I’m a fan of Joe Neguse!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to chat tonight at 4th Friday/Midnight Madness! I’m wrapping up the night with a coffee at Java Central.

Thank you to Nikki for joining me to pass out candy and thank you to other folks for wearing your campaign t-shirts tonight.

All Good Things…

We have had a great campaign, but now it’s coming to an end. This is the last week of early vote. Election Day is next week. Help us finish strong!

Donate to help us fund our closing digital ads and final mailer!

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The Westerville City Council race is nonpartisan (meaning party IDs are not on the ballot) but candidates do have partisan affiliations & voting histories.

This is useful information when you decide how to cast your vote—Democrats will move Westerville forward but Republicans will take us backward.

Tonight, I spent time at the Franklin County Board of Elections talking to voters.

Early voting is available until 8:30 Tuesday and then until 7:30 pm through Friday. Weekend hours are 8 am to 4 pm Saturday and 1 to 5 pm Sunday.

www.gatissforwesterville.com/early-vote-g...

Thank you to the Ohio Pharmacists Association for highlighting my candidacy for Westerville City Council!

You can read more about me and fellow pharmacists on the ballot this year here: go.ohiopharmacists.org/2025Candidates

I’m proud to have former Westerville City Councilmember Valerie Cumming support my candidacy!

Thank you to @314action.bsky.social for supporting my candidacy for Westerville City Council!

Thank you to everyone who supported me at tonight’s Franklin County Democratic Party meeting.

The party made no endorsements for Westerville City Council, so this will be a fairer fight.

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Thank you to everyone who came out to our Gatiss for Westerville house party this afternoon. Great music, great food, and great company. Thank you to Nikki and Eric for hosting!

ENDORSEMENT ALERT: Thank you to the Central Ohio Labor Council, AFL-CIO for endorsing my candidacy for Westerville City Council. I will always fight for workers and families!

ENDORSEMENT ALERT: I am proud and honored to have former State Representative Marian Harris support my campaign for Westerville City Council!

ENDORSEMENT ALERT: Thank you to Franklin County Democratic Party Westerville Ward 1 Chair Doug Garrison for supporting my campaign for Westerville City Council!

ENDORSEMENT ALERT: Thank you to Reverend Laura Young for your support of my campaign for Westerville City Council!

In my prepared comments for the May 6th council meeting, I wrote, “I am glad that Westerville is finally getting on the solar bandwagon... I hope the city will keep an eye on potential changes to renewable energy tax credits and be prepared to accelerate or expand.” Unfortunately, these changes have come to pass in the bill that Congress passed on July 3rd. Solar projects that begin construction after July 4, 2026, will need to be in service by December 31, 2027, in order to qualify for the production tax credit. Projects beginning construction before July 4, 2026, will have up to 4 years to be placed in service and still qualify for the tax credit. As a side note, these deadlines only apply to utility scale investments. But the bill also repeals residential and consumer tax credits. Electric vehicle tax credits expire in just a few weeks on September 30th. Residential energy efficiency and renewable energy tax credits expire on December 31, 2025. The ordinance that council adopted authorizes up to 10 MW of power purchase agreements with Clean Energy Ventures. The plans that have been shared in council meetings included the community center and the police HQ and represent a bit under 2 MW of generation. During discussions about solar, an incremental buildout was mentioned, with the community center and this building serving as pilots. However, if I understood correctly, the economics and financing from Clean Energy Ventures assumed the availability of the federal tax credits. Because those credits are now sunsetting and the clock is ticking, an incremental solar buildout may not be viable. This is an issue that cannot wait to be addressed by the next council. Members of council need to investigate and, if necessary, accelerate the planned solar buildout to meet at least the authorized 10 MW before the production tax credits expire.

At tonight’s Westerville City Council meeting, I spoke about the need to accelerate the city’s solar buildout to take advantage of federal tax credits before they expire.

The clean energy tax credits were repealed as part of Trump’s BBB: Big Bullshit Bill.

For Labor Day, let’s remember the union workers who built this country and fought for our rights in the workplace.

Here’s my grandfather at work as a paper trimmer in the paper mill. He worked at the mill for over 30 years and was a union member.

@gatissforwesterville.com yard signs are here! They’re starting to pop up around town. Sign up to get one delivered to your yard here: forms.gle/FaaJe9Xo6ZSp...

Great candlelight vigil tonight in Schiller Park highlighting Congressman Mike Carey’s lack of attention to people and their concerns.

If elected to Westerville City Council, I aim to be a different type of representative with a core commitment to transparency and responsiveness.

**Me wearing a @gatissforwesterville.com campaign t-shirt**

Them: Do you know Gatiss?

Me:

Thanks to folks who came to the Westerville Progressive Alliance meeting and showed their support for the campaign!

Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Melania Trump pose for a photo.

By fleeing DC to get an early start on August recess, Republicans hoped they could avoid voting on the Epstein files and make Americans forget about Trump’s cover-up.

But we’re not going to let that happen: indivisible.org/epsteinfiles...

Texas House Gives Final Approval to GOP Gerrymander Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: The Texas House voted Wednesday to move forward with a new congressional map – as Democrats continued to seek ways to resist.

As soon as this is signed into law,Texas will be sued. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

We are fast approaching Election Day and the time for yard signs to start popping up.

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And it’s now official. I have been certified for the November ballot. Let’s do this!

America’s Largest Landlord to Stop Using RealPage Rent-Setting Software, Makes Deal With DOJ Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a...

The biggest landlord in the US will stop using rent-setting algorithms that critics say can result in price-fixing.

Greystar settled after federal prosecutors sued it, other landlords and the software’s maker.

We first wrote about the practice in 2022.

www.propublica.org/article/grey...

Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.

"The White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America’s 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with President Trump’s interpretation of American history." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Thank you to the Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund for endorsing my campaign for Westerville City Council. We need to do more in Westerville to act on climate and plan for the future.

In Ohio, we not only pay for electricity and delivery, we also pay for “capacity” as part of our electricity generation charges.
@ieefa-northamerica.bsky.social reports that the July 2024 PJM capacity auction was 833% HIGHER than the 2024-2025 year.
ieefa.org/resources/pr...

They are running rough shod over rights and laws. Unacceptable.