Greene County Republican Bureaucrats Deny Tea Party Rally, But It Will Held Sat. April 24

Posted on April 23, 2010 by | Leave a comment

After Tea Party activists have attempted to work together with County officials to schedule a Tea Party rally for Saturday, April 24, the Greene County Commission together with the Greene County Administrator Howard Poston denied a request from citizens to meet for a peaceful rally on the grounds of the Greene County Court in Xenia, Ohio. The organizers were notified by Lisa Hale, Director of Risk Management that the meeting application did not meet the county’s 14 day notification policy and requirements and therefore cannot take place: “After consideration of the points of our Public Use Policy and the time requirements therein, we are unable to approve your request received yesterday 4/19/10 for use of the Courthouse on Saturday April 24, 2010.”

The rally planned for April 24 would be a “call to arms” for Xenia and Greene County residents and a call to stand up to out of control regulations, government abuse, tax increases and political corruption, all which cross political parties and ideologies.

The meeting anticipates music, speakers like Seth Morgan, John Anderson, John Mitchell, local Tea Party activists and supporters, and other local politicians and candidates, and it was planned as a political rally and as a meeting to express political dissent. As it was decided upon on the spur of the moment, Greene County officials turned down the request under a “Permit of Use” clause which requires a two week notification for the use of County facilities and grounds. The policy does not seem to make exceptions for meetings and rallies falling under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protecting “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

“The word ‘permit’ implies that we need the government’s permission to protest, demonstrate and rally. We do not. The Greene County Commission is stifling peaceful political speech under the guise of facilities use and bureaucratic policy.” said Virgil Vaduva, the organizer of the rally, and candidate for Greene County Commissioner.

Vaduva said he explained to County officials that the meeting will take place on a weekend, when the building is closed and it will not interfere with official County business, and that organizers are not asking to use County buildings or facilities, rather just the open, public space in front of the County Courthouse; the officials refused to reconsider their decision.

“The meeting will go on as planned and we will be there at 4:00 PM on Saturday,” said Vaduva. “The lawn of the Greene County Courthouse is a public area funded by taxpayers, the rally is a peaceful assembly for the purpose of political speech, with families and children attending, and is protected by the Constitution of the United States. Greene County does not have the authority to stop families and citizens from meeting peacefully, from petitioning and criticizing their government, and discussing the issues facing our communities,” he said.

On the Greene County Commission are seated Alan Anderson, an incumbent and opponent of Virgil Vaduva in the Republican primary elections on May 4, Marilyn Reid, Executive Chair of Greene County GOP and Rick Perales; all Commissioners are Republicans.

Lisa Hale declined to say what will take place if the meeting goes on without a permit from Greene County, and how several hundred attendees will be affected should they decide to attend the rally.

Virgil Vaduva can be contacted at 937-687-8683
Lisa Hale can be contacted at 937-562-5213

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Governor (FDR) Strickland Politicizes Ohio Supreme Court

Posted on April 22, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Last week, Governor Ted Strickland appointed Franklin County Probate
Judge Eric Brown Chief Justice of Ohio to replace the late Thomas Moyer. Brown had already been selected by Strickland and other Democratic Party leaders as the Democratic candidate for Chief Justice in the 2010 election. The selection sets up a race between two sitting members of the Supreme Court, Brown and current Justice Maureen O’Connor, the Republican candidate.

Eric Brown is married to Democratic Franklin County Commissioner Marilyn Brown, who has voted to use tax dollars to support Planned Parenthood of Central Ohio, an organization that performs abortions.

“Governor Strickland’s choice of Eric Brown for Chief Justice is a blatantly political decision,” said Mike Gonidakis, Executive Director of Ohio Right to Life. “In order to have the Democratic candidate run as an ‘incumbent’, Strickland has ensured that the remainder of this Supreme Court term will be marked by internal political tension because two members of the Court will be competing for election. Strickland and Brown clearly lack the statesmanship shown by Justice Evelyn Stratton, who decided not run for Chief Justice in the Republican primary because she was concerned about the negative effects that two sitting Justices running against each other would have on the internal operation of the Court,” Gonidakis said.

