Grandview Area Republican Club

I just paid a visit to the BMV and paid Strickland’s new “its-not-a-tax-hike” fee on my renewals.  $74.50 was the price tag to legally drive the car that I OWN around Ohio (birthdays are expensive).  How are we supposed to get Ohioans to spend money here and create jobs in their businesses when we are taxed (or should I say fee-ed) this much?  In the past 5 years, Ohio has lost 105,000 taxpayers and $1.4 billion a year in adjusted gross income (source).

Here’s an article from yesterday’s Columbus Dispatch about these BMV fees: Driver’s license late fees piling up

Check out this article from the Dispatch back in April 2009 when our Democrat Governor and Democrat controlled House passed the budget: Ohio’s state budget uses fees to forgo new taxes.  So Ted Strickland technically doesn’t raise taxes, but FEES ARE TAXES.  

So I went online to www.feesaretaxes.com and found American’s for Prosperity are doing another rally at the statehouse on January 30^th.  I am going – anyone else with me?

 Ohio Taxed to the Max Rally

Please join Americans for Prosperity, OH (AFP-OH), the Columbus Tea Party, Ohio Freedom Alliance, Citizens United to End Ohio’s Estate Tax, Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes, and Ohio Citizens Accounting Standards Board at a rally demanding that Ohio’s legislature get spending under control and stop treating taxpayers like an ATM every time they run out of cash. The rally will be held in front of a 15-foot-tall inflatable ATM machine to drive the point home that Ohio’s citizens are “Already Taxed to the Max.”

Date: Saturday, January 30th

Time: 2pm

Here’s another great site to understand Ohio’s poor tax structure: http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/state/50.html

John Kasich just announced on his Twitter feed today at 1:30 PM that Ohio State Auditor Mary Taylor will be his running mate and the next LG of Ohio.  Join the GARC and Cap City YRs in celebrating! 

The GARC received the Lincoln Award for Overall Excellence and Outstanding Club of the Year by being more than your grandmother’s Republican club.  We are an active group that…

• Helps to elect Republicans
• Brings new people into the party
• Defeats local Democrats in softball games
• Bowls for charity
• Hosts the local, state, and national GOP chairmen at our events
• Throws picnics with other GOP clubs in the area and has a good time socializing, tailgating, and generally communing with likeminded individuals!

This year, we hope your New Year’s resolution is to get more involved in the GARC and make a difference in the 2010 statewide races.  We are here to help you accomplish that goal!  ACTION ITEMS:

• Read our emails
• Forward these emails to friends and ask them to subscribe
• Join our Facebook Group
• Follow us on Twitter
• Get updates from the GARC Blog
• Become a GARC officer – elections for President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary are February 23, 2009 at 7PM.  If you are interested in running, please email the GARC President here to request an Officer Candidate Form (this form is not an application but a way for us to make copies and disburse to club members at the February meeting so they can read about the candidates).