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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Station. It's seven point thirty. Here's fifty five KRC Detok Station.
Very happy Wednesday to you, and welcome back to the
fifty five KRC Morning Show from Americans for Prosperity Donovan
and Neil Donovan. It's always a pleasure to have you
on the show.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Welcome back, Brian, always great to be with You.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Got an award to give out.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Huh, well, we gave it out, Actually we gave it
out last night.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Yeah, well, let's talk about it went to Matt Speaker. Speaker,
Matt Huffman, and this is in connection with your your
efforts with the Buckeye Blueprint campaign. I guess you've been
given this award way for several years now.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Oh yeah, actually, and I don't know if you recall
this brance was years ago, but you actually were there
for our inaugural Taxpayer Torch Award when we gave that
in twenty seventeen to John Houstad for his work as
Secretary of State. So this is an award that we've get,
we gave for a number of years. It unfortunately got sidelined.
I think no one really knows the lower history of
(01:06):
white got sidelined. But that was around COVID time. We
just we decided to bring it back though, because of
the outsized impact that then Senate President now Speaker Matt
Hoffman played in accomplishing so many important reforms last session
(01:26):
into this session, coupled with holding the line on some
really bad bills. And I've been on your show and
talked about them, but some really bad bills that had
moved out of the Ohio House and over the Senate.
So just played an outsized impact in so many different ways.
Happy to talk about them, but that compelled us to say, hey,
we're going to bring this award back, and there's somebody
who is well deserving of it, and then hopefully that'll
(01:48):
inspire some other folks down the line to try to
compete and earn that earn that recognition in the future.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
All right, what kind of factors are you looking for
with this and what specifically did you ident with Matt Huffman.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Well, yeah, and one of the things that we were,
you know, in particular, looking for is bold conservative leaders
who stand firm for reform and deliver results. And so
when you look at last session into this year, we
expanded school choice for all ohiolands. Yes, we moved from
four brackets down to two, and then just in the
last six months, moved that down to one bracket, a
(02:25):
flat income tax bracket. We protected folks from costly mandates
on energy bills and in fact, in just the first
four months of this year, unleashed energy production here in
Ohio by streamlining and speeding up permitting processes. Regulatory reform,
property tax relief, which continues to be debated and discussed,
(02:46):
but they're moving bills on that issue. In Columbus. We'll
be there today actually testifying on one in particular regarding
the twenty MILLI four but and then holding the line
on government spending. All of this, right, Brian, this is
these are the foundational pieces of our Buckeye Blueprint, and
so all of that accomplished in the last twenty four
or so months. Much much more work to be done, right,
(03:07):
We're not near arriving. But that's the kind of leadership, right,
that comes from helping elect Buckeye Blueprint champion state representatives
and senators right who then elevate leadership like Speaker Matt
Hoffman into that positional leadership to provide that vision that
ultimately helps move us closer to being the number one
(03:29):
state in the nation for freedom and prosperity.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Yeah, let's hope so. And I know, obviously the points
that you made are fantastic ones. I got to cling
to the property tax comment because we, of course had
some suggestions from Mike Dwin's Blue Ribbon Committee which didn't
make a whole lot of sense to me. I'd be
quite candid with you, but after Dwine veto the ones
that were in the budget. But we're moving fast toward
(03:53):
this property tax appeal next year, and I think more
and more people are going to sign the petition to
get it on the ballot, and more and more people
are going to gravitate toward doing that, going to force
Columbus to do some tough work. And where's Americans for
prosperity on that whole pile? There? That the whole mess
that we're dealing with right now. You guys, come up
with a solution of your own. Don't want to put
(04:14):
you on the spot that I am no quite or right.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
We've actually been talking about this issue for a while
and while eliminating house income taxes, our number one priority,
capping and reforming property taxes here in the state of
Ohio is a very close number two, or maybe it's
one a right, and that it's something that many of
our our constituents and volunteers have been talking about. Now.
