Yesterday, Nan Whaley said she looked back ten years at her campaign finance reports, and didn’t see any donations from Steve Rauch. She should have looked over her friend Chris Shaws. On 5/31/2016 Chris got $3,000 from Mr. Rauch, 1550 “Solidiers Home-West Carrollton R” Dayton OH 45066 via check. Or at Matt Josephs. He got Read More
Pre-General campaign finance reports were due today, and of course, in modern American politics, we handicap politicians by their fundraising. So, if dollars are votes, here’s the election results (vote for 2, 2 seats available). The Campaign finance reports are “enhanced” as best can be, to be semi-ADA compliant by me- and documents straightened. Shaw Read More
In the new American political handycapping system of fundraising, tomorrow Wednesday is scorecard day. On my campaign finance reports, you won’t see any unions, any political lobbyists, any Washington types, or political party donations. I’m not on any “List” of donors, and the biggest donation is $500. You will see some folks from out of Read More
Number one rule in journalism: follow the money. When it comes to politics and who wants to buy your vote: follow the money. When I look to see what I could and should support, I like to look at the money. In Montgomery County it takes a lot of work to do it- mostly because Read More
On Thursday, Oct 20, 2016 I made the journey to Columbus to throw myself at the mercy of the Ohio Elections Commission. The local Montgomery County Board of (S)Elections had turned me in for failure to file my 2014 annual campaign finance report. Only thing is, I didn’t run in 2014- or 2015, or collect Read More
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