Monday, August 29, 2005

Justin Jeffre: Issue Blogs and Upcoming Events

Issue Blogs


www.neighborhoodrescue.blogspot.com
www.accountabletouinput.blogspot.com
www.sustainablefutureinput.blogspot.com
www.fountainsquareinput.blogspot.com
www.mastersofdeceit.blogspot.com





Upcoming Events


Friday September 2nd - 1st Friday Party -1420 Main Street
Music, Open Mic, Poetry, Food and Drinks. I have been at one of these and it is a good time as well as a great opportunity to chat with Justin one-on-one for those who are interested.

Saturday September 3rd, 4pm Requiem for a Fountain - Fountain Square
A candlelight vigil will be held for the Fountain. More information to be announced.

Saturday September 3rd, 10pm 98 Degrees Reunion Party - Club Purgatory




I hope to see some of you at the upcoming events. E-mail me if you want me to send you all of the details.

Contribute to the Jeffre campaign.

Sunday, August 28, 2005

What Will Become of Taft?

Ohio News Network reported today that
Taft says he won't resign because of the violations and leaders in the GOP-controlled Legislature say they will not initiate impeachment proceedings based on the ethics convictions.

However, the word on the street is leaning the other way.

Polls


Mason-Dixon Polling and Research found that 46% of Ohioans say Governor Bob Taft should resign. 44% indicated he should not resign, 10% were unsure.

Blogs


David Palmer at Independent Media TV wrote:
On behalf of all Ohioans, I implore you to exhibit a modicum of integrity and fortitude and resign.

and

He has spent his entire life dedicated to porking out at public expense.

Largebill Pontificates wrote:
Taft is the first Ohio governor to be charged and convicted of a crime. Now, he needs to be the seventh Ohio governor to resign the office.

Nixguy wrote:
If he resigns, fine. If he doesn't fine. He's pretty much made himself into a cipher and stands as a ready example of the uselessness of moderate stand-for-nothing politics.

Bizzy Blog wrote:
Bob Taft should resign. Someone convicted of crimes while in office should not be serving as Ohio's governor.

The Open End wrote:
Taft's disregard for individual rights and Ohio's economy is what is really unethical about his tenure as governor...Resignation papers please, Mr. Taft.

News


According to The Advocate:
Ohio can't afford another 16 months of failed leadership by a convicted lame-duck governor.

The Toledo Blade reported:
"I'm just mad as hell, if you want to know the truth," said Jim Westfall, a retired agribusiness executive who chairs Union County's Republican Party. "I think it will hurt us. I don't think [a] resignation will clean it up."

Elected Officials


Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman said:
It is time for him to do the honorable thing for the state of Ohio and resign from office. I was fully prepared to accept his apology, but revelations about what the governor knew or when he knew it are crippling the state's ability to get to the bottom of the larger scandal.

From ONN:
At least three Republicans have publicly called for Taft's resignation: state Rep. Jim Trakas of Independence, Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Greg Hartmann and state Sen. Jay Hottinger of Newark.

Lt. Gov. Bruce E. Johnson said:
The governor is going to serve out his term. But if something were to happen, I’m prepared to serve as governor.


Other Opinions


David Zanotti of The American Policy Roundtable said

The only honorable way to respect the Constitution, the office, and the people of Ohio is to resign.


What do you think?

Friday, August 26, 2005

New local Blog and Anti-war Discussion

The International Socialist Organization Cincinnati branch has a new blog, Cincinnati ISO. I'm hoping they stick around and are able to focus on issues of importance to Cincinnati.

They have already posted something I found interesting.

Cincinnati ISO is sponsoring a community forum to discuss the current state and the future of the anti-war movement in Cincinnati and the rest of the country.

We will also talk about the upcoming March on Washington on September 24 and about plans for busing as many Cincinnatians to DC for this important and history-making protest.

Here's the info about the meeting:

When? Saturday, August 27, 2005 at 3PM
Where? Mt. Auburn Presbyterian
How? See directions on the flyer here.
Who? Gulf War Veteran and local activist Scott LeCates, Vietnam veteran Bob Sheward (followed by a group discussion)
Why? TO END THE OCCUPATION AND BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!!

Gambling in Ohio

The Enquirer has the story.

The Business Courier covered it first but focused on Ohio as a whole rather than Cincinnati.
Legalizing casinos in Ohio would generate $4 billion in annual revenue but also create more than 100,000 new problem gamblers, according to an economic and social impact study released Wednesday.

