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Feeling taxed enough already

EDITOR: Dickinson County property owners are being asked to approve yet another 20-year millage for Bay College. As someone who feels taxed enough already, I have to ask: When does it end? Twenty years ago, Bay College was gifted land here and funded its local campus with our tax dollars. It’s amounted to millions of our tax dollars over the past two decades! That was supposed to help them get on their feet. Now, two decades later, they’re asking us to sign up for 20 more years of taxes to support the college. Meanwhile, Dickinson County students still pay more than Delta ...

Enough already for Bay IM

EDITOR: Bay College wants Dickinson County taxpayers to fund the Iron Mountain Campus for another 20 years. They’re technically a business based in Delta County. So can any business now request that our property taxes help them with their bills, too? They’ve already had 20 years of our support and a beautiful campus that millions of our tax dollars built for them. That should be enough. On Aug. 5, vote NO on this millage.

On the Bay IM millage

EDITOR: Voted for the millage and returned my ballot. When I earned my initial degree from Bay de Noc Community College, the only choice for me and others was to commute to Escanaba five days a week. Adults of varying ages spent their week between two time zones, spending hours and money in the tank on the highway. Today we have the Bay College Iron Mountain campus right here in our own county. Adults can upgrade their skills, and high school grads can often save thousands by beginning their higher education locally. But that isn't really the issue, is it? There are those who oppose ...

Vote ‘no’ on Bay IM millage

EDITOR: Here we go again. Dickinson County taxpayers are being asked to help fund the Bay College Iron Mountain campus with another 20-year millage. Let’s call this what it is — overreach. They’ve been in our county for two decades, thanks in part to land donated by a local family and a millage that was approved back in 2005 to help them build their campus. Why are we being asked to pay for another two decades? That’s a lot of money and a long time. Bay College is in the business of education. Are taxpayers asked to help other businesses in town pay for operating expenses? ...

No need for Bay College millage

EDITOR: Bay College wants Dickinson County taxpayers to shell out for another 20 years. Why? We already gave them land. We already paid to build their campus. Now they want us to keep paying — forever? Bay College gets state and federal funding. They have tuition dollars. They don’t need more from us. As a retired homeowner living on a fixed income, I pay close attention to every tax proposal that comes my way and I know what’s right and what’s not. We’ve done our part. Time to say no. Vote NO on Aug. 5.

‘Just the facts’ on Bay IM millage

EDITOR: I know my Baby Boomers remember Joe Friday from "Dragnet" saying, “Just the facts.” Well, these are the facts dealing with the renewal millage for Bay College Iron Mountain campus, which will be on the ballot Aug. 5. — Renewal millage — this is a renewal of a millage that has been in place since 2005. The information below is from 2022-23 Lightcast Data: — 81% of the enrollment represents the students who came to Bay College Iron Mountain campus from Dickinson County. — $4 million income added to the local economy through the jobs of thousands of Bay alumni ...