The Ohio Environmental Council (OEC) Action Fund endorses candidates and ballot initiatives that represent the environmental values of Ohio communities. Our endorsements have a record of taking action to ensure safe air, clean water, and protection of Ohio’s great outdoors.
Please use this tool to view endorsed candidates and find out more about them before you vote. You can view all candidates or filter by region, city, or office level. Then, be sure to vote for these candidates on your ballot on or before the upcoming election!
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Andy Teater
for Hilliard City Council
Darius Beckham
for Dayton City Commission
Issue 2: To Fund Public Infrastructure Capital Improvements by Permitting the Issuance of General Obligation Bonds
Issue 2, if passed, would authorize the state to issue up to $2.5 Billion in bonds over a 10 year period. – It would continue the State Capital Improvements Program, which has existed since 1987. – It helps support the competition of road, bridge, sewer, and other infrastructure projects in local communities, with no tax increase. – Since Ohio voters first approved the program in 1987, it has provided funding for more than 19,000 infrastructure projects and upgrades to local roads and bridges, wastewater treatment systems, water supply systems and solid waste disposal facilities across all 88 counties. In the current 10-year cycle, $2.3 billion has been awarded to 1,084 local governments for 4,490 projects, according to the organization. – It will create an estimated 35,000 construction jobs – The last voter renewal of the program was on May 6, 2014, passing with a yes vote of 65%. That $2 Billion package expires in July. – The initial Ohio Public Works issue and the three renewals of it were easily approved. It passed by 70.8% in 1987, by 61.9% in 1995, by 54.1% in 2005 and by 65.1% in 2014.
