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Why I’m Running
Candidate positionI believe in an Ohio that not only grows but thrives, an Ohio that creates opportunity for all, where anyone can come and build a life, where anyone can find the tools to improve themselves, I believe in an Ohio that strives always and everywhere for better; and I want to build that Ohio with a government and a movement committed to improvement, to integrity, and to opportunity.
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I believe in an Ohio that not only grows but thrives, an Ohio that creates opportunity for all, where anyone can come and build a life, where anyone can find the tools to improve themselves, I believe in an Ohio that strives always and everywhere for better; and I want to build that Ohio with a government and a movement committed to improvement, to integrity, and to opportunity.
Andrea Neutzling for Lieutenant Governor
Candidate positionMy name is Andrea Neutzling, and I am running as Timothy Grady’s Lieutenant Governor. I believe that as an Independent I can help cross the aisle between theRepublicans and Democrats to help make this state better for all of Ohio citizens and not just the select few.While I’m not a lifelong Independent, I have gotten tired of seeing those in the two main political parties not listen to those who put them into their positions. Ohioans vote statewide for particular matters and once passed those in Columbus want to change it again.Some of the items that are near and dear to her heart for bettering Ohio: creating abetter education funding system, creating a better way to protect those who are beingbullied in their schools, and better State benefits for our Disabled Veterans.
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My name is Andrea Neutzling, and I am running as Timothy Grady’s Lieutenant Governor. I believe that as an Independent I can help cross the aisle between theRepublicans and Democrats to help make this state better for all of Ohio citizens and not just the select few.While I’m not a lifelong Independent, I have gotten tired of seeing those in the two main political parties not listen to those who put them into their positions. Ohioans vote statewide for particular matters and once passed those in Columbus want to change it again.Some of the items that are near and dear to her heart for bettering Ohio: creating abetter education funding system, creating a better way to protect those who are beingbullied in their schools, and better State benefits for our Disabled Veterans.
Improvement and Innovation
Candidate positionImprovement is Building a Better Future.It is the spirit of National Improvement, the vision of leaders like Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams. It is the belief that we prosper when we invest in ourselves; our people, our communities, and our country.We invest in what connects us. Roads, railways, airports, telecommunications; the infrastructure and networks that allows us to work together and achieve more than any one person could alone.We invest in where we live. Strong cities and thriving villages. Affordable housing. Clean air and water. Stewardship of our land and natural resources that belong to all and future generations.We build. Great works that transform millions of lives, and small improvements that make everyday life better. We invest in discovery. Progress comes from innovation, through science, engineering, trial and error. We learn. Research institutions, moonshots, universities, community colleges, and schools; laying the foundation for anyone to climb higher and achieve more. The sort of Improvement that Clay and Adams and further back to our Founders believed in was not just National Improvement but the Improvement of Ourselves. That’s the idea behind this country, that people will be free to pursue their dreams and rise above. That’s the power of democracy and liberty: the freedom to explore who we are and strive for more.Self-Improvement. It’s the heart of this movement. It’s about people investing in themselves and each other. Gaining new skills, imagining new possibilities, being better neighbors, friends, and family. Prospering by our own hands, our own talents. And as we improve ourselves, we improve our communities. A strong nation isn’t just built by policy or government, it’s built by the choices we make every day. By how we support one another. Because no matter who is running the show, we can control and are responsible for our own lives. Yeah, our government may be corrupt and incompetent, but we can still be better and do better and that will matter a whole lot more and it will eventually trickle through to every institution. We create the fabric of our nation by the lives we lead, not who we vote for. This is a campaign for the governorship of Ohio but it is also a campaign to mobilize thousands of people to work to improve themselves and their communities and that will be 1000x more impactful, in the end, regardless of the outcome.
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Improvement is Building a Better Future.It is the spirit of National Improvement, the vision of leaders like Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams. It is the belief that we prosper when we invest in ourselves; our people, our communities, and our country.We invest in what connects us. Roads, railways, airports, telecommunications; the infrastructure and networks that allows us to work together and achieve more than any one person could alone.We invest in where we live. Strong cities and thriving villages. Affordable housing. Clean air and water. Stewardship of our land and natural resources that belong to all and future generations.We build. Great works that transform millions of lives, and small improvements that make everyday life better. We invest in discovery. Progress comes from innovation, through science, engineering, trial and error. We learn. Research institutions, moonshots, universities, community colleges, and schools; laying the foundation for anyone to climb higher and achieve more. The sort of Improvement that Clay and Adams and further back to our Founders believed in was not just National Improvement but the Improvement of Ourselves. That’s the idea behind this country, that people will be free to pursue their dreams and rise above. That’s the power of democracy and liberty: the freedom to explore who we are and strive for more.Self-Improvement. It’s the heart of this movement. It’s about people investing in themselves and each other. Gaining new skills, imagining new possibilities, being better neighbors, friends, and family. Prospering by our own hands, our own talents. And as we improve ourselves, we improve our communities. A strong nation isn’t just built by policy or government, it’s built by the choices we make every day. By how we support one another. Because no matter who is running the show, we can control and are responsible for our own lives. Yeah, our government may be corrupt and incompetent, but we can still be better and do better and that will matter a whole lot more and it will eventually trickle through to every institution. We create the fabric of our nation by the lives we lead, not who we vote for. This is a campaign for the governorship of Ohio but it is also a campaign to mobilize thousands of people to work to improve themselves and their communities and that will be 1000x more impactful, in the end, regardless of the outcome.
