Stow's Issue 8 very much IS a tax increase

I want to be clear about some language I understand has generated friction from my previous post regarding the upcoming issue 8 vote in Stow.  I was quite intentional in referring to issue 8 as representing a "property tax increase".

Property tax levies are time bound.  Voters did not approve the existing levy in perpetuity.  Currently, voters agreed to pay a levy through 2026.  With no additional action, that levy expires. 

There is a levy expiring in 2026, but the school board is attempting to install a levy beginning in 2027 that does not currently exist.  That is definitionally a tax increase.

Currently, property taxes for the next 5 years are X. 
The school board wants it to be Y. 

Y > X

(Some astute, mathematically inclined observers may argue Y >> X is more appropriate, but let's keep it simple for now.)

The taxes the school board wants are higher than the taxes that are currently approved, hence, issue 8 is a tax increase proposal.