Tomorrow's political notebook today
Howard Wilkinson reports:
Another day, another poll
A new statewide SurveyUSA poll out Thursday showed Democrat Ted Strickland beating Republican Ken Blackwell nearly 2-1.
The poll of 515 likely voters was taken Monday and Tuesday. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.
It showed Strickland with 60 percent and Blackwell with 32 percent. Another 5 percent of voters undecided, with the rest split between minor party candidates.
In the U.S. Senate race, the poll showed Democrat Sherrod Brown leading Republican Sen. Mike DeWine, 54 percent to 40 percent.
Labor rally Saturday
The AFL-CIO and a government workers’ union will hold a rally in Cincinnati Saturday to push for more funding for veterans’ health care and kick off a door-to-door get out the vote campaign.
Three of organized labor’s favorite congressional candidates – U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, 1st Congressional District candidate John Cranley, and 2nd District Congressional candidate Victoria Wulsin have been invited to come speak to the labor rally, organized by the AFL-CIO and the American Federation of Government Employees.
The rally begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the AFSCME Council 8 Building, 1213 Tennessee Ave., Paddock Hills.
Cranley at Enquirer
John Cranley was at the Enquirer editorial board Thursday morning, making his case that he is the mainstream candidate in his 1st Congressional District contest with Republican incumbent Steve Chabot.
“Steve’s a personable guy, an affable guy, but he is at the extreme right wing of the spectrum,’’ the Democratic Cincinnati city councilman told the editorial board. “He doesn’t represent the diversity of the district.’’
Cranley pointed out that, two years ago, President Bush won the 1st District presidential vote with only 51 percent.
The editorial board is interviewing congressional candidates individually before making endorsements in the race. Chabot, the six-term congressman, is scheduled to appear before the board Tuesday morning.
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Post a Comment*Great Billboard !
Rick is a great candidate as well !
Check out his website:
Mr. Smith Goes to Columbus.com
HAD ENOUGH, VOTE DEMOCRAT 2006 !
High court finds Greg Hartmann didn’t do his job
October 12, 2006 – Columbus, OH – Yesterday Jennifer Brunner’s Republican opponent for Ohio Secretary of State criticized her judicial record of making Bob Taft’s Ohio School Facilities Commission follow the law in awarding billions in school construction contracts, while ignoring a ruling of the Ohio Supreme Court that found he didn’t do his job as clerk of the Hamilton County courts.
On October 4, 2006, the Ohio Supreme Court, in the case of Seger vs. For Women, Inc., found that a case left sitting in Greg Hartmann’s office for more than 4 months should have been served by the clerk on For Women, Inc. “forthwith” as required by rule. The high court found that Hartmann’s practice of holding documents because attorneys asked him to, violated the rules of the Ohio Supreme Court.
The justices of the court authored three separate opinions criticizing the practice used by Hartmann that allowed attorneys to “buy time” and delay cases, at the expense of the citizens of Hamilton County. Key quotes appear below:
“But the clerk was not required to comply with counsel’s request and should not have. . . . The fact that the clerk has a “DO NOT SERVE” rubber stamp suggests that it is common practice in Hamilton County to serve complaints other than ‘forthwith.’” . . . we cannot condone this general practice or the specific actions of the clerk in this case . . .”
- Chief Justice Thomas Moyer
“The Civil Rules do not allow a clerk to suspend service for up to a year, but rather require immediate service, and the clerk violates his duties by failing to attempt prompt service. The clerk does not have the authority to agree to service that is not “forthwith” as the rules require. If the clerk may not suspend service, an attorney may act unethically by requesting or encouraging the clerk to act in violation of the rules. See DR 1-102(A)(5) (prohibiting acts by attorneys that are prejudicial to the administration of justice).”
- Justice Maureen O’Connor
“The rule as presently drafted, however, does not vest discretion in the clerk of courts to afford attorneys or parties special consideration when issuing service. A clerk who does so violates the rule by failing to “forthwith” issue the summons for service upon the defendants listed in the complaint.”
