In His Memory

This post is not political.
It’s not about controversy in town government.
It’s not raising questions about leaders or their decisions.
This post is about a tragedy.
It is about being a community that cares which is what Parma is.
Today, in this small space on the Internet, in this section of this blog we at Changing Parma honor and [...]

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This November

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Changing the Nation

The Bill Press Show presents 101 reasons not to vote for John McCain.
Check it out here: The Bill Press Show
The site is updated daily with a new reason so check back often.
Now that the Democrats have a nominee and Hillary is going to suspend and endorse this weekend we can officially say, “Let the games begin” [...]

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Hilton School Budget passes

The Hilton School district has passed its 2008-09 school budget of a little more than $66 million.
There was also a slight tax rate decrease of 0.13% passed on to tax payers in the district.
The budget represents hard work and attention to detail and most importantly Hilton dedication to it’s students and their education.
Congratualtions to the [...]

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Riddle me this

What in the world is going on with all the graffiti showing up in Hilton lately?
On East Ave. a while back someone spray painted on a residents fence some very crude remarks about a young lady and oral sex. Then over at the laundry mat/car wash on the concrete dividers there’s quite a bit of [...]

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Presidential Candidate Tax Plan Comparison

 

John McCain

Barack Obama

Marginal Individual Income Tax Rates
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Maintain current (Bush tax cut) rates. (Source)
No specifics; “Repeal Bush’s tax cuts for top 1%” (Source)
Eliminate income taxes on seniors earning $50,000 per year or less. (Source)

Corporate Income Tax
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Cut to 25% (from current 35%) (Source)
No specifics available. Proposes eliminating “preferential loopholes” and “cracking [...]

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Parma’s getting new gear!

At the March 18th town board meeting (link) highway superintendent Brian Speer proposed the purchase of desperately needed highway equipment to the board members.
A new 1/2 ton truck, a new dump truck and snow plow equipment. We here a CP have been covering issues about the highway department and its need for updated equipment since [...]

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A word for veteran’s

Changing Parma wishes to express a heartfelt thank you to all the women and men of Parma who have served our country in the military.
Regardless of the varied positions people have on the issue of war, especially the current one, we can still be thankful for the sacrifice made by the many thousands of people who [...]

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Parma assessed values rise 5%

Lemcke’s proposed 2008 budget that he boasts maintains a 0% tax increase also costs the town $153,000 in cuts to services. What the supervisor doesn’t make public is that the total assessed property values increased by 5% http://www.parmany.org/pdf/minutes/2007/10-02-07-TB.pdf  The back door tax! If your assessment has increased then you are paying more in taxes than you did the [...]

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Democrats Nearly win

For the second year in a row Democrats in Parma challenged the Republican stranglehold on town government losing by only small margins.
 The Struggle to bring positive change to the way Parma does business will continue.

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