News & Updates
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Breaking Campaign News
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Middletown Journal Endorsement (November 6, 2005) Middletown Journal
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If not Issue 4, then what? (November 1, 2005) Dayton Daily News
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Issue 4 is profound reform (October 30, 2005) Dayton Daily News
- Noe faces charges for gifts to Bush (October 28, 2005) Plain Dealer
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Issue 4 would curb political gerrymandering (October 27, 2005) Cincinnati Post
- The Cockroaches of Corruption (October 27, 2005) Press Release
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Issue 4 is not a partisan issue (October 23, 2005) Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
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Why should competition be top goal? (October 22, 2005 Dayton Daily News
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Yes on Issue 2 (October 16, 2005) Akron Beacon Journal
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Issue Four is that one that counts (commentary) (October 16, 2005) Dayton Daily News
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Black leaders OK of Issue 4 says a lot (October 14, 2005) Dayton Daily News
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Democrats say Harris' bill is an attempt to stop Issue 2 (October 13, 2005) Daily Reporter
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Columbus-area clergy back RON reforms (September 22, 2005) GONGWER
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Opposition plans ad blitz to protect the status quo (September 18, 2005) Youngstown Vindicator
"I won't tell you we won't try to raise money out of Ohio," sayd Ohio First's Kevin DeWine.
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Navigating the Ins and Outs of state government (September 11, 2005) Dayton Daily News
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RON amendments qualify for ballot, but remain under attack (September 7, 2005) New York Times
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A great local column on RON (August 31, 2005) Amherst Times-News
This November, Republicans and Democrats can go to the polls and vote for the same issues for a change.
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Christian conservatives protest proposed amendments (August 26, 2005) Dayton Daily News
Ohio's radical right-wing "Patriot Pastors" have announced that their only goal for this election day is to stop Reform Ohio Now's amendments. Take Action!
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Lawsuit opposing proposals still pending (September 1, 2005) Dayton Daily News
Why is Jim Petro is giving legal help to Ohio First? According to therestofus.org, the law firms enlisted by Ohio First have contributed about $140,000 to Petro's campaigns, and he's rewarded them with $10 million in state contracts in the last three years. He gets campaign cash, Ohio First gets free legal help, and Ohioans get more corruption.
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Petro aids anti-RON lawsuit by creating a conflict of interest for Blackwell attorney (August 26, 2004) Dayton Daily News
The Attorney General is pulling dirty tricks to help our opposition. He provided a lawyer to Sec. of State Blackwell to defend our amendments against Ohio First's latest lawsuit, and then turned around and publicly supported that lawsuit.
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Letters to the Editor about Reform Ohio Now. Published recently in newspapers across the state.
Powerful opponents of reform, including a group called Ohio First, have tried many different ways to thwart the will of hundreds of thousands of Ohioans:
First they tried to stop us in the legislature; they dropped that plan within days...
Then they brought a frivolous lawsuit saying our amendments were worded incorrectly; the supreme court unanimously shot them down...
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Suit aims to halt proposed election-law amendments (August 5, 2005) Columbus Dispatch
"U.S. Rep. Deborah Pryce said she has advised Ohio GOP leaders that it would be fruitless to spend millions trying to defeat the Reform Ohio Now measures. Ohioans likely won't listen to incumbent GOP officeholders detailing the evils of the proposals - especially with the scandals currently plaguing state government."
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Suit to keep 3 constitutional amendments from ballot (August 5, 2005) Associated Press
"Ohio law doesn't require [the format Ohio First claims is required]," said Kim Norris, spokeswoman for Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro, who will represent Blackwell in the suit. 'They had two and a half months to review this and they've waited too long,' Norris said. "
Then they realized the people are on our side, and they vowed to use ALL their strength to stop us...
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Vote reform helps stall Ohio spending cap (August 10, 2005) Toledo Blade
Conservative Republicans realized that since support for Reform Ohio Now is so strong, Ohio voters wouldn't support their competing constitutional amendment--so they sacrificed it to concentrate on fighting our reforms.
Their most recent attack: Ohio First and Atty. General Petro join forces on YET ANOTHER lawsuit.
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Ohio Scandals
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Noe says Taft told of coins at Inverness (August 28, 2005) Toledo Blade
Gov. Taft has repeatedly denied that he knew about the State's coin investment with Thomas Noe before April, but Noe has revealed he told the governor over golf in 2001. Investigation may be forthcoming.
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Double Dealing Costs State Money (July 23, 2005) Toledo Blade
In the world of trying to make a buck, Tom Noe and the managers of the state's rare-coin investment got to play all the important parts. They were the buyers, sellers, and middlemen, the wholesalers and the retailers.
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Ohio taxpayers are paying $50,000 a day for state to investigate Coingate! (July 17, 2005) Columbus Dispatch
Consultants are making hundreds of dollars an hour to find out where our money has gone and whether we can get any of it back...
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Editorials
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This is why politicians shouldn't be allowed to draw their own districts (July 4, 2005) Columbus Dispatch
"No congressional district should be safe because of the way it is drawn. It should be safe because the congressman represents the interests of the people in that district." -Ronald Reagan
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Editorial: 'By the people, for the people'? Not anymore. (July 10, 2005) Cincinnati Enquirer
These days, Ohio's Government is for the benefit of politicians and their friends.
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Every day, 45 more people move out of Ohio than move in. (July 3, 2005) Cleveland Plain Dealer
What happens to a state that, over the course of decades, invests too little in higher education, allows its economic base to corrode and encourages the decline of its great cities? Here in Ohio, we don't have to guess. We just have to look around.
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Blade editorial: Scandals will also hurt Ohio businesses (June 19, 2005) Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Ohio businesses big and small... are being penalized by the arrogance that grows out of long-term one-party rule."
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Special Reports
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Ohio's Economy is Losing Ground (September 6, 2005) Akron Beacon Journal
Politicians could have provided solutions, but instead, they've been part of the problem.
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No Voice, No Choice: A Dayton Daily News special report (June 19, 2005) Dayton Daily News
"This is a series of occasional editorials examining how arrogant political parties are assaulting democracy by shutting out voters and picking the people's representatives themselves, and exploring what might be done."
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