Category: Politics

Sewage fees spark spirited debate in council

June 5, 2015 By Janelle Patterson – The Marietta Times Marietta City Council presented a unified front Thursday night as members passed a resolution opposing proposed state legislation concerning sewage treatment systems. Heated statements filled the Lookout Park facility, the…

Influence & Lobbying

The primary goal of much of the money that flows through Ohio politics is this: Influence. Corporations and industry groups, labor unions, single-issue organizations – together, they spend billions of dollars each year to gain access to decision-makers in government,…

Federal NDAA Indefinite Detention Efforts

Virginia Bill Shines Light on Federal NDAA Indefinite Detention Efforts by: Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. A representative of the people in Virginia has stepped up to prevent the federal government from robbing them of their most precious — and formerly…

Kasich Calls Common Core Opposition “Hysteria”

Ohio Gov. John Kasich believes opposition to the Common Core State Standards Initiative is “hysteria,” and does not expect his state’s legislature to attempt to a repeal in this legislative session. “I don’t expect anything like that,” Kasich told TheBlaze.…

Republicans Who Opposed Omnibus Were Right

ARRA News Service  – by Rick Manning: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2014 Speaker John Boehner passed the last government funding bill (in 2014) by appealing to Democrat votes in the House to offset the more than 25 percent of his Republican Conference…

2014 Election Recap and Commentary

Tom Zawistowski, President of the We the People Convention and the Ohio Citizens PAC, released a recap of the 2014 Election from the view of the Ohio TEA Party movement.  The Ohio Citizens PAC had endorsed 44 candidates for various…