Support the $300 million property tax hike

Dear fellow tax hikers, we are delighted to report a fantastic opportunity to raise property taxes by $300 million on the rich landowners of Hamilton County.  The Museum Center's building needs some repairs, and because of that they are asking for nearly $300 million from the taxpayers.  We at Republicans for Higher Taxes are 100% in favor of this important tax increase.

Who wouldn't want to spend $300 million of taxpayer money to repair a building?  That's cheaper than the $400 million Bridge to Nowhere.  We tax hikers happen to believe that both of these projects are equally important to the health of our country.

We encourage our friend Greg "Tax Hike" Hartmann and the other Commissioners to approve this request at once.  We are not concerned that the Museum Center will not be going through the normal review process for tax levies.  They shouldn't have to.  We don't need to be asking questions before raising taxes.  If the Museum Center wants to spend $300 million for repairs to one building, who is anyone to question them?  Tax us more!

Help Tom Neyer avoid bankruptcy

Dear fellow tax hikers, our good friend Tom Neyer is in trouble and needs our help.  Former Hamilton County Commissioner Tom Neyer has sadly had to file Chapter 7 Bankruptcy through no fault of his own.  Neyer listed assets between $1.4-$1.5 million and debts totaling $69 million.  Taxin' Tom owes $46 for every $1 that he owns.  This is not his fault and we are going to get to the bottom of who did this to him.

Tom Neyer was one of the greatest leaders Hamilton County ever had.  He campaigned for the Stadium Sales Tax hike that has revitalized our county.  He voted with Commissioner Bob Bedinghaus to give the Bengals, Reds, and CPS great lease deals.  And that's not all.  Whatever Bedinghaus needed, Neyer delivered without question.  Neyer did so much to deliver us higher taxes, now we are going to deliver for him in his time of need.

Republicans for Higher Taxes is announcing a collection drive to help Tom Neyer pay off all his debts and avoid bankruptcy!  If every single man, woman, and child in Hamilton County sends Tom $85, he will have enough money to pay off all his debts.  We can do this!  The Hamilton County Republican Party has generously agreed to provide logistical support for this important collection.

All of you are commanded to participate in this most important endeavor.  Tom did so much for Hamilton County, now Hamilton County must return the favor.  We expect everyone to contribute a minimum of $85, and if you are wealthy you should contribute more.  Send your money to:

Hamilton County Republican Party
Chairman Alex Triantafilou
Tom Neyer Collection Fund
700 Walnut Street, Rm 309
Cincinnati, OH  45202

We tax hikers take care of our own.

ESPN says Bengals the worst franchise in sports

Dear fellow tax hikers, earlier today we were dismayed to read that our Beloved Bengals were ranked the worst sports franchise on the planet.  How could any franchise run by Mike Brown, Bob Bedinghaus, and Jeff Berding be so poorly respected?  We are so lucky to have Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Hartmann working hard to do something about this. 

Our Bengals would not be ranked last if they were receiving all the tax dollars they deserve! 

This proves that our Beloved Bengals deserve more taxpayer money.  We need to support Tax Hike Hartmann's efforts to raise taxes to give more money to the teams.  We need higher property taxes.  We may also need to raise the Sales Tax too.  The Bengals are entitled to this money.  You are not. 

We need to raise taxes to send more money to Mike Brown and the Bengals.  They need more.  We applaud Tax Hike Hartmann for understanding this.  Now get out there and raise some more stadium taxes!

Rally to support Tax Hike Hartmann's Tax Hike

Dear fellow tax hikers, this Noon Tuesday at City Hall the Hamilton County Republican Party is organizing a rally to support Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Hartmann's big property tax increase for the Bengals and Reds!  Do you support higher property taxes as much as we do?  If so we want to see you there.

This tax increase is necessary.  Hamilton County's stadium fund was due to run a large deficit in 2011 and 2012.  Spending cuts are never an option.  Without higher taxes, how could we give the Bengals and Reds all the tax dollars they deserve?  Tax Hike Hartmann recognized this injustice and joined with David Pepper to raise our property taxes.  For that we are extremely grateful.

