Air Canada’s ridership from Dayton to Toronto’s Pearson International Airport had declined steadily throughout 2010 and into early this year. The competing service from Cincinnati took a toll on the Dayton ridership, Dayton officials acknowledged.
— John Nolan, staff writer
Steelmaker, Indiana county in tax dispute
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A $20 million property tax dispute between AK Steel and southern Indiana’s Spencer County is headed for a federal jury next month.
A lawsuit by the Spencer County Redevelopment Commission accuses the company of violating an agreement for $100 million in tax incentives on its Indiana steel mill by appealing its property tax bill. At issue are seven years of payments totaling more than $20 million.
The trial is set for April 11.
The Evansville Courier & Press reports the suit alleges AK Steel improperly tried to take advantage of a tax depreciation schedule intended for older steel mills. The Rockport plant was built in 1997.
An attorney for West Chester Twp., Ohio-based AK Steel didn’t return a phone call seeking comment.
— Associated Press