COLUMBUS, Ohio – The organization supporting the Columbus Zoo levy on Tuesday’s ballot says it has no plans to stop airing TV ads criticizing campaign material circulated by opponents.
In the wake of a ruling in its favor by an Ohio Elections Commission panel, Americans for Prosperity Ohio demanded the Committee for the 2014 Columbus Zoo Levy pull its commercials aimed at a mailer sent out to voters which claims the levy would increase property taxes in Franklin County by 105 percent.
“It’s time to pull the plug on these ads. The residents of Franklin County should decide whether to support this permanent property tax increase for the zoo based on the merits, not the misleading statements aimed at our organization within a television ad.” AFP Ohio director Eli Miller said.
The ads tell voters not to “believe the lies of special interest groups.”
A three-member Ohio Elections Commission panel did not uphold the pro-levy group’s complaint that AFP Ohio’s mailer a made false statement about the tax increase.
Americans for Prosperity Ohio is the state chapter of an Arlington, Va.-based conservative political action committee known for contributing to national candidates and issues but which has recently turned its attention to local races.