From mariettatimes

A hearing in Columbiana County Saturday will determine whether gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland is eligible to vote in that county, where he has voted for at least the last five elections.

An East Liverpool Democrat filed a challenge to Strickland’s voter registration with the Columbiana County Board of Elections saying he does not live in Lisbon, which is in Columbiana County, and should not be allowed to vote there.

“It’s a voter challenge,” said Nick Barborak, Columbiana County prosecuting attorney. “The allegations are that he is not a resident.”

John Payne, Columbiana County Board of Elections deputy director, said the county’s prosecuting attorney’s office was reviewing the statute. Barborak said his office is simply providing legal advice to the elections board office. The elections office made the decision to have the hearing.

According to the press release we got e-mailed to us Josh Mandel leads Roger Goudy for their State House race 50% - 26%!

From ohio.com

U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine is closing the gap and even pulling ahead in the race to keep his seat, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron.

Republican DeWine is in a fight for survival against Democratic U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown of Avon.

The Bliss poll has DeWine ahead by 1.3 percent -- well within the three-point margin of error -- among all voters.

Among likely voters, the race is even closer, with Brown behind by 0.2 percent.

But the poll also shows that in recent weeks, DeWine was able to close the gap and even gain a slight advantage, said Stephen Brooks, associate director of the Bliss Institute.

It's going to be close, that's for sure.

From the Business First of Columbus:

Ohio's foreclosure rate continues to climb, report says:

Ohio remains in the top 10 among states with the highest foreclosure rates as the national average jumps 63 percent over last year, one market watcher reported Wednesday.

In its monthly report, RealtyTrac Inc. said Ohio went from posting the seventh-highest rate among the states to ninth with 6,794 properties entering some stage of foreclosure last month, down 9 percent from August but up 17.2 percent from a year earlier. Ohio had one property in foreclosure for every 704 households, research firm said.

The article is obviously another indicator of our economic problems. I feel fairly confident that Ken Blackwell would work to turn this around, but I am sure the Republican controlled General Assembly won’t. Lowering the tax rate, reducing government spending, and reducing the size of the state government are central to resolving our economic problems, yet in all these years the Republicans have failed to recognize this.

One other point worth considering besides the recklessness of our politicians is the recklessness of our citizens and the inability to live within their means. We can always point the finger at the politicians, but more often than not we have more control over our environment than we want to accept.

From the Lisbon Morning Journal -

(Maybe he'll stop by the night before and have a piece of pie at his favorite diner.)

By the way - where is Ted? They need to serve this subpoena to him in person.

More at Lincoln Logs on the tax fraud side of this story.

LISBON — Subpoenas have been issued requiring Ted Strickland to attend a Saturday hearing to determine whether the Democratic candidate for governor lives in an apartment above his Lisbon field office.

Click here for a must read post about the latest developments regarding Ted's 1999 vote.

Click here to hear the audio. Bizzy explained the situation perfectly, and I encourage you to listen.

Bill Cunningham was very fired up about Ted Strickland today, and the full audio should be available soon.

And please make sure to visit Bizzyblog.com for more information.

State Auditor Debate – October 13, 2006

The candidates for the office of Auditor of the State of Ohio, State Representatives Barbara Sykes (D-Akron) and Mary Taylor (R-Green), will debate at The University of Akron Martin Center, 105 Fir Hill. The luncheon debate is co-sponsored by the Akron Press Club (http://www.akronpressclub.org/) and the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics (http://www.winningpolitics.com). The luncheon will begin at 11:45 a.m., followed by the debate from 12:10 – 1:10 p.m. Abe Zaidan, VP Akron Press Club, and Dr. Stephen C. Brooks, acting director of the Bliss Institute, will be co-moderating this debate. For reservations or more information, please contact Bob Burford, president of the Akron Press Club, at 330-672-9154 or by email at [email protected].

Can’t Attend the Debate

Time Warner Cable will broadcast the debate locally (tape-delayed) and make the broadcast available Free on Demand through Time Warner Digital Cable. The debate will also be live-streamed over the Internet. The Bliss Institute website (http://www.winningpolitics.com) will contain information and instructions on linking to the webcast. As of now, the link will be: http://www3.uakron.edu/dds/events/bliss/10_13_2006_auditor.htm.

This is today's complete show from Bill Cunningham on 700 WLW in Cincinnati. Bill spends 3 hours covering the story that the MSM doesn't want to run, because it hurts the candidate they support.

