Ohio Politics

Will OFCC PAC endorsee replace Speaker Householder in House District 91?

7:00am Tuesday, July 06, 2004
On July 5, 2004, the Newark Advocate published an excellent story, written by Jim Siegel, about 2004 OFCC PAC endorsee Rob Hood. In the article, Siegel wrote that Hood "shocked" some local Republican leaders when he won the March primary in the 91st House district, earning a chance at the seat that has been held by Speaker Larry Householder, who is term-limited. Hood beat out three challengers,...

PATRIOTS: In 1788, Ohio law required ALL men aged 16-50 to bear arms

7:50am Sunday, July 04, 2004
(Originally posted by the Cincinnati Enquirer and on this website July 25, 2003) Ohio Moments Soldiers fined 50 cents for lack of weaponry On July 25, 1788, the first Ohio law to establish and regulate a militia was published in Marietta. It mandated all men between 16 and 50 perform military duty. They were required to arm themselves with a musket and bayonet, a cartridge box, powder horn, one...

SHAKE-UP: Jacobson drops bid for Senate Presidency

7:46am Friday, July 02, 2004
July 02, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer (story edited for space) Columbus - Sen. Jeff Jacobson ended his quest to become Senate president Thursday after information surfaced that he had concealed his ties to an anti-tax group that assisted his efforts to win the top leadership post. "In seeking the Senate presidency, I allowed myself to become associated with persons whose practices were...

Ohio Parole Board sets serial rapist on the prowl

12:42pm Monday, June 07, 2004
June 04, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer What does the Ohio Parole Board have against the state's elderly women? As a recent article points out (" Convicted rapist will be paroled, must register ," May 28), a parole board has decided to release a man with a criminal record going back 40 years, including convictions for attempted rape as well as sexual assaults of women aged 72 and 84. In fact, he...

Man in Wheelchair Robbed

9:18am Monday, June 07, 2004
June 4, 2004 Ohio News Network A disabled man was thrown from his wheelchair and robbed for his disability check overnight in the West End. The neighborhood says it's becoming a trend: Criminals on the prowl at the start of each month when they know welfare, disability, and other checks are issued. Criminals who do this are preying on the weak. Early Wednesday morning in the West End that was...

Dairy Mart RAPE

7:36am Saturday, May 22, 2004
This tragic victimization brings to mind a whole host of troubling issues, including the dangerous prospect of being forced to disarm at posted businesses and other victim zones, restrictive car carry language (plain sight in a holster on the persons' person) in Ohio's new concealed carry law, which is much more difficult for a woman to comply with, and of course that CHLs are forbidden to adults...

Workplace shootings took 69 lives in '03, group says

11:50am Wednesday, May 19, 2004
May 13, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer WASHINGTON - November's killings at a West Chester trucking company helped make 2003 the deadliest year for workplace shootings in the past decade, an anti-gun group said Wednesday. Sixty-nine people were killed and 46 wounded in 45 workplace shootings last year. Workplace shootings nearly doubled from 2002 to 2003, according to "Terror Nine to Five: Guns in the...

Past week tough on defenseless Ohioans; Columbus eatery customers fight back

5:53pm Monday, May 17, 2004
Cincinnati: Violent murder seen as "public relations nightmare" for city Police said Friday that a 17-year-old robbed Robbie Harris of cash before shooting him to death at Seventh and Vine streets about 12:20 a.m. Thursday. "When a 17-year-old man leaves home with a gun, intent on doing a bad thing, there is virtually nothing any of us can do to prevent it,'' Capt. James Whalen, commander of...

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