Green Township Endorsements

Dear fellow tax hikers, we are proud to endorse David Linnenberg and Rocky Boiman for Green Township Trustee.  This is because they are the best and most qualified candidates in the race - well, it's either that, or we have make-work jobs in Green Township's government that we want to keep.

Dave Linnenberg is one of our favorite elected officials.  Dave was the Volunteer Coordinator for Citizens for a Major League Future - otherwise known as the Bedinghaus/Qualls Stadium Tax!  Stadium Dave did more than almost anyone to make those stadiums a reality.  For some reason Stadium Dave deleted that from his official Green Township bio, but before he did we saved a copy of that reference. 

We also believe Rocky Boiman deserves another term.  We were guardedly hopeful when Rocky was appointed to this position, considering that his Political Action Committee had donated to Democrats P.G. Sittenfeld and the far-left Jason Riveiro.  Rocky has done a fine job, putting in a solid 3 or 4 hours per month at the job. 

Thankfully, both candidates have proudly retained the "friends and family" culture of Green Township's government.  They have either voted for or extended the employment of those who were hired based on their family relations. 

Most importantly, do NOT vote for Jeffry Smith.  This insolent peasant has repeatedly questioned the use of Green Township tax dollars and the policies of hiring unqualified friends and relatives of Green Township's royal families for township jobs.  We need to stop Smith, and that can be accomplished by voting for Rocky Boiman and Stadium Dave Linnenberg.

Finally, we will leave you with a heartfelt letter of endorsement from Alex Triantafilou.  This election is of prime importance for Alex - part of his household's income depends on the re-election of Stadium Dave and Rocky.


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Most of you getting this email are friends and neighbors who we believe live in Green Township.

As some of you may know, I've been leading the County Republican Party for 5 years and in that capacity, you may have seen me pop-off in the local media and most certainly in social media about the GOP and our efforts.  I try, hard, to not bring it into my social life with friends and associates like you.  (edit - but he's happy to insert his family's employment needs into Green Township's government)

In what is an absolute first, I'm emailing my personal email list today to seriously ask you to look at the candidates running in our home township, Green Township, and be sure to go and VOTE for Rocky Boiman and David Linnenberg on Tuesday.

I make this personal plea because having Dave and Rocky as our local Trustees is important to our home values and our way of life every day in our neighborhoods.  (edit: not to mention his wife's job)

This email is even going to some Democratic friends--and that's okay.  I feel so strongly about Boiman and Linnenberg that I think you will agree that they are good men doing a great job.  (edit - Democrats should appreciate Stadium Dave's high-tax past)

Dave Linnenberg went to Oak Hills High School, my alma mater and yours, possibly, too.  Dave is a wonderful guy.  He has two beautiful daughters, he manages the business of Cincinnati's Art Museum--one of the preeminent art museums in the country.  He RUNS the day-to-day of that business.  If you knew Dave as I do, you would know that he cares about his home township and he knows about finance sound management.  Without hesitation, I know you would entrust Dave with your business and affairs because he's bright and is a man of high character.  As much as I hate to say it about my buddy because I know he'll probably see it--Dave is very, very smart.  He brings that intellect to the day-to-day business of running our home township and that means better results for all of us!  Dave's parents still live in our Township and his roots run deep here.  (edit - thankfully we had Stadium Dave's intelligence, character, and roots to help Bob Bedinghaus and Roxanne Qualls pass the Stadium Tax)

Rocky Boiman grew up on Reemelin Road, in the heart of Green Township, and was a football star.  You learn some key lessons playing 8 years in the NFL and those qualities of hard work, dedication and leadership make Rock one of the greatest candidates we can field, anywhere.  Rocky won a Super Bowl playing on the same team as Peyton Manning.  Do you think you learn about hard work and dedication doing that?  Did I mention that Rocky Boiman graduated from the prestigious University of Notre Dame?  Can we find a better guy to elect to run our Township?  No way.  Rocky and his wonderful wife live in our Township and are expecting a baby boy soon.  Rocky's father and mother both live in the Township and his roots run very deep here, too.  Rocky currently runs his own business training other athletes and is a budding sports commentator with a huge future in his other professional life.  Like Dave, Rocky is well-educated, smart, and understands our local
 community very well.   Aren't we lucky to have someone of his caliber managing our business in Green Township?  (edit: Rocky played football, and he does what we say, so vote for him)

