Dear fellow tax hikers, we are delighted to endorse Commissioner Greg Hartmann's property tax increase on the homeowners of Hamilton County. Tax Hike Hartmann knows that we need higher taxes to give more money to the Bengals and Reds. Sadly, Tax Hike Hartmann lacks a second vote for his excellent tax increase. We call on all of you to get busy advocating for more taxes.
When the voters of Hamilton County approved the Stadium Sales Tax increase in 1996, they were promised that 30% of these Sales Tax revenues would be refunded to homeowners in the form of a Property Tax Rollback (PTR). Through 2009, this promise was kept. Thankfully in 2010, Commissioners David Pepper and Tax Hike Hartmann broke this promise, knowing that Mike Brown and Bob Bedinghaus could spend that money better than you.
Here we are again facing this same issue for 2012. Except now, serial tax hiker David Pepper isn't on the Commission. He's been replaced by Chris Monzel, who stupidly believes that this PTR promise should be kept. Amazingly, our formerly ally Todd Portune also believes the full PTR should be maintained.
We fully support breaking this promise. The stupid voters don't deserve this money. Bob Bedinghaus, Mike Brown, and Jeff Berding should get to spend that money for you. Promises to the lowly taxpayers are made to be broken.
This situation leaves Tax Hike Hartmann without a second vote to pass this absolutely necessary tax increase. We call on all you tax hikers to lobby Monzel and Portune. Encourage them to break their word to the voters so we can send more money to the stadiums. We also want you to contact Tax Hike Hartmann's office and thank him for everything he is doing to raise our property taxes. You don't need that money; the Bengals do. Tax us more!
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That is a real man's tax increase. I fully support it!
The Commission seat was MINE until Alex and Chris stole it from me! Too bad, because I would so love to vote for this tax hike. I'd love to do everything I could to get a piece of Greg Hartmann's package. Tax package that is. Yeah.
I agree with my Ghizzy. Leslie Ghiz should be a County Commissioner. It was stolen from her.
Just like her Council seat was stolen from her by the 12 people who finished ahead of her. It's unfair how poorly Ghiz has been treated by the voters.
If Ghiz was on the Commission, Tax Hike Hartmann's property tax increase would already have two votes. I want my taxes raised so that Mike Brown can spend more of my money.
I so want to be OVER this stadium thing. Paul Brown Stadium is a fun place to hang out and I don't want to have all of my Bengals games in the luxury boxes ruined by some smelly, inbred West Sider complaining about their tax dollars going to the stadium.
Boss Alex said all of us down here at what's left of the Republican Party apparatus at Walnut Street stand firmly behind Commissioner Hartmann and his desire to enhance revenue.
You know, the Greeks invented stadia but the Romans stole them from us, so now it has a Latin root word.
I've been waiting all year for a tax increase this great. This is the best tax hike I'll get to pay since the property tax increase that Tax Hike Hartmann imposed last year.
We will be looking the other way and supporting Hartmann's reelection bid this year. What is a little tax hiking among friends?
Wow! A Tax Hiker on the county commission! An Overspender for Clerk of Courts! Deputy Dog Tax Hiker for Sheriff!!
This is going to be great. Nothing but tax hikers up and down the Republican ticket in 2012. My dreams are finally coming true after all this time.
I am especially proud of these fine tax-hiking politicians since they remind me of home.
We tax hikers are in crisis mode. The County Commission held their meeting and Hartmann failed to find a 2nd vote for his tax increase. Monzel and Portune, those dirty bastards.
Please contact my fellow republican Chris Monzel encourage him to join me in voting to raising your taxes.
Our boss is up for re-election next year. Does this mean we need to start coming into the office again? Sober?
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