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Friday, October 17, 2008
Hamilton BMV hosting food drive
Press release from the Butler County auditor’s office:
A worsening economy coupled with last month’s extended power outage caused by the wind storm has left food banks stretched to the limit. In an effort to help Butler County’s Shared Harvest Foodbank replenish its shelves, the North Brookwood office of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles in Hamilton is participating in the Ohio BMV and Deputy Registrars’ 2008 Fall Food Drive.
All food and money collected locally during the drive, which runs through Dec. 1, will be directed to Shared Harvest, said Butler County Auditor Roger Reynolds, deputy registrar of the West Side office, located at 138 North Brookwood Drive.
“A donation box is set up in the BMV office for our employees and customers who want to donate,” Reynolds said. “It is completely voluntary but the food and money will be put to good use by Shared Harvest.”
According to the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles, a donation of $1 buys two meals and one pound of food equals one meal. The most needed items are canned meats, canned vegetables, canned fruit, grains (oatmeal, boxed pasta or rice), peanut butter, complete meals (canned beef, chicken, stew or ravioli), cereal and macaroni and cheese.
Office hours at 138 North Brookwood are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday; and 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday. For more information, call (513) 737-8262.
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Whose eyes are on auditor race?
The race for Butler County auditor between incumbent Republican Roger Reynolds and Democrat Jack Zettler has become both biting, and bitterly important.
Local politicos realize it’s a key position for two reasons. One, it would bring to power the only Democrat in countywide politics. Two, as (admitted felon) Kay Rogers showed us, the job can be used as a devastating political instrument. The auditor writes all the checks, and Rogers would frequently bring to light what she saw as wasteful or unethical practices (though some say only against her enemies). And, as Rogers showed, it can be misused.
Now, it appears those outside Butler County are taking notice. The mailer that Zettler sent out blasting Reynolds’ property appraisal and accusing him of misdeeds was paid for by the Ohio Democratic party. We won’t know how much the state Dems pumped into this campaign until finance reports are due next week, but those mailers aren’t cheap.
And now, today, Reynolds is an opening speaker at a rally in West Chester Twp. for Gov. Sarah Palin’s vice-presidential campaign. This is an honor usually reserved for a well-known local leader, not someone six months in office. Is this a strategy to broadcast Reynolds’ name and face across the county, particularly to the influential and right-leaning West Chester voters?
Who do you think will win this race?
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