Last November, you probably recall that we had a controversial statewide ballot issue in an otherwise tame off-year election. The full legalization of marijuana, both for recreational and medical use, was up for vote, and it drove a lot more people to the polls than usual in an odd year. Unless you’re from the...
Read more →The federal government has grown into something it was never intended to be. Its lust for power and control continues to snowball over the rights of the states and local control. And this is incredibly prevalent in the EPA’s overreach. This overreach is a real problem for states like Ohio. We are fortunate enough...
Read more →I admit it, I didn’t think John Kasich would make it to Ohio’s primary. But he did, mainly by focusing only on a couple of states, staying out of the crossfire between the frontrunners and keeping his powder dry for Ohio. Yesterday he soundly defeated Donald Trump. That makes it more difficult, but not...
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Read more →Last week, we reported that a challenge to John Kasich’s ballot petitions was filed in Pennsylvania. A college student filed a challenge alleging that enough of his signatures were invalid to prevent Kasich from meeting the minimum threshold of 2000. Yesterday was the court hearing for the challenge. John Kasich’s lawyer agreed with the...
Read more →Most average voters are unaware of this, but in Ohio’s primary on March 15th, we won’t just be nominating candidates for the GOP ticket in November’s races. We’ll also be choosing who makes up the State Central Committee for the Ohio Republican Party. There is a man and a woman elected in each of...
Read more →I received a letter today. It was postmarked as being mailed from New York City but had no return address. This is what I found inside with the letter. My phone was also inundated with messages from other people who received the same letter. They were also sent to people who support Ted Cruz....
Read more →On Sunday, a crucial bloc of Hispanic voters had a chance to weigh in on the GOP Presidential Primary. They made a statement, loud and clear. In Puerto Rico, Marco Rubio won by a landslide. He took 71 percent of the vote. Donald Trump, the national frontrunner, received 13 percent while Ted Cruz only...
Read more →Ohio Governor John Kasich faces the possibility of being removed from the primary ballot in his home state of Pennsylvania. In the days before the deadline, I heard rumors that his campaign may have fallen short of qualifying for the ballot. Those rumors appeared to be disproved when he was approved to appear on...
Read more →Lost in the craziness of Trump and the nomination fight is a hotly contested Supreme Court race here in Ohio between two Court of Appeals judges. Judge Pat Fischer is from the First District Court of Appeals and has the support of numerous groups across a broad spectrum of the Republican Party. Just a...
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