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BALLOT ISSUES

Pierce has handled ballot issues successfully in Ohio and around the country, with more victorious ballot issues than any other Ohio media consultant.

  • Columbus Public Schools Bond Issue (2002): Advertising and public relations services for a $492 million bond issue campaign that won 54%-46%, in spite of a divided school board and a short, twelve week campaign.

  • Galion City School Levy (2001): Strategy that sparked a winning school operating levy after four consecutive losses for this financially-stressed industrial community.

  • Home Depot - Toledo (1998): Strategy and advertising for a come-from-behind rezoning win for a new store in a residential neighborhood. 55%-45% success.

  • Ohio Riverboat Casinos (1996): Management and communications leadership for Gov. George Voinovich and a grassroots team against riverboat casinos. 62% - 38% success.

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  • Mass Transit Levy (1995): Strategic counseling and advertising promoting county-wide sales tax for mass transit with a short timeline and thin budget in Franklin County.

  • National Term Limits (1992): Strategy and advertising for Ohioans for Term Limits (and fourteen other states with term limits ballot initiatives). 70-30% success.

  • Traffic Safety Now, Inc. (Nebraska & Oregon) (1987): Consulting on safety belt referendums for the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association.

  • Ohio Coal Issue (1985): Strategic and communications duties for one of the few successful Ohio ballot issues, working with various Ohio electric utilities and coal companies. 64-36% success.

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