I understand that the Library and the Metroparks levies (issue 40 and 4 respectively) are essential to our community and give them 110% support. However, I’m wondering how the Downtown Dayton Partnership, which is itself tax supported (through a Special Improvement District (SID) Tax) can be giving tax dollars to another tax-collecting authority.
Looking over the levy pre-election campaign finance reports- both received $1,500 from the DDP.
This isn’t really their job. And, was there a vote of the taxpayers (Downtown real estate owners)? What next- money to Issue 3? At some point, this has to stop.
This is shocking that they just paid directly and didn’t make any effort to hide the source of the funds. I guess they just think that poorly of the taxpayers, we’re too ignorant and uninterested to be bothered with such details. I mean, what’s 3 grand right? Just a drop in an already overflowing bucket.
I wasn’t aware different government agencies could just write each other checks like that. Yeesh.