The model used to make the economic projections included two land-based casinos in Greater Cincinnati along with sites at Southwest Ohio's two horse racetracks, which the study said would generate $718 million in annual revenue. The four operations' total annual economic impact would be $858 million, including almost 7,900 jobs and $300 million in wages, salaries and benefits.

The study was backed by a "coalition of business interests from Cincinnati and Cleveland" and included Carl Lindner of American Financial and father of City Council Candidate Chris Bortz, Neil Bortz.

According to the story
even factoring in the costs of a potential surge in "problem or pathological gamblers," casinos could generate a $600 million annual boost in state and local tax revenues.

Charlie Luken has been "pushing for gambling on the city's riverfront" since at least June 2004. He stressed that it was an economic issue rather than a moral one.
"I think the people have seen the moral question is not if they can gamble in Cincinnati. All I'm suggesting is that there are jobs and a tax base [with the gambling boats]," Luken said.

Opposition to legalized gambling by Governor Bob Taft and other State officials haven't made things any easier.

In order to make it happen
Ohio's horse track owners aim to collect signatures to place the issue on next year's ballot as a constitutional amendment. About 322,000 valid signatures will be needed. A majority of state voters then would have to approve it.

Or
A constitutional amendment to allow gambling could be placed before voters by the General Assembly. In the state legislature, a three-fifths majority of each chamber - 60 votes in the House, 20 in the Senate - would be needed.

In May 2004 the Ohio House of Representatives voted not to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would have allowed video slot machines at the state's race tracks.

Ohio needs to get with the times before it is left behind.
Indiana has riverboat casinos (including three on the Ohio River in Southeast Indiana), West Virginia has slots at racetracks, and Pennsylvania expects legalized slots to be operational as soon as early 2006.

Cincinnati could certainly use the jobs and economic boost. Large casinos would encourage restaraunt and hotel development in the immediate area and could be used to invigorate parts of town that need commerce. A spike in crime, however, is the last thing the city needs. Legalizing gambling would probably be worthwhile if a percentage of profits are used to ensure that they do not cause an increase in crime. Hopefully such a provision is included when all is said and done.

Thursday, August 25, 2005

City Beat Reports, You Decide

First of all I'd like to say that I've been reading City Beat for years and have always enjoyed it. The same goes for Stephanie Dunlap's articles, as far as I remember. This week's City Beat, however, has an artcle that blatantly misleads readers on the status of Independent candidate Justin Jeffre.

To be fair, the article is clear from the outset that any candidates other than the "top four contenders" will not be treated with respect.


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Dunlap explains in the second paragraph that "CityBeat and other local media outlets have narrowed their coverage..." This was a refreshing change from the typical boy band jokes that take the place of what should be meaningful coverage. Unfortunately, the short article still contained three such jokes.

After listing the names of the "top contenders" Dunlap attempted to justify the "lack of recognition" by explaining that it
doesn't diminish those candidates' presence on the non-partisan primary ballot and their ideas for improving their home town.

The irony in this, of course, is that the lack of recognition does diminish their presence on the ballot. In a small media market like Cincinnati people count on alternative newspapers like City Beat to provide the side of the story not available in The Enquirer or The Post. By continuing to diminish candidates not supported by the mainstream media City Beat is shirking this responsibility.

After referring to Jeffre as an "invisible man," Dunlap goes on to claim that he
crashed the stage during an Aug. 13 mayoral debate among the top four contenders at The Greenwich in Walnut Hills.

The Cincinnati Herald reported in early August that Jeffre would be included in the debate. Apparently he was originally invited, then uninvited. According to an article by the Dean, the owner of the Greenwich justified not inviting Jeffre by saying "...his website was most uninformative, to say the least, and featured no contact information whatsoever. Naturally, we had initial concerns regarding the credibility of his candidacy." As pointed out by the Dean, Jeffre's site was no worse than Alicia Reese's at the time.

Nate Livingston, who was blogging live from the Greenwich during the debate mentioned that "Jeffre gets props from me for fighting to stay in the debate."

Dunlap continues misportraying Jeffre by claiming that his "passion seems to outpace his ideas." This is justified by claiming that two general statements on Jeffre's site are "about the closest thing to a platform his Web site has to offer." Apparently she didn't click on the link called "On The Issues" where Jeffre concisely addresses diverse issues such as crime, economic development, electoral reform, government transparency, inclusion, vacant buildings, wireless internet proliferation, tourism, and mass transit.

