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  • Taft unveils $2.3 Billion tax-hike proposal

    01/31/2003 1:57:31 AM PST · by Deadeye Division · 20 replies · 1,689+ views
    Dayton Daily News ^ | 31 January 2003 | William Hershey
    Taft unveils $2.3B tax-hike proposal Some Republicans stunned by governor's plan By William Hershey Columbus Bureau COLUMBUS | Gov. Bob Taft on Thursday outlined a plan to raise taxes by nearly $2.3 billion during two years as part of a sweeping reform package that would affect every major state tax and the municipal income tax system. Tax Commissioner Tom Zaino, who joined Taft at a news conference to unveil the plan, called it a "rebirth" of the state tax code. The plan prompted comparisons to the enactment of the state income tax in 1971 under Gov. John J. Gilligan and...
  • VIDEO: 1952 Campaign Ad "Ike...Bob" (WORST Political Commercial Ever!)

    02/06/2007 1:48:56 PM PST · by PJ-Comix · 3 replies · 395+ views
    You Tube ^ | May 3, 2006
    This has to be the absolute WORST political campaign commercial ever made. It is so bad that it is HILARIOUS. Absolutely nothing in this commercial works. Not even the incredibly DOPEY song at the end. Watch the VIDEO and laugh like hell!
  • Ohio Gov. May Face State Ethics Charges (Please Resign)

    04/10/2006 9:18:30 AM PDT · by John Geyer · 22 replies · 694+ views
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The state agency that regulates lawyer behavior recommended Monday that Gov. Bob Taft be disciplined for failing to report golf outings and other gifts while in office. Taft pleaded no contest in August to the ethics violations and was fined $4,000. He was the first Ohio governor to be charged with a crime while in office. The agency said Taft also violated Ohio's code of professional conduct for lawyers, which states that a lawyer shall not "engage in any other conduct that adversely reflects on the lawyer's fitness to practice law." The recommendation ultimately goes to...
  • Buckeye GOP Circles the Drain (Kasich for Governor?)

    03/30/2006 6:07:55 AM PST · by bilhosty · 46 replies · 1,007+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 3-30-2006 | John Kasich
    COLUMBUS, Ohio--"There are no words to express the deep remorse that I feel over the embarrassment I have caused for my administration and the people of the state of Ohio." Thus, Gov. Bob Taft complied with a court order to apologize to the people of Ohio. Were that the only instance of poor judgment by an Ohio Republican in recent memory, the state GOP would probably remain in relatively good shape leading up to the elections this November, despite growing indicators against the party nationally. Unfortunately, the governor's ethical lapses--he pled guilty last August to four misdemeanors related to undisclosed...
  • Ohio Gov. Bob Taft's Approval Rating Up Slightly, But Still Dismal

    02/21/2006 8:07:55 PM PST · by Clintonfatigued · 18 replies · 2,054+ views
    Zogby International ^ | February 7, 2006
    Just 16% said the Cincinnati Republican is doing a good job as Ohio’s chief executive, while 83% said he is doing a poor job leading one of the most important political states in the nation. The poor approval ratings span the political spectrum - 93% of Democrats, 86% of independents, and 82% of Republicans give him poor marks for his work. A Zogby Interactive survey in mid-November put his job approval rating at just 6%. He has virtually no significant base of support anywhere in the state, the poll shows.
  • Governor Bob Taft (R-OH) Approval Rating Is 6.5%, Says Latest Poll

    11/30/2005 9:37:14 AM PST · by Clintonfatigued · 78 replies · 1,751+ views
    The Toledo Blade ^ | November29, 2005 | Jim Tankersley
    A Zogby International online survey, conducted a week after the Nov 8 election and released yesterday, shows just 6.5 percent view the embattled GOP governor very or somewhat favorably. Barely 3 percent view his job performance as "good" or "excellent." "I'm not aware of anyone whose ever sunk lower," pollster John Zogby said.
  • Ohio GOP Continues Downward Slide

    08/26/2005 5:01:59 PM PDT · by Theodore R. · 77 replies · 1,322+ views
    Human Events Online ^ | 08-26-05 | Gizzi, John
    Ohio GOP Continues Downward Slide by John Gizzi Posted Aug 26, 2005 As scandals continue to swirl around Ohio Republicans, chances are increasing that next year Democrats will capture the governorship, a Senate seat, and at least one seat in the U.S. House. Republican Gov. Bob Taft pleaded no contest this week to four misdemeanor charges that he failed to disclose, as legally mandated, 52 gifts of golf outings, meals and hockey tickets. Taft could have been sentenced to two years in jail, but a judge let him off with a $4,000 fine. Taft’s crimes, however, are sure to haunt...
  • After Taft (Ken Blackwell only candidate who can win Ohio governorship for GOP)

