OH: More Money Stuff (August)

[Ohioguy29]

Who else is gonna be obsessively watching how well O'Connor does within certain state legislative districts?

[BuckeyeNut]

Who else is gonna be obsessively watching how well O'Connor does within certain state legislative districts?

I wonder. lol

Regardless of the final result, tomorrow will be a very good indicator as to whether or not we're picking up AD 19, 21, and 24, as well as SD 19.

Expect another update to my state legislative predictions following OH-12 later this week/early next.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

https://twitter.com/RichCordray/status/1025756027227201536

I do like Cordray but I always thought people exaggerated when they said that he was boring. I now can see that he really is that boring.

Have any of you ever personally see Cordray speak? IMO he is much better in person.

Nooooooooooooooo he isn't.

I just heard him Sunday and BuckeyeNut is absolutely right about this, sorry

[Virginiá]

I know this is sort of off-topic, but I was browsing Mike DeWine's wiki page, and I noticed his election history (link). This guy has been bouncing around from office to office - Rep, to Lt Gov, to Senate, to AG, now to Governor. And he wasn't always successful in his attempts either. This seems like blatant empty suit ladder climbing. Does this guy even have a personal goal in politics aside from consolidating power? Because it looks like he just views Ohio's public offices as a buffet for himself to sample over almost 40 years.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I know this is sort of off-topic, but I was browsing Mike DeWine's wiki page, and I noticed his election history (link). This guy has been bouncing around from office to office - Rep, to Lt Gov, to Senate, to AG, now to Governor. And he wasn't always successful in his attempts either. This seems like blatant empty suit ladder climbing. Does this guy even have a personal goal in politics aside from consolidating power? Because it looks like he just views Ohio's public offices as a buffet for himself to sample over almost 40 years.

Sounds about right

[BuckeyeNut]

I know this is sort of off-topic, but I was browsing Mike DeWine's wiki page, and I noticed his election history (link). This guy has been bouncing around from office to office - Rep, to Lt Gov, to Senate, to AG, now to Governor. And he wasn't always successful in his attempts either. This seems like blatant empty suit ladder climbing. Does this guy even have a personal goal in politics aside from consolidating power? Because it looks like he just views Ohio's public offices as a buffet for himself to sample over almost 40 years.

Sounds about right

The sad thing is, I think he had honestly good intentions back when he first ran for Greene County Prosecutor, all those many moons ago.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Interesting tidbit: Hillary Clinton made a max donation to Clyde’s Campaign for SOS. And that’s a pretty penny. Roughly $12.7k!

Can we just talk about what a joke that "limit" is for a second?!

It's seriously ludicrous. I think caps are a clumsy solution to the problem anyway, but at that point you might as well not have a cap.

[Ohioguy29]

Interesting tidbit: Hillary Clinton made a max donation to Clyde’s Campaign for SOS. And that’s a pretty penny. Roughly $12.7k!

Can we just talk about what a joke that "limit" is for a second?!

It's seriously ludicrous. I think caps are a clumsy solution to the problem anyway, but at that point you might as well not have a cap.

Ohio is desperately in need of campaign finance reform. Our whole state government is blatantly pay to play.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Interesting tidbit: Hillary Clinton made a max donation to Clyde’s Campaign for SOS. And that’s a pretty penny. Roughly $12.7k!

Can we just talk about what a joke that "limit" is for a second?!

It's seriously ludicrous. I think caps are a clumsy solution to the problem anyway, but at that point you might as well not have a cap.

Ohio is desperately in need of campaign finance reform. Our whole state government is blatantly pay to play.

This

[BuckeyeNut]

Thank God we’ll have Zack Space in the Auditor’s office at the very least, unless everytning goes to complete and utter sh!t in the next ninety-some days.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Interesting tidbit: Hillary Clinton made a max donation to Clyde’s Campaign for SOS. And that’s a pretty penny. Roughly $12.7k!

Can we just talk about what a joke that "limit" is for a second?!

