Mary Taylor in 2018 OH Governor's race

On Drugs: Focus on prevention and reducing the supply of drugs

• Further Change the culture around prescribing opioids
• Jump starting a private sector treatment system
• Raising awareness and addressing mental health challenges
• Coordinating efforts and supporting law enforcement to keep drugs off the streets
  Mary Taylor will leverage the relationships she has established with the Trump Administration as well as the leaders of the Great Lakes states and provinces to develop a collaborative approach to stopping illegal drugs at our borders; to collecting, sharing, and utilizing data; and to taking drug dealers and distributors off the streets. She will also fund new narcotics officers and other resources to level the playing field for law enforcement. Source: 2018 Ohio Governor campaign site MaryTaylorForGovernor.com Mar 21, 2018

  On Civil Rights: Disallow minors to initiate gender transition without parent

  Republican gubernatorial candidate Mary Taylor will lead the fight for a new law that would prevent courts from removing Ohio children from their parents so they can get hormonal therapy for a gender transition, as was ordered earlier this month for a 17 year old by a judge in Cincinnati.

  "Mary Taylor and Nathan Estruth are absolutely committed to creating a firewall in the state of Ohio for parents to raise their kids with the values and education that they choose," said Estruth, Taylor's running mate.

  The emotional legal dispute caught fire Feb. 16 when a Juvenile Court judge granted legal custody to the 17-year-old's grandparents, who support the gender change and will initiate hormone therapy at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, which had diagnosed the teen with "gender dysphoria."

  State Rep. Tom Brinkman said he will soon introduce legislation to assert parental rights. He spoke at the same press event, which featured signs reading "Hands off our kids," and "Parents have rights too."

  Source: Columbus Dispatch on 2018 Ohio governor race Feb 26, 2018

  On Civil Rights: Running-mate Nathan Estruth led anti-gay-rights campaign

  Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor picked former Procter & Gamble executive Nathan Estruth to serve as her running mate. Estruth, who now runs Hamilton-based Imflux, is a longtime supporter of former Cincinnati Mayor Ken Blackwell and Republican congressional candidates.

  "Nathan is a smart, savvy and accomplished leader," Blackwell told The Enquirer. "Choosing him is a game changer in the GOP primary." The official announcement came at City Gospel Mission in Cincinnati, where Estruth is a donor.

  In 2006, Estruth led a group called Common Sense Ohio, which used telemarking to poll voters about conservative issues. In Montana, the automated poll asked voters whether they support judges that "push homosexual marriage and create new rights like abortion and sodomy," according to a New York Times report.

  Estruth also served on the board of directors of the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian organization that the Southern Poverty Law Center called an anti-LGBT hate group.

  Source: Cincinnati Enquirer on 2018 Ohio governor race Jan 29, 2018

  On Principles & Values: Served as Director of Insurance, while Lt. Governor

  Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor stepped down as director of the Ohio Department of Insurance today as she seeks the Republican nomination for governor. Taylor, who remains lieutenant governor, faces a potential 2018 primary. Taylor's resignation permits her to now accept campaign contributions from insurance-industry sources and employees.

  She took a big pay cut upon resigning. As a cabinet director, Taylor earned $150,405 a year rather than the lieutenant governor's salary of $78,021.

  Gov. Kasich, who will be forced from office by term limits in January 2019, has said he supports his No. 2 amid the field of gubernatorial candidates. "I am grateful for her work and will continue to rely on her advice and counsel as lieutenant governor," Kasich said in a statement.

  Source: The Columbus Dispatch on 2018 Ohio gubernatorial race Mar 31, 2017

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