Glass City Jungle

This in via e-mail from the Barlos for Ohio House District 46 campaign:
MAUMEE – Candidate for the 46th House District Harry Barlos and the Ohio Democratic Party will official open a campaign office in Maumee. The office will serve as the Barlos campaign headquarters and a field office of the Ohio Democratic Party; the [...]

The fact checker in me was happy to read the following from the Cleveland Plain Dealer – (link):
Starting today, The Plain Dealer officially kicks off PolitiFact Ohio, a new way to examine the claims, ads and statements of players in the political world. Once distilled, the newspaper’s findings are posted on the fanciful Truth-O-Meter, whose [...]

This received via e-mail, it does not pertain to any elected representatives of our area, but may be of interest to many of you:
Catholics United Announces New Campaign to Defend Rep. Driehaus and Rep. Boccieri from Religious Right Attacks
Organizing and Paid Media Effort will Set the Record Straight about Health Care Reform
Washington, DC – [...]

This in via e-mail from the Ohio Democratic Party:
WEB VIDEO: As Kasich Trots Around with GOP Presidential Hopefuls, Ohio Democratic Party Releases Flashback Footage of Kasich’s 2000 “Soul Brother” Endorsement of George W. Bush
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels Comes to Ohio Tomorrow for Kasich; Pawlenty, Gingrich, Romney Already Visited
COLUMBUS – Today, The Ohio Democratic Party [...]

The below came in via e-mail as a media advisory, it may be of interest to some of you on the blog since it may create additional media coverage tomorrow.
ADVISORY: Speaker Budish to Visit Toledo Area, Promote Green Jobs
Budish, Szollosi, Barlos Tour W&K Solar, Meet with Local Business Leaders
TOLEDO – Ohio House Speaker [...]

The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) endorsed Strickland in 2006, as pointed out in the link to 2006 FOP endorsements included in the below release from the O’Shaughnessy for Ohio Secretary of State campaign. Two releases are below, one from the re-election campaign of Governor Ted Strickland and one from Attorney General Richard Cordray [...]

Breaking news message from Politico moments ago – (link):
Ending weeks of stalemate, the Senate cleared the way Tuesday for Congress to extend federal jobless benefits through November’s elections for millions of long-term unemployed.
Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins were the sole Republicans to join Democrats on the 60-40 roll call, the outcome of which [...]

This in via e-mail from the O’Shaughnessy for Ohio Secretary of State campaign:
Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio Endorses Maryellen O’Shaughnessy for Ohio Secretary of State
Ohio’s Largest Law Enforcement Organization Supports O’Shaughnessy
COLUMBUS – The Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio endorsed Maryellen O’Shaughnessy today in her bid to become Ohio’s next Secretary of State.
“I [...]

A reader of the Jungle wrote me an e-mail asking basically where was Ohio education funding at since it had been declared unconstitutional over a decade ago. She suggested it might be an interesting topic to cover here, and I agree. It’s actually been covered recently in some of the media outside of [...]

The Ohio Controlling board released funding for 6 projects in Toledo, the below release from Ohio House Representative Edna Brown focuses on two of the projects one to the University of Toledo and one to Regional Growth Partnership and Launch Accelerating Technology:
Rep. Brown Announces $350K to Aid Growth & Expansion of Local Organizations
Funds to [...]

The cover story for the Toledo Free Press this week is the result of an interview with Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur done by Kristen Rapin of the Toledo Free Press – “Kaptur criticized for circumventing new earmark ban” (link) is a recommended read for those of you interested in more of the story than what was [...]

I guess it comes down to how you measure the word “success” though when I read the Blade headline – GOP chief: Reform petition drive a ’success’ (link) for a brief moment I thought that Stainbrook had actually pulled off getting the required 14,289 signatures.
The story doesn’t state how many signatures were collected – the [...]

The following is a guest piece sent via e-mail by the office of Representative Barbara Sears to share with readers of GCJ:
Hospital Tax is Putting Jobs and Ohio’s Economy at Risk
Ohioans have long felt the effects of the downturn in our state’s economy. With unemployment in the double digits for the 14th consecutive month, [...]

Several releases were sent out yesterday on the passage of the Wall Street reform bill, below are the ones I received, John Michael Spinelli has a recommended article (link) that references them and a few others that I did not receive yesterday:
Governor Applauds U.S. Congress for Passage of Wall Street Reform, Rebukes Republican Calls [...]