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Gas and Oil Rush to Israel–Will Russia and Her Muslim Allies Too?

Posted on April 21, 2010 by | 2 comments

If memory serves, Dallas Seminary Professor John Walvoord writing about middle east oil and end time prophecy, predicted Russia would lead a confederacy of Arab nations against Israel enticed to gain control of Israel’s oil supplies. Like other prophecy teachers, Walvoord believed this was the hook God would use to draw Israel’s enemies to the final showdown at Armageddon.

A recent article in the on-line magazine, Israel Today, announced expectation of Israel becoming the center of a new ‘oil and gas rush’ of western oil producers. According to the Israeli financial newspaper Globes, the largest natural gas reserve (122 trillion cubic feet) was discovered as well as a 1.7 billion barrel crude oil reserve in the Levant Basin.

God has given the people of his covenanted land another weapon potentially of equal power her enemies in the international politics of oil. Just as the Islamic nations use oil against Israel and Russia uses them for their geopolitical agendas, Israel’s new resource may tip the perceive scale of power inciting the response previewed by the prophets like Ezekiel, John, the writer of the book Revelation, and Prof. Walvoord’s Armageddon, Oil and the Middle East Crisis.

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Remarks by John Mitchel at the April 15th Springfield Tea Party Rally

Posted on April 19, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Since 1980, Ohio has lost five Congressional House seats and will lose two more after the 2010 census. Since 1983 we have had three Congressional Representatives in the 7th District – Mike DeWine, Dave Hobson and Steve Austria. Who more than these three career politicians is more responsible for the sad state of affairs here in the 7th District and around the nation? It happened on their watch and they have to accept the responsibility for the runaway spending and $12.6 trillion debt.

There are at least three important issues that clearly set our campaign apart from these three career politicians; our support for term limits and the FairTax, and our relentless fight against fraud, waste, abuse and corruption in government.

If elected, I will spend no more than two terms in Congress; then I will return home to Ohio to enjoy the freedom and liberty we worked hard to protect while I served in Washington. We need many more citizen legislators and many fewer self-interested career politicians.

My first official act after taking the oath of office will be to co-sponsor H.R. 25, which will enable the FairTax. My opponent has had more than a year to do so, but has chosen not to, and the reason is that once we do away with the income tax, the lobbyists and special interests have much less leverage, if any at all in affecting the behavior of those congressmen who have traded campaign cash for special favors, kickbacks and tax loopholes.

We don’t have time to cover the broad spectrum of where I believe my opponent has enabled fraud, waste, abuse and corruption in government, but it’s important we give you a flavor of what is going on underneath the radar.

From 2006 until October 2009, Steve Austria took credit for bringing up 100 jobs to the TPI Composites plant at 2145 Airpark Drive in Springfield. Here is the timeline as characterized on Steve Austria’s and TPI Composites’ websites:

November, 2006: TPI Composites opens Springfield production facility;

April 10, 2007: TPI Composites triples wind blade production capacity in Mexico plant;

April 12, 2007: TPI Composites reaches agreement to manufacture wind blades in China;

May 7, 2007: TPI Composites unveils first all-composite Army-ready truck cab in Warren, R.I.;

October 29, 2007: TPI Composites opens second wind blade plant in Mexico;

November 26, 2007: TPI Composites expands capacity in Iowa facility;

December 17, 2007: TPI Composites opens holding company in Scottsdale, Arizona;

September 16, 2008: TPI Composites opens 316,000 square foot plant in Newton, Iowa;

February 2009: TPI Composites closes Springfield operation;

October 2009: Eight months after the plant closed, Steve Austria removes from his website his claim that he brought up to 100 jobs to the TPI Composites facility at 2145 Airpark Drive in Springfield.

Is that the kind of person we want representing us in Washington? — a person who makes false claims for almost three years, then tries to re-create history by quietly removing those false claims from his website. We think it’s time for a change. The issue is integrity; the candidate is John Mitchel; and the choice is yours. We request your strong consideration for a vote for John Mitchel in the May 4th Republican primary.

By Americans for John Mitchel

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Americans Rising for the Constitution–April 19, 2010

Posted on April 18, 2010 by | 1 comment

The Voice of Freedom will be heard across America on April 19, 2010 (Patriots Day), as people gather at their state capitols to participate in a Re-Dedication Ceremony to Creator, Country and Constitution and to serve the Articles of Freedom on elected officials — a non-political document which seeks to end violations of the Constitution and restore constitutional governance at the state and federal level. The special program will last 45 minutes and will be given at the same moment in time across all time zones. In Ohio, the event begins at 3 PM on the steps of the State Capitol.

The Articles of Freedom are the non-political work of the Continental Congress 2009, a group of 116 citizen-delegates from 48 states, who met for 11 days in St. Charles, Illinois from November 11-21, 2010. The contents address fourteen violations of the Constitution, each of which has injured America’s economy and the Nation. Each of the 14 Articles includes “Remedial Instructions” to federal and state government officials, designed to end the violation. There is no other known document or plan in America at this time that complies with the U.S. Constitution and shows the people, and a rogue government, how to put the nation back on track. The Articles contain a pledge that asks citizens to join with a “goodly number of millions” to hold elected officials accountable to their Oath of Office, through obedience to the Constitution.

The April 19th ceremony will include a Color Guard; a prayer; singing to America; the Pledge of Allegiance and America’s Creed; a talk about the Purpose of the Articles and why they are being served on elected officials; and an opportunity for participants to re-dedicate themselves to the Constitution, Its protection and defense. In every state, the two U.S. Senators, the member of the U.S. House of Representatives whose district includes the state capital city, the Governor and the Head of each Chamber of the State Legislature have been invited to receive the Articles; those who do not attend the ceremony will be served at their offices immediately following the event.

“The First Amendment guarantees the Right of the People to Petition their servant government for a Redress of Grievances,” says Robert Schulz. “We have petitioned for a Remedy for every major violation of the Constitution since 1994, knowing what the violations would do to our people and our way of Life. Our Petitions have been answered with Silence and repeated injury to our economy, our Republic and our Sovereignty,” he continued. “The Articles are a constructive legal document rooted in the Constitution. We will serve it on our elected officials as the appropriate next step and wait for their response. The Constitution cannot defend itself, and it is not a menu. It is now up to the People to peacefully and lawfully procure relief,” said Schulz.

Event planners view the ceremony as an opportunity to show the conscious return of an increasing number of Americans who feel it is their duty to ensure officials follow the Constitution. “We await the day when every elected official in America, regardless of party, will have the sole purpose of upholding the Constitution in the governmental affairs of the People, and our citizens, in turn, will be vigilant – in every state and at the federal level – to hold them accountable,” he concluded.

The non-political event is open to all who want to show support for the Constitution. Planners urge people to visit www.articlesoffreedom.us/ThePlan.aspx to print out and bring along a copy of the program for the ceremony so they can participate fully.

To read the Articles of Freedom (html), go here.
To read the Articles of Freedom (pdf), go here.
To read a summary of the articles, go here.

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Josh Mandel Seeking to Make Ohio Business Friendly

Posted on April 15, 2010 by | Leave a comment

By Josh Mandel

Ohio is facing numerous challenges, including a large budget deficit, double-digit unemployment and an exodus of jobs, young people and retirees. Solving these problems requires responsible leadership and fresh thinking — and I am working hard every day to identify business-friendly, limited-government solutions to Ohio’s economic struggle.

Here are some examples:

Making Ohio More Business-Friendly Through Regulatory Reform and Government Consolidation:

Businesses will locate and grow where there exists a stable, certain and friendly economic environment. Unfortunately, too often bureaucrats in our state government view businesses with a “guilty until proven innocent” attitude. Instead, I believe that our state government workers should be waking up every morning asking themselves, “How can I help Ohio businesses succeed, or at least get the heck out of the way?” Therefore, I have been a strong proponent of instituting state government regulatory reform, including:

– Streamlining EPA permitting processes.
– Restructuring the Bureau of Workers Compensation.
– Eliminating the waste, fraud and abuse in Ohio’s Medicaid system.
– Consolidating the size of our state government.

Prioritizing Ohio Businesses Over Out-of State Businesses:

I was disturbed to learn that certain programs in the Ohio Department of Development give preferential treatment to companies located in other states over companies already located in Ohio. Yes, you read that correctly. There are economic incentive programs, funded by our tax dollars, for which companies in Kentucky and West Virginia can qualify but companies in Ohio cannot. This backwards approach to growing Ohio’s economy sends a terrible message to Ohio businesses, and I have been proud to stand up to change it. I have referenced this problem in many speeches and gatherings and am taking leadership to alter the focus of these programs in order to rightly prioritize Ohio businesses.

Eliminating Ohio’s Estate Tax:

Since I stepped foot in the Ohio legislature, I have been proudly advocating for the elimination of Ohio’s estate tax. I wrote about it last year and continue to lead on it today. This form of double-taxation has had the unfortunate and predictable result of making Naples, Palm Beach and Phoenix second capitals of Ohio. By forcing retirees to become citizens of other states, we are losing an incredible amount of financial and intellectual capital that should be invested in our communities. Ohio’s estate tax hits the middle class, homeowners and farmers while driving jobs, capital and families out of Ohio. I am committed to work with Republicans and Democrats at the Statehouse to eliminate this economic burden on Ohio families and Ohio’s economy.

Growing Ohio’s Economy through Independence from Foreign Oil:

I also continue to be a strong co-sponsor of House Bill 107 which is a measure to allow Ohioans to drill for oil and gas on state lands. This legislation would empower Ohioans to maximize the natural resources within our borders in order to create jobs, promote economic activity and foster independence from foreign oil. I believe responsible exploration of oil and gas in Ohio will help drive down energy prices for Ohio families and businesses and contribute to our nation’s fight against terrorism. I am also proud to support efforts underway to build a coal gasification plant in Ohio, which would utilize Ohio coal to create Ohio jobs and foster independence from foreign oil.

These are just a handful of the issues on which I am working to improve the lives of Ohioans and reverse the exodus of jobs, young people and retirees from Ohio. Through countless hours at the Statehouse and by traveling 76,251 miles throughout the state, I have heard from thousands of people and the message is clear – Ohio needs new leadership. I am ready to provide Ohio with the leadership it needs in order to improve our economy through economic freedom, limited government and fiscal responsibility.

State Representative Josh Mandel is the GOP candidate for the office of State Treasurer. His endorsement is seen by many as a win for the Ohio Tea Parties.

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GOP swelling as Ohio voters switch parties

Posted on April 15, 2010 by | Leave a comment

GOP swelling as Ohio voters switch parties is the Columbus Dispatch headline reflecting a huge change from the 2008 Ohio primary, when far more Republicans than Democrats changed parties.

Although the Dispatch did report on why many voters were switching to the GOP, several likely reasons include an increasing dissatisfaction with Democrats bludgeoning taxpayers with overwhelming debt, increasing taxes, inept handling of the Great Recession, and trend toward totalitarian socialism.

Source: The Columbus Dispatch, April 8, 2010

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UD Professor of History Dr. Larry Schweikart Endorses Virgil Vaduva Candidate for Greene County Commission

Posted on April 14, 2010 by | 1 comment

Today the Dayton Daily News Editorial Board endorsed my opponent, Mr. Alan Anderson and chose him to be “the better pick” as a Greene County Commissioner, at least in their opinion. They wrote that Mr. Anderson, the incumbent, was the “more go-along-get-along kind of person” as opposed to someone like me, who has “fringe ideas” and is unwilling to toe the line set by the GOP liberal leadership. You can read the entire poorly-written, error-ridden editorial here: http://tinyurl.com/y7maogv

The truth is my friends that the DDN endorsement of my opponent is an illustration of a sad situation, that we as a nation, state and county have come to a place where freedom, liberty, and freedom to homeschool and live apart from government intrusion are all seen as being on the fringe. Those willing to “go along” are nodded-upon and endorsed to be part of the political and electoral process. It is sad, is it not?

In my interview with DDN I spoke frankly about my views of government, taxation, freedom and liberty. I spoke about the Children Services and their harassment of homeschooling families and the super-inflated budget of that organization. I spoke against the high taxes in our county and the responsibility that the Greene County Republicans have to their principles of small government and low taxation, regardless of the level of government. As a result, my ideas were described as “fringe” and my opponent was endorsed. But fortunately, the outcome of an election does not depend on the GOP or the Dayton Daily News; it is up to the voters to make sound choices. Therefore I am asking you, friends and registered voters to let your friends and family members know that right now and on May 4, they have a chance to vote for a real conservative, a real Republican, unwilling to compromise on any principles of freedom, liberty and taxation.

So I am proudly presenting to you an endorsement given to me by Dr. Larry Schweikart, University of Dayton Professor of History, author of A Patriot’s History of the United States, 7 Events that Made America America and 48 Liberal Lies about American History. Dr. Schweikart has been a guest on Glenn Beck’s show on Fox News, and on the Rush Limbaugh show, and he submitted the following endorsement for my campaign:

“I have known Virgil Vaduva to be someone who deeply cares about freedom, liberty and the American way of life. Virgil’s past which involved life in a Communist country and business ownership shaped him into someone who is experienced and can handle the hard hits of life and politics. His desire to serve and participate in the political life here in the Dayton area is genuine and I believe that he can deliver what Greene County needs today, a real conservative candidate willing and able to pursue the real changes needed today by the GOP.

The political atmosphere in the area is in dire need of new faces, and Virgil is one of them, so it is my pleasure to offer my endorsement for his candidacy for Green County Commissioner.”

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Ohio Governor Strickland Signs Umbilical Cord Blood Bill

Posted on April 13, 2010 by | Leave a comment

On March 31, 2010, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland signed H.B. 102. The new law, which was sponsored by Rep. Todd Book (D, McDermott), requires the Ohio Department of Health to place printable information on umbilical cord blood banking and donation on its website. The Department of Health also will encourage health care professionals to provide the information to pregnant women.

H.B. 102 passed the Ohio Senate by a vote of 32-0 on March 24, 2010. The Ohio House then voted 97-0 to concur in the Senate amendments to the bill. Umbilical cord blood is an ethical and non-controversial source of stem cells that can be obtained with no risk to the mother or child. Stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood have been used to successfully treat over 70 diseases including sickle cell anemia, leukemia, and lymphoma. Unfortunately, most umbilical cord blood is currently being discarded after birth.

Banking cord blood for personal or family use with a private bank can involve significant expense. However, donations to public cord blood banks involve no expense for the donor.

“We are delighted that Ohio has adopted this important life-saving legislation,” said Mike Gonidakis, Executive Director of Ohio Right to Life. “By Improving public awareness about cord blood donation, this law should increase the number and diversity of cord blood donations and thus increase the number of patients who can obtain the match they need,” Gonidakis said.

The new law takes effect in 90 days.

Source:Ohio Right to Life, 4/1/10

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Maryellen O’Shaugnnessy Hosted At Greene County Democratic Party HQ

Posted on April 13, 2010 by | Leave a comment

The Greene County Democratic Party (GCDP) candidates hosted Maryellen O’Shaugnnessy at the GCDP Headquarters at 87 E. Main Street in Xenia on Tuesday 4/6/10. O’Shughnessy is unopposed Democratic candidate for Ohio Secretary of State in the May 4th primary election.

Pictured left to right with O’Shaughnessy are party Executive Committee members Mike Watters, GCDP Chair Don Hollister, Doris Totty, Jean Nixon, Mike Gardner, O’Shaughnessy, Jan Goodwin, Don Brezine, and GCDP Vice Chair Bill Conner. Watters is a candidate for the Ohio Legislature, Hollister for Ohio Democratic Central Committee, and Conner for U.S. Congress.

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