    08/25/2005 2:56:03 PM PDT · by AuH2ORepublican · 20 replies · 1,872+ views
    National Review Online ^ | August 25, 2005 | W. James Antle III
    After Taft Can Ohio Republicans recover? By W. James Antle III Last week’s conviction of Gov. Bob Taft on four misdemeanor ethics charges has put another dent in the Ohio Republican party’s image of invincibility — and cast a long shadow over the party’s 2006 candidates. Over the last decade, the GOP has consolidated power by racking up win after win in the Buckeye State. Republicans today hold every statewide constitutional elected office (including uninterrupted control of the governorship since 1991), both U.S. Senate seats, and majorities in both houses of the state legislature, the state supreme court, and Ohio’s...
  • Head Of Taft's Security Team Demoted For Strip Club Visits

    08/25/2005 8:44:15 AM PDT · by Columbus Dawg · 14 replies · 655+ views
    WCMH-TV Columbus, Ohio ^ | August 25, 2005
    COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The head of Gov. Bob Taft's security detail has been demoted after an investigation found that he attended strip clubs in New York, tried to pick up a woman at a bar during Taft's trade mission to Asia and received phone calls at his office from a go-go dancer in Columbus. Craig Seitz has been demoted from lieutenant to trooper, according to a State Highway Patrol report released Wednesday. He's now stationed at a patrol post in Granville, 25 miles east of Columbus. Seitz, 43, has appealed his demotion to the State Employment Relations Board. "We truly...
  • Democrats Put Taft Impeachment Talks On Hold

    08/23/2005 8:31:01 PM PDT · by Columbus Dawg · 2 replies · 315+ views
    WCMH-TV Columbus, Ohio ^ | August 23, 2005
    COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Democrats Tuesday said they want to take a break before they proceed further with talks concerning the impeachment of Ohio Gov. Bob Taft. No other Ohio governor has been convicted of a crime while in office, and so far, no Ohio governor has faced the impeachment process, NBC 4's David Wayne reported. "We continue to have concern about Governor Taft leading the state after he arrogantly broke Ohio ethics laws," said Minority Leader and Democrat Representative Chris Redfern. House Democrats left a closed-door meeting after several hours Tuesday to announce an end to current impeachment consideration. Democrats...
  • Taft Apologizes For Crimes, Pleads No Contest

    08/18/2005 2:06:58 PM PDT · by oldfarmer · 13 replies · 688+ views
    Governor's Voice Cracks As He Expresses 'Deep Remorse' POSTED: 8:56 am EDT August 18, 2005 UPDATED: 4:50 pm EDT August 18, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Gov. Bob Taft pleaded no contest today to charges that he broke state ethics law by failing to report golf outings and other gifts, News 5 reported. Taft did not receive jail time. He was fined a total of $4,000 -- the maximum of $1,000 on each of four misdemeanor counts. Taft apologized to Ohioans, saying he accepted full responsibility. He also said he repaid people for the gifts, estimated to be worth nearly $6,000....
  • (Ohio Governor)Taft facing four criminal charges for failing to report gifts

    08/17/2005 12:10:25 PM PDT · by dogbyte12 · 133 replies · 3,959+ views
    Columbus Dispatch ^ | 8-17-05 | Alan Johnson and Mark Niquette
    Gov. Bob Taft is expected to be charged this afternoon in Franklin County Municipal Court with four criminal misdemeanors for failing to disclose golf outings and possibly other favors. The charges are to be outlined at a press conference this afternoon with Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien and Columbus City Attorney Richard C. Pfeiffer Jr. If convicted on the first-degree misdemeanor charges, Taft faces a maximum fine of $1,000 and up to six months in jail on each count. Taft, 63, the great-grandson of William Howard Taft, the only American to serve as president and chief justice of the U.S....
  • Governor Charged (Ohio's RINO Taft To Enter Plea)

    08/18/2005 6:26:54 AM PDT · by SoFloFreeper · 22 replies · 650+ views
    AP
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Charged with ethics violations, Gov. Bob Taft was expected to enter a plea Thursday and apologize, wrapping up the case less than 24 hours after it was filed, two top state leaders said. Senate President Bill Harris and House Speaker Jon Husted, fellow Republicans, wouldn't be specific Thursday about whether Taft would plead guilty or no contest. But Husted said the plea would resolve the case, which would rule out a plea of innocent. Taft plans to apologize to Ohioans for his ethical lapse that led to him being the first Ohio governor charged with a...
  • BREAKING NEWSProsecutor Says Taft Will Be Charged with Four Misdemeanors

