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   So today, 250 years ago, the 5^th Virginia Convention had been meeting and passed a resolution instructing their delegates to the 2^nd Continental Congress to declare the United Colonies free and independent states!

 

 

 

 

 

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AROUND LAKE COUNTY

Property Tax Relief Must Continue

Last year, the Ohio General Assembly passed House Bill 96, giving County Commissioners the authority to expand important property tax relief programs for local residents. In response, the Lake County Commissioners voted to double both the Homestead Exemption for qualifying low-income seniors and the Owner Occupancy Credit for homeowners across the county.

These measures provided meaningful relief to many seniors, veterans, and hardworking homeowners facing rising property taxes and increasing financial pressure.

However, under state law, the Commissioners must vote each year to renew these tax relief measures. This June, they will once again decide whether to continue these important protections for Lake County residents.

If you support continued property tax relief for seniors, veterans, and homeowners, please contact the Lake County Commissioners and respectfully ask them to vote in favor of renewing the expanded Homestead Exemption and Owner Occupancy Credit.

Lake County Board of Commissioners

Commissioner and President Morris W. Beverage III
[email protected]

Commissioner John T. Plecnik
[email protected]

Commissioner Morgan R. McIntosh
[email protected]

It is important that the Commissioners hear from residents who support efforts to provide tax relief and help families remain in their homes.

As former Ohio Governor George Voinovich often said, “Government must learn to do more with less.”

Recently, Willoughby-Eastlake Schools Superintendent Patrick Ward distributed a letter regarding the property tax relief measures that many residents found misleading and lacking important financial context.

Here are the facts:

Due to recent property revaluations, the Willoughby-Eastlake School District was projected to receive approximately $8 million annually in additional property tax revenue.

The temporary tax relief approved by the County Commissioners reduced that increase by approximately $2.3 million — meaning the district would still receive nearly $6 million in additional annual property tax revenue without any additional vote of the people.

The district did not lose existing funding. Instead, the Commissioners acted to provide taxpayers with modest temporary relief from rapidly increasing property tax burdens caused by property revaluations.

Residents deserve full transparency regarding how these financial decisions affect both taxpayers and public institutions.

If you have questions regarding the district’s position on these tax relief measures, you may contact:

Patrick Ward
Superintendent, Willoughby-Eastlake Schools
[email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

AN EASY WAY TO DEFEAT MEDICAID FRAUD States would do more to police improper payments if they had better financial incentives to do so.     By Vivek Ramaswamy  There’s a simple way to lower healthcare costs without requiring Americans to bear unacceptable trade-offs: prosecute Medicaid fraud and put the recovered funds back into citizens’ pockets. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has been focused on this, but long-term progress requires changing the misaligned incentives between federal and state government.   The underlying problem is that Medicaid rewards states with more money when they waste money. Here’s the solution: a deal with the federal government that allows states that combat Medicaid fraud to keep a greater share of what they save. If I am elected governor of Ohio in November, my state will be ready to commit in January.   Consider the math facing a governor today. In Ohio, about 65% of every traditional Medicaid dollar comes from the federal government. That means for every dollar a state recovers by hunting down a fraudulent home health agency or a phantom hospice, less than 35 cents return to the state treasury. The rest goes back to Washington.   Now reverse the math. On Jan. 8, 2021, the first Trump administration approved an agreement that for the first time let a state, Tennessee, keep a share of the savings it generated through better management of its Medicaid program. By late 2025, TennCare’s “shared savings” had exceeded $1 billion, money the state has used for rural health, coverage for children and pregnant women, and no-interest disaster-relief loans for counties hit by 2024’s Hurricane Helene. Dollars recovered from fraudsters became dollars spent on care for law-abiding families.   A more tailored version can focus on fraud recovery alone, creating incentives for state and local law-enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute the criminal misuse of Medicaid dollars. The increased proceeds can then be reinvested in healthcare.   Read Vivek's full op-ed at WSJ.com.    Learn more about Vivek's plan to crush Medicaid fraud and make healthcare more affordable here.   ---   About Vivek Ramaswamy Vivek Ramaswamy is a devoted husband to Apoorva and a proud father of two sons and a daughter. Together, they are raising their family just outside Columbus, embracing the values that shaped Vivek’s life. Born and raised in Cincinnati, he learned the importance of hard work, free enterprise, and personal responsibility—principles that have guided his journey. A businessman, entrepreneur, and unapologetic conservative, Vivek is ready to lead Ohio with a bold vision and strong leadership, making our state the best place to live, work, and raise a family—built on economic freedom, limited government, and individual liberty.   About Rob McColley Rob McColley is a man of deep Christian faith, a devoted husband, and a father of three who is running for Lieutenant Governor to help Vivek deliver a bold vision that expands opportunity for every Ohioan. First elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2014, Rob has earned a reputation as a principled statesman and effective leader. After serving in both House and Senate leadership positions, Rob was unanimously elected President of the Ohio Senate in January 2025. His strong conservative record includes cutting taxes, reducing government red tape, and ensuring Ohio never again repeats the overreach of the COVID-era shutdowns led by Democrat Amy Acton.

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Caroline Shinkle eyes flipping deep-blue NYC district

Caroline Shinkle, a Republican candidate for New York's 12th Congressional District, discusses her uphill battle to flip a deep-blue Manhattan seat.

In Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s New York City, one Republican congressional candidate running in one of the bluest districts in the country says conservative principles can save the city from being "run into the ground."

"Mamdani does not represent where voters in my district are on the issues," Caroline Shinkle, a Republican running in New York’s 12th Congressional District, told Fox News Digital. "He's really gone from incompetence to active destruction, and we see this from the targeting of Ken Griffin to Goldman Sachs choosing to expand elsewhere, from socialism to antisemitism to crime to an out-of-control cost of living."

"This is no way to run a city unless you're trying to run it into the ground," she added.

 

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