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As the state’s banker, Kevin Boyce’s first priority is to protect your tax dollars.
Boyce does this every day by making sure the state’s money is protected in Ohio depositories and invested wisely in safe financial instruments – not risky schemes that contributed to our country’s economic meltdown. And in this tough economy, and in hard-to-predict markets, Ohio has never lost money while Boyce has served as Treasurer.
In his public career, Boyce has made fiscal responsibility a guiding principle.
On Columbus City Council, he led efforts to save taxpayer dollars by pushing for performance measurements for every city department. During his tenure, Columbus – the 15th largest city in the nation – established a record of balanced budgets and is the biggest city in the country with an AAA Bond Rating from all three major bond rating agencies.
But Boyce learned firsthand about the importance of fiscal responsibility while growing up in poor neighborhoods in Columbus, where his grandmother taught him the value of a dollar. When he was a teenager, Boyce asked his grandmother to buy him a new pair of sneakers. She said, “yes,” and then promptly drove him to a neighborhood grocery store. “The message,” he said,” was that if you want a new pair of shoes, you’ve got to work for them yourself.”
And it’s with the values of hard work and fiscal responsibility that Boyce approaches his job as the state’s banker.
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