Statement Regarding We Are Ohio Ad  
September  15, 2011 

(Columbus) - Jason Mauk, spokesman for the Building a Better Ohio campaign, issued the following statement today in response to We Are Ohio’s latest television ad: 

“If there’s one thing you can count on from opponents of Issue 2, it’s that they’ll never let the facts get in the way of a good story. This ad is nothing more than smoke and mirrors from a campaign that will say anything to keep voters from the truth. Opponents of Issue 2 are desperate to avoid talking about the substance of these reforms because they know the more Ohioans learn about them, the more they like. 

Issue 2 simply asks our government employees to earn their paycheck, in part, based on performance and to pay at least 15 percent toward their health care coverage and 10 percent toward their guaranteed pension. These are reasonable reforms that will restore fairness between public and private sector workers, while respecting the ability of taxpayers to pay the bills.”