Reporter's Notebook: Mitt Romney Comes to Town
Amusements and things that didn't make it into our story
{CommentsCant} · Tuesday, September 4, 2012
There are a lot of things that don’t make it into any given news story. When you attend an event as a reporter, such as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s visit to Union Terminal last Saturday (as I did), you wait in line for about an hour, then wait inside for another hour while security checks every visitor. During that time, you’re talking to people who are attending, taking...
Romney Lays Out Recovery Plan in Cincinnati
Local Democrats say GOP nominee's plans would hurt middle class, Hamilton County
{CommentsCant} · Saturday, September 1, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Saturday laid out five steps that he said would have America “roaring back” during his first campaign stop since formally accepting the Republican nomination.At Cincinnati's Union Terminal, Romney was joined on stage by his wife Anne, who spoke briefly, echoing her convention speech meant to humanize her husband. He said his plan in...
Rolling Back Time
Commissioners could spend $300K to keep property tax rollback with no stadium fund solution in sight
1 Comments · Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners is
poised to approve spending almost $300,000 on an insurance policy to
help cover the stadium bonds.
Dems Propose Q&As with Governor
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Some Democratic lawmakers want answers from Republican Gov. John Kasich.
A group of Democratic state
representatives has put forth a bill that would require Kasich — and
every governor after him — to come before the Ohio House of
Representatives 10 times per year for 45-minute question and answer
sessions where the governor would have to take at least five questions
from each side of the aisle.
Question Time for the Governor?
Group of Democratic state lawmakers wants Ohio governor to face legislative Q&As
{CommentsCant} · Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Some Democratic lawmakers want answers from Republican Gov. John Kasich. A group of Democratic state representatives has put forth a bill that would require Kasich — and every governor after him — to come before the Ohio House of Representatives 10 times per year for 45-minute question and answer sessions where the governor would have to take at least five questions from each side of the a...
Secret Service
Ohio Democrats say Kasich, Mandel are blowing off records requests
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Rival political parties in Ohio probably
know more about your elected officials than you do. It’s common practice
for the major parties to file open records requests to get everything
from schedules and emails to staff resumes from officeholders.
Too Sexy for U.S. Congress
Jean Schmidt brings sexy back to the Ohio delegation; named 5th sexiest on the Hill by TMZ
{CommentsCant} · Tuesday, August 21, 2012
U.S. Congressman from Illinois Aaron Schock has shredded abs that he shows off on the cover of men’s magazines; Google was inundated with queries for shirtless pictures of fitness fanatic and presumed Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan after the announcement of his joining the Romney ticket; President Barack Obama is known to frequently hit the basketball court and is a favori...
It's Josh Mandel Y'all!
Northern Ohio senatorial candidate affects Southern drawl for western Ohio coal miners
{CommentsCant} · Thursday, August 16, 2012
I, for one, was comforted to hear the warm Southern drawl put on by Ohio treasurer and senatorial candidate Josh Mandel while he campaigned for Mitt Romney before Beallsville coal miners on Wednesday. As someone who recently spent six months living and working in Montgomery, Ala., it brought me back to simpler times when summer nights were spent drinking sweet tea spiked with rum on a porch an...
Senior, Mental Health Services to Receive Less Funding
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Faced with the choice of raising property
taxes or funding senior and mental health services at their current
levels, the Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners voted on Aug. 8
to approve a ballot measure that would effectively cut tens of millions
of dollars from those services if passed by voters.
Obama Campaign to Open Oxford Office Before Ryan Visit
Presumed GOP VP nominee to visit alma mater Miami Wednesday
{CommentsCant} · Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Preempting the Wednesday homecoming of presumed Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan to his alma mater Miami University, the Obama campaign is opening an office in Oxford Tuesday evening. The guest speaker at the office opening will be Butler County Democratic Party Chairwoman Jocelyn Bucaro who, according to a news release, will contrast the competing visions of President Barack ...
