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AP: Two OH Democrats leave party over Washington appointment

10:42am Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Mayor, commissioner leave party over Washington appointment The Associated Press 1/21/03 8:51 PM Two northwest Ohio elected officials have switched their political parties in protest of a congressional Democratic leader's appointment, The Lima News reported Wednesday. John Bergman, who will run for a third term as an Auglaize County commissioner in November, said he changed from a Democrat to a...

Tale of Two Cities: Toledo woman dies, Charlottesville man lives

12:11pm Tuesday, January 21, 2003
John Franks remembered his daughter, Cathy McCune, as a good person who wouldn’t hurt anyone. That’s why it’s so difficult for him to understand how someone could shoot and kill her and wound her husband, Richard, during an apparent robbery at their North Toledo auto parts business. "She was a gift from God, and she’s with Him now," Mr. Franks said yesterday of his daughter, Toledo’s first...

DDN: Asian upbringing influenced Stratton

10:34am Tuesday, January 21, 2003
The Dayton Daily News has published an excellent in-depth look at Justice Evelyn Lundberg-Stratton's upbringing and legal background. OFCC PAC endorsed Stratton's re-election bid in 2002, against a very liberal opponent: Supreme Court justice raised in Thailand By Laura A. Bischoff e-mail address: [email protected] Dayton Daily News While most baby boomers grew up on rock ’n’ roll, TV and...

Senator Robert Gardner (R) foregoes county post to remain in Senate

4:30pm Monday, January 20, 2003
The Gonger News Service is reporting that (pro-CCW) Senator Robert Gardner (R-Bowling Green) had made the decision not to resign his seat in the Ohio Senate in order to accept the position of Lake County Commissioner. As OFCC PAC reported last week , Gardner, the Senate's president pro tem, was repotedly weighing his options on whether he would withdraw from consideration for the Lake County post...

Enquirer: More jail time for gun crimes

3:22pm Monday, January 20, 2003
Criminals could spend an average of six times longer behind bars if convicted of gun-related charges under a new Cincinnati program aimed at sending them to federal prison. Project Disarm was launched in late 2001 as a joint effort by Cincinnati police and several federal agencies to crack down on increasing gun violence in the city. The project's first 20 cases reveal a sharp difference in the...

Dispatch: Survey tabs Mayor Coleman as favorite among Dems in race for governor

2:11pm Monday, January 20, 2003
As it did last week concerning Republicans and the governorship , the Columbus Dispatch has published a story examining who among Democrats emerge as early picks for U.S. Senate in 2004, and for governor in 2006. A poll suggests that among Democrat political leaders in Ohio, Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman ranks third highest, but emerges as the front-runner because the Democrats' first two...

PD: Senate panel to consider nominations of 2 Ohioans to federal appeals court

11:16am Saturday, January 18, 2003
Washington - After waiting in the wings for 20 months, two Ohio nominees to the powerful federal appeals court will get a hearing before a key Senate panel Jan. 29. Despite pressure from the White House, the nominations of Ohio Supreme Court Justice Deborah Cook and Columbus lawyer Jeffrey Sutton languished until Republicans regained control of the Senate in November. Democrats, while in charge,...

Tale of Two Cities: Lima woman raped, OKC woman escapes attack in church

4:57pm Friday, January 17, 2003
Man charged in gun-point abduction rape By GREG SOWINSKI LIMA - A local man accused in the abduction and rape of a woman was indicted by the grand jury on numerous charges this week. A 31-year-old woman was abducted by a man with a gun as she left a business in the 1000 block of West Market Street about 6 p.m. on Nov. 15, said Jana Gutman, an assistant Allen County prosecutor. The woman was taken...

Tale of Two Cities: Mansfield cabbies robbed; Nashville cabbie shoots back

4:29pm Friday, January 17, 2003
Mansfield's Quality Cab Co. has expressed concern for the safety of its drivers after two armed robberies in one week. The cab company -- the only one in Mansfield -- is considering halting service to an apartment complex, Northwest Village Apartments, at 670 King St. Driver Mike Eberhardt Sr., 45, said about noon Wednesday he picked up a patron at the apartment complex. The man asked to be taken...