The Hamilton County Republican Party has supported this tax increase 100%.  And that is not going to change.  They know how badly we need to send more of tax dollars to Bengals Owner Mike Brown and Bengals Executive Bob Bedinghaus. 

In 2013 the stadium fund deficit gets even worse.  That will mean an even larger tax increase for all county residents.  We are working closely with Tax Hike Hartmann and the Hamilton County GOP to determine which taxes we are going to raise. 

We want all of you tax hikers to stand with us this Tuesday and show your support for higher county property taxes.  Show us that you agree with Tax Hike Hartmann and the Hamilton County GOP that funding the needs of Mike Brown and the Bengals is our county's #1 priority.  Tax us more!

Stop Jason Gloyd for Deer Park Council

Dear fellow tax hikers, we have received news from our good friends that a conservative, Jason Gloyd, is running in Tuesday's Republican Primary for the Deer Park City Council.  You must vote against Jason Gloyd!  They tell us that Gloyd did not seek the blessing of Deer Park Republican leaders before running and that is completely unacceptable! 

Gloyd is the worst candidate running.  He is currently the chairman of our enemy organization, COAST.  They are against raising taxes; we are for raising taxes.  Gloyd fought hard against the $800 million Sales Tax increase in 2007, we strongly supported it.  Gloyd has fought against additional taxpayer funds for The Freedom Center, while we believe that they deserve every dollar they ask for from us.

If you live in Deer Park and believe in higher taxes, you must vote against Jason Gloyd.  Fortunately, there are 3 other Republicans running.  We encourage you to vote for one of them instead of Gloyd. 

We need higher taxes.  We need more spending.  We only want party-approved Republicans, not real conservatives.  Whatever you do this Tuesday, vote against conservative Jason Gloyd.

Marc Monahan wishes death on Shannon Jones

 

Dear fellow tax hikers, we are enormously proud of the fine work being done by the President of the Cincinnati Fireperson's Union Marc Monahan to fight that awful Senate Bill 5.  This legislation would reform Ohio's collective bargaining laws by putting more power in the hands of our elected officials instead of union leaders like Mad Sexy Monahan.  

Our side is mad and we're not going to take it!  We must fight back in the way that reflects properly on us union supporters.  Marc Monahan is setting a shining example of proud union advocacy with his tactics in this fight.  

On March 2nd, 2011, Monahan posted the following statement to his facebook account:  "Hope F.A. Shannon Jones chokes on a big greasy pork chop tonight."  We cannot believe that Senate Bill 5 could pass in spite of such persuasive arguments. 

We believe that all Ohioans will respond favorably to these union opposition tactics.  We applaud union leader Marc Monahan for his classy and dignified behavior in this important fight.  We can't wait to see what he does next.  Monahan will help us defeat Senate Bill 5 and return power over our tax dollars where it belongs - to union leaders like Marc Monahan who wish death on people who disagree with him. 

The Return of Tax Hike Seitz

(Bill Seitz in his union plumber uniform, or is it a full body condom?)

Dear fellow tax hikers, we are extremely delighted with the fantastic representation we have received from our State Senator Bill Seitz this year.  When we named Seitz our 2007 Tax Hiker of the Year, we knew that we would receive the benefits of many, many more years of higher taxes and bigger government.  While he made some mistakes last year, he has earned his way back into our favor with the excellent pro-tax service he has provided to us in recent months. 

The man who we affectionately call Tax Hike Seitz has been hard at work ensuring that we continue to receive the big government that we so deserve.  First, Tax Hike Seitz voted against the awful Senate Bill 5 that we strongly opposed.  Seitz agreed with us that it is union bosses who should determine how to spend Ohio tax dollars, not Ohio's elected officials. 

