The Celina Daily Standard is reporting to day that David P. Rinderle Jr., 34, 8075 Old Town Road, (Celina), has been charged with menacing in connection with an apparent case of road rage involving himself and a 70 year-old farmer driving a John Deere combine.

According to the story, Mercer County Sheriff's deputies responded to Riley Road, north of Oldtown Road, at 3:15 p.m. Oct. 10 on reports of a man drawing a loaded weapon at a motorist.

Rinderle told deputies he was forced to drive his 1998 Mercury Mountaineer into the side ditch to avoid hitting the farm vehicle. He claimed the combine's left front tire was left of center at the time.

Sheriff's office reports, as quoted by the Daily Standard, indicate the motorist reportedly turned around, passed the combine again and stopped in the roadway approximately 100 feet in front of the combine. The man got out of the vehicle leaving his wife and two children inside and began yelling at the 70-year-old farmer to get the combine over for traffic. The motorist climbed the steps to the cab and opening the door while continuing his verbal rebuke.

The newspaper story continues, reporting that the older man told deputies he felt threatened by the irate intruder, warned Rinderle he had protection and displayed a holstered 9-mm semiautomatic pistol on his lap. The motorist reportedly grabbed the gun and threw it into a nearby clover field.

Deputies determined the older man did have a permit to carry a concealed weapon. The gun, along with a magazine containing eight rounds of ammunition, was located and taken into evidence.

The farmer told authorities he could only get over so far, fearing he would lose control of the combine in the event it went into the side ditch.

The case was referred to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office, which returned the charge against Rinderle. The Daily Standard reports the paperwork was served over the weekend.

OFCC steering team observations:

The following press release was sent out by 2004 OFCC PAC endorsee Joy Padgett's campaign earlier this week.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, October 25, 2004

ANDERSON CAMPAIGN FINANCES IN QUESTION

(Columbus, Ohio) - Monies provided to fund the state senate campaign of Terry Anderson may violate Ohio campaign finance laws it was discovered this week. Following the required disclosure of campaign finances on Friday, Anderson's campaign is being referred for investigation to the Ohio Elections Commission by Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.

In question are a series of loans Anderson made to or secured for his campaign, unlawfully funding the campaign with either personal funds, an illegal corporate contribution, or a combination of both.

"Under any circumstance, Mr. Anderson has broken the law," said Padgett campaign consultant Scott Borgemenke. "Either he has accepted an illegal corporate contribution, secured the loan in excess of his own personal funds cap, or someone else secured the loan on his behalf exceeding their contribution limit."

Under Ohio Administrative Code 111-1-03(H)(2), a bank loan to a political campaign will be deemed an illegal corporate contribution unless, among other requirements, it is "made on a basis which assures repayment." In other words, the bank loan must be secured by a guarantor, a co-signor, or some other form of security.

Anderson's report discloses no form of security. But, if secured, the amount will exceed both personal funds and contribution limits. As reported, the loan appears to be an illegal corporate contribution.

In addition to the Secretary of State's action, the campaign of state Senator Joy Padgett is demanding that the campaign either refund the illegal corporate contribution or - if the campaign finance report misrepresented the loan by failing to disclose the security for such a loan - rectify the filing and follow the law.

Commentary:
Terry Anderson officially announced his candidacy for Senate on December 29. At that event, Anderson revealed his position on concealed carry reform.

"To me, it's a false issue," he said. "It's a hot-button issue that gets to people's emotions, but it's not relevant to most real lives here. Passing concealed carry is not going to bring one more dollar into the schools of southeastern Ohio."

Padgett has been involved with state government since 1991, and was the original sponsor of legislation allowing certain Ohioans to carry concealed firearms.

Anderson, a past member of the liberal academic and media-elite, has never held public office.

According to sources, George Soros' 527 group ACT has been heavily involved in working Senate District 20 in support of Terry Anderson.

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The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting today that Cincinnati police are looking for a man they suspect has raped two men and a 14-year-old boy in a case veteran investigators say is the first they can remember in which a rapist attacks males.

The newspaper reports Capt. Vince Demasi, investigations commander, says detectives don't have much to go on, beyond the rarity of male rape victims.

According to the Enquirer, the first incident happened Aug. 6 in Boldface Park, Sedamsville. In that report, a 14-year-old told police a man with a gun forced him to have sex with him.

The most recent incident happened about 1:15 a.m. Oct. 15 on Wheeler Street near the University of Cincinnati. That time, the newspaper says, a 19-year-old UC student told police a man approached him from behind and asked for cigarettes.

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When the student turned around, he said, the suspect pulled a black handgun, forced him into a garage, pulled down his pants and sexually assaulted him.

Between those two incidents, police say, another man reported being robbed near Boldface Park. That victim did not say he was raped, but according to the newspaper police think he is not acknowledging an assault, Zwick said.

The victims "are having a lot of problems with the emotional trauma,'' Demasi said. "It's a violent assault.''

One in six women will be the victims of attempted or a completed rape in their lifetimes, according to a study by the National Institutes of Justice-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

That compares, a rape crisis counselor told the Enquirer, to 3 percent of American men being the victim of an attempted or completed rape.

October 27, 2004
Cleveland Plain Dealer

News organizations across the state and the nation fell head over heels to cover John Kerry's "hunting trip" in Ohio as if he were an avid hunter. Not a single news report called the event what it truly was: a photo opportunity intended to mislead the masses.

Bill Clinton claimed the National Rifle Association cost Al Gore the 2000 election. Kerry's campaign is well aware of this and is making every effort to mislead gun owners. Unions are telling their members that "John Kerry won't take your gun," knowing full well that Kerry has an anti-gun voting history.

Kerry is endorsed by every major anti-gun special interest group, including the Brady Campaign, previously known as Handgun Control Inc. Kerry is also endorsed by PETA, the animal rights group that wants to eliminate hunting entirely. Is that why he didn't carry his supposed kill?

John Kerry should be sent hunting for a new job by gun-owning union members who have been betrayed by the candidate and their union leadership.

Jeff Garvas, Cleveland
Garvas is president of Ohioans for Concealed Carry.

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