The results of a study in Oregon measuring the health outcomes of a Medicaid expansion were released on May 2nd in the New England Journal of Medicine to much public interest and comment. The Oregon study looked at a 2008 Medicaid expansion that was done by lottery and compared the health outcomes of those who [...]
On May 7th, many school districts in Ohio have operating levy or bond issues on the ballot. I recently spent some time studying data compiled by the conservative think tank Opportunity Ohio relating to salaries, enrollment, and expenditures for some of the school districts near where I live. Here are a few things I learned [...]
FYI about three important upcoming events this month. 1). Saturday, May 4th, 2013, 8:30am – 2pm 912 Project Leadership Development Conference Embassy Suites Columbus Airport 2886 Airport Dr Columbus, OH 43219 Tickets are $40/person Purchase tickets online or register at the door. Learn more at this link. “The goal of the Project Leadership Development Conference [...]
Join Opportunity Ohio on May 9th as they welcome The Mercatus Center’s Maurice McTigue for the next installment of their Distinguished Speaker Series. Maurice McTigue is the director of the Mercatus Center’s Government Accountability Project and a member of its Spending and Budget Initiative and State and Local Policy Project–Queen Elizabeth II also bestowed on him the prestigious [...]
A guest column by Knox County 912 Member, Sally Kerwood The way Ohio schools are funded was deemed unconstitutional in 1997 in the case of DeRolph v. State, in 2000 inDeRolph II and again in 2002 in DeRolph III. The reason: “School systems in areas with higher property values could much more easily meet the needs of and provide more opportunities for [...]
Check out Opportunity Ohio’s third video on Governor Kasich’s severance tax. Parts one and two are also available on the Opportunity Ohio’s website. Here is a note on “The Forgotten Man” from Matt Mayer, President of Opportunity Ohio: Though the term was used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 to refer to poor Americans [...]
Want to know the truth about Ohio’s jobs economy? Read this one-pager on Ohio’s Labor Force Participation Rate. Be sure to look at the graphs as well! The number of people actually working in Ohio is less than it was in 1999. Ohio has fallen below the national rate and currently ranks 31st among the [...]
by guest columnist, Jon Morrow Tactics and strategy are ever so important in the war we wage against the leftist extremist that seek to deprive us of our freedom. The tactic of the left has been to go after our future by co-opting our schools. More and more Americans and Ohioans are being led away [...]
Buckeye Firearms Foundation 15 West Winter Street Delaware, OH 43015 March 21, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jim Irvine Additional Media Information On Saturday, March 16th, a group of 400 educators gathered at the Villa Milano Banquet and Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio to listen to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman talk to them about violence. [...]
Please see this PDF flyer with details about Opportunity Ohio’s 2013 Distinguished Speaker Series. The series runs each month from February to June. Speakers and topics are: 2/27: Dr. James Carafano from The Heritage Foundation on “Defending America During a Fiscal Crisis” 3/7: Dr. Jason Sorens from The Mercatus Center on “Freedom and the 50 States” 4/23: Matt [...]
by Wendy Sizemore, Pickaway County 912 Project Liberty Group The National Safety Council in partnership with an organization they created, the Ohio Teen Safe Driving Coalition (OTSDC), launched a pilot program for middle school kids to ticket their parents for “unsafe” driving behaviors. SADD and the Ohio State Highway Patrol, as members of OTSDC, were [...]
by Tom Z I am sure that many TEA Party members across the land have had a good laugh at the continued pathetic attempts by the left, through their allies in the media, to smear us with yet another outrageous claim. This time claiming that our movement is actually a decades old plan, funded by [...]
by Seth Morgan Much is being made about Governor Kasich’s “tax cut.” This is a major policy step that will impact the state for years to come. The Governor deserves credit for recognizing that income taxes need to be reduced and that tax reform in Ohio is necessary. Further, during these difficult economic times, with [...]
Performance Audit, being a good steward of taxpayer dollars. “No levy or rate increase should be approved or on the ballot unless a complete and comprehensive Performance Audit has been conducted”; John McAvoy A wise and prudent elected official will not place a property tax levy or rate increase on a ballot until a Performance [...]
PRESS RELEASE – Wednesday, January 23, 2012 Contact: Tom Zawistowski Columbus, Ohio – The Ohio Liberty Coalition announced this morning that over 50 Liberty Groups in Ohio are planning to provide public showings of the new independent documentary film “FrackNation” which premiered on the ASX national cable channel last night. The movie takes apart the anti-fracking [...]
by Dan Offineer The last four school levies at North Fork Local Schools (located in Licking and Knox counties) have been defeated. You might say we are five for five because the school board did not apply with the Board of Elections to have a special election in February 2013. The past history of North [...]
Opportunity Ohio has just introduced a new tool that can be used to query and track salary data for state employees, school administrators and school teachers. State employee salary tracking tool: http://www.opportunityohio.org/state-salary/ School administrator and teach salary tracking tool: http://www.opportunityohio.org/teacher-salary/
by Peter Wolf, co-founder The Voices of America The America we have known and grown up in is literally being transformed by Progressives into a nation more akin to socialist countries throughout the world. This transformation is being achieved through fiscal policy, thus avoiding a direct assault on the Constitution. To assure that our children [...]
From www.schoolchoiceweek.com … As National School Choice Week prepares to embark on an unprecedented nationwide, whistle- stop train tour to generate overwhelming public support for all forms of school choice, we welcome your participation. Toledo Stop Thursday, January 31, 2013 Location: Valentine Theater, 410 Adams St, Toledo, OH 43604 (map) Time: 9:00am to 10:15am RSVP: Send email to toledo [...]
Buckeye Firearms Association NEWS Buckeye Firearms Association 15 West Winter Street Delaware, OH 43015 January 2, 2013 Contact: Jim Irvine Additional Media Information Armed Teachers: Over 600 Have Applied for Training DELAWARE, OH – After the mass murder at a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school, Buckeye Firearms Foundation announced that they would provide free firearms training [...]