Hour 1
Who is the real Ted Strickland?? Willie finally finds out.

Hour 2
Who is more important, Mark Foley or finding out the REAL Ted Strickland?

Hour 3
Willie gets your reaction to todays events.

the blackwell v. strickland Blog has an interesting rumor:

As if the voter fraud and pedophilia vote scandals were not enough:

According to a confidential source, Republican operatives are pushing a homosexual state employee to open up in regards to what he knows about the Congressman. The state employee apparently knows people who run in the same circles as Congressman Strickland.

This might explain why Ted needs 3, maybe 4 residences (2 in Ohio, one in DC, and one in Kentucky)

This story is continuting to develop as the state employee has yet to spill the beans.

This makes this creepy YouTube video more interesting...

I have made the comment, along with a few others on RightAngleBlog, that Ohio is dominated by socialists. And in a typical knee-jerk response, as was on the thread Newsmax Rips into Strickland, comments are enviably made pointing out that Republicans have been at the helm of the State, thus at fault for all the high spending and over taxation; and usually some Republican gets upset. Well this is partially true and while the dominate party is the Republican Party most of Ohio’s entire body elected officials are, or have, socialist tendencies.

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, socialism is defined as system of social organization in which property and the distribution of income are subject to social control rather than individual determination or market forces. Socialism refers to both a set of doctrines and the political movements that aspire to put these doctrines into practice.

Even just a casual examination of Ohio’s legislative agenda for the last 10 years certainly points to socialism. Take for instance our Medicaid problem. Every year the price tag grows, and every year our taxes go up to pay for something many do not use, yet many are forced to use it without an alternative. And so far there is no effort in the General Assembly to privatize.

Consider the comment made by Jon Husted (R) at the beginning of the year in which he wanted to hand money out to a sinking General Motors Corporation. Husted believes its government’s responsibility to keep business afloat. Even Representative Mike Turner (R) wanted to allow municipalities to have more power to take private property. And then there's the smoking ban being pushed by Taft.

Moreover, Third Frontier was nothing more than a cash handout to private business, in which the state was attempting to control a segment of the market. One could go on and on demonstrating how Republicans are essentiality socialist; just pick up any newspaper and you’ll see the evidence. But it shouldn’t surprise you either to know that the vast majority of Ohioans are too. While they might not say they are, their voting and expectations of our politicians certainly denotes this fact. They want, and they know that they can use the coercive powers of government to get what they want.

So can Republicans be socialist; you bet they can and they are. But only way to turn the state around is to educate our population concerning the effects of socialism and to elect strong-minded and free market politicians that will take the hard right over the easy wrong. And lastly, we need to regain the Republican Party and purge the socialism out of it or begin to support the Libertarian Party. Otherwise we are going to continue to elect from same two parties while basically electing the same socialist politician.

He is at a fundraiser tonight, hosted by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lobby

Ted Strickland for Governor
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Private Reception with photo opportunity
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. General Reception
At the Home of Tim Downing and Ken Press
25423 Halburton Rd, Beachwood

Sponsorships:

Gold Level: $1,000 per person Private Reception at 6:00 p.m.
Silver Level: $500 per person General Reception at 7:00 p.m.
Bronze Level: $250 per person General Reception at 7:00 p.m.
General Attendance: $100 per person General

and has a fundraiser on the 16th

October 16:

Fundraising Reception Honoring Ted Strickland
with special guest Harry Knox, Religion and Faith Director,
Human Rights Campaign
Private Reception 6:00 - 7:00pm
General Reception 7:00 - 8:30pm
At El Meson Restaurante, 903 E. Dixie Dr., W. Carrolton, OH

So the pro-abortion minister is fundraising with the "faith director" of the homosexual lobby. Ted is truly a man with the Lord.

From openers

Democrat Ted Strickland's internal poll numbers must be really looking good, because his gubernatorial campaign plans to use the architect of Ohio's state income tax in a press conference bashing Ken Blackwell's education plans.

Former Gov. John Gilligan, who was notorious for saying ''I shear taxpayers, not sheep," is scheduled to appear with elected and school officials in Cincinnati who claim a Blackwell governorship would hurt the state's schools.

Gilligan, 85, is a Cincinnati school board member who supervises Blackwell's wife, Rosa, the city's school superintendent.

In April, about the time he celebrated his birthday, the Toledo Blade took note: "Only Ohioans of a certain age remember the name John Gilligan, but every Ohioan drawing a paycheck is familiar with his legacy: the state income tax."