Amy Acton
Would expand the homestead exemption so seniors with household incomes up to $50,000 qualify, and give homeowners a rebate of up to $1,000 when their property tax bill rises more than 4% in a year.
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Issue record
Property taxes
Campaign positions remain attributed. Official actions are shown separately, with narrow relationship labels and limits.
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Campaign positions
What each campaign says.
Don Kissick
Supports the proposed amendment to end property taxes, with local funding based on consumption instead.
Vivek Ramaswamy
Would roll property taxes back to where they were before the end of the pandemic, leaving new construction out and honoring existing debt. Under his data center plan, the centers' property taxes would fund rebates for nearby homeowners.
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Evidence timeline
Where statements meet the record.
campaign position
Amy Acton: record does not settle this
The campaign says Pepper held the line on property taxes as a county commissioner and cut the county's rate outright in his final year. The county auditor lists the county's property tax rate at 20.18 mills for tax year 2006. In his years on the board, 2007 to 2010, it was 20.56, 20.63, 20.48 and 20.48. The rises came with levy increases voters approved: mental health and senior services in 2007, the zoo in 2008. The 2009 fall came when a smaller levy replaced the expiring Drake levy. Limit: These are full voted rates. Voters approved each levy change; we did not check who put each levy on the ballot.
official action
Amy Acton: Matches stated record claim
The campaign says Pepper cut Cincinnati's property tax rate every year he served on city council. City reports show him on council for two two-year terms, the second in 2004 and 2005. The county auditor lists Cincinnati's property tax rate at 10.76 mills for tax year 2001, then 10.63, 10.36, 10.34 and 10.19 for tax years 2002 to 2005. It fell each of those years. Limit: The rate sheets give the city's total rate, not what each part pays for. Council sets the rate; one member does not.
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