That’s why I am part of broad coalition to gather enough signatures to get this issue on the ballot, for an up or down vote, by the citizens of Hamilton County.
On June 28th Governor John Kasich signed House Bill 413. This Township Omnibus Bill was introduced by State Representative Tom Brinkman and was just one in a series of bills Brinkman has passed to make township government more efficient and effective. The Ohio General Assembly completed its work on HB 413 on May 25, 2016. Interestingly, almost ten years ago to the day, another Township Omnibus Bill (HB 385) also sponsored by Representative Brinkman was passed by the 126th session of the Ohio General Assembly.
Representative Brinkman stated, “A majority of my constituents live in townships. The ideas that go into these bills are a result of my close working relationship with those township elected and administrative personal along with the outstanding assistance of the Ohio Township Association.”
For their part; the Ohio Township Association featured HB 413 on the cover of the July/August 2016 issue of OHIO TOWNSHIP NEWS and stated: “Rep. Brinkman’s support and dedication to bettering township government is to be commended.” HB 413 is effective on September 28, 2016.
Tom Brinkman has earned the “Friend of Agriculture” endorsement from the Ohio Farm Bureau’s Good Government Political Action Committee.
AGGPAC is a bi-partisan committee of Farm Bureau leaders appointed by the OFBF President and is the legal entity to oversee and direct Farm Bureau’s engagement with farm-friendly candidates to help them win election or re-election to office.
Recently, Tom Brinkman signed the U.S. Term Limits State Pledge that states he would abide by and not work to change Ohio’s current term limit law.
Specifically, the pledge said:
I, Tom Brinkman, pledge to take no action that would aid or abet the abolition or lengthening of term limits to which elected officials in Ohio are subject.
Tom Brinkman recently signed Americans for Tax Reform’s Taxpayer Protection Pledge. This pledge reaffirms Brinkman’s longstanding commitment to “oppose and vote against any and all efforts to increase taxes.”
Friends – I have worked my entire political career to keep taxes low and government small. Period.