    08/17/2005 1:07:05 PM PDT · by wildwood · 35 replies · 1,127+ views
    WTOL ^ | August 18, 2005 | AP
    COLUMBUS (AP) -- Gov. Bob Taft, under investigation for not reporting numerous golf outings as required by law, will be charged with four criminal misdemeanors, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Taft, a Republican and member of a distinguished U.S. political family, would be the first Ohio governor to be charged with a crime. If convicted, he could be fined $1,000 and sentenced to six months in jail on each count, though time behind bars was considered unlikely. Taft will be charged later Wednesday, said City Prosecutor Stephen McIntosh, who declined further comment pending an afternoon news conference. Investigators have looked for...
  • On the Outside Lookin In: Democrats Aim to Seize Ohio

    08/12/2005 2:17:45 PM PDT · by Antonio Ciaccia · 21 replies · 790+ views
    The Open End ^ | August 12, 2005 | Antonio Ciaccia
    Ohio State political science professor, Herb Asher is in the news again, as his group, Reform Ohio Now seeks to change up Ohio's districts to move Ohio Democrats from the outside to in. Trying to tap into Ohio citizen disdain for the scandals plaguing state government, Reform Ohio Now is trying to harness this frustration and use it for their political gain. The coaltion, which is comprised of labor unions a Democratic-leaning activists is marketing itself as a bipartisan effort to change Ohio politics. According to reports, one of the first to start circulating petitions for Reform Ohio Now was...
  • Is Ohio Turning Blue?

    08/12/2005 9:44:15 AM PDT · by Theodore R. · 57 replies · 1,772+ views
    Human Events Online ^ | 08-12-05 | Gizzi, John
    The Real Meaning of Buckeye Special Election Is Ohio Turning Blue? by John Gizzi Posted Aug 12, 2005 In the wake of a Democratic candidate’s narrow loss in the August 2 special election in Ohio’s most Republican U.S. House district, pundits have begun pondering whether the Buckeye State is turning blue. The problem for Republicans seems to be the stench that has begun to envelop the administration of Ohio GOP Gov. Robert A. Taft. Republicans have held the Ohio governorship for 16 years and in the last two presidential elections the state has been indispensable in providing an Electoral College...
  • Ohio to Launch Largest Voucher Program (Good for Kids... *Plus*, It Drives the Moonbats CRAZY!)

    07/03/2005 5:08:23 AM PDT · by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle · 5 replies · 606+ views
    SFGate.com ^ | 7/02/2005 | AP/Sarah Anderson
    Ohio is more than tripling the size of its school voucher program, making it the nation's largest since the practice of using public money for private school tuition was found constitutional three years ago. The tuition aid, which has been available only in Cleveland since 1996, will allow up to 14,000 additional students statewide to leave schools that persistently fail academic tests and move to private schools, beginning in the fall of 2006. "This is a commitment that needed to be made, providing Ohio parents and children with more choices in education," said Karen Tabor, spokeswoman for House Speaker Jon...
  • Ohio Governor, Bob Taft, Overturns Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding Ban

    06/30/2005 7:14:28 PM PDT · by Coleus · 15 replies · 728+ views
    Life News.com ^ | 06.30.05
    Ohio Governor Overturns Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding Banby Steven ErteltLifeNews.com EditorJune 30, 2005Columbus, OH (LifeNews.com) -- Ohio Governor Bob Taft used his line-item veto power to strike a ban on state funding of embryonic stem cell research from a state spending bill. The ban would have ensured that no funds under Taft's $500 million Third Frontier initiative heading to voters in November could be used for the unproven research.Taft said the ban was too restrictive and said it went beyond the policies put in place by President George W. Bush.The president, in August 2001, laid down a policy prohibiting...
  • Ohio Gov. signs budget creating statewide school voucher program

    06/30/2005 6:44:22 PM PDT · by Coleus · 13 replies · 514+ views
    Ohio Gov. signs budget creating statewide school voucher program In the 50th year since the school voucher’s introduction, school choice shows remarkable momentum INDIANAPOLIS – In the 50th anniversary year of when Nobel Laureate economist Milton Friedman introduced the school voucher idea, Ohio Gov. Bob Taft signed the state’s budget bill implementing one of the country’s largest statewide school voucher plans. The bill also expands the state’s two current programs providing thousands of children the chance to receive a quality education at a school of their parent’s choice. “Ohio is moving to the forefront in giving families greater educational freedom,”...
  • Bob Taft: Is He Gone Yet?

    06/03/2005 11:41:02 AM PDT · by Antonio Ciaccia · 12 replies · 589+ views
    The Ohio State Sentinel ^ | May 30, 2005 | Antonio Ciaccia
    Campaigning has already begun for Ohio’s next governor’s race. Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman and Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell have left the gates a bit early to try to capture the support of Ohioans. This early campaigning is likely to pay off for the candidates, because no matter who is running in 2006, Ohioans will choose just about anyone who isn’t Bob Taft. Governor Taft has watched his political career take one of the largest falls from grace in recent history. The state currently holds a $720 million deficit. In a recent approval rating survey, Bob Taft held the...