Online Poll: Does CCW Reform Deserve to be a 2003 Legislative Priority?

11:46am Friday, January 17, 2003
Are mixed public messages are being given by our state Republican leadership concerning concealed carry reform? In December, House Speaker Larry Householder said publicly that that concealed carry reform is in position to pass in "February or March". Yesterday, Householder said that while he expects a bill to be introduced and debated, "as far as the future of the state of Ohio and how we move...

Leadership: Concealed Carry "Takes Seat in Back"

9:39am Friday, January 17, 2003
The 2003 Legislative Agenda was presented in a joint press conference Thursday by Governor Bob Taft, Speaker Larry Householder, and Senate President Doug White. As anyone following the basic political and the economic issues facing Ohio knows, the issues being discussed as urgent legislative items include balancing Ohio's budget, unemployment, the school funding fiasco, among other issues. Since...

Senator Gardner (R-Bowling Green) considers early exit

4:38pm Thursday, January 16, 2003
State Senator Randy Gardner, R-Bowling Green, took over Doug White’s position as president pro tem when White became Senate President. Now Gardner, who is term-limited and cannot run for re-election in 2004, is considering another move: an early exit from the Senate. Gardner is being pressured by Gov. Bob Taft to stay in the Senate instead of resigning if he is appointed a Lake County...

Stark County Park Board's Opposition to Self-Defense Extends Even to Rangers

1:09pm Thursday, January 16, 2003
While not directly a Concealed Carry Reform issue, an OFCC supporter has requested that we bring attention to the plight of Stark County Park Rangers, who in the commission of their duties have been prevented from carrying a sidearm for some ten years. Click here to visit Citizens for Park Safety's website . If you are a Stark County resident, or live anywhere near Canton, you can help. The Stark...

Blade: Strong Pro-CCW Senator Joins Judiciary Committee (Civil Justice)

12:18pm Thursday, January 16, 2003
Senate President Doug White (R., Manchester) announced yesterday that Senator Lynn Wachtman (R-Napoleon) has been appointed to the Senate Judiciary Committee (Civil Justice). This is great news for concealed carry reform efforts. Senator Wachtmann is a staunch conservative, pro-concealed carry reform Senator. In the last session, he was primary sponsor of the Senate's CCW bill, SB130. As many...

[Pro-CCW] Sulzer plans to recapture Chillicothe mayor's job

11:16am Thursday, January 16, 2003
A former state representative announced yesterday that he will challenge another Democrat -- and the incumbent -- in the Chillicothe mayoral election. Joseph P. Sulzer served as mayor from 1987 to 1996. In November, he lost his bid for a fourth term in the Ohio House of Representatives. Since his November defeat, Sulzer said, a number of residents have approached him about running for mayor. "...

Concealed Carry Reform Picks Up a Vote in Senate

10:07am Thursday, January 16, 2003
The OFCC PAC volunteer staff has been hard at work, following up on the story we first reported here on January 8 , concerning the replacement of anti-CCW Senator Priscilla Mead (R-16). Last Thursday, Steve Stivers (R) was sworn in as her replacement . OFCC PAC went to work immediately to learn about Mr. Stiver's understanding of and support level for concealed carry reform efforts. We are...

Plain Dealer: Legislator starts drive to remove three justices

9:39am Thursday, January 16, 2003
Columbus - A state lawmaker has started a drive to remove three Ohio Supreme Court justices from the bench. Rep. Ron Young is seeking co-sponsors for a resolution to remove Justices Paul Pfeifer, Francis Sweeney and Alice Robie Resnick. This represents the first attempt by the General Assembly to discharge a justice in 194 years, Supreme Court officials said. The action by Young, a Leroy Township...

States Reconsider Limits On Law-Abiding Gun Owners

3:59pm Wednesday, January 15, 2003
As violent crime rates continue to drop in states that allow citizens to carry concealed firearms, some of those states are reconsidering the limits they place on that constitutional right. According to data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, the violent crime rate in the U.S. has dropped every year since 1991 and hit a 23-year low in 2002. In that same period, 17 states added CCW laws and 13...

DDN: Taft likely to become Chair of Republican Gov. Assoc.

