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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Candidates running in the Cuyahoga County primary election


Photo credit: clarkcountynv.gov


Cuyahoga County's filing deadline was yesterday for candidates planning to run in the upcoming May 6 primary electionBelow are some of the races listed in The Plain Dealer; you can read the complete list here. You can check the County’s validation of each filing here.


Congressional District 09
Cory Hoffman
Dem.
Marcy Kaptur
Dem.
Robert C. Horrocks Jr
Rep.
Richard May
Rep.
Susan Purviance
Socialist
Congressional District 11
Marcia L. Fudge
Dem.
Mark Zetzer
Rep.
Congressional District 16
Pete Crossland
Dem.
James Donenwirth
Dem.
Jim Renacci
Rep.
State Senate District 21
Willie Lewis Britt
Dem.
Gerald Henley
Dem.
Sandra Williams
Dem.
State Senate District 23
Michael J. Skindell
Dem.
Tom Haren
Rep.
Harry E. Ristmae
Rep.
State Senate District 25
Thaddeus J. Jackson
Dem.
Ed Jerse
Dem.
Kenny Yuko
Dem.
Ohio House District 06
Anthony Fossaceca
Dem.
Marlene Anielski
Rep.
Ohio House District 07
Matt Patten
Dem.
Mike Dovilla
Rep.
Ohio House District 08
Sylvia James
Dem.
Kent Smith
Dem.
Mikhail Alterman
Rep.
Ohio House District 09
David J. Biel
Dem.
Janine Boyd
Dem.
Sean P. Malone
Dem.
Isaac Powell
Dem.
Charles T. Hopson
Rep.
Ohio House District 10
Eugene R Miller
Dem.
Bill Patmon
Dem.
Ohio House District 11
Harry F. Banks
Dem.
Michael Dudley Sr
Dem.
Michael J. Houser
Dem.
Stephanie Howse
Dem.
Tony Perry
Dem.
Gigi Traore
Dem.
Roz McAllister
Rep.
Ohio House District 12
John E. Barnes Jr
Dem.
Jill Miller Zimon
Dem.
Ohio House District 13
Nickie J. Antonio
Dem.
Maria Anderson
Rep.
Ohio House District 14
Steve Holecko
Dem.
Mike Piepsny
Dem.
Martin J. Sweeney
Dem.
Anna E. Melendez
Rep.
Ohio House District 15
Nicholas J. Celebrezze
Dem.
Patty Gascoyne-Telischak
Rep.
Ohio House District 16
Todd LeVeck
Dem.
Nan A. Baker
Rep.
County Executive
Armond D. Budish
Dem.
Thomas O'Grady
Dem.
Bob Reid
Dem.
Walter Allen Rogers Jr
Dem.
Timothy J. Russo
Dem.
Shirley Smith
Dem.
Jack Schron
Rep.
County Council District 01
David Greenspan
Rep.
County Council District 03
Dan Brady
Dem.
County Council District 05
Michael J. Gallagher
Rep.
County Council District 07
Yvonne M. Conwell
Dem.
County Council District 09
Lloyd D Anderson
Dem.
Shontel M. Brown
Dem.
Leah Lewis
Dem.
Lynn Ruffner
Dem.
Donald A. Saunders
Dem.
Andre P. White
Dem.
Adam Trumbo
Rep.
County Council District 11
Sunny Simon
Dem.
John J. Currid
Rep.


At present, I don’t see the option to get the BOE website to provide individual voter details, i.e., precincts, districts, and so on. However, the BOE sends all registered voters a postcard prior to the primary, and it will show on the front all of those details, so that you can access the correct sample ballot online. (And if you are not registered, you can print off the form online here, complete it and mail it in.)
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Sowell: GOP Could Blow 2014 Election With Unwise Push For Amnesty


Economist Thomas Sowell offers his usual excellent perspective on the GOP’s makes-no-sense move toward immigration "reform": 
Republicans may once again come to the rescue of the Democrats by discrediting themselves and snatching defeat from the very jaws of victory.
The latest bright idea among Republicans inside the Beltway is a new version of amnesty that is virtually certain to lose votes among the Republican base and is unlikely to gain many votes among the Hispanics that the Republican leadership is courting.
. . .
When it comes to national elections, just what principles do the Republicans stand for?
It is hard to think of any, other than their hoping to win elections by converting themselves into Democrats Lite. But voters who want what the Democrats offer can vote for the real thing, rather than Johnny-come-lately imitations.

The entire article is at Investors Business Daily here.

Monday, February 3, 2014

Immigration and Amnesty: liberal vs conservative values





Here’s more from Eagle Forum president Phyllis Schlafly on immigration, published at National Review Online:
People come to America because it is a remarkable oasis of freedom, prosperity, and opportunity. Conservatives recognize that the principal reason for our unique abundance is our constitutional restraint on the power of government.  . . .
Maintaining this system requires the public to support limited government. In a new report, Eagle Forum details how immigration is fundamentally changing the electorate to one that is much more supportive of big government.
. . .
There is nothing controversial about the report’s conclusion that both Hispanics and Asians, who account for about three-fourth of today’s immigrants, generally agree with the Democrats’ big-government agenda. It is for this reason that they vote two-to-one for Democrats.
The 2008 National Annenberg Election Survey found that 62 percent of immigrants prefer a single, government-run health-care system. . . .
The Pew Research Center has also found that 75 percent of Hispanics prefer a “bigger government providing more services,” and only 19 percent prefer a smaller government. Pew also reported that 55 percent of Asians prefer “bigger government providing more services,” and only 36 percent prefer a smaller government. So it’s no surprise that in 2012, 71 percent of Hispanics and 73 percent of Asians voted for Obama.
. . .
Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute points out that it “is not immigration policy that creates the strong bond between Hispanics and the Democratic party, but the core Democratic principles of a more generous safety net, strong government intervention in the economy, and progressive taxation.”
Immigration in general — not race — is the issue. . . .The problem for conservatives is not race or ethnicity but immigration as such.
. . .
Those supporting a big increase in legal immigration point to the successful assimilation of Great Wave immigrants (roughly 1880 to 1920). But that wave was followed by a slowdown of immigration from the 1920s to the 1960s, which allowed newcomers to assimilate, learn our language, and adapt to our unique system of government. Also, Great Wave immigrants arrived before the rise of the grievance industry and identity politics. . . .
. . .
Conservatives should appeal to immigrants without sacrificing our principles. One way to do this is to argue that defeating the Gang of Eight bill, with its amnesty and doubling of legal immigration, would benefit the nearly 60 million American citizens (many of them immigrants) who are not working. If employers really are having trouble finding workers, the private-enterprise solution should be to raise the pay! A tight labor market is the best anti-poverty program. A reduction in immigration would also take pressure off our already overloaded health-care system and schools, and it would facilitate the assimilation of immigrants already here.
Our new report makes clear that for conservatives, there is no issue more important than reducing the number of immigrants allowed into the country each year. If legal immigration is not reduced, it will be nearly impossible for conservatives to be successful on the issues we care about.
If the Republican party is to remain a party that is conservative and nationally competitive, it must defeat amnesty and any proposed increases in legal immigration. Further, we must work to significantly reduce the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country from the current level of 1.1 million a year. There is nothing inevitable about immigration. The level and selection criteria can be changed by Congress.
Looking at the political motivation of the groups pushing higher immigration and amnesty, it’s obvious that the Democrats promote large-scale immigration because it produces more Democratic votes. If the Republican party is to remain conservative and nationally competitive, it must defeat amnesty and proposed increases in legal immigration.

Read the whole thing here.