Near the end of the article it becomes more clear why they stooped to a new low in their attempt to discredit Jeffre's candidacy. Dunlap wrote
That's about the closest thing to a platform his Web site has to offer. And the closest CityBeat will get to an interview, as Jeffre -- perhaps emboldened when he shared the stage at The Greenwich -- declined to speak to a reporter unless CityBeat wrote a long profile on him as it's done with other mayoral candidates.

So let me get this straight, an Independent candidate is supposed to be in the wrong for refusing to be treated as a second class candidate by Cincinnati's only well-read independent publication? That doesn't seem right to me. There are two more Wednesday's before the September 13th primary. In my opinion, the readers of City Beat deserve more.

A link to this entry has been sent to Stephanie Dunlap and Gregory Flannery (news editor), in case they would like to comment.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Taft charged with 4 misdemeanors

Remember Governor, "we won't let the special interests stand in our way."

Taft or his attorney, William Meeks, will appear in Franklin County Municipal Court on the charges Thursday or Friday.

According to an Enquirer article
Taft is the first Ohio governor ever charged with a crime. Each charge carries a maximum fine of $1,000 or six months in jail. Prosecutors said it is unlikely Taft would go to jail.


Yesterday Taft said "I will be held to the same high standards as everybody else."

A majority of the state legislature and 2/3 of the Ohio Senate would be neccessary for Taft's impeachment.

Monday, August 15, 2005

Cincinnati Greens Blog

Andrew Warner's new blog is located at http://cincinnatigreens.blogspot.com.

In the introductory post, Andrew wrote

Recently I have announced that I am no longer a candidate for City Council. In that decision I listed many points as to why I was no longer going to run. One issue that I have not yet discussed is that of the Green Party's weakness.

The Green Party does not have a strong presence in Cincinnati right now. What we have are a few dedicated members, but we are preparing to grow to new heights.

Hopefully in the next few weeks the Greens presence in Cincinnati will grow. We will have a strong political agenda and will work as a party to accomplish the goals we are going to set. Hopefully people who are sitting on the fence in politics will get involved with this improved Green Party.

As of now we are setting a conference for the weekend of August 28th in which the goals for the party will be clearly stated and our work will begin to achieve these goals.


I (and several others) have been invited to contribute to the blog. Whether or not you are interested in Green politics (but especially if you are), please check out this addition to the Cincinnati Blogosphere.

Where is the mainstream media?

Saturday's mayoral debate in Walnut Hills was an excellent opportunity for Cincinnati voters to get more information on 5 of the 7 candidates in the September 13th primary election. Unfortunately, at the time of this entry, none of the major newspapers have bothered to give their take on the debate. Perhaps City Beat will offer an analysis on Wednesday.

As usual, several local bloggers have stepped up and filled the void left by the mainstream media sources:

Black Cincinnati

Dean of Cincinnati

Robert Wilson

As a concerned citizen who was unable to attend on Saturday, I'm thankful to the bloggers for covering the debate and offering some insight into how it went down.

If you are as disgusted as I am by the apathy of our local newspapers, you can contact the editor of the Enquirer here or email the editor of the Post at postedits@cincypost.com.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Cincinnati improves in Forbes ratings

The 2005 Forbes ratings for "best city for singles" show an improvement for Cincinnati from 39th to 30th of the top 40 metropolitan areas in the United States. The breakdowns by categories are as follows:

Singles 28
Nightlife 27
Culture 27
Coolness 34
Job Growth 27
Cost of Living 9


Although 30th out of 40 isn't anything to brag about, it is far better than being ranked 39th (second to last) in this annual national report.

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

First Mayoral Debate to be held August 13th

From The Cincinnati Herald:

The Greenwich Tavern in Walnut Hills will be hosting a mayoral debate on Saturday, Aug. 13, at 8:00pm. All mayoral candidates have agreed to participate in the first debate that promises to bring home issues that concern citizens of all backgrounds in Cincinnati.

“It was my idea,” said Mark Yates, co -owner of The Greenwich Tavern.

“Kathy and I were having a conversation about politics and what better place for the future city leaders to go and discuss neighborhoods than Pebbles Corner here in Walnut Hills.”

Yates wants the candidates to step in the heart Walnut Hills and see first hand the people and the issues that are facing the community.

