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Leadership

President:
Denise Woods

Vice President:
Mary Louise McMahon

Exec. Secretary:
Kathy Arthur

Rec. Secretary:
Nancy Clem

Treasurer:
Robert Gippin

Assistant Treasurer:
Sherrie Weitzenhof

Members-at-Large:
Diana Orendi
Frank Kunstel

Communications:
Ingrid Kunstel

Issues & Education:
Steve Cochran

Leadership Development:
Thomas Townsend

Outreach:
Guy Marentette

 


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The Post-American World

By Fareed Zakaria

Review by Frank Kunstel



 

Blinded By the right

By David Brock

Review by Denise Woods


The Republican Noise Machine

By David Brock

Review by Denise Woods


Democracy's Edge: Choosing to Save Our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life

By Frances Moore Lappé

Review by Denise Woods


Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches

By John Dean

Review by Laura Monroe


Critical Condition: How Health Care in America Became Big Business--and Bad Medicine

By Donald L. Barlett
and James B. Steele

Review by Denise Woods


Myths of Free Trade:
Why American Trade Policy Has Failed

By Sherrod Brown

Review by Denise Woods

Reference Aids


This site lets you browse every vote
in the U.S. Congress since 1991


Ohio General Assembly Votes

To use the vote-tracking portion of the General Assembly’s Web site for yourself, follow these steps:
 
1) Open up the General Assembly’s Web site here

2) Locate the “Find resolutions by number” form* and click the “Go” button to reveal all resolutions that have been introduced during the current General Assembly.

3) Choose a resolution that has passed.

4) Once the text of the resolution appears, choose the “votes” link in the left hand column.

4) Choose “details” to show how each member voted.

* Votes on bills will also be tracked once bills reach the floor of the House and Senate.

 

Letters-to-the-Editor
January 2012
I Can't Believe It by Wendy Bednar
At the service of the 1 percent by Tom Liston
How dare he by Brian Smith

