LET'S FIND OUT WHAT IS SANDRA O'BRIEN UP TO?

It seems Sandra O'Brien, the GOP candidate for Ohio Treasurer has fallen off the radar of late. But, that is most likely her plan. As she is a political hack without any real qualifications for the position of Ohio Treasurer - all she can really run is another of her under-the-radar smear & fear campaigns. In fact, here is what the conservative Lake County News Herald wrote about her last year:

OBSTINATE AUDITOR BECOMING TIRESOME "The stubbornness of Ashtabula County Auditor Sandra O’Brien in dealing with county issues has become a matter of routine. She wages constant legal battles with county commissioners. O’Brien’s intractability prevents her from having a strong working relationship with other county leaders and doing business the way many county residents expect. In addition, she is virtually unapproachable to reporters asking her questions. Make no mistake. O’Brien is a seasoned politician who has won more than one county-wide race for office. The ultimate issue is about politics and who runs Ashtabula County government. Democrats or Republicans. O’Brien is a Republican while two of three county commissioners are Democrats. O’Brien, however, must change course because her persistent public pattern of obstinance raises questions about her fitness for office. The current crisis over the county budget illustrates the case. Commissioners unloaded an austere 2005 budget on every county department - $19.1 million, about $5 million less than the 2004 budget. Although a referendum to raise the county sales tax to 1.5 cents from 1 cent is on the No. 8 ballot - a measure that would generate about $4 million and solve many of the county’s financial woes - passage is far from certain and cannot be counted on as a source of revenue, officials have said. When commissioners in any county cut a budget, it is normal business for department leaders to adjust staff to the money they have to spend. While many have done this, O’Brien has not. She is on fast track to be out of money by the end of the summer. This forced commissioners to meet this week with department heads, but O’Brien refused to attend. Some officials fear the county will be thrown into chaos if O’Brien’s office closes because it is broke. This would mean county paychecks could not be issued and bills could not be paid. Commissioners insist the emergency will not materialize - although they are not talking publicly now about how they plan to avoid it. Commissioner Robert Boggs said attorneys for commissioners and O’Brien are talking, and he hopes they will find a compromise that will allow the auditor’s office to remain open through the end of 2005. Attorneys are involved in a matter that should be so simple - O’Brien doing her part to help the county through a financial crisis. This is not happening and that is what is so troubling. The stakes in this war are too high - ongoing county budget problems. Is that what O’Brien wants? This is not how a public official behaves and if she can’t change her ways she should quit." ~ Lake County News Herald Editorial,Friday, June 10, 2005

 

As an Ashtabula County resident, I am aware of how much O'Brien's politics have cost our county in lost dollars and lost opportunities. So, I'd like to enlist any and all of you to report on any Sandra O'Brien sightings, or activities, mailings, and especially when she appears with Blackwell & O'Donnell's Evangelical/social conservative, Parsley & Johnson crowd.