By Joe Platt During this ‘virus’ economic downturn, Rep. Bill Seitz, Councilmember Jeff Pastor and Auditor Dusty Rhodes are still proponents of Issue 7, increasing the Hamilton County sales tax by nearly a full percentage point. Part of the pitch for Issue 7 is to provide money for road repair. That’s 25% true since only … [Read more…]
Five Things that Need to be Done to Issue 7 Before You Vote For It The Ohio State Legislature has put Hamilton County voters at a disadvantage by allowing SORTA to put a levy request for $3.25 billion dollars directly on the ballot without any outside or Citizen review. I’m supportive of an improved County … [Read more…]
Read what the Wall Street Journal has to say about this in an article released on Thursday, Feburary 5, 2015. This opens up the American people to a whole new range of Taxes, add-ones, interference with commerce and the same types of things that are happening with phone and cable companies now. What do you … [Read more…]
Pretty incredible visit to Union Terminal last Wednesday during Brian Thomas’ Listener Lunch. I have studied the finances, the plan for Issue 8 and just about everything else about Union Terminal but this was my first real tour through the trenches. What follows are a few interesting pictures for those of you who can’t tour … [Read more…]
Dan’s Top 10 Things He Learned This Semester at EmpowerU EmpowerU is all about teaching people new things so that we can become more Empowered in their lives. We hope you will join us for another exciting semester (our eighth semester) that will start on September 18, 2014. Watch for news about next semester at … [Read more…]
Memorial to John E. Dolibois Today, May 2nd, it was announced that the youngest of the Nazi interrogators, John E. Dolibois has died at the age of 96. The former ambassador and native of Luxembourg had many “firsts” in his life. He went from Eagle Scout to college student at Miami University. where he met … [Read more…]
To All this is from Maurice Thompson from the 1851 Center for Constitutional Law. He spoke with us on April 24 regarding Ohio and Issue one. IMPORTANT THAT YOU STUDY UP ON THIS ISSUE. I want you to read the other side to this issue also. Click Here to Read the Enquirer endorsement of … [Read more…]
More Unintended Consequences of Obamacare I’ve been “non-conforming” all my life and always been proud of it (my wife and friends will surely confirm….). . Little did I know, that under Obamacare it would become official. I’m Non-Conforming and at some point might lose my Doctor. Another far-fetched claim? You decide…. Last week I … [Read more…]
Here are a few thoughts about David Green who is the CEO of Hobby Lobby. Many of you have heard about the Supreme Court Lawsuit that Hobby Lobby has filed against the US Government (Sebelius vs. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.) because it disagrees with 4 of the 20 methods of birth control that are mandated … [Read more…]
We need help and are looking for volunteers to make our sessions go great. Consider helping in the following areas: 1) We need Producers. In 5 hours a week you can produce one session which really means to make it run great for the participants (fun too), 2) We are looking for volunteers to join … [Read more…]
Incredible New Technology? Scam? Illegal? Watched by the IRS? Revolutionary New Currency? What is the real story on Bitcoin? Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks; managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin is open-source; its design is public, nobody owns or … [Read more…]
We’re back for our 7th EmpowerU semester and we have some really great, FREE classes to offer you to get Empowered in your life! Go on-line at http://www.empoweruohio.org and register. Thanks to our Board (click About Tab at top of page) and Executive Director Nita Thomas for putting together an incredible schedule–22 classes strong. Let … [Read more…]