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UncleRando:
Anti-tax group speaks up
COAST active in local politics, despite recent setback
BY KIMBALL PERRY | KPERRY@ENQUIRER.COM
January 29, 2007

CINCINNATI - They're few but loud, conservative and proud.

For nine years now, the group has harangued politicians - especially those from their own Republican Party. They've helped shape political policy, elect like-minded Republicans and attacked those who don't agree with them.

But if the last election is any indication, COAST - the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes - may not be the power they once were.

Their hero, Phil Heimlich, was ousted in the Nov. 7 election even though he was an incumbent Republican who set fundraising records in a predominantly GOP county.

Just two of the seven candidates COAST endorsed last fall won.

The politician COAST most loathes, Congresswoman Jean Schmidt, won despite the group's efforts to unseat her.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070129/NEWS01/701290320/1077/COL02

UncleRando:
Just a real quick overview of this group that is a plague to Cincinnati:

Items the group opposes:
-School Levies
-Gay Rights
-Cincinnati's Olympic Bid
-Light Rail
-and anything else that requires public money

Hey don't get me wrong...I don't think its right to go to the taxpayer for everything...but damn you can't simply say NO NEW TAXES period!  This is a ridiculous group that is right up there with CCV for the problems they are causing for Cincinnati!

Oh and here are some other events COAST was involved with:

-Last summer, a recorded telephone message encouraged people to attend public hearings on "Phil Heimlich's jail plan." When COAST was asked who paid for the "robocalls," member David Langdon replied "None of your business" three times. However, campaign finance records show COAST paid $8,680 to a Pittsburgh company for "call transactions" last year.

-COAST co-founder Chris Finney screamed at David Pepper last summer when Pepper was running for Hamilton County commissioner. Finney - a friend, political supporter and business partner of Pepper's opponent, incumbent Republican Phil Heimlich - unleashed a string of expletives during a Pepper press conference, including telling Pepper to "kiss my ass." Pepper says Finney's rant helped him defeat Heimlich, and gave Democrats a majority on the Hamilton County commission for the first time since 1962.

Magyar:
From the thread title I thought the subject would be Lake Erie.

Quimbob:
Well, they supported the Hamilton Co jail levy & a plan to control state taxation by tying it in with inflation (?). The latter plan called for an initial tax hike.
Yeah, I agree, the just say no strategy is dumb & they seem pretty weak on coming up with ways to privately finance the issues they don't want publicly funded.
Jeez, it's just 4 people.

RiverViewer:

--- Quote from: UncleRando on January 29, 2007, 12:49:49 AM ---Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters wouldn't also comment on COAST because his office is investigating allegations of forgery involving signatures on an anti-gay rights initiative pushed by COAST.

--- End quote ---

Er...the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes...who are trying to stop gay rights initiatives.  Um, can you say "specification creep"?

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