Newsletter 5/1/24
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Fortify Geauga Newsletter
May 1, 2024
Hello, Friends,
Welcome to a brand new week. This is the Fortify Geauga Newsletter for May 1, 2024.
This week, we interviewed Charles and Susan Johnston about House Bill 254, which aims to enhance and expand property tax exemptions for disabled veterans in Ohio. Memorial Day will be here before we know it. While we take time to remember and honor those veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice, let’s do what we can to help care for those whose sacrifices left them with disabilities. Please watch the interview and follow the steps in the post to help support this bill. If you are a disabled veteran or know one, please consider preparing testimony for the next hearing on this bill.
Medical Freedom update: Last week, we informed you about frustrating stall tactics in the Ohio Senate (In Case You Missed It: OAMF President Describes Outrageous Stall Tactics on Crucial Medical Freedom Legislation.) This week, we have good news: The Chair of the Senate Health Committee has changed his plans to rewrite the bill and will move forward with Rep. Jennifer Gross’s current version of the bill. Click on the link above to read the updated call to action for House Bill 73, and don’t forget to visit Ohio Advocates for Medical Freedom and sign up to receive their updates.
Have you heard about the petition circulating to add two members to the Geauga County Budget Commission? Ohio law allows for two citizens to be elected to the Budget Commission in each county. This petition would put a referendum on the November ballot to allow Geauga County to elect two citizen members. Read more here.
Save the Date: Join us for our May Patriot Potluck on Monday, May 20th at 6:30pm. (Registration required – details here.) We’ll have updates from Chris Alusheff on anticipated Senate legislation to curtail township zoning rights and information from the Ohio Election Integrity Network about the newly-introduced Ohio Votes Count Act.
As always, thank you for spending a few moments with us. Have a wonderful week.
Weekly Spotlight: Will the Ohio Senate Move to Usurp Township Zoning Authority?
If you missed it last week, be sure to catch our interview with Mr. Chris Alusheff, Zoning Inspector for Clarion and Chester Townships. He alerted us to a recent report by the Ohio Senate Select Committee on Housing that could spell trouble for local zoning authority in Geauga County’s townships. Please take a few minutes to learn about this alarming possibility and what you can do to stop it: WATCH: Will the Ohio Senate Move to Usurp Township Zoning Authority? And please SHARE it with ALL OHIO residents who live in townships. Don’t forget to register for our Patriot Potluck on Monday, May 20th. We’ll have updates from Mr. Alusheff on this crucial issue.
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WATCH: Homestead Property Tax Exemptions for Disabled Veterans with Charles & Susan Johnston
Fortify Geauga President Tiffanie Broadbent interviewed Charles & Susan Johnston of Ashtabula county. Charles is a disabled veteran who ran for State Central Committee in District 32. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston have been working hard to bring attention to…
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UPDATED: In Case You Missed It: OAMF President Describes Outrageous Stall Tactics on Crucial Medical Freedom Legislation
On April 22nd, Stephanie Stock, President of Ohio Advocates for Medical Freedom, and Dr. Richard Bartlett, joined Bob Frantz’s “Always Right Radio” to express their extreme frustration with stall tactics being employed to keep House Bill 73 from advancing in the Senate…
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Petition to Add Two Citizens to Geauga County Budget Commission
Local residents are circulating a petition to add a referendum to the ballot in the next general election (November 2024). It would read “Shall the county budget commission consist of two additional members to be elected from the county?” This petition does not name who …
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WATCH: Will the Ohio Senate Move to Usurp Township Zoning Authority? (Interview with Chris Alusheff)
Fortify Geauga President Tiffanie Broadbent interviewed local Zoning Inspector Chris Alusheff about recent developments in the Ohio Senate that may lead to the state usurping local zoning authority. What is behind this move, how will this affect Geauga County, and what can citizens…
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Election Integrity Bill Introduced in the Ohio House
The hard-working folks at Grassroots Freedom Initiative reached out to their subscribers with an update on election integrity legislation in Ohio. House Bill 472, the Ohio Votes Count Act, was recently introduced in the Ohio House …
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WATCH: Interview with Rep. Jennifer Gross (R-45) on Closing Ohio’s Primaries
Ohio Representative Jennifer Gross sat down with us for an interview about closing Ohio’s primaries. Representative Gross clarified the parameters of her legislation (House Bill 210) and addressed the overlap between HB210 and a newer bill, House Bill 437. While the bills are …
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