Ohio HB 6: keep it or repeal it

Is this mailer true or false?

The other day, I was asked to sign a petition to get a Repeal of Ohio HB 6 on the ballot. You may be asked also. Here’s one report from about a week ago posted at JD Supra:

. . . a group called “Ohioans Against Corporate Bailouts” (OACB) has begun the process of placing a referendum on the November 2020 ballot to repeal the law. OACB took the initial required steps of submitting at least 1,000 signatures along with a summary of the proposed referendum to the Attorney General, and after revising and resubmitting the summary it was approved as of August 30, 2019, as “fair and truthful” with the necessary valid signatures as required by law. The petitioners must now submit 265,774 signatures of registered Ohio voters (from at least 44 of the 88 Ohio counties, with at least 3 percent of total voters from each of those counties) by October 21, 2019, to place the referendum on the November 2020 ballot. If OACB meets these requirements, HB 6 is stayed until Election Day 2020.

Read the rest of the JD Supra report with some analysis here. The ads and mailers about this controversial legislation are confusing – especially the claim that

China’s Communist regime could gain control of Ohio’s electricity grid if voters repeal House Bill 6

Both sides are spending a ton of money, the media is making a lot of money, and Cleveland.com concluded its editorial on the subject as follows:

The aggressive tactics and scaremongering by those who want to deny Ohioans a statewide vote on HB 6 must stop.  Now.  Chinese business loans don’t threaten Ohio. But demagogic campaigning unquestionably does.

Yes, but if the Editorial Board of cleveland.com is in favor of something, I am usually against it. Still, I found the comments section somewhat helpful. And I expect the campaigning will only increase over the next few weeks.

I’ve read through five or six other reports/analyses, pro and con, of the repeal vs enacting HB 6, and I confess I am still not clear as to which side has the better argument. This may be an instance when neither HB6 nor its repeal is good for Ohio. At any rate, I'll post again if I find a more accessible analysis.

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John Boehner's resignation; Mitch McConnell next

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From Ohio Tea Party Patriots Coordinator, Ralph King:

As many of you know Speaker John Boehner is resigning.  Make no mistake:  Speaker Boehner is resigning because of your hard work!

Here at Tea Party Patriots, we could not be more proud of this accomplishment. And as a Tea Party Patriots supporter, you should feel proud, too!

Tea Party Patriots were the first grassroots organization in the country to call for John Boehner's firing all the way back in 2012.

I remember the initials call(s) in late 2011 when fellow Tea Party Patriots State Coordinator for Ohio, Marianne Gasiecki and I (Ralph King) spoke with Jenny Beth Martin about starting the effort of getting rid Speaker Boehner.

With your help, we bombarded Congress with petitions calling for his ouster gathered through our #FireTheSpeaker campaign. We pressured members of Congress and we hounded him in the press.

Replacing Speaker Boehner is going to be very fluid and the selection process is very inside politics with many different scenarios.

  

Without getting caught up in all the scenarios at this time, we want to focus on what we can do immediately to make a difference in the selection process.  This first part is critical:

First - please contact the GOP members of Congress and share your feelings with them on what you are looking for in the next Speaker.  

For contact information click here 

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Second - continuing the efforts used to force Speaker Boehner to resign - we will now turn these efforts towards Mitch McConnell!

Click here to add your name to the petition calling for Mitch McConnell to step down as the Majority Leader of the US Senate.

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Passing a Resolution with an Unwilling School Board

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Common Core: an update

Ohio Tea Party Patriots Co-cordinator Marianne Gasieki is sharing a Richland County success story and seeking participation in a statewide survey:

Passing a Resolution with an Unwilling School Board

Raising a Unified Voice

As some of you are aware, Marianne was elected to the Ontario School Board November 2013:

I was elected due to my vocal opposition to Common Core, as I had been attending meetings and questioning the board regarding Common Core for over a year.

Unfortunately, unlike the Garaway school district, the Ontario school district did not have a Board unified in their opposition to Common Core, so it was necessary to create a ground swell from concerned parents.

As a Board member, I couldn't be seen as actively involved in the movement, but was able to find a few key people who made it happen.

A petition was created, and within a matter of weeks, over 300 signatures were obtained.  These people took the petitions to soccer games, parent teacher conferences, anywhere there would be community gatherings. Click Here for a Copy of the Petition.

Copies of the petitions were sent to each Board member with a cover letter. Click Here to Read the Cover Letter.

At the December board meeting, our resolution opposing Common Core was passed.

It is important to note that although it looks like we were able to do this quickly, it took the action of parents coming to board meetings over multiple months, and clearly stating their issue with CC.  It took people working in the community, writing letters to the editor, posting yard signs around the school and educating their neighbors.  But it can be done!