He has secured State Senator Mark Mallory (Dem.), Vice Mayor Alicia Reece (Dem.), Council member David Pepper (Dem.), Charlie Winburn (Rep.), and independent runner Justin Jeffre.

Kathy Y. Wilson will moderate the debate and reporters and editors from major media outlets such as The Cincinnati Herald, The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Cincinnati Post, and Cincinnati Citybeat, will serve as panelists. WDBZ 1230 “The Buzz” will broadcast live from the event.

The debate will present a combination of questions from community leaders, journalists, and emailed questions. The organizers are asking for questions to be emailed to walnuthillsmayordebate@yahoo.com. Yates stated he wanted community input to increase the dialogue in the upcoming race.

“All the candidates have agreed to come and I am looking forward to the turn out,” said Yates.

A pre-debate public reception begins at 6:30pm.

The Greenwich Tavern is located 2442 Gilbert Ave.

in Walnut Hills. For more information contact (513) 221-1151


I'm emailing a few questions for this now and I plan to be in attendance.

Monday, August 08, 2005

New hope for Cincinnati light rail

The Business Courier has the story.

Ohio and Hamilton County officials are working to parlay $24.5 million in federal money earmarked for riverfront parking into funding for what would be the region's first light rail line. Planning is in the early stages. But the potential is so strong that Ohio Department of Transportation Director Gordon Proctor recently declared the project the region's best shot at building light rail.

"The tracks are there," he said after an Aug. 1 meeting of the Hamilton County Transportation Improvement Dis­trict. "And it appears there will be even more of a destination on the riverfront."

The whole plan hinges on the success of The Banks, the riverfront development that will consist of as much as 1.4 million square feet of retail, residential and office space between Paul Brown Stadium and Great American Ball Park.

County officials and their development team, The Banks Development Co., need the federal money to help build the $55 million in parking garages planned to lift the development out of the flood plain and replace the surface parking lots that are there now.

Hamilton County, the Reds and the Bengals all share in the revenue generated by the parking lots between the football stadium and ballpark. And county officials don't want to give up that revenue, which helps pay down the debt that Hamilton County issued to build the sports facilities.

But under federal rules, the county and teams cannot keep any revenue generated by garages built with the federal funds.

So county and state officials are working on a plan that would segregate a percentage of revenue generated by the garages, based on the percentage of the total project cost that is paid for using the federal dollars.

That revenue could then be used to help fund a $450 million light rail line that eventually could stretch 18 miles -- from The Banks all the way to Milford.


A light rail system is exactly what this city needs. I'll have my fingers crossed on this one.

Swing State Project - Play of the Week

CNN's play of the week goes to Swing State Project for their work on publicizing the Hackett campaign.

Click on the image to view the video.


Friday, August 05, 2005

Justin Jeffre Fundraiser Tonight

JJ2K5 First Friday Fundraiser

*every first Friday of the month!*

Come this Friday to the Justin For Mayor headquarters for some snacks and drinks to support the campaign!

Where: Headquarters (1420 Main St., corner of Orchard St.)
When: Friday, August 5th from 6:30pm-10:00pm
$5 donation requested (or more!)


I should be there around 8:30 or so.

Warner joins Spencer

Among all of the media attention City Council Candidate Nick Spencer has gotten in the past few days (here and here), local media have so far failed to mention a major development in the Spencer campaign. Andrew Warner has recently decided to drop out of the Cincinnati City Council race in order to be Nick Spencer's Field Director. Warner's Blog explains
After having this period of reflection I have come to the determination that I am no longer to continue my run for a seat on council. I have determined that there are better ways to help the city of Cincinnati than to run this campaign in 2005. The city is in a sensitive state right now and sometimes a sacrifice such as this is better for everyone in the end.

In lieu of running my own campaign, I have decided to join in the effort to elect Nick Spencer. I have on many occasions had the chance to sit and talk with Mr. Spencer and feel that he most represents what I am trying to accomplish. We share similar stances on many important issues that I was attempting to address with my campaign. These include:

Instant Run-Off Voting
Publicly Funded Elections
Nurturing the growth of small businesses
Helping Cincinnati’s Environments with ideas such as Hybrid Engines in Metro buses
Advancing the rights of the homosexual community

Although I was initially disappointed to see Warner drop out of the race, I am glad to know that he has found a way to be involved that he is happy with. I caught up with Andrew Warner today and was able to ask him how he views his contribution to the Spencer campaign. Warner responded by saying
"Nick has the great ideas. I am just hoping to bring some new contacts and new energy to his team. Hopefully I can help reach out to college students and young people to take an interest in his campaign. "

I also hope that they are able to reach out to college students and young people. Given the fact that Spencer is 27 and Warner is 21, they have a great opportunity to tap into a typically ignored segment of Cincinnati's voting population (the 18-28 year old crowd.) It is refreshing to see young Cincinnatians taking the initiative to participate in local politics. I'll have details on the developments of this campaign as they become available.

