City Council endorsements

After carefully reviewing each candidate's record, Republicans for Higher Taxes is proud to endorse the following candidates for Cincinnati City Council.

1. John Eby. Eby is one of the finest tax hikers in this race of any party. Eby speaks consistently and passionately about the need to raise taxes. He believes this community will be far worse off unless the government is able to keep and spend more of your money. He will defend his pro-tax views against the likes of COAST.

Eby is currently working with Democrat Greg Harris to get themselves elected. Eby is a great Republican. A Republican who champions our call for higher taxes. We strongly endorse John Eby and hope you will too.

2. Leslie Ghiz. While Leslie hasn't been as consistent as we would like for higher taxes and higher spending, her overall record gives us solid reason to be optimistic. She strongly supports the Si Leis Sales Tax hike. She absolutely adores Jean Schmidt, whose support for Bob Taft's numerous tax increases helped make Ohio's economy what it is today. Ghiz endorsed David Pepper for County Commissioner, helping the tax hikers take back this county and give us this wonderful Sales Tax increase that we badly need! Ghiz is a great Republican who we proudly endorse.

3. Pat Fischer. According to The Whistleblower, who we learned the hard way not to doubt, Pat Fischer refused to sign the anti-safety coalition's petition to allow the voters to decide on the Simon Leis Sales Tax hike. This indicates to us that Fischer understands why our government needs to keep more of our money. We must watch him closely as he is more of a blank slate, but Fischer appears to realize that the people must tighten their belts so the government doesn't have to tighten their's. We endorse Pat Fischer for Council.

4. Chris Bortz. Running as a Charterite, he is really a George Vincent Republican. Bortz endorses Simon's Sales Tax hike. He opposes the property tax rollback. Like Ghiz, he likes higher taxes so much he endorsed Democrat David Pepper for County Commissioner to throw the tax-cutters out. He even appointed tax hiking goddess Roxanne Qualls to City Council. While technically not a Republican, he sought the Republican endorsement and was embraced by our pro-tax Chairman George Vincent. That and his great record of raising taxes is good enough for us. Please cross party lines and vote for Chris Bortz!

Those are the 4 best candidates who meet our criteria of being Republicans for higher taxes. We ask you to support our 4 pro-tax heroes. However, that is not enough.

We implore you to vote against anti-taxers Chris Monzel and Andre Harper. These two fools had the nerve to come out against the Simon Leis Sales Tax hike. And each year Monzel sponsors the property tax rollback that prevents Cincinnati's homeowners from paying more property taxes. Those people are rich, they can afford it! Monzel and Harper's quest to let taxpayers keep more of their money is unacceptable and must be stopped. They were put in office to support the decisions of George Vincent and Simon Leis, not to do what they think is right. We need you to vote against Monzel and Harper and replace them with candidates who know that you need to give more of your money to the government.