Educators support Strickland
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To the editor:
As lifelong educators, teachers, and community college professors, both of us did some research on the candidates for governor, and here's what we found.
1. Gov. Strickland has reduced taxes for Ohioans. In 2007, he expanded eligibility for the Homestead Exemption, which allows 559,344 disabled and elderly Ohioans to save an average of $400 a year on their property taxes, by allowing seniors and the permanently disabled to
exempt $25,000 of the value of their home from property taxes. (HB 119, 6/30/07)
2. In 2008, Strickland proposed and signed legislation that ensured transparent and predictable electricity rates for Ohio's consumers,
manufacturers, and small businesses. Strickland's legislation avoided the rate hikes observed in other states and kept Ohio's electricity
rates at more than 10 percent below the national average. (SB 221, 5/1/08)
3. He has reduced the size of state government by approximately 5,000 workers, to the lowest levels since the Reagan administration.
4. Strickland reduced the 2010-2011 budget appropriations by an additional $1.9 billion, without raising taxes.
5. Gov. Strickland froze tuition for two years in his first state operating budget and worked with Ohio's public colleges and universities to cap tuition increases after that. This resulted in the lowest rate of tuition growth at Ohio schools in a four-year period since the 1960s. (HB 1, 7/17/09)
6. Ohio's schools were recently ranked 5th in the nation.
We examined Congressman Kasich's record, and here's what we found:
1. Kasich advocated for turning the student loan program over to the big banks on Wall Street, surely resulting in higher interest rates on student loans.
2. His proposals would cut millions from Ohio's schools already meager budgets.
3. Recently, the media revealed that Congressman Kasich received a sweetheart deal from OSU, where he was paid $50,000 a year for just four hours of work a month.
4. Kasich voted to raise fees on farmers and cut billions from agriculture programs. (H. Con. Res. 67, Vote #345 5-18-95)
5. Kasich opposes support for rural infrastructure. (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1-29-97)
6. Kasich has a B rating from the National Rifle Association, while Governor Strickland has an A+ rating and received their endorsement.
For these and many other reasons, we're voting for Ted Strickland for governor.
Sincerely,
Carol Shull
Hillsboro
J. Kevin Bruce
Bainbridge
To the editor:
As lifelong educators, teachers, and community college professors, both of us did some research on the candidates for governor, and here's what we found.
1. Gov. Strickland has reduced taxes for Ohioans. In 2007, he expanded eligibility for the Homestead Exemption, which allows 559,344 disabled and elderly Ohioans to save an average of $400 a year on their property taxes, by allowing seniors and the permanently disabled to exempt $25,000 of the value of their home from property taxes. (HB 119, 6/30/07)
2. In 2008, Strickland proposed and signed legislation that ensured transparent and predictable electricity rates for Ohio's consumers, manufacturers, and small businesses. Strickland's legislation avoided the rate hikes observed in other states and kept Ohio's electricity rates at more than 10 percent below the national average. (SB 221, 5/1/08)
3. He has reduced the size of state government by approximately 5,000 workers, to the lowest levels since the Reagan administration.
4. Strickland reduced the 2010-2011 budget appropriations by an additional $1.9 billion, without raising taxes.
5. Gov. Strickland froze tuition for two years in his first state operating budget and worked with Ohio's public colleges and universities to cap tuition increases after that. This resulted in the lowest rate of tuition growth at Ohio schools in a four-year period since the 1960s. (HB 1, 7/17/09)
6. Ohio's schools were recently ranked 5th in the nation.
We examined Congressman Kasich's record, and here's what we found:
1. Kasich advocated for turning the student loan program over to the big banks on Wall Street, surely resulting in higher interest rates on student loans.
2. His proposals would cut millions from Ohio's schools already meager budgets.
3. Recently, the media revealed that Congressman Kasich received a sweetheart deal from OSU, where he was paid $50,000 a year for just four hours of work a month.
4. Kasich voted to raise fees on farmers and cut billions from agriculture programs. (H. Con. Res. 67, Vote #345 5-18-95)
5. Kasich opposes support for rural infrastructure. (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1-29-97)
6. Kasich has a B rating from the National Rifle Association, while Governor Strickland has an A+ rating and received their endorsement.
For these and many other reasons, we're voting for Ted Strickland for governor.
Sincerely,
Carol Shull
Hillsboro
J. Kevin Bruce
Bainbridge
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