What we would like to see happen, right, is that
(04:38):
the reforms that the General Assembly had vetted and reviewed
last General Assembly, so just about twelve months ago, have
been incorporated into legislation this year. Has been debated, vetted,
much of it to move through committee. A lot of
it actually ended up in the state budget. Dwine vetoed
it as a probably recall, and a lot of that
(04:59):
would have helped bring tre parency to the system, would
have capped the ability for these spikes and increases, and
would have put some more accountability mechanisms in place at
a local level to get that done. If that doesn't happen, right,
that's where that threat of eliminating the ability to levy
a property tax in the state outright hang the concern
(05:19):
there right, just speaking pragmatically, and it's coming from a
guy who works for an organization that advocating to eliminate
the income tax.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
In the state.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
So I don't like taxes, period, but there's a large
shortfall that would impact police and fire and roads and bridges, infrastructure,
much of the public services most people kind of look
to government to do and there's not really a plan
to backfill that right now. And so what we really,
I think need to have happened, and I think most
(05:48):
of Highlands want to see have happened, is that we
get these reforms in the place that give the taxpayer
more control over their local jurisdiction so that we don't
see these unvoted increases, that we don't see these spikes,
and that when people want to understand what's going on
with their tax bill, they can do it. David Thomas
is doing a lot of work. They were up. David
Thomas from the entire other side of the state, from
(06:09):
your listeners in Ashton Villa County, is doing a ton
of work and won't be testifying on a bill that
addresses some of these issues later today in the House
waves the Means Committee.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
What of the notion that we wouldn't have to worry
about the property tax if we just were able to
successfully eliminate all the fraud, waste and abuse that exists
in our state government's budget. I mean, I keep hearing
this all the time. You know, Medicaid, Medicare, and the
amount of people who are improperly registered for that. If
we just clawed back that money or didn't send it
out in the first place, our budget would be much
(06:40):
better shape, without a doubt, I.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Mean, and that's one of the things that is being
worked on right But it's a massive behem if not
to create excuses. There was a proposal put into the
state budget that would have the state auditor go in
and look at Medicaid millionaires and if the Medicaid system
is actually properly reviewing in a post COVID era, who
(07:07):
is actually getting these dollars. It's incredibly costly. It's the
number one expense for the state. But here's the deal, Brian,
in local property taxes that if they're eliminated overnight, that's equivalent,
you know, two years of education funding from the setting
(07:29):
that comes to about twenty to twenty three billion dollars.
And so it's a large chunk of money. And that
Medicaid audit may only identify about a billion dollars. A
billion's big number, but it may only identify a billion.
There's a lot of work to be done to bring
down the cost curved government here in the state of Ohio.
All in Columbus, it's the fifty or I'm sorry, it's
(07:50):
the thirty nine hundred political subdivisions across the state that
are the big government behemoths that's bearing down on the
Ohio tax payer right now.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
No question about it. Well, well, then on a call
to action, where would you like my listeners to turn
to to get involved?
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Donovan O'Neil, Well, we had so many of our volunteers
and supporters get at join us. So well than just
about celebrating the elected officials, it was about recognizing the
work of our volunteers. And you can get involved with
us by going to Buckeye Blueprint dot com. Buckeye blueprint
dot com, sign up, take action, join us. We've got
chapters popping up all over the peak and we'd love
to have your listeners join us.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Buckeye Blueprint dot Com Call to Action, Donald oneil, keep
up the great work. I'll look forward to another conversation
next week. Have a great time or have a great
day and great week, my friend. Thanks Bryan seven thirty nine.
Right now, if you have krc DE talk station, Deb
Meyer from oter Exsit was on yesterday talking about how
great the product
Station. It's seven point thirty. Here's fifty five KRC Detok Station.
Very happy Wednesday to you, and welcome back to the
fifty five KRC Morning Show from Americans for Prosperity Donovan
and Neil Donovan. It's always a pleasure to have you
on the show.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Welcome back, Brian, always great to be with You.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Got an award to give out.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Huh, well, we gave it out, Actually we gave it
out last night.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Yeah, well, let's talk about it went to Matt Speaker. Speaker,
Matt Huffman, and this is in connection with your your
efforts with the Buckeye Blueprint campaign. I guess you've been
given this award way for several years now.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Oh yeah, actually, and I don't know if you recall
this brance was years ago, but you actually were there
for our inaugural Taxpayer Torch Award when we gave that
in twenty seventeen to John Houstad for his work as
Secretary of State. So this is an award that we've get,
we gave for a number of years. It unfortunately got sidelined.
I think no one really knows the lower history of
(01:06):
white got sidelined. But that was around COVID time. We
just we decided to bring it back though, because of
the outsized impact that then Senate President now Speaker Matt
Hoffman played in accomplishing so many important reforms last session
(01:26):
into this session, coupled with holding the line on some
really bad bills. And I've been on your show and
talked about them, but some really bad bills that had
moved out of the Ohio House and over the Senate.
So just played an outsized impact in so many different ways.
