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Property taxpayers in Calumet City met 2015 with a smile after the city council voted to pass a “Zero Increase” in the city’s operating levies for the new year. Calumet City Finance Director John Kasperek noted that “The City Council is well aware of the real estate tax burdens both residents and businesses have to endure in Cook County,” adding, “In these historic times of plunging values for homes and businesses, the raising of taxes in our opinion, would be adverse to our ever fragile economy here in Calumet City.” Property taxes may still increase for some residents and business owners if there is a change in the equalized assessed property value or rise in taxes levied by local school districts. The City of Calumet City has no jurisdiction over these entities. Calumet City will also be requesting Cook County not to extend a 3 percent loss in collection amount added to its operating levies. The county typically provides the loss in collection to supplant unpaid property taxes. The city’s bond and interest levies are going down by $300,827 or 5.96, Kasperek also noted. Additionally, a special service operating area which includes only River Oaks East and West shopping areas had it’s levy lowered from $400,000 to $300,000 last year, with the extra $100,000 being transferred to the city’s corporate fund. This was voted on for retention by the City Council as well. Bond refinancing may also be considered by the City Council in the near future. This would reduce the interest that the city pays, and further benefit Calumet City residents and homeowners.
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Two Martin Luther’s ARLO KALLEMEYN Here are some quotes f rom t he g reat Ma r t i n L u t h e r ’s – b ot h w e r e preachers and men who are still admired today. Re v. Ma r t i n Lut her K i ng , Jr. a n A mer ic a n clergyman, activist, and leader in the Civil Rights Movement said: Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. If we are to go forward, we must go back a nd red iscover t hose precious values - that all reality hinges on moral f ou nd a t ion s a nd t h a t a ll rea lit y has spiritua l control. Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘W hat are you doing for others?’ T hat old law about ‘an eye for an eye’ leaves everybody blind. T he t i me i s a lw ay s right to do the right thing. We may have all come on d if ferent sh ips, but we’re in t he same boat now.
We must learn to live toget her as brot hers or perish together as fools. Martin Luther – German priest and scholar w ho s e que s t ion i n g of certain church practices le d t o t he P r ot e s t a nt Reformation said: If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don’t want to go there. Next to theology I give music the highest place of honor. I have held ma ny things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess. The Lord commonly g ives r iches to fool ish people, to whom he gives nothing else. To b e a C h r i s t i a n without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing. Arlo Kallemeyn Shopper Publisher a nd big fa n of bot h Ma r t in Luther’s.