This in via e-mail from the Yost for Auditor campaign, no additional information was provided on the poll beyond what is shared below:
Wenzel Strategies conducted a telephone survey of likely voters statewide in Ohio to gauge voter sentiment of the race for Auditor of State. The poll was conducted June 30-July 1, 2010, and [...]

This Cleveland Plain Dealer article on John Kasich’s fundraising (link) shared this that I found interesting:
The event’s special guest is Republican rising star and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. But the real entertainment might be a conversation between Kasich and Mixon.
Kasich sits on Invacare’s board of directors and has been extremely critical of Ohio’s business climate, [...]

This in via e-mail from the office of Ohio House District 46 Representative Barbara Sears, it’s interesting that no other NWO representative has announced similar district office hours, State Representative Matt Patten (D-Strongsville) is the only other Ohio Representative who has sent out a release recently announcing constituent meetings:
Rep. Sears to Hold District Office Hours
Columbus—State [...]

June 28 Dayton Daily news among other media sources reported the “Baby come back” video/message to try to urge Ohio General Assembly members to go back to work, (link)
Their video message:

Today it’s being reported by John Michael Spinelli (link) a new effort that includes a new video and a six foot bullfrog:

I understand the symbolic gesture that is the motivation behind Toledo City Councilman Adam Martinez’s resolution, the text of which was shared here before (link). Since the City’s FTP server is still down, I have not yet listened to the three hours worth of audio to determine what was said at the committee meeting [...]

Referring to certain groups within our community as “pimps” has created attention in the past, (link) but the headline of this blog post is the title of an article in this week’s Sojourner’s Truth by Rev. Donald Perryman — Pimpin’ The Game II: Black Leaders and Leading Blacks. I recommend reading it in full [...]

The following received via e-mail from District 5 Councilman Tom Waniewski – if you want to subscribe to the newsletter to receive the information first hand and view the pictures that are included – click here
I-475 Construction Affects Douglas Rd. Ramps
West Toledo will be affected by construction again putting a strain on traffic entering and [...]

There are moments when I feel as Joe Hallett expresses in his column a few days ago where he asks the question – Wouldn’t it be nice if politicians focused on what matters?. It’s one that has been asked here, more than once and the challenge is to not become so entrenched into what [...]

This in via e-mail from the office of U.S. Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur and updated to include a release sent out by U.S. Congressman Bob Latta:
Kaptur Congratulates the Milan Community After Edison Wins Voting to Represent Ohio
World-Famous Inventor to Join President Garfield In Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol
U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today welcomed [...]

The following received via e-mail from the Strickland campaign in response to the latest ad from the Republican Governors Association blaming Strickland for NCR leaving Ohio for Georgia.
Strickland Campaign Responds to Latest Republican Governors Association Ad
COLUMBUS–Today, Strickland for Governor Communications Director Lis Smith released the following statement responding to the Republican Governors Association’s [...]

Republican candidate Dave Yost and Democrat candidate David Pepper are seeking election to the Auditor of the State of Ohio, the position that Mary Taylor held until she became the Republican Lt. Gov. candidate. A release from the Yost campaign yesterday focuses on Strickland and performance audits, which have been in the news since [...]

The following was received via e-mail from the Lucas County Republican Party, it’s an interesting position when compared to the Blade article (link) where Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop states, “In all honesty, it’s not a Republican document, it’s not a Democratic document; it’s a good-government document.” I think it’s important for Democrats to [...]

This in via e-mail from the Strickland campaign:
COLUMBUS — Today, Governor Ted Strickland delivered the following remarks at the Ohio Democratic Party Headquarters in Columbus. The following remarks are as prepared for delivery:
In the 1950s, Ohio State defensive end Jim Marshall was one of the most dominant players in football. Jim Marshall accomplished a lot [...]

When you read – Mr. Stainbrook’s moment from Blade this weekend, it’s hard to see it any other way than the Blade editorial staff challenging Stainbrook to take up their cause and do it.
So the reform campaign offers the county Republican Party and its embattled chairman, Jon Stainbrook, the opportunity to show that [...]

The ultimate irony to the Fourth of July holiday is that the date of the fourth of July as being the date the Declaration of Independence be celebrated is disputed by some. Nor did our forefathers really make that big of a deal about our “Independence Day” according to many historical reports including this [...]

According to govtrack.us Representatives Marcy Kaptur and Bob Latta voted no on the conference report for HR 4173 -Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010. Part of what Kaptur said on the floor, as reported by Allison Bell, (link):
“The bill doesn’t appear to encourage prudent credit accumulation,” Kaptur said, according to a version of [...]