- Justice Terrence O’Donnell
“Yesterday my opponent held a press conference taking me to task for making the Ohio School Facilities Commission follow the law, while at the same time he, an attorney himself, stood exposed by the Ohio Supreme Court for his own failure to follow laws and rules as clerk of courts in Hamilton County,” added Brunner.
“Greg Hartmann will be more of the same, like his predecessors, Bob Taft and Ken Blackwell, giving special considerations to his friends and looking the other way when people want to break the law. He’ll be a rubber stamp for the failed policies and corruption of the Taft and Blackwell years,” added Brunner.
Jennifer Brunner, a former Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge, is uniquely qualified and credentialed to become Ohio’s next Secretary of State. With her service as Legislative Counsel for the Secretary of State’s Office, 13 years of election law private practice experience; including serving as a special prosecutor for election fraud, and making tough decisions as a Judge, she has clearly demonstrated her ability and desire to be Ohio’s top elections official.
HAD ENOUGH, VOTE DEMOCRAT 2006 !
greg hartmann's office employees multiple family members of joe deters - just a little cronism to throw into the mix. in fact, joe's nephew , who lived up state,was given an internship job with hartmann, beating out local college students for the prized position. couldn't be the political ties could it?
greg's office also still has failed to correct the problem with our public records. we are forced back into pre-technology times,to obtain public records by making pen and paper requests through the snail mail. Let's bring this type of efficiency to the sos office during an election. i wonder how much extra money the clerk's office is generating by being inefficient at ten cents per page?
furthermore, greg's office withholds information from indigent citizens by failing to post on the website information regarding fee waivers so everyone has access to the court system. often, most often, when you call - staff won't even tell you that you can obtain a fee waiver for filing cases in hamilton county
hmmm... i wonder how excluding the poor from access to the courts would be reflected in an election ?
geez, wouldn't that be a novel idea - poor and minority people voter suppression?
if he does it in his clerk job, why wouldn't he do it as sos?
Cranley and Chabot. It will be interesting to see how this one turns out on elections day. It will be interesting to see who the Enquirer endorses.
Hey Rick. Nice sign!
A Friend of the People who Live in Southern Ohio
You have to wonder how accurate the poll for the governor's race really is. It doesn't matter who is ahead or not. But the sampling of 515 likely voters, is not a very good sampling based on the potential of having more than 3 million voters in Ohio. Part of the problem as I understand it, is that pollsters are having a difficult time reaching potential voters, because of work, spy phones,etc. Which is hampering their poll data.
Anon 8:17,
I was just wondering where you studied statistics, policy research, and polling methods. It sounds like you're an expert. Well, maybe you are an expert at spouting Ken Blackwell's talking points.
Howard, if the Repugnicants are too busy burning their files today after Ney pleads guilty to send you their instructions on what to write tomorrow, here is a little something to help you out.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/12/AR2006101201881.html
Notice that the Repugnicants aren't even talking about the First Congressional District anymore.
Looks like the NRCC has conceded that John Cranley will win and Congressman Combover will lose!!!!
Anon 8:17.
the 4.3% margin of error is a statistical satisfyer of the sample size.
Wake up! There's a freight train heading your way.....
I'd like to know a couple things from the Hartmann expert.
Name for me just one family member of Greg Hartmann's who works at the Hamilton County Courthouse, or in his campaign.
Name a college student who was not given an internship in the Hamilton County Courthouse or rejected from helping out at campaign headquarters in Columbus.
Also, if they would have kept the records online would you have continued to complain about access to social security numbers or would you tirelessly thank him for enfranchising poor people access to records online.
And if this is Rick Brunner, your blog is very pathetic and makes me want to laugh everytime I read it. It really is comical.
But it's still useful, since by picking the opposites of the Enquirer's endorsements, we have always been able to find the best candidates to vote for.
Given the recent Enquirer endorsements, Hebron 27, does that mean you will vote for Heimlich and Dinkelacker? Or do you just vote for the Dems and pretend to put some thought into it?
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