Sick and tired of calling unresponsive legislators at the state and federal levels? It is exhausting and it might not make a difference. But what if it does? What if one of the topics we call about could be the tipping point? What if the volume of calls reaches a point where he can’t ignore them?

WHERE WE ARE: The state budget bill has passed the legislature and is headed to the governor. Governor DeWine can veto (remove ) ANYTHING from the massive budget bill. He cannot add anything.

WHAT YOU CAN DO: Click on this link to see the items in this bill considered the most dangerous. Choose your top few items and contact Governor DeWine AND his top staffers. Click on this link for DeWine’s staff contacts. Voicemails are often full so keep going down the list and leave as many voicemails as you can.

Pick just a few items on the list to call about. Give them short and clear bullet points rather than paragraphs. Your list of horrible items to be REMOVED may include one of the following:

  1. SB 3 and HB 30 — Massive tax cut for the rich — Phases down state income tax to a flat rate of 2.75%
  2. Medicaid Trigger Language — Will likely end Medicaid expansion in Ohio
  3. SB 107 and HB 153 — Make all local school board elections partisan
  4. Heavy restrictions on politicians’ public records — shields nearly all legislator and staff communications from public records
  5. Heavy restrictions on criminal justice public records — Keeps innocent people in prison by banning access to victim statements, personal notes, arrest reports, videos, and more
  6. Restrictions that could close libraries — Forces libraries to find space to hide books from kids
  7. SB 68 — Creates Educational Savings Accounts (ESAs), AKA unregulated vouchers+
  8. Punishes school districts that carry over 40% of their operating budget into the next year
  9. Defund mental health — bans $$ for mental health services “that promote or affirm” trans Ohioans
  10. Bans funding for homeless shelters that support trans youth

And after Governor DeWine signs the final budget bill, we must shine a constant light on the legislators who wrote it and voted for it.