The Hamilton County Republican Party, which is the Cincinnati area, just got busted for using $800 of tax payers money to have a party. On Feb. 17, 2007, the Republicans’ executive committee met at the Queen City Club on Fourth Street, and spent $307 on hors d’oeuvers, $282 for an open bar, $95 for a […]
The Ohio GOP has been busted for illegally funneling almost $500,000 dollars into a fund for Ken Blackwell during his failed try to retain the Secretary of State office in 2006: The letter says Ohio’s Republican party collected nearly half a million dollars from a federal GOP account in October 2006. They also took in […]
We already have the primary battlegrounds changing, as states rush to move their dates up earlier. Now we got George Will saying that Republicans need to give up on Ohio in 2008: In the last 24 elections, since 1912, winners of the presidency won a plurality of the states along the Mississippi. Today the Republican […]
To give you a taste of Ohio politics, here is something going on in my own backyard. I posted last September about the lockout at AK Steel, a prominent area employer. In that post I showed a picture of the new Butler County Republican headquarters, which came with a $800,000 price tag and donations from […]
The WORST Governor in the history of Ohio: The state Supreme Court on Wednesday publicly reprimanded Ohio Gov. Bob Taft for his ethics violations in office, a black mark that will stay on his permanent record as an attorney. Taft, a Republican and great-grandson of President William Howard Taft, pleaded no contest in 2005 to […]
The tides are still turning in the country: Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski, whose perceived missteps over the past four years have turned him into one of the most unpopular governors in state history, soundly lost his bid for re-election after finishing last in a hotly contested three-way race for the Republican nomination. With 70 percent […]
The Workers’ Comp scandal here in Ohio is getting more involved. The number of victims are also increasing in this scandal: Hundreds of injured workers temporarily received less in state benefits than they deserved because of poor record-keeping at the state insurance fund for injured workers, according to a memo released Monday by Gov. Bob […]
The Republican led Coin-Gate scandal here in Ohio is 14 months old and still growing: The scandal that has gripped state government for 14 months broadened yesterday as two Cleveland-area investment brokers were indicted on charges that they conspired to bribe a high-ranking official of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation in exchange for getting […]
This could turn into something big: A coin dealer and major GOP fundraiser asked Wednesday to change his not guilty pleas to federal charges that he illegally funneled donations to President Bush’s re-election campaign. Tom Noe had denied illegally funneling $45,400 in contributions to President Bush’s re-election bid. He was accused of giving money directly […]
This is huge news from my state: For the first time in Ohio history, the state Supreme Court ruled that the governor has a limited power to withhold documents from the public when the information is “made for the purpose of fostering informed and sound policymaking.” But in a 5-2 decision, the court majority said […]