Metro Parks and new construction by Dennis Brinton
December 2011
Middle class left behind by Steve Bellman
Perils of income inequality by Frank Kunstel
Show respect by Denise Woods
A Better Life Than Grandpa's by Steve Bellman
November 2011
Decade of war by Larry Steele
Unhelpful View of Israel by Robert Gippin
Greed doesn’t create jobs by Brian Smith
October 2011
Absence of Compromise by Pat Simons
September 2011
Support for police officers by Eileen Matias
July 2011
Undeserving of the name by Betty Zager
Collegial Senators Get Things Done by Jan Oakley
Casualties of gridlock by Tom Liston
Get Registered by Eileen Matias
Democrats without a message by Brian Smith
June 2011
Democrats deliver health-care reform by Steve Bellman
May 2011
Rethink the Mission in Afghanistan by Wendy Bednar
License to vote by Todd Schneider
Irresponsible Behavior by Steve Bellman
Protecting Unions by David Siegel
April 2011
Republians Reject The Middle Class by Denise Woods
Hudson library, a sound investment by Pat Simons
March 2011
Favors Falls Library Levy by Dennis Brinton
Myths of the Free Market by Tom Liston
Focus on what matters by Frank Kunstel
Response to Senate Bill 5 by Steve Bellman
January 2011
Do words have consequences, or not? by Laura Monroe
America's unique obsession with guns by Tom Liston
A Plague of Guns by Robert Grow
December 2010
Worried about Kasich by Eileen Matias
With kids and crime, smart works much better than tough Op-Ed by Sherrie Weitzenhof
October 2010
Stick With Fisher and Strickland by Denise Woods
Republicans and their one solution by Steve Bellman
Architects of the recession by Steve Bellman
Set Your Own Limits by Steve Bellman
September 2010
Unproductive rally for jobs by Eileen Matias
June 2010
Liberals stand for human dignity by Bill McMahon
April 2010
Government is the problem by Tom Liston
December 2009
Single Payer, Pure Reform by Pat Simons
Thinks Tax Cut Needs To Be Postponed by Dennis Brinton
A Public Option Is Essential by Eileen Goldman
November 2009
Balance the budget by freezing tax cuts by Tom Sawyer
October 2009
Urges Delay in State Income Tax Reduction by Dennis Brinton
Obstacle to Health Reform by Tom Liston
Unequal Under Ohio Law by Bruce Bidwell
September 2009
Folly of decrying socialism by Maureen Sullivan
August 2009
Health-care Industry doesn't want change by Tom Liston
June 2009
Hateful Misuse of Religion by Charles Ausherman
Didn't we just Vote? by Ingrid Kunstel
May 2009
Recall Amounts to a Waste of Money by Eileen Matias
April 2009
Socialism? Think again by Frank Kunstel
War in Iraq was height of U.S. immorality by Maureen Sullivan
Bridge Project Will Save Lives coauthored by Barbara Medlock
February 2009
Senate Obstruction by Laura Monroe
Animals in Foreclosure by Eileen Matias
November 2008
Talk About Class Warfare by Tom Liston
September 2008
Hillary's loss no reason to vote for John McCain by Tom Liston
August 2008
Seeing More Clearly by Guy Marentette
who's a Sissy? by Frank Kunstel
June 2008
Welcome to Ohio, and to the Great Lakes by John Villilo
May 2008
Democrats unite by Tom Liston
March 2008
Equal housing and employment by Sandra Kurt
If not now, when? by Ingrid Kunstel
None of the Above? by Tom Liston
February 2008
The Sky's the Limit by Bobbie Carper
January 2008
Keep Metro Running by Ingrid Kunstel
December 2007
Romney's Religion by Tom Liston
Too High a Cost by Mickey Stefanik
November 2007
No Rethinking Necessary by Frank Kunstel
Any but Claypoole for Hudson school board by James Field
A Most Painful Issue by Walter Sheppe
October 2007
A Message to Alex by Tom Liston
Children Services Cares by Linda Tucci Teodosio
August 2007
Health Care for All by Eileen Goldman
July 2007
Remember 'Plamegate'? by Robert Huddleston
What were we celebrating? by Tom Liston
May 2007
The Royal Equation by Tom Liston
April 2007
Terrorists in New Jersey? by Frank Kunstel
Marh 2007
Adding Insult to Injury by John Huddleston
February 2007
We won't get fooled again by Stephen Weeks
January 2007
Bush is no Truman by Robert Huddleston
Misplaced Outrage
by Mary Nichols-Rhodes
November 2006
Undoing the damage by Tom Liston
October 2006
ABJ's DeWine endorsement by John Cross
DeWine endorsement promptscontrary views by Robert Huddleston
Too much baggage in GOP Congress by Bill McMahon
LaTourette syndrome by Sandra Kurt
Hudson doesn't need nepotism by Pat Simon
Time for Change by James Field
DeWine walks with Bush by Ingrid Kunstel
Judy Hanna for state senator by Guy Marentette

September 2006
Blackwell's extremism would be a liability by Richard King
Coughlin's priorities by Frank Kunstel
Five years later, are we any safer? by Liedrith Heid
August 2006
Constitution is king by Mary Nichols-Rhodes

How to respect life by Frances Scalese
The goal of equal opportunity for all by Susan Vogelsang
Toeing the party line by Steve Bauman
Blackwell: Business as usual by Robert Huddleston
July 2006
A democracy in danger by Tom Liston
How can DeWine approve that message? by Ingrid Kunstel
Ohio GOP's base tactics by Pat Simon
Marriage amendment divorced from reality by Sandra Kurt
Shooting the messenger by Frank Kunstel
June 2006
DeWine flip-flops to curry favor with voters by Ingrid Kunstel
April 2006
Dems need to take a stand by Tom Liston
Chandra will make a difference in Columbus by Barbara Medlock
March 2006
Poking the hornet's nest by Pat Sinmon
Shades of gray by FrankKunstel
January 2006
To be at peace by Pat Simon
Freedom from fear by Robert Huddleston

Humor

Center For American Progress Cartoons


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