Buckeye State Blog - District 15

[UPDATED] New Development in OH-15?

Fish Bulb — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:10:50 -0700

The new:

Wow. Looks like the Republicans may be pulling an Alan Keyes. According to our friends at the DDN, State Rep Don Mottley may be considering a run in the 15th. Read more for yourself. http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2007/10/25/don_mottley_packs_his_bags.html#comments

I swear, one day I will figure out how to properly insert a link.

The original:

This may not mean a thing (other than the good old, "spend more time with the family"), but this seems to have slipped many people's radar. From Tuesday's Dispatch:

Former mayor retiring from Nationwide position

Greg Lashutka will retire as Nationwide's senior vice president of corporation relations at the end of the year. Lashutka, 63, was mayor of Columbus from 1992 to 1999.

He joined Nationwide in 2000 and raised Nationwide's profile in Washington, the company said. He also oversaw Nationwide's trial division and worked to increase employees' participation in elections. Jeff Rouch, who currently heads Nationwide's government relations office, will replace Lashutka.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2007/10/02/biz_briefs_1002_ART_10-02-07_C7_2382RLH.html?sid=101

While he had earlier said he would not run, could his new found spare time change his mind? He's got the ability to raise a serious amount of money.

I guess time will tell...

Vote for Mary Jo Kilroy Today!

Muffet — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:45:43 -0700

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Dem Yard Signs Vandalized -- How Should We Respond?

Lucie — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:58:40 -0700

A Worthington resident whose yard has good visibility, says he has had his signs for Dean Hernandez and Mary Jo Kilroy ripped up repeatedly. This is the first report of this that I have heard here in Worthington. Are other people having this problem? Should he make a police report? I know there were pretty fierce sign wars in Upper Arlington during the Kerry campaign -- the incident that sticks in my mind was that a Republican official (I think he worked for the city of Dublin) directed his fourteen year old child to take a sign out of a Democrat's yard. She had carefully obeyed all laws on where and how political signs can be placed, and caught them doing it. She did not prosecute because she didn't want to do that to the child -- but she, and most of us, were horrified that the father set such a poor, mean-spirited, undemocratic example. Is this just a sign of frustration? Weakness? Incipient Rovian behavior?!

Deboarah's deleting dilemma

bryan — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 06:05:49 -0700

What did Deboarah Pryce know about Foley's follies when she sent out this presser?

��With all of society��s technological advances, it has now become second nature for children and teenagers to conduct their personal communication with friends online, filter free,�� Pryce said. ��While our children may feel what they are typing seems insignificant, to an online predator it is a treasure of information that can help determine where children go to school, their likes and dislikes, and where they reside. Recent reports have shown countless instances of adults who inappropriately contact minors through the Internet, often anonymously, to obtain personal information and pictures and solicit sexual acts.

The date?�� July 26, 2006.�� Just think -- the House Republican leadership, including head of the House Republican Caucus Deboarah Pryce, pushed this bill after knowing about Foley for how long, exactly?

"Ms. Pac Man" Deborah Pryce

David — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:32:12 -0700

Deborah Pryce R-OH 2005-2006 PAC Contributions: $1,063,947!

Full Details at Open Secrets

Mary Jo Kilroy

Muffet — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 09:02:35 -0700

Finally! Somebody is stepping up to the plate for an Ohioan who can make a difference. Email I just got from John Kerry. We go way back. Act now to support four vitally important Democratic challengers! In another critical race, Mary Jo Kilroy is running in Ohio against Deborah Pryce, a member of the House Republican leadership. Pryce has supported the disastrous policies of the Bush Republicans up and down. She's never faced serious opposition for her House seat -- until now. As Franklin County's top executive, Mary Jo Kilroy already represents 87 percent of the congressional district and she's a proven vote-getter. What's more, Pryce's district, historically a Republican stronghold, is changing. We battled George W. Bush to a tie in the district in the 2004 presidential campaign, and Mary Jo Kilroy is running in a deadlocked race. With your support, she's going to win. By helping her defeat a long-time member of the Republican House leadership team, we can send a powerful message this November.

Pryce complaints lead TV station to drop ads

David — Tue, 23 May 2006 18:32:07 -0700

The Akron Beacon Journal Reports

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Columbus-area television station removed ads by a liberal group last weekend after a congresswoman complained they distorted her record.

The liberal group MoveOn.org paid WBNS-TV $89,400 to run ads claiming Rep. Deborah Pryce, R-Ohio, was "caught red-handed" taking donations from energy companies and then voting against legislation that would have punished them for gas-price gouging.

Pryce is the top-ranking Republican woman in Congress but faces a tough re-election campaign this year. She said the use of "caught red-handed" implied she had broken a law, which she had not.

She also complained the ads made it appear she took money directly from oil companies, which is illegal, when in fact she got donations from the company's political units, which is allowed.

She voted for a recent anti-price gouging measure, but MoveOn said she had voted against several previous ones.

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NPR says Rep. David Obey is from Ohio -- if only!

Lucie — Sat, 13 May 2006 12:56:26 -0700

I was jolted out of my Saturday morning slumber (I'm usually up earlier -- but was up late last night) by NPR's Lynn Neary introducing a taped interview segment with Congressman David Obey (who has been in the house representing central Wisconsin since 1969!) as a congressman from Ohio. Ms. Neary should know better, since she used to be at WOSU-am.

But it got me to daydreaming about what Ohio's 15th district would be like if it were represented by Dave Obey. If you are interested in indulging in such fantasies, you might like his website: http://obey.house.gov/.

My parents moved to that district in '69, and were always staunch supporters, even hosting fundraisers at our house. I talked them into moving here a few years ago, which let me take better care of them and brought more Democrats to Ohio.

Wisconsin has a good Dem governor right now, who is locked into mortal combat with their Repub. dominated legislature. That is not a fate I would wish on Ted Strickland, so I hope we can all keep working on our local races, as well as the bigger ones.