Happy to talk about them, but that compelled us to say, hey,
we're going to bring this award back, and there's somebody
who is well deserving of it, and then hopefully that'll
(01:48):
inspire some other folks down the line to try to
compete and earn that earn that recognition in the future.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
All right, what kind of factors are you looking for
with this and what specifically did you ident with Matt Huffman.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Well, yeah, and one of the things that we were,
you know, in particular, looking for is bold conservative leaders
who stand firm for reform and deliver results. And so
when you look at last session into this year, we
expanded school choice for all ohiolands. Yes, we moved from
four brackets down to two, and then just in the
last six months, moved that down to one bracket, a
(02:25):
flat income tax bracket. We protected folks from costly mandates
on energy bills and in fact, in just the first
four months of this year, unleashed energy production here in
Ohio by streamlining and speeding up permitting processes. Regulatory reform,
property tax relief, which continues to be debated and discussed,
(02:46):
but they're moving bills on that issue. In Columbus. We'll
be there today actually testifying on one in particular regarding
the twenty MILLI four but and then holding the line
on government spending. All of this, right, Brian, this is
these are the foundational pieces of our Buckeye Blueprint, and
so all of that accomplished in the last twenty four
or so months. Much much more work to be done, right,
(03:07):
We're not near arriving. But that's the kind of leadership, right,
that comes from helping elect Buckeye Blueprint champion state representatives
and senators right who then elevate leadership like Speaker Matt
Hoffman into that positional leadership to provide that vision that
ultimately helps move us closer to being the number one
(03:29):
state in the nation for freedom and prosperity.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
Yeah, let's hope so. And I know, obviously the points
that you made are fantastic ones. I got to cling
to the property tax comment because we, of course had
some suggestions from Mike Dwin's Blue Ribbon Committee which didn't
make a whole lot of sense to me. I'd be
quite candid with you, but after Dwine veto the ones
that were in the budget. But we're moving fast toward
(03:53):
this property tax appeal next year, and I think more
and more people are going to sign the petition to
get it on the ballot, and more and more people
are going to gravitate toward doing that, going to force
Columbus to do some tough work. And where's Americans for
prosperity on that whole pile? There? That the whole mess
that we're dealing with right now. You guys, come up
with a solution of your own. Don't want to put
(04:14):
you on the spot that I am no quite or right.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
We've actually been talking about this issue for a while
and while eliminating house income taxes, our number one priority,
capping and reforming property taxes here in the state of
Ohio is a very close number two, or maybe it's
one a right, and that it's something that many of
our our constituents and volunteers have been talking about. Now.
What we would like to see happen, right, is that
(04:38):
the reforms that the General Assembly had vetted and reviewed
last General Assembly, so just about twelve months ago, have
been incorporated into legislation this year. Has been debated, vetted,
much of it to move through committee. A lot of
it actually ended up in the state budget. Dwine vetoed
it as a probably recall, and a lot of that
(04:59):
would have helped bring tre parency to the system, would
have capped the ability for these spikes and increases, and
would have put some more accountability mechanisms in place at
a local level to get that done. If that doesn't happen, right,
that's where that threat of eliminating the ability to levy
a property tax in the state outright hang the concern
(05:19):
there right, just speaking pragmatically, and it's coming from a
guy who works for an organization that advocating to eliminate
the income tax.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
In the state.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
So I don't like taxes, period, but there's a large
shortfall that would impact police and fire and roads and bridges, infrastructure,
much of the public services most people kind of look
to government to do and there's not really a plan
to backfill that right now. And so what we really,
I think need to have happened, and I think most
(05:48):
of Highlands want to see have happened, is that we
get these reforms in the place that give the taxpayer
more control over their local jurisdiction so that we don't
see these unvoted increases, that we don't see these spikes,
and that when people want to understand what's going on
with their tax bill, they can do it. David Thomas
is doing a lot of work. They were up. David
Thomas from the entire other side of the state, from
(06:09):
your listeners in Ashton Villa County, is doing a ton
of work and won't be testifying on a bill that
addresses some of these issues later today in the House
waves the Means Committee.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
What of the notion that we wouldn't have to worry
about the property tax if we just were able to
successfully eliminate all the fraud, waste and abuse that exists
in our state government's budget. I mean, I keep hearing
this all the time. You know, Medicaid, Medicare, and the
amount of people who are improperly registered for that. If
we just clawed back that money or didn't send it
out in the first place, our budget would be much
(06:40):
better shape, without a doubt, I.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Mean, and that's one of the things that is being
worked on right But it's a massive behem if not
to create excuses. There was a proposal put into the
state budget that would have the state auditor go in
and look at Medicaid millionaires and if the Medicaid system
is actually properly reviewing in a post COVID era, who
(07:07):
is actually getting these dollars. It's incredibly costly. It's the
number one expense for the state. But here's the deal, Brian,
in local property taxes that if they're eliminated overnight, that's equivalent,
you know, two years of education funding from the setting
(07:29):
that comes to about twenty to twenty three billion dollars.
And so it's a large chunk of money. And that
Medicaid audit may only identify about a billion dollars. A
billion's big number, but it may only identify a billion.
There's a lot of work to be done to bring
down the cost curved government here in the state of Ohio.
All in Columbus, it's the fifty or I'm sorry, it's
(07:50):
the thirty nine hundred political subdivisions across the state that
are the big government behemoths that's bearing down on the
Ohio tax payer right now.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
No question about it. Well, well, then on a call
to action, where would you like my listeners to turn
to to get involved?
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Donovan O'Neil, Well, we had so many of our volunteers
and supporters get at join us. So well than just
about celebrating the elected officials, it was about recognizing the
work of our volunteers. And you can get involved with
us by going to Buckeye Blueprint dot com. Buckeye blueprint
dot com, sign up, take action, join us. We've got
chapters popping up all over the peak and we'd love
to have your listeners join us.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Buckeye Blueprint dot Com Call to Action, Donald oneil, keep
up the great work. I'll look forward to another conversation
next week. Have a great time or have a great
day and great week, my friend. Thanks Bryan seven thirty nine.
Right now, if you have krc DE talk station, Deb
Meyer from oter Exsit was on yesterday talking about how
great the product
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