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Group seeks incorporation for West Chester

Spokesman says tens of thousands of workers live outside and don’t pay for what they use within township.

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The Square @ Union Centre, businesses and part of the Lakota West High School campus are seen in West Chester Twp. on Monday, June 22, 2009.
Nick Daggy/Staff photographer The Square @ Union Centre, businesses and part of the Lakota West High School campus are seen in West Chester Twp. on Monday, June 22, 2009.
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    Would you support West Chester Twp. becoming a city?

A local group wants West Chester to become a city to recoup tax dollars from people who work in the township but live elsewhere.

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I will support the city measure ONLY if the income tax rduces my township property tax. I would expect that the police, fire, parks and library be funded from the income tax and those taxes removed from my property tax. When Lang was running for trustee, he told me that he did not believe that West Chester should offer tax abatements to attract businesses to move here. Yet the township keeps on giving sweet tax deals. The township gets an F grade for planning and overcrowding.
City Tax
8:24 PM, 6/24/2009
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George Lang needs to go. What does he mean we "don't need more money"??? What an idiot!
Eileen Compton
4:34 PM, 6/24/2009
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Your all welcome to leave such a terrible township and move to Hamilton. We have plenty of vacant housing. Here you can pay 2% income tax in addition to your property tax and get nothing in return.

"HAMILTON! - The city that offers nothing"
Jesse
4:07 PM, 6/24/2009
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Why did AK Steel move here? Could it be no city tax? Any guarantee that levies will go away? Who will benefit from the extra money? With a levy we can decide how much we want to pay.. Townships are the best bank for the buck.

I could change my mind now if I could get one of those new city jobs with great benefits, medical and life long guaranteed pension. I am glad the recession is over, my neighbors found jobs and my 401K. has increased. 
Gary
10:44 AM, 6/24/2009
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The reason why WC is so large right now is because it IS a TOWNSHIP. WC is doing great in with it's current structure. Why try to fix something that isn't broken??
JC
8:21 AM, 6/24/2009
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The former police chiefs wife is the head of West Chesters IT department, with no background, training or degree in IT, yet makes over $100,000 yr. Can you imagine filling all the new "city" jobs with all the same kind of people. The head administrator Boyco makes 40% more than neighboring townships of the same size, and submits an annual budget that suggest a 15% increase. Where are the tea party folks when we need them.
shocked
8:29 PM, 6/23/2009
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Don't be fooled by Stoker's lack of support at the time this article was written. She has suggested during meetings to spend millions of WC taxpayer money on the defunct VOA Museum, which is run by Bill Zerkle and his friends. They've made the bogus claim it will bring in 30,000 visitors per year, can anyone say "freedom center"
No Fool
6:49 PM, 6/23/2009
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Bill Zerkle along with his group of elite Union Centre business owners claim this would lower needed levies. Being a city would neither eliminate or reduce levies for Lakota Schools, or county childrens services or MRDD or seniors or any other levy like the already over budget dog kennel. Not to mention the county emergency radio tax that never went away as promised, and they still can't decide who's paying for maintenence.
Jim Shoe
3:32 PM, 6/23/2009
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This is nothing but SMOKING MIRRORS . I have lived in this Township since 1966 . DO NOT BELIEVE this committee . I assure you being a township is much cheaper . Let them turn this into a city and look out here comes BIG Government and TAXES !!!!
BOB
12:21 PM, 6/23/2009
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A city has the ability to collect an earnings tax from the thousands that pay nothing now to WC, yes many of the residents pay an earnings tax to another city, hopefully that will come back to WC, that hopefully and should pay for these new departments.

But let the residents decide.
juneg
12:09 PM, 6/23/2009
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The Police and Fire levies will go away....by name. It now will be called "City Property Tax". All Township residents that work will now be paying more in income tax which means less take home pay. All county roads in WC will now be WC City roads. WC will now have to take care of them. So you will need a Tax Dept, more funds to roads repair and snow removal and possible more Street Dept workers. I work for a City and live in a Township. I will never live in a City.
Think of This
11:51 AM, 6/23/2009
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Truth I am the one who you stupidly attacked, I with 50 neighbors did not want a store that sells beer, wine and cashes checks 50 feet from my property, and since I know you, I am sure you would not want also.

I am not the one who wrote earlier email, but I do agree that Hamilton, has a fear of WC becoming a city.
gene
11:24 AM, 6/23/2009
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Dear Truth,

HUH, I do not know what you are talking about a strip center.

geneokok
11:12 AM, 6/23/2009
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It's funny how some believe all levies will disappear if WC becomes a city. The new money will be raised by an "income tax", and for those of us that still have a job, we don't care to spend any more. And Gene, stop the fear tactic about Hamilton, you're the one that drove away a potential business from the strip mall behind you're and Wong's house.
truth
10:57 AM, 6/23/2009
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The biggest problem this group will have if it gets on the ballot, will be Hamilton.

The biggest fear Hamilton has is losing the WC golden goose.


WC has got to find another form of government, we have outgrown being a township.
geneokok
10:52 AM, 6/23/2009
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It's all about money how ever you figure. If you don't incorporate you lose tax money from those who live outside of the twp. If you do incorporate you lose new business. It is hard to belive that 80% live outside of the Twp. Population of 60,000+. That means that there are approximatley 35,000 people in the Twp. who work. 83,000 jobs in W.C. Twp. Hard to believe.
jb
10:44 AM, 6/23/2009
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Mr Lang, we have plenty of money, as a resident I fear a police levy coming, I also hear of a school levy coming. Tell me where the residents are going to come up with the money.

We have outgrown a township, and unless we get the power to tax the bulk of the out of town workers, we will keep on having levy's
juneg
10:42 AM, 6/23/2009
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This looks like the perfect opportunity for the West Chester Tea Party to rise up and band together to bury this foolish idea. Aren't all the cities the ones crying now they don't have enough money for their bloated staff and departments, and have to cut services? Since when did a city government ever make the news for wise spending habits?, "answer-NEVER"
teaparty
10:40 AM, 6/23/2009
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An income tax would generate millions in extra cash. Don't believe for a minute that fire and police are the priorities. Just look how they spend our cash now, $16,500 on employee gift certificates, $10,000 on fireworks and over $1/4 million on legal bills for which they won't disclose what they were spent on, every single year. Voters must determine candidates position on wasteful spending and decide carefully.
no taxes
10:31 AM, 6/23/2009
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Zerkle is the "want-a-be trustee" that believes we need more parks, Wong thinks we need more bike paths, and all of them think the citizens should pay for it by imposing an income tax. Another trustee candidate Christie Miller thinks the seniors deserve a free ride, all at taxpayer expense.
WC Watcher
10:23 AM, 6/23/2009
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