I’ve blogged about our local GOP in the past and some of the problems he has faced. Well last night the Butler County GOP got together and voted him out of power: The Butler County Republican party ousted its incumbent chairman Wednesday, May 26, voting instead for a Liberty Twp. trustee backed by some of […]
I just love my local politics, especially from the Republican side of things. There is always some new controversy coming up. The latest involves the county chair: Butler County Republican Party Chairman Tom Ellis is being sued by his own brother for allegedly defrauding him and his mother for more than $500,000, court records show. […]
When Arlen Specter switched parties last month the chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party came under fire for posting a picture of a bald Specter and comparing him to Dr. Evil. Well the latest antics of Alex Triantafilou aren’t as derogatory, but could rather be chalked up as just idiotic ramblings: Is the winner […]
From the local files of corrupt Republicans: Joseph Ruscigno, former Butler County Republican Party finance chairman and husband of failed county commission candidate Rawnica Dillingham, pleaded guilty this week to a federal tax obstruction charge. In federal court Wednesday, Ruscigno admitted trying to cheat the Internal Revenue Service out of back taxes owed by Fitch […]
Hamilton County, Ohio GOP has redefined class. The people that help bring us gems like Jean Schmidt decided to use a picture of a bald Arlen Specter to compare him to Dr. Evil. The picture of Specter was taken at a time when he was fighting brain cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. Here’s a screen shot: […]
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 took action yesterday against the employee who sent out emails attacking Ted Strickland: The chairman of the Ohio Republican Party fired an employee yesterday for disseminating a disparaging e-mail about Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ted Strickland and his wife. Robert T. Bennett also issued a letter of apology to Strickland, saying the e-mail […]
Just to give an update to a story I reported on here last week about some big wigs in the local Republican party getting into a bar fight, it now appears charges maybe likely: Via the Hamilton Journal: GOP members may face charges following bar fight LIBERTY TOWNSHIP ? A late-night bar fight last month […]
People may read my blog and think I am a little hard on Republicans. Well there is perfect reasons for this. Here is a little piece of news about some of the Republican leaders in my own county.. From today’s Cincinnati Enquirer Butler County GOP officials investigated in bar fight One of three left his […]
In a scathing memo written by Richard Weghorst, Ohio’s director of finance, it appears that the wife of Tom Now, Bernadette Noe had a hand in the 2004 election which could of possibly changed the outcome. This is being reported by Raw Story: In yet another surreal twist in Ohio’s “coin-gate†scandal, the wife of […]