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Yet Another Secrecy Scam to Steal Tax Dollars From Our Legislature

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130604/NEWS010801/306040159?nclick_… Local governments could discuss economic development in secret under a change to the Ohio Senate’s latest version of the 2013-2015 budget. The amendment, unveiled Tuesday in the Senate Finance Committee, would create an exception to the Open Meetings Law: Governing bodies could call closed sessions to discuss businesses’ requests for tax breaks. Look: this […]

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National Attention for Ohio’s Woman-Hating “Budget”

This is where gerrymandering and a legislature that does not represent Ohio lead: Ohio is becoming a national laughingstock and a poster child for using the biannual budget as a weapon to assault woman and strip them of freedom to control their own lives. http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/06/06/2112481/womens-health-attacks… ThinkProgress.org notes the disgraceful misuse of the budget bill by […]

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Kucinich Action PAC Announces Support for Candidates

A lot of Dennis Kucinich’s actions are headscratchers, and this is no exception. A few months ago, Dennis Kucinich announced his post-Congress plans. He launched his Kucinich Action with the goal of supporting candidates his followers believed shared their progressive ideals. We wrote about it in July: http://www.ohiodailyblog.com/content/debut-kucinich-action Now, FINALLY, with weeks to go before […]

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Marcia Fudge Sworn In as Chair of Congressional Black Caucus

Well, after that last post, I think Ohioans need some good news! Not every Ohio congressperson is embarrassing the state of Ohio and working against the welfare of its citizens. In November, shortly after the election, it was announced that northeast Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (D-11) was picked to be the new chairperson of the […]

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The Impact of Gerrymandering on Stark County

One of the results of the gerrymandered maps that the Republicans drew is that most of the state’s northern urban counties were shredded to pieces, destroying their coherence and unity. Don’t think this negative result for communities wasn’t deliberate. It was. A piece in the Canton Repository, called “A County Divided Leaves Residents Confused,” describes […]

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The effort to bring fairer wages and benefits to WalMart

Great write-up in the Huffington Post about OUR WalMart (Organization United for Respect) and their efforts to bring change to the world’s largest retailer. It starts out… “Earlier this year, Janet Sparks was called in to meet her bosses at the Walmart in Baker, La., where she works as a non-salaried supervisor in the customer […]

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Ohio Responses to Tonight’s Debate

I didn’t watch the debate tonight. I already had my mind made up — surprise — so I voted tonight. I sat down and opened my ballot, and my first vote was in the U.S. Senate race. Guess who I did NOT vote for. I hope all of you will also NOT vote for Josh […]

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Zimmann and Sutton Land Major Newspaper Endorsements

Angela Zimmann, running for Congress in Ohio’s 5th congressional district against incumbent Bob “Who?” Latta, and congresswoman Betty Sutton, pitted against fellow incumbent Teabaggin’ Jim Renacci in the 16th district, have landed endorsements from major newspapers in their districts. Sutton was endorsed by the Akron Beacon Journal, which covers a portion of this gerrymandered district. […]

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Columbus Mayor Coleman Calls Out The Empty Suit

Mayor Michael Coleman of Columbus wasn’t too happy with Josh “The Empty Suit” Mandel’s despicable performance in the second U.S. Senate debate in Columbus yesterday. He said he “stewed” about it all day before calling Columbus Dispatch reporter Joe Hallett to unload. http://dispatchpolitics.dispatch.com/content/blogs/the-daily-briefing/20… He told the Dispatch, “I was appalled. It’s like Josh Mandel will […]

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My neighbor took down his Josh Mandel sign

My neighbor, who recently bought a house adjacent to mine used to have a Josh Mandel sign in his yard along with a couple other down ticket Republicans. He’s a nice guy, young, does contracting work, and managed to buy one of the nicer houses in the neighborhood. I asked him what happened to the […]

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