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Monday, August 23, 2010
VP Joe Biden to be in Dayton for Strickland fundraiser on Sept. 20
Vice President Joe Biden will be in Dayton on Sept. 20 for a fundraiser for Gov. Ted Strickland and Yvette McGee Brown, Strickland’s lieutenant governor running mate, Mark Owens, Montgomery County Democratic chairman, said on Monday, Aug. 23.
The fund raiser will be at the Engineers Club, 110 E. Monument Ave. and tickets will be $125, $500, $1,000 and $5,000, said Owens.
Strickland is running for re-election against Republican John Kasich, a former Columbus-area U.S. House member.
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TweetOhio Dems file FEC complain over pro-Portman ad
The Ohio Democratic Party has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against American Crossroads
That’s the conservative independent group that last week launched a statewide TV ad praising Rob Portman, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate.
American Crossroads was founded by Karl Rove, former top political adviser to President George W. Bush, and Ed Gillespie, former chairman of the Republican National Committee.
“Rob Portman is so attached at the hip to these Bush cronies that they can’t even run an independent ad for him without violating the law,” Ohio Democratic Chairman Chris Redfern said in a press release on Monday, Aug. 23.
The complaint says that the ad violates campaign finance laws governing independent expenditures.
The ad should be classified as a contribution to the Portman campaign because it includes Portman campaign material, specifically footage from Portman for Senate campaign video, an Ohio Democratic Party press release said.
Portman, a former Cincinnati-area U.S. House member, is running against Democratic Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher.
Jonathan Collegio, American Crossroads’ spokesman, said in an e-mail that the group is confidence the case will be dismissed.
“Liberal Lee Fisher’s fund raising and poll numbers are in the tank, and in a desperate attempt to resuscitate his campaign, Democratic operatives have launched a frivolous election complaint,” Collegio said.
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TweetAG Cordray blasts Kasich plan to privatize economic development
Republican gubernatorial candidate John Kasich’s proposal to create a not-for-profit corporation to run Ohio’s economic development programs got a harsh reception on Monday, Aug. 23, from Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, the state’s top lawyer.
Cordray, in a conference call with reporters arranged by the Ohio Democratic Party, said Kasich’s plan would seriously undermine “oversight and transparency for job creation efforts in Ohio.”
Cordray, a Democrat seeking re-election against Republican Mike DeWine, said Kasich’s plan would make it harder for the state to recoup money from economic development award winners if the businesses didn’t live up to award requirements.
Cordray also said it”s “murky or it’s unclear” as to whether Kasich’s plan would run afoul of the Ohio Constitution’s prohibition against the state taking a direct stake in private businesses.
Rob Nichols, Kasich’s campaign spokesman, brushed aside the critique.
“JobsOhio would be constitutional, and legislative and judicial precedent exists for private entities being entrusted by the state to perform a public purpose,” said Nichols.
In unveiling the proposal last week, Kasich called the state Development Department a bureaucratic “black hole” that fails to return phone calls and said the new approach would spur growth.
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