Ohio Politics

Harris, Gardner mum on who will be Senate president

7:57am Wednesday, July 21, 2004
July 21, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Randy Gardner was next in line to be House speaker when he was forced out of the House by term limits in 2000, so when the opportunity arrived to be Senate president, he wasn’t about to pass it up. Bill Harris was on the verge of being House speaker when he was blindsided by Larry Householder in 2000, so when the Senate presidency opened up earlier this month, he...

Democrat Senate hopeful Terry Anderson has not voted in nearly four years

8:51am Tuesday, July 20, 2004
July 19, 2004 (Zanesville, Ohio) - Senator Joy Padgett (R-Coshocton) today released the following statement in response to a Sunday, July 18 Athens Messenger story in which it was reported that Padgett's opponent, Northeast Ohio native Terry Anderson, has not voted in a general election since November 2000. "This reminds me of someone who skips church for years, then shows up all of a sudden one...

Petro: Off-duty officers must obey ''plain sight'' requirements; certain others

1:38am Tuesday, July 20, 2004
July 19, 2004 Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio - Off-duty police officers would not be required to obtain permits to carry hidden guns, but they would face the same restrictions as permit-holders going to bars, day-care centers and government buildings, according to an opinion issued Monday by Attorney General Jim Petro. Under the three-month-old law, people are prohibited from carrying concealed...

Senate to vote for prez

7:55am Monday, July 19, 2004
July 19, 2004 Dayton Daily News Senate Republicans may head back to Columbus in early August to pick the person whom they'd like to see as Senate President next year. Three candidates have emerged — Sens. Randy Gardner of Bowling Green, Bill Harris of Ashland and Robert Spada of North Royalton. Current Senate President Doug White, R-Manchester, said he would call for the August caucus if no...

Op-Ed: Term limits are the debasing poison in Ohio politics

7:22am Thursday, July 15, 2004
by Thomas Suddes, Cleveland Plain Dealer The one sure way to drain the Statehouse consulting- and-collecting cesspool would be to repeal General Assembly term limits. Otherwise, nothing will change in Columbus, not even if a clutch of Republicans ends up in the hoosegow. Term limits, which voters imposed in 1992, forbid state representatives and senators to serve more than eight consecutive years...

Homicidal home invaders: ''I come to rob you''

10:27pm Tuesday, July 13, 2004
July 13, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Masked gunmen kill two at home One man was dead and another in custody as authorities early this morning closed in on two suspects from a triple-shooting in a Franklin Township home early yesterday. Franklin County deputies called for Columbus police dogs and a helicopter after the men were cornered along Hall Road near Hilltonia Drive about 12:15 this morning. One...

Proof: Citizens deserve right to choose self-protection in parking lots

10:57pm Monday, July 12, 2004
July 12, 2004 Toledo Blade Motel resident, friend attacked in parking lot A man who identified himself as a resident of a South Toledo motel suffered minor head injuries after he and a friend were confronted in the parking lot by a pair of armed robbers early yesterday. The incident occurred shortly before 5 a.m. at the Best Motel, 1115 South Reynolds Rd. The victim refused medical treatment...

Wanted criminal found with gun in ''no-guns'' East Liverpool library

7:05am Friday, July 09, 2004
July 8, 2004 (Lisbon) Morning Journal EAST LIVERPOOL — A man wanted for failure to appear warrants out of the county is now facing a charge of carrying a concealed weapon without a permit after being found with a loaded gun in the Carnegie Public Library. According to Chief Mike McVay, the department received a tip that Nathan Criss, 28, 326 Blakeley St., was at the library and that there was an...

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