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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...