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Just say no?

Ohioans are well-acquainted with the fury surrounding the overreliance on local property taxes to pay for public schools. Might Stow-Munroe Falls voters have taken their displeasure too far, rejecting a 3.2-mill levy this week?

After all, the district wasn't asking for much, once you consider that the owner of a $100,000 house would pay an additional $98 on the current $1,029 in property taxes for schools.

The sum translates to a 10 percent increase. That may seem high. Then factor into the equation the six years since voters last approved a tax increase. Revenue growth of 1.6 percent a year? Hardly excessive.

Ohioans are well-acquainted with the fury surrounding the overreliance on local property taxes to pay for public schools. Might Stow-Munroe Falls voters have taken their displeasure too far, rejecting a 3.2-mill levy this week?

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