October 22, 2012 Supporters, As election season draws to a close, and the defeat of Issue 3 is near, we wanted to share

some recently acquired information with you regarding Citizens for Findlay, the continuous wasteful spending by City Hall, and the misuse of government time by city employees campaigning and using taxpayer funded resources to promote their wasteful spending, and Mayor Mihalik misleading the public yet again... Do you know what Citizens for Findlay is doing to defeat Issue 3? Over 14,000 phone calls Over 2,500 door-to-door literature drops Sent over 2,000 pieces of literature to families all across Findlay Have 4 billboards all over Findlay We are as committed to saving you money, as much as City Hall is to spend it! Did you knowContribution Dollars? The biggest contributors to Citizens for Findlay are private, concerned citizens and small business owners. The biggest contributors to Assurance for Findlay's Future are unions that have already donated thousands of dollars. Did you knowCity Council is Failing Findlay Time and Time Again? On December 7, 2010 Officials Seek Bigger Budget. In 2011, City Council voted against the cost-saving measure of utilizing part-time firefighters. While the Fire Chief and Union Leadership cared enough about Findlay to stick taxpayers with a ridiculous $469,240.62 in overtime cost in one year alone. Less than a year ago, City Council bought the Hochstettler Building with intentions to make it a new Health Department at a cost of $269,111. With maintenance and insurance, the cost has now reached almost $300,000 while renovations would require an additional $500,000 of our tax dollars. Talk about poor planning; this kind of vision does not need more funding but instead needs more accountabilitysee for yourself

On Oct 16, 2012, City Council voted unanimously to allow the Safety/Service Director to spend $95,000 to pave a parking lot that has never been paved before. Director Schmelzer called it a "fairly good investment" and said "some city employees will park there". We need a city council and Mayor with the ability to make wise investments that will affect the citizens of Findlay rather than just a few city employees. We agree with Councilman Bob Nichols that "with money so tight" this isn't necessary at this time. Did you know... The Mayors Office and Fire Department are illegally and unethically using government time to organize their campaign to pass Issue 3? We've attached the email below showing Jeremy Horne using a government email address, on government time, admitting they strategized during an official staff meeting, and telling department management to use government resources to print out sign-up sheets, and return them to the mayors office, which are all illegal activities. Government buildings, resources (including email addresses) cannot be used for campaigning on taxpayer time. These were given to us, by Findlay Law Director Donald Rasmussen in cooperation of a Freedom of Information Act. Did you know that Mayor Mihalik intentionally deceived voters on WFIN saying that the claims of her staff using government time for campaign work were "not true"? However, you can see below that Mayor Mihalik knew two months before this interview that her staff was involved in illegal campaign practices, yet she continues to be untruthful about her staff and their intentional and deliberate use of government resources and time to strategize for their Issue 3 campaign. Listen to her mislead the public about 13 minutes in on WFIN: http://chirb.it/g1qtFa

From: "Tom Lonyo" <tlonyo@findlayohio.com]]> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 12:10 PM To: "Brian Sanders" <bsanders@findlayohio.com>, mtraver@ci.findlay.oh.us,rclark@ci.findlay.oh.us Subject: FW: Sign Up Sheet Battalion ChiefsPlease take this sheet around to your respective shifts and have anyone interested in helping with the campaign sign up. Please have these back to Lisa by Friday August 24th and we will turn all of them into the Mayors office at one time. It would not be an understatement to say that it is in everyones interest that this tax renewal pass! Please help the cause and sign up ASAP.

Sincerely,

Thomas R. Lonyo Thomas R. Lonyo Fire Chief Findlay Fire Department 720 South Main Street Findlay, OH 45840 Phone 419-424-7129 Fax 419-424-7849 From: Jeremy Horne [mailto:jhorne@findlayohio.com] Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 11:26 AM To: supervisors@findlayohio.com Subject: Sign Up Sheet Department Heads, As we discussed at Thursdays staff meeting, we would appreciate any help that employees might be able to offer for the campaign to renew the %income tax. If you have employees who wish to help out during the campaign please have them signup, either electronically or on paper, and return the form to the Mayors office as soon as possible. We will be doing a variety of things such as phone calls, door to door, handing out literature, etc. We thank everyone for their understanding and willingness to work on this campaign. If you have questions or concerns please let me know. Regards, Jeremy

Jeremy Horne Communications Director City of Findlay 318 Dorney Plaza, Room 310 Findlay, Ohio 45840 Office: 419-424-7137 Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter