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These days there seems to be an endless number of advocates and lobbyists. Care about gun control? There's a group for you. Work for an insurance agency? The insurance lobbyists are one of the most powerful groups in the country. Want tax reform? There's a growing number of political action committees working for reform. Care about education, trade issues, protecting unions, fighting unions, the environment? Each one of these has powerful representatives both in Columbus and Washington, but who represents Moms? Moms for Ohio does! Moms for Ohio works hard to help Moms have a say in the decisions that effect their lives and the lives of their families.
"Budget-crunched local governments can turn to the state for help collecting unpaid fines and other debts owed to them. The Ohio attorney general's office -- chief collection agent for state agencies, universities, boards and commissions -- will collect debts for counties, cities, townships and villages if they request assistance, Attorney General Mike DeWine said today."
"The 66-member Ohio Republican Party Central Committee will gather in Columbus on Feb. 3 for its first meeting since Gov. John Kasich launched an effort to oust party Chairman Kevin DeWine and take control of the party."
Jimmy Dimora, others, accepted bribes for funding for Alternatives Agency, a Cleveland halfway house
From The Plain Dealer:
" The conversations had the ring of a Hollywood movie about the mob: a plot to get big money, profanity laced banter, references to code names, talk of people who had the "juice" and the obligatory threats of retaliation."
"The Obama administration is preparing to evacuate American personnel and close the U.S. embassy in Damascus, Syria, by the end of this month unless the embattled government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad provides additional security for the facility, senior administration officials said."
" Tim Tebow needs more R&R than anyone thought. The Broncos quarterback played through rib, lung and chest injuries he sustained in Denver’s 45-10 loss at New England in the AFC divisional playoffs last weekend."
Berea businessman Ferris Kleem lavished Jimmy Dimora with gifts to keep 'in his good graces'
From The Cleveland Plain Dealer:
"Lebanon-born Ferris Kleem arrived in Northeast Ohio at age 16 with $50 in his pocket and no command of the English language. But Kleem managed over the next three decades to transform himself into a well-heeled contractor, and he did so in part by ingratiating himself to then-Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora."
"Money – millions of dollars in campaign cash – and power are at stake in a civil war that has erupted within the Ohio Republican Party. The battle is over who should lead the party through this year’s critical election for president and U.S. Senate, among other races."
"In addition to McEwen, other names said to be on Kasich’s short list of DeWine replacements are Douglas J. Preisse, the Franklin County Republican party chairman, lobbyist and a member of Kasich’s inner circle; and Rex Elsass, another Kasich inner circle member, former executive director of the party and founder of The Strategy Group for Media, a GOP political consulting and media firm.'
"As Ohio families continue to struggle with a tough economy, House Republicans say they will focus in the coming year on work-force development, changes to the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and developent of a new system for funding Ohio schools."
Google joins today’s protest of Internet-piracy legislation
From The Columbus Dispatch:
" Opponents of a congressional effort to curb Internet piracy gained their biggest ally yet as the search-engine company Google today joined a protest of the legislation planned by dozens of websites, many of which will shut down today."
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