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Show V Summit Democrats Touch Many Issues et ! Summit county Democrats did not follow In the footsteps of the Repub- : .leans of the county In making a brief ( platform, but were more profuse in, I their statements regarding conditions aa they believe exist, and after Indora- ling the Democratic state platform set lorth. that j I "We note that during the past four I years the taxes fixed by the board of, county commisnloners on each $1000 of valuation for '-the several funds, have been as follows: In the year 1919. the sum of $5. 65. In the year 1920, the sum of $6.10. In the year 1921, the sum of $ SO. In the year 1922, the sum of $6.50. 'We view this Increase In the rate of taxation with concern. "We note that during said four years the valuation of property for assessment assess-ment has been increased. This fact we view wyth concern. We further note that from j he sworn to and published financial report of Summit county for the year 1822. that the debit balance In th county fund on July 1, 1 SSI, wm 18(1.41. and that th debit balance on June 10, 12J, was 115.947:0?. We view all the above facta with grave alarm. W are opposed to a policy that will continue these conditions and propose to remedy them atf follows: "Aa the assessment of property Is ths first basis of adjustment, we pledre our nominees to make a fair and Just assessment of property and equalixa-1 tlon thereof for th purpose of taxa-i taxa-i tlon. i "All county officers shall keep their respective offices open during the time provided by law, and every county employe em-ploye shall be compelled to glv a full day' service. "W will require th deputy county clerk to aaalst in the other offices and will do away with other deputies and employes s,s far as the w;k of the county will permit, and vlll make the deputy aheriff the custodian of the county cottrthnua and grounds, thus saving directly aeveral thousands of dollar. "W pledge all county employes to an honest, efficient and econmlcal per- i formance of their duties. "We er opposed to th policy of temporary road building, and believe that It la false economy, and cite the numerous lnstancea where roads thus built at hundreds of dollars of expense ex-pense have been deatroyed by the first storm. We bellev In building permanent per-manent roads. , "W believ that the county roads already constructed should b maintained main-tained without deterioration, and believe be-lieve that It la false economy to permit per-mit county road or . property to be worn out for the aake of the necea-sary necea-sary expense to properly maintain same, and will adopt a policy of maintenance main-tenance of county roada and property. "W believe that the matter of bonding bond-ing our road la an Issu to b determined deter-mined by th will of th neopl. and that th county officer ahould merely mere-ly act a th agenta of the taxpayer to carry their will ao expressed." |