Terrible timing: Disabilities board may seek property tax hike during year of tax rebellion

In what could be described as the worst possible timing, the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities finds itself facing a financial cliff just as property owners are staging an unprecedented revolt against skyrocketing tax bills.

The Today in Ohio podcast delved this week into this perfect storm of financial necessity meeting political impossibility, exploring why the agency that serves thousands of the county’s most vulnerable residents may have no choice but to request additional funding from already frustrated taxpayers.