Archive for March, 2007
I received a couple of emails recently that suggested I should apply for the vacancy at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. A while back Dave Harbarger asked if I was interested in one of the seats and I indicated that I didn’t think I could get the support necessary for selection. I […]
March 29th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized, Politics, Republicans, Northeast Ohio, Polls | No Comments
Sam Miller said something last week and it has given me hope (albeit a glimmer, but hope nonetheless).
As some of you may know, I’ve spent a great deal of time - beginning with my campaign for county commissioner and continuing to present day - working on a proposal for county government reform. It was the […]
March 29th, 2007 | Posted in Northeast Ohio | No Comments
With the fishwrap keeping a keen eye on Conman Kucinich all I have to do is cut and paste:
“Big Brother” Dennis seeks spy volunteers
Posted by Sabrina Eaton March 28, 2007 12:05PM
Dennis Kucinich needs a few good men or women to conduct opposition research on his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The congressman from Cleveland sent […]
March 28th, 2007 | Posted in Blogging, Kucinich, NRZ | 1 Comment
… and those of us watching them love it?
In the last few years more and more state elections officials from around the country have introduced mandatory electronic filing of financial records by political candidates. The process allows for immediate public access to the records and helps to discourage monetary shenanigans by the less scrupulous.
Why […]
March 28th, 2007 | Posted in Politics | No Comments
We’ve decided that rather than cross post our new polling feature, we’re just going to offer a link to the post on the main page from the blogs. Today’s poll relates to this morning’s wenBLOG post: Our plague and asks whether the City of Cleveland is experiencing a renaissance. You can find the […]
March 28th, 2007 | Posted in Northeast Ohio, Polls | No Comments
On the Sound of Ideas today, Cuyahoga County GOP chairman Rob Frost said he will not seek a seat on the county’s board of elections.
Good. Again, I would suggest Mike Wise and Jim Trakas for these seats.
March 28th, 2007 | Posted in Politics, Republicans, Northeast Ohio | 5 Comments
The other day I received an invitation from Cleveland365 for an event tonight to discuss the City of Cleveland’s redevelopment. The invitation came with this opening caption:
You are invited to join Northeast Ohio’s Emerging Leaders at the Upcoming Professionals in the City Event as we ask: “Who’s behind the region’s renaissance?”
The panel for the […]
March 28th, 2007 | Posted in Society, Northeast Ohio, MSM | 3 Comments
Last night as I was channel surfing waiting for my weekly installment of 24 to start, I happened upon Bill Maher’s HBO liberal-Bush-bash. I stopped to watch a few minutes of the program - not because great political thinkers like John Legend were guests - but because I saw David Frum of the American […]
March 27th, 2007 | Posted in Politics, Northeast Ohio | No Comments
This just in from Openers at the PD:
Third elections board member resigns
Posted by Joan Mazzolini March 27, 2007 14:10PM
Categories: Breaking News
A third member of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections resigned today, leaving just one holdout to fight an attempt by Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to oust the entire board.
The latest to depart […]
March 27th, 2007 | Posted in Politics, Republicans, Northeast Ohio, CuyCo BOE, Ohio | No Comments
I came across an article in last month’s issue of Campaigns & Elections magazine entitled Lessons Learned from the 2006 elections with a segment written by former Joe Lieberman Communications Director (primary campaign) Marion Steinfels. The title of the Steinfels segment: Beware the Bloggers: Lessons from the Lieberman campaign discusses how strongly the Lieberman […]
March 27th, 2007 | Posted in Politics, White House in '08, Democrats | 1 Comment