Board of Elex: Please, please don't hold election
Jessica Brown reports that the Hamilton County Board of Election has asked the county commissioners NOT to have an Aug. 28 special election for a new jail tax.
Read the story here.
Read the letter here
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Post a Comment*meanwhile more bad news for perpetual foot in the mouth her meanness...
What seats is Rove worried about? The presentation lists the following Republican House members as on the "Priority Defense" list:
Jim Gerlach, Pennsylvania
Vern Buchanan, Florida
Robin Hayes, North Carolina
Heather Wilson, New Mexico
Marilyn Musgrave, Colorado
Peter Roskam, Illinois
Chris Shays, Connecticut
Jean Schmidt, Ohio
Thelma Drake, Virginia
Barbara Cubin, Wyoming John Doolittle, California
Jon Porter, Nevada
Jim Walsh, New York
Deborah Pryce, Ohio
Randy Kuhl, New York
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I'm not one of the people that constantly gripes with the Enquirer bloggers, because generally they do a good job, but here they've egregiously misrepresented the intent of the letter from the BOE. The Enquirer bloggers should reword the post before they embarrass themselves further.
The BOE simply asked the County not to hold the special election on the August 28, recommending rather than they hold it on either August 7 or in November. Nowhere did they even hint that they were against putting it on the summer ballot.
This blog should stick with the facts so that it doesn't come across as blatantly partisan. They also need to fix the link to the story, which isn't working.
This is exactly what I absolutely love about our current county administration.
They are so willing to formally (not secretly) and in public view, seek the opinions andinput from others. -- I can't remeber the last time I saw open government functioning in such a manner in Hamilton County.
Geez, it's almost like you don't know what to do... when you get allthe facts and none of the spin.
And what's even better - this BOCCs isn't afraid of backing off an idea if the facts bear out to be in the best interest of the community (not to say they should change plans). It is so refreshing to people who aren't tied to their egos and are loyal to collecting facts and weighing them appropriately.
How refreshing to see county government conducted in full public view verses in back room deals.
It's almost weird to see our elected officials inquiring to others without fear that their respnse won't be in lock-step with their current proposal.
This is just incredible to see real public governance- geez, these elected officials just might be worthy of our trust.
It's uncanny,
What a surprise! A bunch of overpaid, underworked Republican political hacks don't want to do their jobs! I am shocked, I tell you, shocked!
It is common knowledge that the GOP routinely sends their most inept and rudest people to the Board of Elections whenever their performance was so bad that they had to do something to get them out of their other government jobs.
Funny how no one complained when DeWine, Schmidt and everyone else was in the special election (primary and general) to replace Rob Portman. Wonder how much that cost.
This special election will cost $1.6 million. The County Commisioners know that we will only get about 30% turn out and it won't be those pesky poor people that show up.
Instead it will be rich white people that are less likely to get locked up for trivial things like smoking a joint.
Pepper and Portune should've got the message last election, but obviously they don't care what the people think. They have there own agenda. Shame on them!
FORMER DOJ ATTY ('99-2005) SAYS GOAL OF BUSH'S DOJ WAS TO FIX ELECTIONS
LOOKS LIKE BUSH + ROVE MADE FL + OH ROLE MODELS FOR THE COUNTRY. IT ISN'T JUST E-VOTING THAT'S THE PROBLEM:
Bush's long history of tilting Justice
The administration began skewing federal law enforcement before the current U.S. attorney scandal, says a former Department of Justice lawyer.
By Joseph D. Rich, JOSEPH D. RICH was chief of the voting section in the Justice Department's civil right division from 1999 to 2005. He now works for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
March 29, 2007
THE SCANDAL unfolding around the firing of eight U.S. attorneys compels the conclusion that the Bush administration has rewarded loyalty over all else. A destructive pattern of partisan political actions at the Justice Department started long before this incident, however, as those of us who worked in its civil rights division can attest.
I spent more than 35 years in the department enforcing federal civil rights laws — particularly voting rights. Before leaving in 2005, I worked for attorneys general with dramatically different political philosophies — from John Mitchell to Ed Meese to Janet Reno. Regardless of the administration, the political appointees had respect for the experience and judgment of longtime civil servants.
Under the Bush administration, however, all that changed. Over the last six years, this Justice Department has ignored the advice of its staff and skewed aspects of law enforcement in ways that clearly were intended to influence the outcome of elections.
It has notably shirked its legal responsibility to protect voting rights. From 2001 to 2006, no voting discrimination cases were brought on behalf of African American or Native American voters. U.S. attorneys were told instead to give priority to voter fraud cases, which, when coupled with the strong support for voter ID laws, indicated an intent to depress voter turnout in minority and poor communities.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-rich29mar29,0,3371050.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail
I really don't understand the political calculation here. It is well known in political circles that you do not want a special election on a tax initiative. People turn out to vote against tax increases, but are not motivated to turn out and vote in favor.
If they actually want it to pass, they should wait until November.
Actually, the underworked, overpayed political hacks are on both sides of the aisle. The BOE actually is required by law to hire two people for every position. One Democrat and one Republican. As such, you get half the competency for twice the price.
What we need is:
National I.D.
UI: Ohio's done great since we put term limits in, hasn't it? Colorado, too, right?
I used to be in favor but the revolving door and angling for state jobs to beef up the pension is just criminal.
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