Tuscarawas GOP Steak Fry
Check out this report from Tuscarawas County GOP steak fry. All the Republican candidates for the 18th congressional district- Fred Dailey, Mike Carey, Paul Phillips, and Jeanette Moll- were there, and they are battling it out in hopes of becoming the candidate who will end up defeating Zack Space in 2008.
I don’t know which candidate to support. But I did meet Fred Dailey a number of times during the 2006 campaign- He is a great guy, but I’m still very annoyed about this 2006 article in the NY Times, where Dailey was openly bragging about Ohio wasting $900,000 of taxpayer money on advertising Ohio wines:
In South Dakota, for instance, the number of wineries has more than doubled recently, to 11. In Indiana, the local wine industry has added $34 million to the economy annually. And Ohio is spending $900,000 to promote its local vintages, competing with more established regions in California, the Goliath of American wine.
“We’re not afraid to take them on,” said Fred L. Dailey, director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Bragging about a recent West Coast competition where an Ohio Riesling won an award, Mr. Dailey said dismissively, “We beat out all those over-oaked chardonnays over there.”
If that isn’t a perfect example of pork spending and corporate welfare, I don’t know what is.
Johnny Q. Public said,
Wrote on July 19, 2007 @ 10:38 am
Look for Mike Carrey to report with huge numbers next time. I suspect the tiny initial reporting numbers are part of the strategy. Next filing, Carrey will have a huge war chest, scare the bejeezus out of the GOP field (all fine Conservatives, no doubt) and make Zack Space’s head explode.
R. Lee Ermey said,
Wrote on July 19, 2007 @ 1:54 pm
If Carey’s reporting numbers don’t make his hed explode then maybe the concept of a bill becoming a law will help. I hope whoever is the GOP candidate they beat this lightweight.
straightarrow said,
Wrote on July 19, 2007 @ 10:12 pm
Dailey’s comments to the NYT as cited by Matt aside, he is a first-class guy who was one of the few bright lights in the Taft Administration. He’d be a great candidate and I wouldn’t sell him short just yet.