Believe in UA

08/24/2016

THANK YOU UPPER ARLINGTON!!! The results are unofficial but it appears the recall has been handily defeated tonight by a margin in the range of 60% to 40% for all of the four Council persons. Since the day the recall leaders started their petition process, there has been a dark cloud hanging over our city. In a sense, once they pulled those petitions, today's vote needed to happen. Tonight closes that sad chapter in our community's history and signals a fresh, new beginning for everyone in UA.

We have a very passionate and engaged citizenry and we commend the leaders of the Recall for their passion for our community. Although they clearly have a different vision for the future of Upper Arlington, we hope to work with them to find common ground and create healing in our community.

The election is over and the people of Upper Arlington have spoken. We invite those who voted differently today to become engaged in the political process and communicate with the city in a constructive manner. In particular, once the dust settles from this campaign, we invite leaders supporting the recall to meet with the city to discuss their desires in a civil conversation. We also urge them to begin immediately to work together with us to start the healing process for our community.

08/23/2016

Remember that polling locations are open until 7:30 PM tonight. Please get out and vote AGAINST the recall!

08/23/2016

Just a reminder that today (Tuesday, August 23rd) is the special UA Recall Election. Please vote AGAINST all four recalls. THANK YOU!

08/23/2016

We would like to invite all of our supporters to join us tonight for an Election Night Victory Party at Houlihan’s at Kingsdale Shopping Center beginning at 7:30 PM. Please stop by to give us an opportunity to thank you and to celebrate a great victory for our community’s future!

08/23/2016

We want to thank everyone in the Upper Arlington community who has supported our campaign in these tense past couple of months. The election is finally here and we are so grateful to those who've stepped forward to offer support, volunteer, donate and most of all just offer encouragement. These four people are not politicians. They are our neighbors who donate time away from their families every Monday night to try to make our community a better place for our families. Please show your support today by getting to the polls early and voting AGAINST the recall of all four of them. THANK YOU!

08/23/2016

Are you against the recall? Show your friends and neighbors on Facebook where you stand and help them remember to vote today (Tuesday, August 23rd from 6:30 AM - 7:30 PM) by updating your Facebook profile pic for the day to this image. Thank you for your help and support to keep our community moving forward.

08/22/2016

Sunday's Face the State program on WBNS 10TV showed unanimous opposition to the radical recall of UA Council members. There was very interesting analysis refuting the Recall Faction from the panelists who come from all ends points of the political spectrum. Vote NO on recall on Tuesday http://www.10tv.com/FaceTheState

WBNS-TV’s on-line public inspection file can be found on the FCC website or at 10TV.com/fcc. Individuals with disabilities may contact Becky Richey at [email protected] or 614.460.3785 for assistance with access to the WBNS-TV public inspection files.

08/20/2016

We have a lot of folks out distributing materials today. Here are a couple of our helpers who are having fun this morning. They are the reasons those on Council work hard for the community. Let's keep UA a great place to live and raise a family. Vote no on recall Tuesday.

08/20/2016

The Recall Faction has based much of their campaign on assertions that the city tried to hide that "parks" were a part of 2014's Issue 23 funds. In doing so, the Recallers have pulled isolated pieces from a comprehensive campaign from many different pieces of communication. If the city was trying to hide that parks were a part of Issue 23 they did a poor job of hiding it because it appeared in multiple mailings that the city sent to the entire city, "parks" appeared in numerous Issue 23 articles in the UA News, and even the opponents of Issue 23 acknowledged that "a renovation of Northam Park" was a possible use of funds. Learn the truth about the Recallers assertions at http://believeinua.org/issues/ and VOTE AGAINST THE RECALL ON TUESDAY!

08/19/2016

ATTENTION: Several voting locations have been changed for the UA special recall election on Tuesday, August 23rd.

Precinct Upper Arlington 6-B has permanently moved from the Upper Arlington Firehouse to Burbank Elementary School.

Precincts Upper Arlington 1-B and 1-D have moved for the August 23rd Special Election ONLY from the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church to Barrington Elementary School. It is planned that in November they will again vote at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

Precinct Upper Arlington 5-C has moved for the August 23rd Special Election ONLY from the Northwest Christian Church to Bryce Eck Activities Center. It is planned that in November they will again vote at Northwest Christian Church.

If you are unsure of your voting location, you can look it up at https://vote.franklincountyohio.gov/login.cfm

Please login to view your personalized voting information. You may use either your Web ID (if known) or you may search for your information. Omit special characters, such as apostrophes or periods, when entering your name.

08/16/2016

Here's another rebuttal to an outrageous claim from the Recall Faction. One of the Recall Faction's deceitful claims has been that UA Council illegally denied citizens the right to vote on a vacant Council seat by violating the city's charter. The Recall Faction leaders took this issue to the Franklin County Board of Elections yesterday where the Recallers were rebuffed and the city's actions were affirmed.
http://www.uaoh.net/eGov/apps/document/center.egov?view=item;id=4437

The official website of the City of Upper Arlington, Ohio

08/11/2016

Here is a great article from UA resident Rich Simpson in the UA News that explains why it is important to vote no on this dangerous recall scheme. Please share this with your friends and neighbors. http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/upperarlington/news/2016/08/09/rich-simpson-anti-recall.html

I urge everyone who loves our community to vote no on the city council recall. Here's why: