[1]Dr. Steven Johnson continues to get away with lying about the value the Montgomery County taxpayers donate to surround counties in providing Sinclair services.
The voters just gave him a ten year license to raise tuition, buy more buildings, increase fees, not hire full-time instructors, and continue to build his empire.
Sinclair’s 10-year levy allows the school to invest in daily operations of the downtown Dayton campus as well as provide discounted tuition for Montgomery County residents. The discount means Montgomery County students pay just over $99 per credit hour while students from other counties pay around $146 per credit hour.
With the passage of the levy, Johnson said the college will continue to focus on making its educational offerings affordable and accessible.The levy, which is one of two Sinclair has in Montgomery county, faced little opposition and Johnson said he believed the results proved that. Sinclair’s second levy, an eight year $8.5-million one, was passed in 2015 with 54 percent of the vote.
David Esrati had launched an opposition campaign called “Keep Sinclair Fair” [2] but it appears to have never picked up steam. Esrati called for Montgomery County residents to vote against the levy while advocating for other counties Sinclair serves to pay a tax levy.
Sinclair has the authority to put a tax levy on the ballot in Warren County but Johnson has said such a measure is unnecessary at this point. for (sic) The money generated by the Montgomery County levy can only be used within the county, according to state law, meaning no levy revenue can be used at Sinclair’s locations in other counties.
Source: LOCAL & STATE Sinclair’s election victory ‘a great birthday present’ [3]
Note, Keep Sinclair Fair spent a little over $1000 to their half a million plus. Throw in all the Sinclair ads you saw for non-Levy related promotion- and it probably came in at over a million. We not only have the best politicians money can buy, but the highest tax burden money can buy.
Congratulations to all Montgomery County Voters- a big thank you from Greene, Preble, Warren counties- who get Sinclair services without any property taxes at all.
Thank you for your efforts on this issue!