Next, we know that Tax Hike Seitz has been working hard to maintain Ohio's Death Tax.  There are some evil conservatives out there who want to repeal this tax.  Can you believe that?  Nobody should be allowed to die within Ohio's borders without paying one last tax!  This is our state, and here we're going to tax the life out of you! 

We stand proudly with Tax Hike Seitz and everyone who is opposing the dangerous fiscally conservative agenda being promoted by John Kasich and some other Republicans.  We need to put union bosses back in charge of our budget.  We need to tax dead people.  We want to tax you to death, and State Senator Tax Hike Seitz gets it!

Another Blue Ash Police Officer arrested

Dear fellow tax hikers, today we will discuss the escalating criminal behavior in the Blue Ash Police Force.  Currently Blue Ash Police Officer Jason Lobenthal is facing removal from his job for criminal incidents committed last August.  And recently we have learned that another Blue Ash Officer, William Fritts, was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and reckless operation. 

We do not believe these developments should concern you tax hikers.  Haven't you all heard - Blue Ash is a "well-run" government!  What makes Blue Ash so "well-run"?  We sure can't figure it out but that's what we've been told over and over again.  We do not care how many Blue Ash employees get arrested for criminal behavior, we are declaring that Blue Ash is a "well-run" government and that's all you need to know. 

We ask the tax-hiking residents of Blue Ash to not disturb their fine City Council with concern about these matters.  Council is spending most of its time on important matters - like building a new performing arts center (30 feet away from Sharonville's), rebuilding the golf clubhouse, building a new superpark, and admiring the new $14 million Rec Center.  What is more important than building new expensive toys when the economy is depressed?  And best of all, these projects are being paid for by a very important 25% Income Tax Hike!  

We applaud the Blue Ash City Council for having their priorities straight.  Raising taxes and building expensive monuments is more important than lesser issues like the quality of the city's police force.  We hope the Blue Ash City Council, and the city's residents, will not allow themselves to be distracted by safety issues like police and fire and keep their focus on what's important - building expensive monuments and raising taxes.

George Vincent supports the streetcar

Dear fellow tax hikers, we know you all will be pleased to learn that our good, good friend George Vincent has endorsed the Cincinnati Streetcar!  This pivotal support will help us succeed in our fight against Governor John Kasich and all those other evil Republicans who are preaching this fiscal responsibility garbage.  We need a streetcar - make that several streetcars - in Cincinnati and we don't care how much it costs.

Nobody can be surprised by this endorsement from our good friend George.  George Vincent has long been a supporter of higher taxes and more spending.  In fact, George was one of our site's first allies and has remained a close friend.  Due to George Vincent, the Hamilton County Republican Party endorsed the $800 million Sales Tax increase that the voters tragically rejected.  It was George Vincent who cut a deal with Democrat Todd Portune to let him run unopposed.  And now George is backing us again by supporting our streetcar plan.

Mark our words, we are bringing streetcars to Cincinnati.  No matter what Governor Kasich and those horrible fiscal conservatives do to the state funding that we deserve, the streetcars are coming.  We have already built tremendous support behind the plan that we announced just last week to implement a massive tax increase to build $500 million worth of streetcar lines in Cincinnati!  Know that we will utilize our long friendship with George Vincent to our full advantage.  Get ready to ride the streetcar to prosperity!

Raise Taxes to build The Streetcar

Dear fellow tax hikers, we are glad to be back in Cincinnati!  We have spent the last 3 weeks in Columbus lobbying furiously for higher taxes, more union power, and to save our beloved Cincinnati streetcar.  Many of us streetcar supporters are crushed by the wave of bad news we have suffered in the last week.  Consider the horrible news we have had to endure:

- Jeff Berding announced his opposition to the project and selected a Republican to replace him on Council
- The Enquirer editorialized in favor of putting the project on hold
- Charlie Winburn will be making a motion to do just that
- Governor John Kasich and the TRAC group which allocates transportation funding has recommended that the state defund our streetcar!
- Worst of all, the State Senate even passed legislation prohibiting any federal or state money from going to the streetcar!  It is expected the House will pass this and it will be signed by our terrible Governor.

