I see the local Democratic Party is up to its old tricks again G? blaming the county auditor for a delay in property tax bills. They seem to believe that schools, townships, villages, Children's Services and the Health Department receive property tax revenue and hoard it for investment purposes, thus earning lots of interest money in the process. This time, however, they actually invented a figure.This sounded so familiar and then I realized I had an opponent several years ago, who made a similar charge. This opponent said I cost the county several thousands of dollars in lost interest because we were late one time!What Susan Gwinn does not say in her news release is that the tax collection process involved both the county auditor and the county treasurer's offices. She very conveniently left out the county treasurer's offices. The county treasurer, working with the county auditor, actually sets the tax collection deadline, after the tax commissioner approves the request from the county treasurer.This bogus charge against Jill Thompson is right out of the Democratic Party playbook. It did not work then and it is not working now.Jill Thompson has continued to upgrade the county's computer system. As one local newspaper endorsement stated recently (Athens News, Oct. 12), We also appreciate her attention to customer service
especially with the accessibility of her office and working with townships and villages in the county. We recommend the re-election of Jill Thompson to Athens County Auditor.
Pete Couladis was the Athens County auditor from 1977-1996 and writes from Athens. 17
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