Again, I've never sent this kind of personal plea to my friends and neighbors.  And I am unlikely to do it again. (edit - do you promise?)  (I didn't do anything like this even in a presidential election year!)  But, our local community government is too important.  I can vouch for the personal integrity and intelligence of both of these guys as I consider them both personal friends.  They work hard, they are smart, and they care about OUR community.  They are not ANGRY and they're not doing this to achieve some higher political office.  They are both accomplished guys outside of politics and they are in it to serve.  I believe this to my core.

Finally, you might ask: "Alex, what have they done for the Township?"  Well, I could make this already long email even longer.   But, here's a few highlights.

-  They SUED the public housing authority to PROTECT us from public housing.  In an unprecedented move, these guys fought the federal government to protect your home values and our neighborhood.  They were successful!  The federal government insisted on building a large number of units in our Township, but the lawsuit changed that!
-  They make basic services, like police and fire, a priority by spending money wisely and investing only in places where it can help our community as a whole.
-  They have built new parks to keep our Township attractive to new and growing families.  Balancing that need with the fiscal sanity necessary to run our Township in tough times is serious business and they've been leaders in that regard.
-  They are working to bring positive development, like the new Mercy Hospital and the new Deweys/First Watch coming to Harrison Avenue.
-  They have negotiated pay freezes with unions during a down economy so that your money is being frugally managed during a tough budget.  Township staff is down and raises have not occurred in years as the Trustees have grappled with cuts to estate taxes and the local government funds coming from Columbus.  They have been wise with OUR MONEY!
I could go on...

Please consider SHARING my email with any of your friends in Green Township and be sure to VOTE for Rocky Boiman and Dave Linnenberg for Green Township Trustee this coming Tuesday, November 5!

For voting information, visit www.votehamiltoncounty.org.

Thanks for reading and SHARING my email with your other friends and neighbors.

Alex

New Green Township Trustee

Dear fellow tax hikers, we congratulate Rocky Boiman for being named the newest Green Township Trustee.  Boiman was selected to replace our Tracy Winkler, who had to resign the seat to become Hamilton County Clerk of Courts.  Those are some mighty big shoes that Rocky will be asked to fill. 

We believe Rocky is firmly qualified for this position.  He played football at St. X.  He played football at Notre Dame.  He played football in the NFL.  His Political Action Committee, LEAD PAC, endorsed and donated to Democratic City Council candidate P.G. Sittenfeld as well as the liberal, pro-streetcar Deadbeat Democrat Jason Riveiro. We expect Rocky to get right to work keeping things as they are and protecting the patronage jobs of select Green Township families. 

We applaud Green Township Trustees Tony Upton and David Linnenberg for moving expeditiously to select a qualified candidate for this opening.  It only took them 5 days to accept Winkler's resignation, announce the opening, allow time for applications to come in, schedule the interviews, conduct the interviews, and make a final decision.  That is the sign of a fair, open, and honest selection process that everyone can be proud of.  Please join us in giving Rocky Boiman a warm welcome to our tax-hiking team.

Tracy Winkler nixes State Rep race

Dear fellow tax hikers, for most people today was the deadline to apply for the vacant State Representative position in Ohio's 30th District.  However if Green Township rules are utilized, Jennifer Triantafilou will have 11 more days to send in her application.  The list of current applicants was released earlier today, and sadly our endorsed candidate Tracy Winkler was not among them. 

We tax hikers are having terrible luck with our top candidates.  Our first endorsed candidate Stadium David Linnenberg turned down the race the day after we endorsed him.  And now Tracy Winkler refused to step up to the plate (for once).  We were counting on sending top-notch tax hiker to infiltrate the Republican Caucus so we can undermine the Kasich agenda, but we are afraid that we have failed in that important task. 

