By Brian Massie, A Watchman on the Wall

Thanks to Chris Long, President of Ohio Christian Alliance for taking a lead in telling State legislators and Governor DeWine to give money back to the people.

The Ohio Christian Alliance is joining We The People Convention and others in calling for the Ohio Legislature to suspend the 38.5 cent gas tax. GIVE OHIOANS THE GAS TAX HOLIDAY THEY DESERVE. This is the best way we know to celebrate America’s 250th Independence. This would mean more money for Ohio’s working families. Each time they fill up, this would give them extra money in their pockets. More money for families to spend to celebrate the Fourth of July. 1.2 billion dollars was collected in excess and is our money. It would simply be that the legislature would suspend the gas tax for the next six months until the 1.2 billion dollars in excess tax collected would be spent with the gas tax suspension. This would be a tremendous shot in the arm for all Ohioans. We urge the legislature to move quickly to make it happen.

There is only one HUGE Problem with DeWine’s Argument that they can’t “afford” to “give us” a Temporary Suspension of the Ohio Fuel Tax . . .

They ALREADY Took $1.2 Billion MORE of OUR Money than they EVEN NEED which would “pay” for the Fuel Tax Cut! See this Report from the OBM:

Ohio State Revenues over $1 Billion ahead of Estimates through April

Two months before the end of FY26, the state’s General Revenue Fund (GRF) tax revenues continue to come in ahead of projections, exceeding estimates through April by nearly $1.2 billion or 4.9 percent according to preliminary data released Thursday by the Office of Budget and Management (OBM). Revenues for the month of April alone were $338.9 million or 13.3 percent over estimates.

In addition, the non-auto sales tax collections were $65.9 million or 5.8 percent higher than the monthly estimate and $282.2 million or 2.8 percent higher than the year-to-date estimate. Auto sales tax collections surpassed the estimate for the month by $10.2 million or 5 percent and are running nearly $59.5 million over for the year. However, cutting into the sales tax surpluses is the $44.9 million that was transferred for the Sales Tax Holiday. That brings those two taxes to a total of nearly $296.8 million or 2.5 percent over estimates for the fiscal year.

Personal income tax collections for April were $272.3 million or 27.1 percent higher than the estimate for the month; the year-to-date variance is a positive $698.7 million or 8.4 percent. The Commercial Activity Tax (CAT) was $2.7 million or 3.6 percent below the monthly estimate but it is still $151.6 million or 8.4 percent above the estimate for the year-to-date.

The state has collected a total of $25.0 billion so far this fiscal year compared to $23.5 billion collected last year at this time. For April, the state collected nearly $2.9 billion compared to $2.6 billion collected in April 2025 for a $274.6 million difference.

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