1:08pm Wednesday, January 15, 2003
Buried in a Dayton Daily News story about Taft's inauguration is this tidbit on future power possibilities for the governor: "Taft is vice chairman of the Republican Governors Association and is expected to move up to chairman next year." To express your desire to keep liberal Republicans like Bob Taft out of national leadership roles, click on the link below: Republican Governors Association Let...

AP: Bennett re-elected as Ohio GOP chief

3:34pm Tuesday, January 14, 2003
The Ohio Republican Party - fresh off a third straight sweep of statewide offices - has re-elected Chairman Robert Bennett to an eighth two-year term. The party's state central and executive committee gave Bennett its endorsement on Sunday. Last month, Bennett said he would seek another term, two years after saying that term might be his last. Bennett, 63, has been chairman since 1988 and has...

Dispatch: Republican rivalry brewing for 2006

3:22pm Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Those interested in electing a true pro-CCW to the Ohio governorship in 2004 will be interested in a report filed today in the Columbus Dispatch. Auditor Betty Montgomery, Attorney General Jim Petro, Treasurer Joe Deters and Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell each want the Republican nomination for the office of governor in 2006, when Gov. Bob Taft is barred from seeking a third consecutive...

Enquirer: Bradley likely bound for a national stage

11:33am Saturday, January 11, 2003
The Cincinnati Enquirer has printed an extensive piece on Ohio's new Lt. Gov., Jennette Bradley (R), who appears in next month's Jet magazine. "In four years she will be in high demand," said Ohio Republican Chairman Bob Bennett, who foresees a prime speaking position for her at the 2004 presidential convention. "I think the opportunities for her right now are unlimited." While Ms. Bradley's...

Lawmaker gets ready for term

2:54pm Friday, January 10, 2003
Now that January is here, Trumbull County's new state senator, Sen.-to-be Marc Dann, D-Liberty, is busy getting ready for his first term in the Ohio General Assembly. As OFCC PAC reported on December 13 , Dann was selected from among four candidates to fill the seat being vacated by Timothy J. Ryan and is expecting 50 to 60 friends and relatives for his swearing in on Monday. The first order of...

Stivers Seated in Senate

2:08pm Friday, January 10, 2003
Republican Senator Steve Stivers of Columbus was sworn in Thursday at a special session. The 37-year-old former Bank One government affairs vice president succeeds Priscilla Mead, who resigned the 16th Senate District seat to escape the fund-raising grind and other aspects of political life.

AP: Columbus lobbyist to replace GOP senator

4:50pm Wednesday, January 08, 2003
Last week, we reported on the resignation of anti-CCW Republican Senator Priscilla Mead , and on speculation about her replacement's stance on the concealed carry reform issue. The Associated Press is now reporting that a replacement has been chosen by a Senate screening committee. OFCC PAC will be in contact with the appointee's office, to determine his level of support for concealed carry...

Dispatch: General Assembly ready to tackle...handguns in new session

10:34am Monday, January 06, 2003
The Columbus Dispatch has published a detailed look at what can be expected in the early days of the 125th General Assembly. Click here to read the entire Columbus Dispatch story (subscription site - paid access only). An archived and edited version of the story follows. Monday, January 6, 2003 Lee Leonard THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH COLUMBUS - The Ohio General Assembly convenes its 125th session today...

President Bush pardons TN man so he can get his CCW permit

5:26pm Thursday, January 02, 2003
President Bush pardoned seven minor criminals as 2002 closed. One of those pardoned was Tennessean Kenneth Copley. Forty years ago he worked deep in the Hickman County woods, where in less than three hours he could turn grain into a clear liquid that would make its way into the murky distribution channels that supplied the local taste for untaxed whiskey. He'd been working his new trade for...

Plain Dealer: Columbus police see alarming rise in assaults by serial rapists

11:44am Thursday, January 02, 2003
Here is yet another example of the sour irony that exists when law enforcement fails to protect citizens, yet opposes their right to protect themselves. What is made worse by this latest rapist is that he, like all criminals, ignores Ohio's laws, including the unconstitutional ban on carrying a concealed weapon. "Detectives are frustrated by an alarming increase in serial rapists, even while the...

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