Columbus, Ohio – Ohio firefighters and paramedics are launching a Get Out the Vote bus tour of the state that will run November 5-8, urging “Vote NO on Issue 2” during final days of canvassing to remind voters that SB 5 is an overreach that undermines public safety and the professionals who serve and protect.
“While the polls indicate there is strong opposition statewide to SB 5, our work isn’t done yet,” Ohio Association of Professional Fire Fighters President Mark Sanders said. “We want to encourage voters to exercise their right on November 8 and use their citizen’s veto to reject this over-reaching legislation that compromises safety in our neighborhoods.”
Ohio fire fighters have been heavily involved in efforts to repeal SB 5, with thousands participating in grassroots efforts, talking to their neighbors to repeal the measure and starring in television and internet ads that point out the risk to public safety if SB 5 becomes law.
Ohio fire fighters will travel the state in a bus wrapped in a “Vote No on Issue 2” banner. The “Get Out the Vote Bus Tour” will stop in multiple cities across the state to generate energy surrounding neighborhood walks, phone banks and other canvassing efforts in the final days. IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger will join Ohio fire fighters on the bus tour.
The IAFF has released a series of ads that feature Ohio fire fighters personally relaying their concerns about how SB 5 will make citizens less safe and hurt the safety of fire fighters.
All ads can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/user/IAFFTV
