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Monday, April 26, 2010
Morgan, Yost get TV ads ready in GOP auditor’s race
State Rep. Seth Morgan, R-Huber Heights, and Delaware County Prosecutor Dave Yost have prepared TV ads in their campaign for the Republican nomination for state auditor.
Morgan’s 30-second ad is to start on Fox News on Tuesday, April 27, said Rob Scott, Morgan’s campaign spokesman. Yost began airing a 15-second ad on broadcast television statewide on Monday, April 26 and has prepared a 30-second ad that is not yet running on TV.
Here’s Yost’s 15-second ad:
Yost is endorsed by the Ohio Republican Party while Morgan has the backing of the Ohio Liberty Council’s Tea Party PAC. The Ohio Liberty Council includes many but not all Ohio Tea Party groups.
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TweetPlans set for Chief Justice Moyer memorial
A memorial pipe and drums corps will lead a procession of Ohio judges to open a memorial tribute to the late Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas J. Moyer on Saturday, May 1, Law Day.
The Ohio Supreme Court on Monday, April 26, released details of the 11 a.m. tribute to Moyer, to be held in the new Grand Ballroom of the Ohio Union on the campus of the Ohio State University. The even t is expected to end about 12:30 p.m.
The tribute is open to the public but those planning to attend are asked to make reservations by Wednesday, April 28 by emailing memorial@sc.ohio.gov or calling 614-387-9510.
For details of the tribute, click here.
Moyer died on April 2. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving chief justice in the country.
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TweetDann’s estranged wife pleaded guilty
Former attorney general Marc Dann’s estranged wife, Alyssa Lenhoff, pleaded guilty Monday, April 26, to a misdemeanor ethics charge and agreed to cooperate and testify if necessary in the ongoing investigation into the Dann administration.
Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Harlan Hale, who admitted he knew the Dann family, sentenced Lenhoff to $1,000 fine plus court costs and 10 days in jail, which she won’t have to serve as long as she cooperates.
Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said Lenhoff, who filed for divorce from Dann, was being interviewed again by investigators on Monday following her court appearance.
Lenhoff, a journalism instructor at Youngstown State University, worked behind the scenes to get a $6,500 grant from Dann’s office to fund a journalism course on investigating unsolved criminal cases, according to the Ohio Ethics Commission. Those efforts amounted to Lenhoff knowingly having an unlawful interest in a public contract, which is against state ethics laws, said Ethics Commission Director David Freel.
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TweetFirst vets’ bonuses could be ready by August
The first veterans’ bonuses resulting from voters’ approval of a bond issue last year should start arriving later this year, possibly by August in some cases, Bill Hartnett, director of the Ohio Department of Veterans Services said on Monday, April 26.
First to receive the bonuses in August would be families of veterans killed in the Persian Gulf War and the continuing fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, Hartnett said at a press conference before the start of Attorney General Richard Cordray’s second annual Ohio Military and Veterans Summit in Columbus.
Bonuses to veterans of the conflicts and those who served elsewhere at the time of the fighting could start arriving by October, said Hartnett.
The ballot issue approved by voters calls for bonuses of $5,000 for families of those killed in action and bonuses of $100 a month - up to $1,000 - for veterans who served in the conflicts. Veterans who served elsewhere during the conflicts qualify for bonuses of $50 a month, up to $500.
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TweetSen. Brown ends “comedy of errors” for Butler County vet
It took six and a half years, but Persian Gulf War veteran James Fackey of Butler County, with the help of U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, finally qualified for the benefits due him because of a lower back problem and post traumatic stress disorder.
“It’s a comedy of errors that’s not funny,” Brown said on Monday, April 26.
Brown introduced Fackey, from Ross Township, before the start of Attorney General Richard Cordray’s second annual Ohio Military and Veterans Summit in Columbus to highlight the difficulties veterans sometimes have in getting the benefits due them.
Fackey, 46, an Army veteran, said that through Brown’s intervention, he recently received a check for about $25,000 for past benefits due him and is receiving about $500 in monthly benefits.
“You don’t want to accept something for nothing,” said Fackey, explaining the reluctance veterans sometimes have in seeking benefits due them.
He first applied for benefits in about 2004 and asked Brown’s office for help about eight months ago when the process seemed to be stalled, said Fackey.
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