Sandusky Citizens Get Raw Deal

[Leland Wykoff]

The City of Sandusky seeks a fresh new tax levy upon citizens to fund a Recreation Center.  Problem is, taxpayers were sold this Recreational opportunity as part of a tax package agreement with Cedar Point in an earlier agreement.  Now Sandusky City officials seek to double-dip, pulling the wool over taxpayers eyes,  making them responsible for paying once again for the same class of projects. 

This is on top of the recent sale by Cedar Point of the Sports Center operation to Cal Ripkin Sports group which benefited from the earlier tax package agreement.  Cedar Point has done well under the earlier agreement getting new causeway improvements, fire and police upgrades, street improvements connecting to Cedar Point, and a host of other direct benefits from the earlier tax package.  It appears taxpayers may be getting soaked for a Recreation Center already funded:

 https://sanduskyregister.com/news/464111/sanduskys-rec-center-needs-levy/

The earlier agreement, struck in October of 2021, called for the new Amusement and Parking Taxes to fund the Recreation Center (as reported by the Sandusky Register):
"Building a new recreation center for city residents, with a focus on youth programming, somewhere in Sandusky; Cedar Point will receive the naming rights." Published along with this story, a table indicated a $700,000.00 per year allocation, for a period of 20 years, to developing and operating the Recreation Center.  Please see article, tables, pie-charts, and a review of the $100 million dollar agreement at the link to the Sandusky Register from October 21, 2021 below:

https://sanduskyregister.com/news/349690/cedar-point-city-strike-100m-deal/