It's seriously ludicrous. I think caps are a clumsy solution to the problem anyway, but at that point you might as well not have a cap.

Ohio is desperately in need of campaign finance reform. Our whole state government is blatantly pay to play.

This

Oh trust me. I've been in a pretty quiet corner of this fair state for like 47 days and I already know that full well.

[Ohioguy29]

Interesting tidbit: Hillary Clinton made a max donation to Clyde’s Campaign for SOS. And that’s a pretty penny. Roughly $12.7k!

Can we just talk about what a joke that "limit" is for a second?!

It's seriously ludicrous. I think caps are a clumsy solution to the problem anyway, but at that point you might as well not have a cap.

Ohio is desperately in need of campaign finance reform. Our whole state government is blatantly pay to play.

This

Oh trust me. I've been in a pretty quiet corner of this fair state for like 47 days and I already know that full well.

It's become very obvious lately with the payday lending scandal (and the ECOT scandal.) But it's present on a smaller scale too. It pretty much seems like sketchy businesses set the agenda in Columbus.

[BuckeyeNut]

I wouldn't say "sketchy businesses" set the agenda in Columbus. Council does a lot of good work.
The issue is they're a little too eager to hand out abatements, and the abatements they do hand out frequently go to the wrong areas. The Short North is fine, it doesn't need abatements anymore. Council needs to focus on other areas. It's time to start investing in Franklinton and The Hilltop.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

I wouldn't say "sketchy businesses" set the agenda in Columbus. Council does a lot of good work.
The issue is they're a little too eager to hand out abatements, and the abatements they do hand out frequently go to the wrong areas. The Short North is fine, it doesn't need abatements anymore. Council needs to focus on other areas. It's time to start investing in Franklinton and The Hilltop.

I think Ohio guy meant the State House

[BuckeyeNut]

I wouldn't say "sketchy businesses" set the agenda in Columbus. Council does a lot of good work.
The issue is they're a little too eager to hand out abatements, and the abatements they do hand out frequently go to the wrong areas. The Short North is fine, it doesn't need abatements anymore. Council needs to focus on other areas. It's time to start investing in Franklinton and The Hilltop.

I think Ohio guy meant the State House

Oh, well. Derp. Yes.

Lots of shady businesses running things on Cap Square.

[BuckeyeNut]

Guess I forgot to post this here, but a few weeks back, ODP held a press conference in defense of Medicaid expansion outside the Statehouse. Something odd happened.

https://twitter.com/OHDems/status/1021512722612142080

[Sherrod Brown Shill]

Guess I forgot to post this here, but a few weeks back, ODP held a press conference in defense of Medicaid expansion outside the Statehouse. Something odd happened.

https://twitter.com/OHDems/status/1021512722612142080

Calling it now, Kasich stumps for Cordray the day before the election. #maverick😎😎😎

[Ohioguy29]

What's going on with Joe Helle?

https://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/story/news/local/2018/08/07/joe-helle-resigns-mayor-oak-harbor/921910002/

[BuckeyeNut]

What's going on with Joe Helle?

https://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/story/news/local/2018/08/07/joe-helle-resigns-mayor-oak-harbor/921910002/

He's an asshole with a screw loose.

[BuckeyeNut]

Posting this for jbd’s sake: Clarence Mingo is in some hottish water after sharing a stock image of a dog doctored to look like it’s wearing a Mingo campaign shirt. Presumably, this is due to the fact that he couldn’t find an actual supporter willing to use their own dog.

Watching Stinziano destroy him come November will be most pleasant.

[BuckeyeNut]

Cordray is on to us.

[Ohioguy29]

Cordray is on to us.

I saw that and wondered if he'd been reading Atlas! Lol

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

Cordray also did great in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Loved when he humped the big chess piece in order to improve his baby making abilities.

[libertpaulian]

Any polls dropping soon?

[Zaybay]

Any polls dropping soon?

Not really. We had a large poll dump after the primary, but we seem to be in a drought for this state.