If you would like to share your success story, please forward it to me and I will try to compile them so they accompany the survey results.

If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to contact Marianne at the Mansfield Tea Party at mansfieldteaparty@gmail.com. 

These resolutions and efforts are important, especially since Gov. John Kasich is opposing repeal of CC. Read the latest from The Blaze here. 

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Updates on Protests in Ohio against amnesty, illegal immigration, and the border surge

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From the Mansfield Tea Party, following up on Ohio Tea Party and conservative patriots' opposition to the border surge:

We are witnessing a well planned and systematic invasion of our country, and must be vocal and visible in our opposition.

This week, over 30 Ohio tea party and liberty groups signed a letter to Governor Kasich, insisting he remain strong against proposals to dump illegals in the state of Ohio click here to read the letter. Information regarding this letter was also sent to state and national media outlets.

Additionally, as State Co-coordinators for Tea Party Patriots in Ohio, Ralph King and I issued a press release stating our support of the above mentioned letter (click here to read our statement).  This press release was also sent to state and national media outlets.

In working with other Tea Party Patriot State Coordinators, it is our intent that these letters and press releases will be used across the country in clearly stating American citizens' opposition to the influx and dumping of illegal aliens.

What You Can Do

Sign the Petition to Governor Kasich

Ohio residents are encouraged to join us and sign our petition to Governor Kasich telling him to stand strong and resist federal relocation of illegal aliens to Ohio here.  

Following is some of the language used in the petition:

"This petition concerns the illegal immigration crisis happening on our southern border, in which a massive influx of immigrants is seeking unauthorized entry to the United States. In addition to our outrage over the deliberate role the federal government is taking in this effort that violates our immigration laws, there are serious concerns regarding the government's attempts to relocate illegal aliens in states across the U.S., including Ohio..."

Please feel free to forward this information to others who are in opposition of illegal immigration and amnesty for people who continue to break our laws.

Be Visible in Your Opposition

From our friends at Ohio Citizens for Sensible Immigration:

Americans to protest in Chardon and Cleveland

to coincide with

National Day Of Protesting

Against Immigration Reform,

Amnesty, and Border Surge

Chardon, OH

At the intersection of 

Cherry Avenue & Center Street (RT.44)

Friday, July 18th 11:00am-1:00pm

 Google map here 

Cleveland / Garfield Hts., OH

At the I-480 & Turney Road Overpass (on the Overpass)

Saturday, July 19, 11:00am - 4:00pm

Google map here

Americans want our immigration laws enforced and our borders secured!  Amnesty is unacceptable.  Please join us this Friday with appropriate signs and/or flags!

For more protests taking place in Ohio, go here.

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Patriots to Congress: Vote NO on funding illegal aliens

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From Tea Party Patriots @ 4pm Tues.

Congress is about to vote on a bill to give Barack Obama nearly $4 billion to care for all the illegal aliens pouring across our southern border.

Please sign the emergency "No Funding for Illegal Aliens" petition right now. Congress could vote on this proposal at any time.

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This massive spending bill will help Obama resettle these illegal immigrants in America. It will use YOUR tax money to pay for immigration lawyers for these trespassers. It will provide food, clothing, and transportation for thousands and thousands of illegals. This is an insane proposal that undermines American sovereignty and will ruin our economy.

Please sign your petition now, and ask everyone you know to do the same.

Barack Obama has no intention at all of ever sending these illegal immigrants back home. That's why he's lobbying hard for this $4 billion.

Liberal Republican Lindsey Graham is already campaigning to give Obama this money. He recently declared, "I think we need to go ahead and allocate the resources because this is not a good situation."

This measure will pass unless ordinary Americans fight back - NOW.

Traditionally conservative politicians are terrified of voting against this proposal. They don't want to seem mean by voting against "children."

That's why these petitions are so incredibly important. We have to overcome the liberal media, pro-illegal alien big businesses and the open-borders lobby.

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Obama's plan is to use this giant slush fund to pay for immigration lawyers and to find local "sponsors" for all these illegals.

Many of these people have contagious diseases. Others are gang members. Still others are children whose parents sent them to America because of Obama's "DREAM Act" executive order.

This is a disaster. And giving Obama $4 billion to play with will certainly make it even worse!!

America's taxpayers can't afford to reward this bad behavior a moment longer. The only thing left to give these people is a one-way ticket back to their home countries.

That's what we need to tell Congress: Stand firm. Vote NO on this $4 billion slush fund. And send these illegals home.

. . . Obama truly believes he can run right over the Republicans in Congress. He believes he can shame them into giving him this money.

Ordinary Americans must take a stand against this insanity. NOW.

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We must swamp Congress with petitions!

Thank you in advance for all your help.

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