We ask all you tax hikers, do you see a good candidate in this group?  If so send us the information so we can all stand together and select the best tax-and-spend Republican for this vacancy.  This can be the start of our effort to take down John Kasich and all his evil, pro-taxpayer policies!

Tracy Winkler's Top 10 Qualifications

Dear fellow tax hikers, we have been following with keen interest the race to replace Robert Mecklenborg in the Ohio State House.  It is our mission to select a great tax-and-spend Republican to help stop John Kasich and his appalling limited government agenda.  In our professional estimation, Green Township Trustee Tracy Winker is a highly qualified candidate for this position.  We now present Tracy Winkler's Top 10 Qualifications to be our next State Representative:

10.  She's a member of the Winker family
  9.  Lives in Green Township
  8.  She's married to a Winkler
  7.  Shut down public comments at the Green Township Trustee meetings
  6.  Her husband is Judge Winkler
  5.  Joined with Stadium Dave Linnenberg to hire Alex Triantafilou's ex-wife for a job she's unqualified to hold to help reduce Alex's alimony payments
  4.  Her last name is Winkler
  3.  Under the management of her daughter Allison Detzel, the Township's Greene Lodge loses $200,000 annually for the township
  2.  Her mother-in-law, Cheryl Winkler, was a State Representative herself
  1.  She's part of the Winkler family

 Tracy Winkler is highly qualified to hold any elected office in Ohio.  It's in her blood. 

Stadium Dave Linnenberg Bails Out

Dear fellow tax hikers, our movement suffered a setback today when Green Township Trustee David Linnenberg announced he would not be in the running to replace Bob Mecklenborg in the State House.  Just yesterday we gave Stadium Dave our enthusiastic endorsement due to his key leadership role in passing the Stadium Sales Tax hike to give Bengals Owner Mike Brown a free stadium and millions per year in subsidies. We thought we had found a hero. 

Stadium Dave's withdrawal has forced us to restart our search.  We promise you tax hikers, we have resumed our search and promise to find a qualified tax-and-spend Republican to send to Columbus.  We expect to post a new endorsement in the coming days.  We hope that person won't exit the race a few hours later like Stadium Dave did.

David Linnenberg for State Representative

Dear fellow tax hikers, we are beaming with pride to endorse tax-and-spend Republican David Linnenberg for State Representative.  Linnenberg was the Volunteer Coordinator for the successful Stadium Sales Tax increase that has provided Mike Brown with a free stadium and many millions in subsidies at taxpayer expense, and he has supported several other necessary tax increases over the years.  With his proven record of raising taxes, Stadium Dave Linnenberg is without question the top choice to represent us in Columbus.  

The stakes are too high to get this wrong.  Governor John Kasich is doing a terrible job for Ohio.  We will never forgive him for closing an $8 billion shortfall without raising taxes!  Where were our legislative Republicans to insist on the tax increases that all Ohioans deserve?  We badly need a qualified tax hiker like Stadium Dave to infiltrate the Republican Caucus and undermine Governor Kasich's limited government agenda. 

When Bob Bedinghaus, Tom Neyer, and Roxanne Qualls said it was time to raise taxes for Mike Brown, Stadium Dave enthusiastically joined them in taking a key leadership role to get this tax hike passed.  Hasn't that worked out so well for county taxpayers?  We need Stadium Dave to do for Ohio what he has done to Hamilton County. 

This is not to say that Stadium Dave is the only qualified candidate in this race.  Tracy Winkler would also make a fine State Representative.  Tracy possesses several important qualifications:  1) Her last name is Winkler;  2) She lives in Green Township;  3) She's married to a Winkler;  4) Her mother-in-law was a State Rep;  5) Her last name is Winkler. 

Winkler is good, but Stadium Dave is great.  Stadium Dave's leadership in passing the Bob Bedinghaus Stadium Sales Tax sets him a cut above the rest.  If it wasn't for Stadium Dave, we might not be paying higher taxes to Mike Brown today and that would be tragic.  Due to his expertise at raising our taxes, we proudly endorse Stadium Dave Linnenberg for State Representative.