GOP corruption continues in Ohio

DEAR EDITOR:

Let’s speak about Home Invoice 6, the largest scandal to rock any state’s legislative physique. Ohio Home Speaker Larry Householder was indicted in July 2020, however prospects proceed paying add-on invoice expenses of $211 million. In actual fact, that’s $287,000 each single day on the backs of Ohio taxpayers.

The crops operated by Ohio Valley Electrical Company had been allowed to cross losses on to Ohio taxpayers, and one of many crops we pay for is in Indiana!

Over the previous three fiscal years, GOP legislators requested Gov. Mike DeWine for $300 billion in tax loopholes and giveaways to rich people and companies. That’s cash we do not need in our coffers for wants inside our communities.

They raised the highest bracket so they may save hundreds on their very own tax payments. That and different cuts for the rich will price taxpayers $1.85 billion over the subsequent two years.

There’s extra. DeWine’s non-public airplane journey cash paid to a prisoner who was crushed, improper Medicaid funds and U.S. attorneys investigating tax credit of $20 million by the DOJ and SEC that employs DeWine’s grandson as its lobbyist.

The prices of Republican-dominated Redistricting Fee, to this point, come to $15 million. The Republicans refused to comply with directions within the Structure, as authorized by virtually 75 % of Ohio voters, as a result of they didn’t need to draw legislative districts pretty between Democrats and Republicans. I listened to the hearings myself, they usually actually whined about having to conform, even after orders by the Ohio Supreme Courtroom.

They blame the Ohio Supreme Courtroom for not permitting them to interrupt the regulation. Frank LaRose, the person in control of our elections, stated he could be tremendous if the chief justice had been impeached. Taxpayers are paying the price of the fee’s conferences, fee for out-of-state authorized assist and for unbiased map drawers whose maps the GOP stymied at each flip. Now we now have a cut up major election: You vote for many candidates in Might however vote for state legislators in August, which prices us an additional $20 million.

Who’s searching for you? Ohioans shouldn’t be spending their hard-earned cash on the corruption operating rampant on the statehouse. Now, once we go to vote in a Might and August major elections, let’s guarantee our voices are heard and say no to GOP corruption.

LINDA COCUZZI RICHTER

Niles