Arm Yourself With the Information You Need!
EmpowerU Studio300 Great Oaks Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45241
To Login to Tonight’s Class After 6:45 PM–Click Here
Required Reading: Property Taxes Ranked by State from TaxRates.org–Click Here
Think Property Taxes are too High? –The Dayton Daily News–Click Here
A 10-member Joint Committee on Property Tax Review and Reform headed by Senator Louis Blessing has recently submitted 21 recommendations to the legislature for review.
In addition to the recommendations given by this committee, there are also recommendations for more public meetings, a simplified process of passing and collecting property taxes, more transparency in clarifying terminology, and simplifying ballot language.
Are you concerned about your property taxes and what if anything can be done to lower, cap, or prevent taxes from going higher? This class is a starting place to voice your concerns and get answers to some of your questions.
Not all responses to the Property Tax Reform Committee have been positive and few tangible results came from the committee. Read Senator Bill Demora’s comments about the Property Tax Reform Committee–Click here.
We look forward to welcoming Senator Blessing to EmpowerU. He will speak from 7:30-8:30 PM.
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Maurice Thompson is the Executive Director of the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, a non-profit, non-partisan law firm dedicated to protecting the constitutional rights of Ohioans. Tonight, Maurice will bring us up-to-date on the important work of the 1851 Center.
Maurice will also talk to us about the important subject Property Taxes. He has his own view of the State Committee that met about Property Taxes and will share those thoughts with us. Maurice and 1851 have proposed an Ohio Amendment for Property Tax Relief which would cap property tax increases to 3%. How would this work? Who would it impact? Would it work? Maurice will be speaking from 7:10-7:30 PM
To Read the 1851 Center Propery Tax Plan Click Here
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Speaker Bios
State Senator Louis W. Blessing, III is serving his first term in the Ohio Senate. He currently represents Ohio’s 8th Senate District, which encompasses a portion of Hamilton County. He began his career in the legislature serving as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 29thOhio House District.
Senator Blessing has an extensive background in electrical engineering. He currently works as an engineer at Super Systems, Inc. in Cincinnati and previously worked at Duke Energy and Nova Engineering.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering at the University of Cincinnati. The Senator is a licensed professional engineer and isa member of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers. He currently resides in Colerain Township with his wife Heather and their three sons.
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Maurice Thompson is a constitutional rights lawyer, author, commentator, speaker, and founder and director of the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law. Maurice fights for liberty across Ohio in high-stakes constitutional rights cases and provides legal support for freedom-oriented ballot issues. He has defeated state and local governments and agencies to protect property rights, taxpayer rights, free speech, parental rights, entrepreneurs’ rights, privacy rights, freedom to contract, and healthcare freedom. Maurice specializes in the Ohio Constitution.
Maurice comes from a long line of Wood County, Ohio farmers. Since growing up in Northwest Ohio, he has lived in Oxford, Cleveland, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Columbus, running his own businesses and working in a diverse array of organizations including the National Taxpayers Union, the Sam Adams Foundation, and the Buckeye Institute. He moved back to Ohio to start the 1851 Center in 2008.
To read more about the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law–Click Here
