‘Fitz of Fury’
April 9, 2014
Rachel Maddow took to the airwaves to tout Ed’s latest victory against Ohio Republicans. It was pretty great — she called him “Fitz of Fury.”
Carney Denounces Voter Suppression In Mid-Biennium Reveiw
April 8, 2014
Democratic candidate for State Auditor John Patrick Carney released the following statement on the Ohio House GOP’s voter-suppression amendment to the Mid-Biennium Review. Under the amendment, any county that mails out absentee ballots to its residents would have its local government funds cut by ten percent.
That Says It All: Ohio GOP Compares Voting Rights to Driving Privilege
Yesterday, Ohio Statehouse Republicans passed an amendment to penalize any Ohio county that mails absentee ballots to their residents by cutting their local government funding by 10 percent. In defense of the amendment which leverages funds for police and public schools to enforce voter suppression laws, a GOP spokesman made the following comparison:
On Equal Pay Day, Connie Pillich Asks How $10,805 Would Help Your Family
From Paying For Groceries To Helping Save For Retirement, Pillich Points Out How Equal Pay Helps Ohioans
State Representative Connie Pillich held a news conference today to highlight the ways in which the pay gap hurts Ohio families. Standing alongside working families and next to a week’s worth of groceries, Pillich asked Ohio families what they would do with $10,805, the additional amount a family of four with two working parents would earn if women earned equal pay for equal work.
FitzGerald statement on repeal of local funding to mail absentee ballots to local residents
FitzGerald Campaign Press Secretary Lauren Hitt released the following statement on the repeal of the Mid-Biennium Review amendment that would have cut local government funding by 10 percent for any county that mailed absentee ballots to their residents.