COAST exists to limit the rate of taxes and spending at the Federal, State, and local level to within the rate of inflation and to stop the abuse of power by government officials.

COAST was founded in 1999 by Thomas E. Brinkman, Jr. and Christopher P. Finney to fight battles against higher taxes and spending in the city of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. COAST had a string of early successes, including defeating the police communications levy and the zoo tax levy that year.

COAST was instrumental the following year in preventing taxpayer funding for the private organization trying to bring the Olympics to Cincinnati, stopping County funding for an ill-defined "Regional-Cultural Alliance" and securing the first-ever property tax roll-back in the history of Cincinnati.

Some of COAST's most lasting victories have been legal ones. In 2002, through the settlement of a federal suit against the Cincinnati Public Schools (caught red-handed using school resources to run a levy campaign), the school entered into an agreement whereby school resources would never again be used to aid political campaigns. In 2003, COAST supported Charter Amendment outlawed Cincinnati taxpayer resources going to the same causes. In 2003 COAST also helped defeat the 1¢ sales tax increase for the light rail system in southwest Ohio.

2004 saw the expansion of COAST with new chapters serving Warren and Butler Counties called NorthCOAST. In 2005, COAST arranged for legal representation for the woman in Loveland Ohio criminally charged with owing $1.16 in income tax, resulting in a dismissal of the charges.

COAST utilizes traditional campaign techniques, such as fundraising and press conferences as well as unique tools such as our e-mail network, media events and legal challenges to advance its agenda of limited government and lower taxes.

The future is bright for COAST as local and state government officials consistently reach for more money and more power to abuse and enslave the citizenry. Get involved now to stop the forward encroachment of socialism into our lives.