Improvement Agenda
Candidate positionTo quote Warren Buffett in the theme song to his children’s cartoon, The Secret Millionaires Club, “The best investment you can make is an investment in yourself,”. We want Ohio to invest in itself and we want Ohioans to invest in themselves and we want those two endeavors to overlap. We’re going to invest in those things that help people succeed. We’re going to invest in education, invest in our health and wellbeing, invest in our communities. Build ladders to success.
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To quote Warren Buffett in the theme song to his children’s cartoon, The Secret Millionaires Club, “The best investment you can make is an investment in yourself,”. We want Ohio to invest in itself and we want Ohioans to invest in themselves and we want those two endeavors to overlap. We’re going to invest in those things that help people succeed. We’re going to invest in education, invest in our health and wellbeing, invest in our communities. Build ladders to success.
Boosted Municipal Funding+
Candidate positionA city that has lost its people and its jobs cannot bootstrap its own revival. It needs external support to rightsize, reorganize, and rebuild for a new economic reality. We will provide that support through direct state funding to municipalities, flexible resources that allow cities and their communities to determine their own futures.
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A city that has lost its people and its jobs cannot bootstrap its own revival. It needs external support to rightsize, reorganize, and rebuild for a new economic reality. We will provide that support through direct state funding to municipalities, flexible resources that allow cities and their communities to determine their own futures.
Housing, Land Use, and Zoning+
Candidate positionOhio’s zoning and land use regime is one of the most significant obstacles to the economic revitalization of its cities and one of the most underappreciated drivers of housing unaffordability, sprawl, and urban decay. We will transform it.
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Ohio’s zoning and land use regime is one of the most significant obstacles to the economic revitalization of its cities and one of the most underappreciated drivers of housing unaffordability, sprawl, and urban decay. We will transform it.
Homelessness+
Candidate positionWe will end homelessness in Ohio.
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We will end homelessness in Ohio.
A Healthy, Affordable, and Desirable Ohio for Everyone+
Candidate positionThe commitment of this campaign is an Ohio for everyone and for anyone. Whether you want to live in suburbia, a small Ohio village, an urban metropolis, rural Ohio, or Appalachian Ohio; we want to make it a place that is affordable, accessible, and healthy. You should be able to live in these places and still have ready access to a job, to education, to healthcare, to nature, to stores and entertainment, to healthy food. You should be able to walk around where you live. You shouldn’t have to suffer crime or pollution. You should be able to live the life you want.
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The commitment of this campaign is an Ohio for everyone and for anyone. Whether you want to live in suburbia, a small Ohio village, an urban metropolis, rural Ohio, or Appalachian Ohio; we want to make it a place that is affordable, accessible, and healthy. You should be able to live in these places and still have ready access to a job, to education, to healthcare, to nature, to stores and entertainment, to healthy food. You should be able to walk around where you live. You shouldn’t have to suffer crime or pollution. You should be able to live the life you want.
Infrastructure, Transport, and the Physical Economy+
Candidate positionFund and implement the long-studied 3C+D Amtrak corridor without further delay.
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Fund and implement the long-studied 3C+D Amtrak corridor without further delay.
Beyond Left vs Right
Candidate positionEvery part of government, of the economy, of life itself is steadily being reduced by our politics to a Left vs Right dichotomy. It’s a virus, it consumes all things that are good. We reject it. We reject its Zero-Sum outlook, its Us vs Them attitude. We reject its cynicism, its pursuit of power at the expense of basic human decency, of moral values, and of American principles. And we absolutely reject the notion that the world is so simple, so two-dimensional, so uninteresting. Partisan politics seeks to flatten us, to place us into neat categories. We reject it. We will not be flattened.
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Every part of government, of the economy, of life itself is steadily being reduced by our politics to a Left vs Right dichotomy. It’s a virus, it consumes all things that are good. We reject it. We reject its Zero-Sum outlook, its Us vs Them attitude. We reject its cynicism, its pursuit of power at the expense of basic human decency, of moral values, and of American principles. And we absolutely reject the notion that the world is so simple, so two-dimensional, so uninteresting. Partisan politics seeks to flatten us, to place us into neat categories. We reject it. We will not be flattened.
