Weblog for Butler County Dems http://butlercountydems.org/index.php?page=blog 2012-02-07T01:03:40+01:00 text/html 2012-01-23T07:55:38+01:00 http://butlercountydems.org/ http://butlercountydems.org/index.php?page=blog&full=173 Congratulations Bruce CarternbspDEMOCRATIC PARTY SELECTS NEWnbspMEMBER OF nbspFOR THE BUTLER COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONSnbspFor Immediate Releasenbsp January 20 2012nbspHamiltonnbsp Last night at a standing room only meeting the Butler County Democratic Party recommended attorney Bruce Carter for a position on the Butler County Board of Elections.nbsp This will be a text/html 2011-12-15T08:44:48+01:00 http://butlercountydems.org/ http://butlercountydems.org/index.php?page=blog&full=172 BOEHNERS SECRET MAPFor Immediate Release ndash Dec. 12 2011 Report on secret meetings secret payments secret maps issued.nbspIndependent group grades politicians a D minus on redistricting transparency.Plan to shroud the process in secrecy originated with national Republican officials.Columbus Ohio ndash This morning the Ohio Campaign for Accountable Redistricting OCAR released text/html 2011-12-15T08:31:44+01:00 http://butlercountydems.org/ http://butlercountydems.org/index.php?page=blog&full=171 New map makes some improvements to Congressional districts but long-term reform demandedCOLUMBUS- Today Ohio House Assistant Minority Leader Matthew A. Szollosi D- Toledo released the following statement on the compromise to reunite the primaries and end the redistricting standoff.nbsp The compromised redistricting plan makes some improvements to congressional districts takes text/html 2011-12-14T08:33:55+01:00 http://butlercountydems.org/ http://butlercountydems.org/index.php?page=blog&full=170 Print this page ClosePolitician accused in state probeEmployee alleges county commissioner asked her lsquomess uprsquo court records.By Lauren Pack Staff Writer 947 PM Tuesday December 13 2011 HAMILTON mdash The Ohio Attorney Generalrsquos Office has conducted an investigation into an accusation that Butler County Commissioner Cindy Carpenter asked an text/html 2011-12-12T09:49:32+01:00 http://butlercountydems.org/ http://butlercountydems.org/index.php?page=blog&full=169 Who We EndorsedHamilton City CouncilnbspnbspCarla Fieher------Winnernbsp Archie Johnson---WinnerMonroe City Councilnbsp Suzi Rubin--------Winnernbsp Tommy Baker----Good TryOxford City CouncilKate Rousmaniere------WinnerOxford Township TrusteeJohn Kinne---------------WinnerTrenton City CouncilKyle Peavley-------------Good TryWest Chester TrusteeAnthony P. Tony Klimek---Good TryFairfield School BoardBalena Shorter---------------WinnerVOTE NO on Issue 1 -----WinnerVOTE NO on Issue 2-------BIG WINNERVOTE NO on Issue 3 ------Supreme Court text/html 2011-12-06T17:45:53+01:00 http://butlercountydems.org/ http://butlercountydems.org/index.php?page=blog&full=168 The speech and the days of buildup that preceded it marked the presidentrsquos most stark attack so far on what he described as ldquobreathtaking greed.rdquo ltCDATA ifdiv.articleSpanImage null var articleSpanImage div.articleSpanImage0.getElementsByTagNameimg0 var articleSpanImageSrc articleSpanImage.getAttributesrc articleSpanImage.setAttributesrchttpgraphics8.nytimes.comimagesglobalbackgroundstransparentBG.gif var filter progIdDXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoadersrcarticleSpanImageSrc sizingMethodscale articleSpanImage.style.filter filter By A. G. SULZBERGERPublished December 6 2011 ltCDATAvar articleToolsShareData text/html 2011-11-23T10:28:02+01:00 http://butlercountydems.org/ http://butlercountydems.org/index.php?page=blog&full=167 YEMEN PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALEH AGREES TO STEP DOWNHUFFINGTON POST 11232011RIYADH Saudi Arabia mdash Yemens authoritarian President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed Wednesday to step down after a fierce uprising to oust him from 33 years in power. The U.S. and its powerful Gulf allies pressed for the deal concerned that text/html 2011-11-22T09:51:54+01:00 http://butlercountydems.org/ http://butlercountydems.org/index.php?page=blog&full=166 nbspFrom The New York TimesnbspNovember 22 2011nbspTurkish Leader Calls for Assad to Resign in SyriaBy SEBNEM ARSUISTANBUL mdash In his most blatant criticism yet of Syriarsquos political repression the prime minister of Turkey said for the first time on Tuesday that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria should resign raising the text/html 2011-11-21T16:49:00+01:00 http://butlercountydems.org/ http://butlercountydems.org/index.php?page=blog&full=165 Election Day November 8th 2011 The other side took the ldquoshellackingrdquo last Tuesday More Ohioans voted against Issue 2 than voted for John Kasich in 2010. Turn out was high and Issue 2 lost big even in Butler County. You could say this was a big victory for labor and text/html 2011-10-09T11:20:14+01:00 http://butlercountydems.org/ http://butlercountydems.org/index.php?page=blog&full=164 Time to End the Lobbying Culture of CorruptionTaxpayers have the right to know when elected officials take money from private companies to obtain taxpayer funded contracts.nbsp George Lang has refused to disclose the names of the companies that have paid him ldquofeesrdquo to help obtain taxpayer money while he has