Club for Growth PAC Releases Hard-Hitting Ad in OH-5

Text that appears on the Club for Growth PAC website along with the release of this new commercial:

Washington -- Today, the Club for Growth PAC released an ad in Ohio's fifth congressional district that sets the record straight about State Senator Bob Latta's tax-and-spend record and educates voters about Steve Buehrer's conservative economic principles. The large ad buy will run on both broadcast and cable stations throughout the district.

Both tax-and-spend Latta and conservative Buehrer were representatives in the Ohio House in 2003 when then-Governor Robert Taft proposed a budget containing the largest tax and spending increase in state history, but their records could not be more different. As the Club for Growth PAC ad points out, Buehrer opposed the Taft budget tooth and nail. Bob Latta voted to slap Ohio taxpayers with astronomically high sales and business taxes.

This ad is particularly important since Bob Latta has wasted no time in twisting the truth about his own record. "It is sad to see Bob Latta distort the facts in order to paint himself as a 'rock-solid conservative' when in fact, he supported record tax and spending increases," said Club for Growth President Pat Toomey. "The Club for Growth PAC ad will inform voters of the truth about Bob Latta's record."

"Having a taxpayer hero like Steve Buehrer in the U.S. Congress is especially important in this day and age when most Washington politicians are spending taxpayer dollars like there is no tomorrow."