Press Releases
May 16, 2012
House Representatives to Hold Another Committee Hearing Today to “Get Rid Of” Planned Parenthood COLUMBUS, OHIO – Today, Wednesday, May 16, Ohio Statehouse Republicans scheduled a third hearing on House Bill 298, their bill to reprioritize and ultimately defund Planned Parenthood’s preventive health care programs. This morning’s hearing in the Ohio House of Representatives Health and [...]
May 15, 2012
Busy Being Treasurer Campaigning For Higher Office, Mandel Filed His 2010 PFD Almost Six Months Past Deadline COLUMBUS, OHIO – Tomorrow will present Josh Mandel with a once-in-a-year opportunity to take a break from refusing to say if he hired 34 staffers at taxpayer expense without ever reviewing their resumes and qualifications to file his Personal [...]
May 14, 2012
COLUMBUS – Today, U.S. Senator Robert Portman (R-OH) cited a figure that has been disputed again and again while trying to defend Mitt Romney and Romney economics at a luncheon for journalists in New York hosted by Bloomberg. Portman claimed that Romney “can show where his efforts net created 100,000 jobs” when the fact is that [...]
May 10, 2012
COLUMBUS, OHIO – Today, in response to Senator Portman turning his back on students by voting to protect tax loopholes instead of college affordability, Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern issued the following statement: “Senator Portman and his Republican colleagues turned their back on Ohio students this week when they voted to double interest rates [...]
May 7, 2012
COLUMBUS, OHIO – Today, during a Romney event at Cleveland-based Stamco, an auto parts manufacturer that benefitted from the auto-rescue, Ohio Auditor David Yost made an inflammatory, offensive statement about the capture and killing of Osama Bin Laden. Auditor Yost stated that giving credit to President Obama for the capture and killing of Osama Bin [...]
May 7, 2012
Mandel Spokesman Asking Us To Believe 34 Staffers In Question Have No Resumes On File, Were Awarded Taxpayer-Funded Salaries Without Treasurer’s Office Hiring Them Without Reviewing Resumes, How Did Josh Mandel Ensure He Had Hired “Qualified Financial Professionals Rather Than Political Cronies And Friends?” COLUMBUS, OHIO – After refusing for more than a year to fully [...]
May 3, 2012
Request Includes Names Listed In Initial Report On Mandel Hiring Unqualified Political Cronies In Treasurer’s Office COLUMBUS, OHIO – Today, in an attempt to determine once and for all just how deep cronyism runs in the Treasurer’s office under Josh Mandel, the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) filed its eighth public records request with the Ohio Treasurer’s office for [...]
May 1, 2012
Kasich’s Visit to Highlight Job Growth at Brook Park Ford Plant a Sad Attempt to Take Credit for President Obama, Sen. Sherrod Brown’s Rescue of the Auto Industry COLUMBUS, OHIO – Today, Ohio Governor John Kasich visited the Cleveland area Ford Plant in Brook Park in an attempt to take credit for recent job growth at [...]
Apr 30, 2012
Why Won’t Mandel Produce Resumes For 35 Staffers He’s Hired? Days After Declaring Fact He’s Hiding Resumes “Blatantly False,” Mandel Still Won’t Disclose All Resumes In Latest Response To Seventh Public Records Request COLUMBUS, OHIO – Last week, amid the cronyism scandal consuming his office and just days after declaring the fact that he is hiding Treasurer’s office personnel files was “blatantly [...]
Apr 28, 2012
This Saturday, April 28 at 11 a.m., the Ohio Democratic Party’s State Executive Committee, the governing body of the party, met to announce those appointed to be delegates for the 2012 Democratic National Convention and new members of the Democratic National Committee. Appointed to be PLEO (Public Leaders and Elected Officials) delegates were: Joyce Beatty [...]
