S.T.O.P. (Stop Taxing Our Properties) Primary Residence Protection Plan http://www.grandoldusa.com http://www.grandoldusa.com/media/WHTicon.gif http://www.grandoldusa.com 32 32 en-us S.T.O.P. Primary Residence Protection Plan CHAIRMAN LEVDANSKY, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, I COME TO YOU ON BEHALF OF 118,410 CITIZENS WHO SIGNED STOP PETITIONS SEEKING THE ABOLISHMENT OF ALL PROPERTY TAXES ON PRIMARY RESIDENCES. MY NAME IS BOB LOGUE...JUST ONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF COMMON CITIZENS WHO H...http://www.grandoldusa.com/article135THE FOLLOWING EDITORIAL APPEARED IN TODAY'S READING EAGLE NEWSPAPER, READING, PENNSYLVANIA. THE STOP MESSAGE IS GETTING THROUGH SLOW BUT SURE AND MOMENTUM IS BUILDING FOR TOTAL ABOLISHMENT OF ALL PROPERTY TAXES ON PRIMARY RESIDENCES. PLEASE SEND THI...http://www.grandoldusa.com/article134 For thirty years the homeowners and taxpayers of Pennsylvania as well as the governors of both parties, the legislators, school boards, county and municipal officials have had the property tax monkey on their backs. Thousands of hours of discussion...http://www.grandoldusa.com/article133Please share this with everyone you can by forwarding this E-mail, printing and mailing this article, or posting it on bulletin boards, etc. As our STOP Property Tax Abolishment Legislation is being reintroduced in the PA House and Senate, it is impo...http://www.grandoldusa.com/article132By DR. MARK W. HENDRICKSON | Tuesday, July 10, 2007 Property taxes in Pennsylvania appear locked into a long-term uptrend. In recent years, there have been huge increases in the portion of the property tax that finances county government. County offi...http://www.grandoldusa.com/article131 www.senatorlogan.com logan STEPS UP CALL TO ELIMINATE HOMEOWNER PROPERTY TAXES MONROEVILLE, May 17, 2007 - On the heels of the overwhelming vote against the state's Act 1 tax-shifting proposal, state Sen. Sean Logan (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland...http://www.grandoldusa.com/article130Recently Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl met with residents of one of Pittsburgh's neighborhoods...and was told in emphatic terms by those in attendance, they were sick and tired of section 8 housing destroying their community. Anger over Section 8 h...http://www.grandoldusa.com/article129Three independent studies were conducted by Penn State University, The Pennsylvania Economy League, and Washington D.C. based Brookings Institution. Here are some of the conclusions reached by the research. (Emphasis added) The Pennsylvania Economy ...http://www.grandoldusa.com/article128Home ownership is promoted by the government as a good investment and an outstanding way to accumulate wealth. But, thanks to Governor Ed Rendell and some of our legislators….that is not necessarily true in Pennsylvania. In many areas of the commonw...http://www.grandoldusa.com/article127The Pennsylvania government spends millions of your tax dollars to assist families to buy a home. At the same time, school, county, and municipal property taxes discourage potential home owners. Those same high taxes make it impossible for many of our...http://www.grandoldusa.com/article124Ownership of private property—your home—is under attack in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States. Broadening eminent domain to confiscate a private citizen’s property to award it to another private citizen has been approved by the five most lib...http://www.grandoldusa.com/article123I've tried to explain to folks that what we are trying to do is not just some simple change in a government policy. We are trying to uproot a corrupt, cruel and terribly inaccurate taxation system that has been part of our state and nation since the nat...http://www.grandoldusa.com/article120At a forum on property taxes in Hampton Township, Allegheny County, Thursday, October 5th, 2006, Howard ‘Hoddy’ Hanna, of Howard Hanna Realty—one of the largest realtors in the tri-state area—used commentary and charts to demonstrate two basic facts: ...http://www.grandoldusa.com/article118Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato was right in saying....that the (assessment\reassesment) process was too flawed and unpredictable to create fair values for more than 500,000 residential properties. It is just as true in the 66 OTHER Pennsylvania...http://www.grandoldusa.com/article115Williamsport Sun-Gazette Sunday, August 20, 2006 A disservice Memorial Day and Independence Day are two days that are notorious in this country for honoring our freedom, and paying tribute to our military men and women, for the ultimate sacrifice...http://www.grandoldusa.com/article113