The Repeal of PR-STV in Cincinnati!

The Repeal of PR-STV in Cincinnati!
Jack Santucci, Ph.D. Candidate • Georgetown University • [email protected]
The parties agreed on an income tax…
Feb. 10, 1954: Income tax for 1954,
emergency clause
Feb. 24, 1955: Income tax for 1955,
emergency clause
Dec. 21, 1955: Income tax for 1956
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C−r
C−d
C−d
C−r
C−d
C−r
C−d
C−d
C−d
C−d
R R
C−d
Yea
C−r
C−d
C−d
R
C
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C
R
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R
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Nay
R
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C−d
R
All but Jordan (C) and Kelly (rightmost R)
supported ordinance on final reading.
All but Jordan (C) and Kelly (rightmost R)
supported ordinance on final reading.
Only Kelly (R) opposes tax, sponsored amendment.
…even if not what to spend it on…
Spells of PR−STV use in U.S. cities
Ashtabula, OH
Boulder, CO
Jan. 20, 1954: Jordan amendment to income tax:
"sufficient to provide salary increases... in 1954"
Dec. 30, 1953: Res. to cut all departments by 10%;
cap property tax increase at 2.4 mills
Jan. 20, 1954: Res. to cap extra levy at 4.81 mills,
0.4 mills to Fire Dept., 0.41 mills to Univ.,
no other taxes if earnings tax in effect
Kalamazoo, MI
Sacramento, CA
Cleveland, OH
West Hartford, CT
Cincinnati, OH
Hamilton, OH
Toledo, OH
C−d
C−d
Wheeling, WV
C−d
C−r
C−d
C−r
C−d
R R
R R
Nay
Yea
Yea
Oak Ridge, TN
C−d
Nay
Nay
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R
Yonkers, NY
R R
C−d
C−d
C
New York, NY
C−r
C−d
C−d
C−d
Yea
Cambridge, MA
C−d
R
C
R
R
C
Lowell, MA
Long Beach, NY
R
Coos Bay, OR
Saugus, MA
Revere, MA
Quincy, MA
Medford, MA
Worcester, MA
Hopkins, MN
Revealed, initial Charter position on taxation
Revealed, initial GOP position on taxation
1915
GOP compromise proposal
Yea
Jan. 20, 1954: Motion for 1/26 public hearing
"on entire matter of city finances"
Nov. 2, 1955: Res. that Council will
not enact new income tax in 1956
Nov. 10, 1954: To elect Rich (R) as Mayor
Nay
Nay
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C−r
C−d
C−d
R R
R R
Yea
C−d
C−d
C−d
R
C
R
C
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R
Nay
C−d
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R
C
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C
R
Nay
Yea
Yea
Revealed positions on mandatory collective bargaining
Jordan (C) tries to publicize the tax issue
Jordan (C) rolls Charter Party, breaking five−month
deadlock after death of Waldvogel (C−d)
1935
1945
1955
1965
Coming soon…
Worcester, MA (’47-’62) and NYC (’37-’47).
…and Al Jordan (C, CIO) got in the way.
Dec. 23, 1953: To table Jordan (C) motion
to study possible local Wagner Act
1925
One of Jordan's (C) attempts to draw attention to the tax issue.