Bill Seitz - 2007 Tax Hiker of the Year

The Executive Committee of Republicans for Higher Taxes is proud to announce that State Representative and soon to be State Senator Bill Seitz is the unanimous winner of our 2007 Tax Hiker of the Year. The criteria for this award looks at both their lifetime record, with a lean towards their record over the past fiscal year. On this front, nobody has done more to promote higher taxes and higher spending than Bill Seitz. Consider the Seitz record:

1. Supported Bob Taft's array of tax increases, including the Sales Tax hike.
2. Supported raising the Sales Tax to build the Stadiums and develop The Banks. Who could look at the Bengals Stadium, Reds Stadium, and The Banks and say this hasn't been wildly successful?
3. Opposed anti-tax Tom Brinkman's efforts to repeal the City of Cincinnati's property taxes.
4. Endorsed the last major Cincinnati Public School's tax levy. They have taken that money and transformed themselves into one of the finest school systems in Ohio.
5. Supported Bob Taft's Third Frontier spending program.
6. Did not oppose raising the Sales Tax to build the Light Rail, like 68% of the voters did.
7. Most importantly, Seitz strongly supports raising the Sales Tax for the Simon Leis/David Pepper/Todd Portune Safety Plan. Seitz guided this proposal through the Hamilton County Republican Party's endorsement process to win the vote. Now Seitz is proudly representing the party in its efforts to raise the Sales Tax once more.

Our Committee also considered Leslie Ghiz, Simon Leis, and John Eby. But as you can see, no Republican has a stronger record of raising taxes than Bill Seitz, our winner of the 2007 Tax Hiker of the Year.