This is all terrible news for us, the home of the pro-streetcar movement.  If we want a streetcar, we're going to have to pay for it ourselves and it's completely unfair.  However we believe we are up to the challenge.

We support an immediate tax increase to build an ambitious new $500 million streetcar system throughout Cincinnati.  We will continue with our plans to build a line north to uptown all the way up to Bond Hill.  We will build the next line east through Walnut Hills, Hyde Park, Mt. Lookout, and Mt. Washington.  Then we will build another line west through Price Hill and Westwood to stop at the border of Cheviot, where it can connect to the new Cheviot streetcar that their fine city will build.  Buses aren't good enough for our crowd.  Our $500 million streetcar system and the massive tax increases it will require are coming soon!

Congressman Wu and Si Leis are not losing their minds

(Congressman David Wu, auditioning for The Wu Tang Clan)

(Sheriff Si Leis a couple Cravers short of a value meal? No way.  Photo credit to The Enquirer)

Dear fellow tax hikers, we are putting to rest the vicious rumors that either Congressman David Wu or Sheriff Simon Leis are suffering from any mental illness or losing their mental capacities in any way.  We have tracked these situations and we declare them to be of perfectly sound mind.

Congressman Wu has made national headlines in recent weeks when it was revealed that his own staff had to confront him over mental issues that called into question his fitness to serve.  Just because Wu accused the White House of being "Vulcans" and "faux Klingons" in an eye-popping speech to Congress (you tax hikers want to click that link) doesn't mean anyone should have worried about his mental health.  And nobody had the right to be concerned when he sent messages to his staffers in the voice of his teenage children, or claimed he didn't know what pills he took that were given to him by a donor, or sent photos of himself dressed like Crouching Tiger. 

Hamilton County Sheriff Simon Leis is another fantastic official who we know is as sharp and sane as ever.  We don't think there is anything ridiculous about the above photograph of Leis where he looks like Bob's Big Boy's Ghetto Grandpa.  We are not concerned about the vastly rising number of incidents in recent years involving questionable behavior by him and his employees that would cause any normal voter to question the effectiveness of his leadership.  We also don't find it strange when Leis left valuable equipment in plain sight in his vehicle while parked in downtown Cincinnati, something that even a rookie cop knows not to do.  We were very happy when White Castle replaced the stolen coupons that were taken from the Leismobile! 

Sheriff Leis and Congressman Wu are of full mental capacity.  That is our ruling and it is final.  Their superior mental health allows them to provide the superior service to their lucky constituents that they have grown to expect.  In fact, we feel so strongly about strong mental health that we will do our part to promote it.  Hereby, we declare March to be Mental Health Month at Republicans for Higher Taxes.  We will do our part - and we invite you tax hikers to help us - to promote fine mental health in our GOP tax hiking community.

Mitch Daniels repudiates Greg Hartmann

Dear fellow tax hikers, we are very upset by the disgusting performance of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels at the Hamilton County Republican Party's Lincoln-Taft-Schneider Dinner.  Governor Daniels bragged about balancing his state's budget without raising taxes.  Even worse, he said Ohio's Governor John Kasich can do it too.

No he cannot.  With Ohio facing a projected $8 billion shortfall, and asking any sacrifice whatsoever of the public employee unions unacceptable, raising taxes is the only solution.  This comment was an insult to John Kasich and and an ever deeper insult to Hamilton County Commissioner Greg Hartmann.

Tax Hike Hartmann has already raised taxes on Hamilton County homeowners.  This tax increase was necessary to ensure that the Bengals and Reds received as much taxpayer money as possible.  Our county's #1 priority is to enrich Mike Brown and raising taxes is the only way to do that. 

When will conservatives like Daniels and Kasich get it?  Governments at all levels need to raise taxes, not cut spending.  Tax Hike Hartmann gets it.  He has already raised our property taxes to benefit the Bengals and he will soon do it again.  Tax us more!