Ohio that has called it quits in recent years. All but one of the other towns had less than 500 people.

In the case of Amelia and Newtonsville, the imposition of a 1% earnings tax spurred residents to petition for the villages' dissolution.

#infrastructureDissolve

#consequenceOfCapitalism

this is where Ike understood Hitler's vision of I-system....

@Irony

it's no different than 'major urban centers' being adjoined to the waterway or the trail system evolving in the early 20th century...

That is why folks want to live there, no income tax and cheap real estate taxes.

(11-09-2019 07:12 AM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(11-09-2019 07:06 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  muh smallest of rural centers dying a slow one due to muh USD....

here's a linky for those that care....

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/20...175623002/

Quote:Two villages decided on Tuesday to not exist.

Residents in Amelia and Newtonsville chose to surrender the villages' powers, meaning they will become unincorporated areas of their surrounding townships.

The vote in Amelia wasn't close, with 68 percent of the voters deciding to dissolve this community of 5,000 people.

In Newtonsville, population 400, the vote was only seven votes: 53-46.

Quote:The two villages in the rural and suburban Clermont County just east of Cincinnati join a growing number of towns that have decided to call it quits in recent years. Counting Amelia and Newtonsville, 14 municipalities across Ohio have dissolved in the face of rising costs and dwindling revenues.

Amelia is a metropolis compared to the other 13 towns, the largest by far of any municipality in Ohio that has called it quits in recent years. All but one of the other towns had less than 500 people.

In the case of Amelia and Newtonsville, the imposition of a 1% earnings tax spurred residents to petition for the villages' dissolution.

#infrastructureDissolve

#consequenceOfCapitalism

this is where Ike understood Hitler's vision of I-system....

@Irony

it's no different than 'major urban centers' being adjoined to the waterway or the trail system evolving in the early 20th century...

That is why folks want to live there, no income tax and cheap real estate taxes.

regardless, if one cannot support infrastructure relief, it's a lost cause riding down any version of the 'road'....

this is the consequence of capitalism and the USD as it evolves...

(11-09-2019 07:06 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  In the case of Amelia and Newtonsville, the imposition of a 1% earnings tax spurred residents to petition for the villages' dissolution.

Town Council: We want 1% of your income.

Town: Hold on a second. *huddles*

Town: Yeah we talked it over ... and ... no. And furthermore, there is no more Town Council. And furthermore you have no more political power. And furthermore nobody else will anymore either if this is what we get with it.

(11-09-2019 08:08 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(11-09-2019 07:06 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  In the case of Amelia and Newtonsville, the imposition of a 1% earnings tax spurred residents to petition for the villages' dissolution.

Town Council: We want 1% of your income.

Town: Hold on a second. *huddles*

Town: Yeah we talked it over ... and ... no. And furthermore, there is no more Town Council. And furthermore you have no more political power. And furthermore nobody else will anymore either if this is what we get with it.

you quoted the wrong guy, but there's a part that understands what you did there...

These little towns are the fabric of America so losing them is kind of sad. That said they are usually little fiefdoms of the local muckity-mucks who have lived there a long time and are generally poorly managed by people who aren't business people and make decisions ha benefit themselves and their families and friends.