What's REALLY in that chili?
If you want to get a fix of Hamilton County Republican officeholders, law enforcement, officials or chili, head to Price Hill Chili for a Wednesday night event.
If you show up at 7 p.m., you'll likely see west side Congressman Steve Chabot, Hamilton County Commissioner Phil Heimlich, Prosecutor Joe Deters and Sheriff Simon Leis Jr. -- all elected Republican office holders.
You also likely will see Keith Fangman, (right) an officer with the Cincinnati Police Department who also is vice president of the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police.
Fangman will be at the event to show the FOP support for a countywide proposal on the Nov. 7 ballot that would increase Hamilton County's sales tax by a quarter-cent to pay for a new $230 million jail and $30 million property tax rollback.
The event, at 4920 Glenway Ave., is to support:
* Heimlich's bid for re-election against Democrat challenger David Pepper;
* Chabot's bid for re-election against Democrat challenger John Cranley, and;
* Issue 12, the proposed sales tax increase.
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at 5:31 PM, October 23, 2006 
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Post a Comment*Looks like they forgot a Republican... Jean Schmidt? I know it's not in her district, but it does seem odd that she's missing.
Isn't it illegal for an incorporated business to host campaign or fundraising events?
I thought I read that somewhere?
I think everyone who supports the Jail Initiative should show up and make it one big happy gathering...
To: Howard Wilkinson
Cliff Radel
From: A Reader
Re: Price Hill Chili
You can truly enrich both the quality of your reporting and the prestige of your paper by taking the following steps at Price Hill Chili on Wednesday:
1. Ask Chabot why the NRCC is not supporting him anymore.
2. Be sure to mention that Dick Cheney came here in 2004 and now no Republican wants to be in the same ZIP Code as Cheney.
3. Ask Chabot what he knew about Foley and when he knew it and why he did nothing to stop it.
4. Ask Chabot why he supports the hateful anti-gay rhetoric of Ken Blackwell.
5. Ask Heimlich's staffers if they've ever held a real job or run a winning campaign.
6. Ask Chabot if he regrets all the cuts he made to foster parent programs and how he forced agencies to waive background checks on foster parents when he was a Commissioner. Ask him if he realizes Marcus Feisel would still be alive if he had not done those things.
7. Bring Wal-Mart employment applications for the soon-to-be-ex Heimlich and Chabot staffers after they LOSE.
8. Report their answers to the above (except the Wal-Mart applications, that can wait till after their current jobs end).
Whatever's in that chili, it's making Fangman fat as all hell.
Good thing the Enquirer is pumping this little Rightie lovefest; otherwise, it'd just be another slow night at the ol' chili parlor. When you get tired of endorsing the local Bush lapdogs, you could go national and endorse these winners, of whom 9 of the 10 are Republicans:
Ten Worst Congressmen
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12054520/the_10_worst_congressmen/1
Hey Matt Perin, don't you know that Jean was endorsed by Emily's List during the Primary! Check the facts in your press releases or go back to campaign school.
Will Chabot answer for his official actions and oil company investments?
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061024/NEWS01/610240373/-1/CINCI
"Corporate welfare that government can't afford" was how Chabot described it to The Enquirer in 1995. But he was talking about royalty relief - forgiving the royalties that oil companies pay for drilling on federal lands - not tax breaks.
The energy bill Chabot voted for this year did provide for tax credits to encourage more domestic oil exploration - and also included royalty relief and other subsidies. In fact, Chabot was on the House-Senate conference committee that hammered out the final details of the bill. Chabot's campaign has taken more than $175,100 from energy and natural resources interests (including PACs and individuals) over his career, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. That number represents about 2 percent of his total fundraising.
Members of Congress are required to disclose the companies they own stock in, but not the exact amount. As of his 2005 report, he owned $1,000 to $15,000 in each of the following companies:
Gulf Island Fabrication, which makes offshore drilling platforms.
Encore Acquisition, an oil exploration company with holdings from Texas to Montana.
Matrix Service Co., which builds, repairs and maintains refineries, power plants and other energy facilities.
He bought all three - along with 11 other stocks - in July 2004. He reported less than $200 in annual dividends from each company.
Again, congressmen have to report only vague ranges of their investments, so Chabot's net worth could be anywhere from $385,027 to $1.1 million. That means his oil company holdings can be no more than 12 percent of his portfolio - but probably closer to 2 percent.
The Chabot campaign says he bought the stocks when they appeared in Business Week's "The 100 Best Small Companies" list.
Which specific oil companies receive tax breaks is not a matter of public record. But for what it's worth, Chabot's investments have done quite well. Not including some small dividends, GIFI is up 24 percent since Chabot bought it. EAC is up 34 percent, and MTRX (boosted by some private contracts to repair facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina) is up 74 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 19 percent over the same period.
Anon 10:46, People PAID to attend Cranley's event with President Clinton. (And thousands did pay.)
Price Hill Chili is giving away food for FREE at the Repugnicant Love-Fest (with surprise special guest Mark Foley) on the West Side tonight.
I'm not the guy you called stupid, BTW, but if you can't tell the difference between a corporation making money for hosting an event and one that is giving something away for free in order to prop up some crooked politicians, then you may have some intelligence issues of your own with which to deal.
No big. I am just glad that all those repressed and repressive right-wingers who were buggered by their priests when they were at Elder can have some sort of group counseling session with Mark Foley tonight.
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