Karen Lee
Greece National Vice Chair, DPCA Voting Rep, DAGR Comm Chair, GSC Member-at-Large, GSC Steering, Ohio Team Co-Lead
Writer, parent, volunteer, gardener
LATEST BY Karen Lee
Has Mike Turner, OH-15, Misspent Campaign Funds?
Montgomery County Dems File Complaint The Dayton Daily News reports the details in the Dem Party complaint against Turner and notes this isn't the first time. The issue is personal ...
Ohio Teamsters Endorse Sherrod Brown
Hot Off the Press! The Ohio Conference of Teamsters put out their endorsements today. They're backing Sherrod for Senator. Fair enough; he's always backed them! They also endorsed a bi-partisan ...
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Ohio Judges Speak Out!
ICYMI: Retired Judges Marching for Rule of Law On July 8, dark robed retired jurists were seen on the streets of Columbus. The judges themselves declared their role in keeping ...
As Ohio Goes?
Limits on Party/Candidate Coordinated Spending Struck Down Since the 1970s, political parties have had limits on how much money they could spend in coordination with a candidate's campaign. Parties could ...
Barking at the Grifters
The Armchair Quarterback and the Statehouse Swindle Check The Rooster and be prepared to judge for yourself. It's a delightfully snarky expose of the worst grifts at the Statehouse. It's ...
America at 250
Keeping Our Republic Starts Here Among the many expressions of pride, concern and hope for the future that circulate this weekend, this jurist's message posted in the Ohio Capital ...
Hot Sauce?
Sometimes You Need a Little Humor! Should we suggest that the Red Hot Sauce spilling across the highway, up Delaware way, was trying to start a 'thing' for July 4? ...
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Jerrad Christian for OH-12
“If the fight isn’t hard, it’s not worth having.” Ed. Note: My Congressperson in the OH-03 is Joyce Beatty, she who sued to get the interloper’s name taken off the ...
Frackers Waste No Time!
15,000 Acres OK'd for Fracking Leases It took only a little over a week since the bill was signed for the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission to okay ...
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DEMAND Congress Extend TPS
Help Protect the Haitian Community Haitian refugees in Central Ohio are among those hardest hit by this administration's 'rule by cruel' mantra. Arriving with less, they also lacked an established ...
Ohio Reacts to SCOTUS on TPS
JUST IN: from Central Ohio activists In response to the SCOTUS decision to allow the lifting of protected status of Haitians and Somalians, there will be a rally/vigil at City ...
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Huge Win! And, OK, Also a Loss
HUGE WIN! Governor DeWine vetoed HB 472! Rachel Coyle, Innovation Ohio, reported today (in the wee hours in Europe): MAJOR VICTORY FOR OHIO! Governor DeWine has VETOED (rejected) HB 472! This ...
Dobbs: Has It Done Any Good?
On the Anniversary, Taking Stock of Women's Health Four years ago, the Supreme Court set women's health, not just abortion rights, back decades. Today marks four years since the Supreme ...
Fate of Haitians in SCOTUS's Hands
Trump’s Deportation Plan Puts Grandma at Risk The status of hundreds of thousand refugees will be determined in the coming days. Seniors dependent on caregivers may suffer tremendously for it. ...
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ACTION: 10 Days to Veto SB 219
10 Days Left for Governor to Veto! We put up the alert last week. Now just a few days are left to stop it, or at least try. Here's a ...
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Data Centers Won't Be on Ballot
Proposed Amendment to Ban Data Centers? Not This Year! Starting in April, with a very short time period to collect signatures made this effort a bit of a 'hail Mary.' ...
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On Juneteenth, An Important Reminder
Ohio Black Caucus Decries Voter ID Referendum Ohio Legislative Black Caucus President and state Rep. Terrence Upchurch, D-Cleveland, said Juneteenth is a reminder that progress does not happen on its ...
Amy Lays It Out on MS NOW!
Dr. Acton Goes National! It's a short 7 minutes with Ari Velshi interviewing Amy Acton. It's short, sweet, and points the way to go. Gotcher yard sign? Er, social media ...
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Shunning the UFC Spectacle
Springfield Rose Up and Sang Out As men fought in cages at the White House, women urged Americans to take a ‘deep breath’ with Jane Fonda’s “Rise Up, Sing Out” ...
You Mean, They Backed Down? Well, OK!
Data Center Tax Breaks: We Live to Fight Another Day! It looks like Ohio GOPs in the General Assembly did NOT go through with flinging more Ohio tax dollars to ...
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