The Governor’s Responsibility
Candidate positionThe fish rots from the head, as they say. More pleasantly: good, honest leadership starts at the top. Ohio deserves a governor who takes full accountability, leads by example, and works tirelessly for the improvement of the state and the wellbeing of its people. My administration will set clear expectations for transparency, efficiency, and reliability. We will establish a culture of honesty and true public service. We’ll root out bad apples, attract top talent, and reform the Ohio bureaucracy.
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The fish rots from the head, as they say. More pleasantly: good, honest leadership starts at the top. Ohio deserves a governor who takes full accountability, leads by example, and works tirelessly for the improvement of the state and the wellbeing of its people. My administration will set clear expectations for transparency, efficiency, and reliability. We will establish a culture of honesty and true public service. We’ll root out bad apples, attract top talent, and reform the Ohio bureaucracy.
Fight for our Future
Candidate positionBeliefWe must root out corruption. Honesty, integrity, and public service must be restored, not just in government, but in our culture. Trust is what holds us together, and we must rebuild it. As a culture of corruption has spread, we have collectively lost faith in the institutions that made us great and strong, in our schools, in our justice system, in our financial institutions, in our local governments, in the government as a whole. Restoring that trust is essential to our future success and must be a priority.
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We must root out corruption. Honesty, integrity, and public service must be restored, not just in government, but in our culture. Trust is what holds us together, and we must rebuild it. As a culture of corruption has spread, we have collectively lost faith in the institutions that made us great and strong, in our schools, in our justice system, in our financial institutions, in our local governments, in the government as a whole. Restoring that trust is essential to our future success and must be a priority.
Some of the items that are near and dear to her heart for bettering Ohio: creating a
Candidate positionBeliefbetter education funding system, creating a better way to protect those who are being
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better education funding system, creating a better way to protect those who are being
Ohio Tax Plan
Candidate positionBeliefTaxes are not ideological. Turning taxation into a partisan issue with one party being assiduously anti-tax (with no plan for balancing budgets aside from cutting government functions to nothing) and one party being pro-tax though usually limiting its ambitions to only the high earners and corporations (which simply do not offer a large enough tax base to cover even the more modest of their grand designs) is a recipe for a disastrous system of taxation.
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Taxes are not ideological. Turning taxation into a partisan issue with one party being assiduously anti-tax (with no plan for balancing budgets aside from cutting government functions to nothing) and one party being pro-tax though usually limiting its ambitions to only the high earners and corporations (which simply do not offer a large enough tax base to cover even the more modest of their grand designs) is a recipe for a disastrous system of taxation.
Ohio Tax Plan
Candidate positionBeliefIt is the position of this campaign that any system of taxation should be broad based, consistent in its application, and simple in its design. It should prize efficiency and balancing revenue with expenditures. The most efficient, least distorting taxes should be used first and only new taxes applied when reasonable After these considerations have been met, it can also be used in a limited capacity for a more equitable and socially desirable flow of capital. It must be done sparingly so as not to complicate the tax code and to prevent special interests from securing themselves improper or undesirable benefits.
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It is the position of this campaign that any system of taxation should be broad based, consistent in its application, and simple in its design. It should prize efficiency and balancing revenue with expenditures. The most efficient, least distorting taxes should be used first and only new taxes applied when reasonable After these considerations have been met, it can also be used in a limited capacity for a more equitable and socially desirable flow of capital. It must be done sparingly so as not to complicate the tax code and to prevent special interests from securing themselves improper or undesirable benefits.
Why I’m Running
Candidate positionBeliefAs a lifelong independent and Ohioan I have seen the failures, the incompetence, and corruption of the Democratic and Republican parties, I have seen the left behind Ohio, I have seen the hollowing out of our small cities and communities outside of Columbus, I have seen the struggle of students, parents, families, and regular Ohioans; which calls me and calls all of us to stand up, to demand better, to fight for our future.
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As a lifelong independent and Ohioan I have seen the failures, the incompetence, and corruption of the Democratic and Republican parties, I have seen the left behind Ohio, I have seen the hollowing out of our small cities and communities outside of Columbus, I have seen the struggle of students, parents, families, and regular Ohioans; which calls me and calls all of us to stand up, to demand better, to fight for our future.
Education Funding
Candidate positionFactVote summary · Goal / PriorityCreate a better education-funding system for Ohio.
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Protect Students from Bullying
Candidate positionFactVote summary · Goal / PriorityImprove how Ohio schools protect students who are being bullied.
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Protect Students from Bullying
Benefits for Disabled Veterans
Candidate positionFactVote summary · Goal / PriorityImprove Ohio state benefits for disabled veterans.
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