Friday, October 31, 2008
NORTH JACKSON — Mahoning County Auditor Michael V. Sciortino said he hasn’t issued any endorsement on the Jackson-Milton School District tax renewal levy on Tuesday’s ballot.
Sciortino, in a prepared statement, said he was given a copy of a communication circulating in the district that quotes him as saying, “Save 18 percent on Your Jackson-Milton School Taxes.”
The auditor said he never made that statement.
“As an elected county official, and importantly, not a constituent of your fine school district, I cannot cause an endorsement on this issue,” he said, adding that the decision rests with the district taxpayers.