Speak Up for Sept. 1 - I want to thank Rep. Steve Austria for standing up against Washington spending.

7:37 PM Tuesday, August 31, 2010

During the George W. Bush, John Kasich, Bob Taft (BKT) years, 1999-2007, Taft signed major tax reform, including elimination of the corporate franchise tax over five years, and the elimination of the personal tangible property tax over four years. In 2003 he signed the largest tax increase in Ohio history. From 1999 to 2007, Ohio lost 236,000 manufacturing jobs, or 23 percent of the manufacturing positions previously held in the state. As a result of the BKT initiatives, an additional 300,000 jobs left Ohio. Yeah, vote Kasich.

I want to thank Rep. Steve Austria for standing up against Washington spending. Too many in Congress find that it’s easy to spend other people’s money — our money — on programs that sound good initially, but ultimately lead to more debt and higher taxes. With the trillion dollars that they’ve spent on the “stimulus” and to extend two years of unemployment benefits, it’s clear that some members of Congress still believe they can spend their way out of this recession.

The television ads say that Gov. Ted Strickland is to blame for major job losses. DHL? NCR? Laughable. So if a Republican had been in office, those two employers would still be here?

We voted for both the Northwestern levies. My daughter came home and said that there are not enough school books to go around. How could there be a shortage of textbooks after all the levies have passed?

Negative people in Northeastern: We don’t have to move; let’s change the board.

Where is the balanced reporting in the Springfield News-Sun?

Enough about Kenton Ridge football! What is the deal?

Why are you covering Kenton Ridge? Seems like you could cover more teams.

Don’t put so many inserts in the Sunday paper. It is hard for us to pick up.

German Twp. got a new cruiser. How many tickets are they going to have to write to pay for that thing?

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