Heimlich: Me too

Phil Heimlich plans to put an end to rumors that he might be getting out of his 2nd Congressional District tussle with Jean Schmidt by filing his petitions with the Hamilton County Board of Elections Friday morning.



Heimlich's task of ousting a sitting member of Congress of his own party got a little more complicated last week when State Rep. Tom Brinkman announced he, too, would join the GOP field in the seven-county southern Ohio district.



Heimlich, though, took the development in stride, telling the Enquirer that Brinkman, with no money and little time to organize a campaign, is "a non-factor."