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Aftermath

8.3.05 - Jean Schmidt finally removed the false press release from her site, despite the fact that Kirk asked her to early in the day Tuesday.

8.2.05 - Links from throughout the blogosphere as a result of this entry:

Annatopia credited me with "the debunking of this smear." The Daily Kos then linked to her and helped spread the word. Annatopia is currently down, I assume from heavy traffic.

OH-02 was the first to link to me and credit me with debunking the smear. The site got too many hits and crashed early in the day.

Eric Minamyer admits that the press release was "in error" just hours after defending it on my comments and elsewhere.

Atrios exposed the issue to a lot of people. Someone reposted my version in the comments.

The Democratic Congressional Committee Blog picked up on the story just six hours after it broke at 9 a.m. According to the DCCC,
And yes, this is a real press release, and yes putting that out on the last day of the campaign so that nobody has a chance to blast you for it is one of the most pathetically cowardly things I've seen. Sounds a lot like Rove, not much like Paul Hacke

Apparently they weren't aware of how fast the debunking of the press release was spreading at that point.

Others that linked here include:
Mass Discussion
The Benquirer
Wirecan
NewLeftBlogs

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Roundtable with David Pepper

Local bloggers, independent journalists, candidates, and "concerned citizens" attended a round-table event tonight and had a chance to discuss the future of Cincinnati with councilmen and mayoral candidate David Pepper. This event was hosted by the Dean and Steve Novotni. Those in attendance included Justin Jeffre (and 3 volunteers), Andrew Warner, Robert Wilson, Spacetropic, Funnelcake, myself and several others who weren't introduced in detail.

One of the topics that Pepper emphasized was his belief in the importance of a strong mayor that can set the agenda for city council. With City Council perpetually in disarray, I agree that a strong mayor is needed to keep Council efficient and on task.

The issue of campaign finance reform caused some disagreement between Jeffre and Pepper. Jeffre criticized Pepper's belief that $1000 maximum campaign donations was suitable for local campaigns and went on the suggest a $10 maximum in order to level the playing field.

Another interesting topic that Pepper mentioned in passing is that the state legislature has a tendency to pass legislation that makes it difficult for city leaders to do their jobs. He did not give much detail on this but I am interested to find out more. I'll email Pepper to ask for specific examples of such legislation and update here.


I enjoyed this round-table session with David Pepper. I left seeing him as a person who cares about this city rather than as the politician I saw him as prior. The Dean had a similar finding
Sitting in a roundtable, intimate format with a politician is inherently in the interest of the politician. This is just as true with Mark Mallory and Justin Jeffre as with David Pepper. After meeting each of these folks in person for extended talk, I walk away with favorable impressions.

I'm looking forward to the next blogger meeting with a mayoral candidate. I hope to see more people in attendance next time.

Schmidt wins by 3500 votes (less than 4%)

Kos at the Daily Kos wrote
From the looks of it, the margin was under 4 percent, or per Cook's analysis, a "very serious warning sign" for the state GOP. Indeed, this is probably the only district in Ohio in which Paul would've lost.

So the state GOP avoids a "devastating blow", but only by the hair on their chinny chin chin. OH-02 saw the resurgance of the Democratic Party, the GOP had to spend $500K they hadn't otherwise planned on spending, and a Democratic star is born (next stop for Hackett -- statewide elected office). So much for "burying" Hackett...

The post-mortems will come in the coming days, but for now, I'm happy with what everyone accomplished in Ohio. It's a new day for the Democratic Party, one in which no Republican district is safe.


I agree. Post election analysis coming soon.

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Paul Hackett might just do the impossible

US HOUSE Ohio 2nd Dist
305 precincts of 753 reporting

PAUL HACKETT 23,957 51%
JEAN SCHMIDT 22,846 49%


Unfortunately, Clermont County hasn't reported yet. Schmidt is from Clermont and is expected to be up several thousand votes there. Regardless, the final results are going to be much closer than anyone would have guessed a few weeks ago.

