The Coalition for Ohio’s Future is a broad-based, bi-partisan organization including teachers and other educators, firefighters, police, elected officials, concerned citizens, social service organizations, business people, doctors and other health professionals, labor unions, senior citizens, faith-based organizations and many others all dedicated to defeating the TEL Amendment.
Resources
OHIO LINKS AND RESOURCES
Resolutions Opposing TEL
Cuyahoga County Public Library Board of Trustees Resolutions Opposing the TEL Amendment (.pdf)
The Board of Township Trustees of Washington Township Resolution to Oppose the TEL Amendment (.pdf)
Directors of Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission Resolution to Oppose the TEL Amendment (.pdf)
Mid Ohio Regional Planning Commission Opposes the Ohio TEL Amendment (.pdf)
OSU Trustees Vote to Oppose TEL Amendment
Resolution to Oppose the Ohio TEL Amendment, Village of South Point (.pdf)
Toledo-Lucas County Board of Trustees Resolution to Oppose the Tel/Tabor Amendment (.pdf)
Columbia Township Resolution Against the Ohio TEL Amendment (.pdf)
Lorain County Board of Commissioners Resolution Against the TEL Amendment (.pdf)
Cleveland State University Resolution Opposing Ohio TEL Amendment (.pdf)
Cuyahoga Mayors and Managers Association Opposes TEL Amendment (.pdf)
Ohio Municipal League opposes TEL amendment
Public Childrens Services Association of Ohio Resolution Against the TEL Amendment (.pdf)
Resolution to Oppose the TEL Amendment from the Board of Lake Township Trustees in Stark County (.pdf)
Coalition for Ohio's Future Materials
Understand the Truth: Read the Amendment Fact Sheet (.pdf)
Flyer on TEL/TABOR (.pdf)
TEL Amendment Would Hurt Ohio's Economy (.pdf)
Selected Quotes from March 2006 CSU Study, "To TEL or Not to TEL" (.pdf)
Other Ohio Resources
Policy Matters Ohio: Spending Limit is Flawed, May 24, 2006 (.pdf)
Testimony to Ohio House Finance and Appropriation Committee on the Statutory TEL Proposal (.pdf)
Cleveland State University TEL Study, Revised May, 2006 (.pdf)
Low Ohio Voter Turnout Exposes TEL Flaws, May 11, 2006 (.pdf)
Official TABOR (or TEL) amendment language (.pdf)
Legal Opinion on Electors Issue (.pdf)
Letter to the Editor from Lt. Governor Bruce Johnson (.pdf)
"TEL Me a Story Because Reality Might Scare Me" (.pdf)
By John Mahoney, Deputy Director for the Ohio Municipal League
Ohio Schools Will be Crippled by TABOR Election Provision (.pdf)
–Chart Showing Effects of TABOR on Ohio School Issues (.pdf)
–News Release
Cleveland State University TEL Forum Presentation April 17, 2006 (.ppt)
For Local Elected Leaders: How to estimate TEL impact on local government (.xls)
TABOR and Cuyahoga County: A Fiscal Impact Statement
TEL Increases Federal Government’s Influence Over Ohio Spending Priorities (.pdf)
1/27/05 – Center for Community Solutions
Data Suggests Ohio Shouldn’t Follow Colorado’s Lead (.pdf)
1/19/05 – Center for Community Solutions
NATIONAL LINKS AND RESOURCES
"State Tax and Expenditure Limitations 2005" by the National Conference of State Legislatures (.pdf)
The Flawed "Population Plus Inflation" Formula:
Why TABOR’s
Growth Formula Doesn’t Work (.pdf)
1/13/05 – Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
COLORADO LINKS & RESOURCES
In a League of Their Own:
Colorado’s Tabor And Ohio’s Proposal Are More Restrictive Than
Other Limits
ector of Public Policy and Advocacy (.pdf)
6/23/05 – Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Fact or Fiction: Response
to the Tax Foundation's Distortion of Colorado's TABOR
5/2/05 – Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
A Lesson for Ohio: Colorado Voters Decide to Suspend Spending Limits
SPEAKER'S BUREAU
The Coalition to Protect Ohio's Future has trained speakers available to talk to groups about the TABOR amendment. The Coalition is also looking for opportunities to train individuals from member organizations in becoming speakers. If you would like a speaker to visit your group or would like to join a train-the-trainer session, contact Shawn Brown at 216-781-2944, ext. 313 or email him at sbrown@communitysolutions.com.