Recently, Washington-based Club for Growth began running radio advertisements exposing the profligate taxing-and-spending record of Jean Schmidt, candidate for United States Congress from the Second Congressional District of Ohio. Club for Growth has quickly become a leading conservative voice in Washington promoting sound fiscal and economic policies. It helped elect to Congress thirty-nine members advancing prudent fiscal policies in 2004. As the Chairman of COAST, the leading organization promoting fiscal responsibility in tax and spending policies in southwest Ohio, I want to thank the Club for Growth for informing district voters about this voting record, explain why COAST also opposes...