It should be settled in a few hours.




Looks like Clermont just reported.

580 precincts of 753 reporting
JEAN SCHMIDT 45,134 52%
PAUL HACKETT 42,342 48%





This race is going right down to the wire.

662 precincts of 753 reporting
JEAN SCHMIDT 49,681 50%
PAUL HACKETT 48,811 50%

Schmidt Press Release Backfires

Much respect to national bloggers Kos and Annatopia, as well as MANY other liberal bloggers for picking up and fully developing the story I broke last night about Jean Schmidt's failed last minute smear attempt.

According to a comment on Atrios, "Kirk's office has asked the Schmidt campaign to correct their press release." Yet, at the time of this posting, the original press release is still available for download on Schmidt's campaign site.

It is important that bloggers pick up where the mainstream media leaves off when it comes to keeping unscrupulous politicians in check.

Regardless of the outcome of the special election in the 2nd district today, the coverage of this campaign marks a change in the way politics are conducted in this country. I am proud to have been a part of it.

Speaking of the outcome, results will be showing up here as they become available.

Keep checking back at Cincinnati News for the latest information on this exciting race.

Schmidt's final attempt to discredit Hackett fails

The Schmidt Campaign released a press release Monday alleging that Paul Hackett has been misleading voters by "touting that he will be the first Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran to serve in Congress." According to the press release, "that is untrue."

The release goes on to explain that
Republican Congressman Mark Steven Kirk of Illinois served in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Kirk is a Naval Reserve intelligence officer who is the only member of Congress to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom.


Kirk's official website, as listed in the press release, repeats the claim that "he is the only member of Congress to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom."

Confused by this last minute development, I decided to dig deeper. As it turns out, Kirk has been a member of Congress since before Operation Iraqi Freedom began. How could he, I wondered, serve in an overseas conflict as an active member of The United States Congress.

The answer came in a USA Today candidate profile from the 2004 election. According to the profile, Kirk
continues to serve one weekend a month in the Pentagon, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff war room during Operation Iraqi Freedom.


Without discounting from Kirk's previous combat experience, I would hardly consider a politician spending "one weekend a month" in the Pentagon to be a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Most definitions of veteran include the phrase "active duty status." Active duty status refers to "full-time duty in the active military service of the United States." Given these criteria, the situation becomes much more clear. Mark Steven Kirk was a politican in D.C. when the conflict began, and he was a politician in D.C. when he spent one weekend a month at the Pentagon during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Despite Jean Schmidt's attempts to make the issue cloudy, if elected later today, Paul Hackett will be the first veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom to serve in Congress.



UPDATE

Monday, August 01, 2005

August 2nd - GOTV for Hackett

Canvass:

Adams County
Tues. 7am - 8pm, 1 Courthouse Square at Roy Gabbert's Law Office
Brown County
Tues. 7am - 8pm, 707 Mt. Orab Pike, Bail Bonds Office (Cut-N-Up Barber Shop)
Clermont County
Tues. 7am - 8pm, Clermont County Democratic Party North 2nd Street, Batavia OH (next to Hackett's HQ)
Hamilton County
Tues. 7am - 8pm, Old Kerry Headquarters Park ing Lot, 1523 Madison Rd., 45206
Pike County
Tues. 7am - 8pm, Boilermakers Hall on US 23 in Piketon, OH and parking lot of Waverly Police Dept., 202 S. Market St.
Scioto County
Tues. 7am - 8pm, New Boston Community Center, 3980 Rhodes Ave., New Boston 45662
Warren County
Tues. 7am - 8pm, 6775 Park Lake Dr, Mason 45040, in Village Lakes subdivision AND 228 S. Mechanic St, Lebanon, 45036

Phone Bank:


Hamilton County Democratic Party HQ
615 Main St., Downtown Cincinnati, Tues, 9-7
Hackett HQ
27 N. Second St., Batavia, Tues, 9-7
Crowley HQ
1523 Madison Rd., East Walnut Hills, Tues, 9-7
Warren County Democratic Party HQ
8 East 5th St., Franklin, Tues, 9-7
Zimmeran CPA, 1080 Nimitzview Dr.
Suite 400, Anderson, Tues 9-7

Please get this information out however possible throughout the district, thanks.