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Monday, July 20, 2009
Anti-slots group takes case to Supreme Court
LetOhioVote.Org on Monday, July 20, asked the Ohio Supreme Court to put the brakes on the plan to put electronic slot machines at Ohio’s seven horse racetracks without a vote of the people.
The group, formed to seek a public vote on any government-sponsored gambling, wants the high court to affirm the right of voters to decide the slots issue. If the court agrees, the committee will start a petition drive to put the issue before voters in the in the November 2010 election and the slots plan will be halted pending the outcome of the vote, said Carlo LoParo, spokesman for the committee.
The slots plan is part of the $50.5 billion budget Gov. Ted Strickland signed on Friday, July 17, and is projected to raise $933 million over two years. Voters four times since 1990 have rejected expanded gambling.
Members of the group include: former state Rep. Tom Brinkman, R-Cincinnati; David Hansen, former president of the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions and Gene Pierce, a Columbus-based consultant.
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Obama coming to Cleveland area Thursday UPDATED
President Barack Obama will be coming to the Cleveland area Thursday to discuss health care, the White House confirmed Monday, July 20.
Obama will first tour the Cleveland Clinic, then move on to Shaker Heights High School, where he’ll hold a town hall meeting at about 2:30 p.m. on health care reform.
Members of the public wishing to attend the town hall should visit the following website to register to attend the town hall. The site will be available until 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 21. Or leave a voice message indicating interest to attend by calling (216) 295-6144. That phone line will be available until 3 p.m. Tuesday.
The White House will only be able to fulfill a limited number of requests for tickets.
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Husted says he has $1.25M for sec of state race
Sen. Jon Husted, R-Kettering, on Monday, July 20, announced that his campaign for secretary of state has more than $1.25 million on hand.
“I continue to be grateful for the overwhelming support I have received from so many supporters across the state,” Husted said in a press release. “The campaign is off to a great start and I look forward to building on our successes during the months to come.”
Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is running for the U.S. Senate next year and Franklin County Commissioner Marilyn Brown is seeking the Democratic nomination for secretary of state.
Husted’s announcement comes before the July 31 deadline for filing campaign finance reports with the secretary of state.
Clifford Schecter, Brown’s campaign manager, said that she would file her report by the deadline and that in the meantime “Marilyn Brown will continue to meet with regular Ohioans across the state and assemble the necessary resources to be our next secretary of state.”
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Supreme Court puts casino battle on fast track
The Ohio Supreme Court has put a lawsuit over the the four-casino ballot proposal on a fast track.
The court on Monday, July 20, ordered Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and the Muskingum County Board of Elections to file a response to the lawsuit by Wednesday, July 22.
Scioto Downs, a Columbus-area horse racetrack opposed to the casino plan, on Friday asked the high court to order Brunner to investigate alleged violations of Ohio election law including the use of convicted felons to gather signatures.
The lawsuit also asks the court to order Brunner to compel county boards of elections to investigate alleged election law violations and to throw out petitions circulated by people who gave false addresses.
The court’s Monday order gives Scioto Downs until Friday to present its evidence and then Brunner has until Tuesday, July 28 to present her evidence.
The lawsuit comes as Brunner prepares to rule Tuesday on whether casino supporters have gathered the required 402,275 valid signatures from registered voters to put the casino proposal on the Nov. 3 ballot. Supporters turned in petitions with more than 850,000 signatures.
The plan calls for casinos in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Toledo.
