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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Flames extinguished on Dann’s Sunshine Express
Someone in Attorney General Marc Dann’s office thought it’d be cool to paint flames on an old SUV, call it the ‘Sunshine Express,’ and drive it to open records training seminars across the state.
Apparently, it didn’t go over too well and the flames are now gone but the training sessions on Ohio’s Sunshine laws continue.
“More than 10,000 public officials and/or their designees have been trained so far. Training sessions are scheduled throughout the year, although the number of officials who may attend is unknown at this point,” reported Leo Jennings III, Dann’s communications director and the brains behind the flames. He added, “Yes, the Sunshine Express lost its flames because no one around here has a sense of humor.”
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Hobson to speak at Wittenberg’s commencement
Rep. David Hobson will speak at Wittenberg University’s 163rd Commencement Exercises on May 10, the university announced Thursday, March 20.
Hobson, a member of the House Appropriations Committee and a Springfield resident, received an honorary doctorate of law from Wittenberg in 1992. He is retiring this year.
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Strickland sends Spitzer donation to food pantry
Thanks, but a belated no thanks.
Gov. Ted Strickland’s campaign has sent $10,000 to the Tri-County Food Pantry, a donation equal to the contribution the campaign received in 2006 from Eliot Spitzer,
Spitzer resigned as New York governor, effective Monday, March 17 after revelations that he was a customer of a high-priced prostitution ring. Spitzer (pictured below) was New York attorney general when he made the contribution to Strickland’s campaign for Ohio governor.
According to Strickland’s campaign, sending the money to the food pantry was “the right thing to do.” The food pantry serves Washington, Noble and Monroe counties in southeast Ohio.
Meanwhile, there’s no record on Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner’s Web site that Attorney General Marc Dann’s campaign ever received a campaign contribution from Spitzer. The New York Times reported last May that Dann received “a small check from Mr. Spitzer,” which seemed to delight Dann.
“I almost framed it, and didn’t cash it,” the newspaper quoted Dann as saying.
Leo Jennings III, Dann’s spokesman, said that Spitzer never actually made a contribution although he told Dann that he was going to. The Spitzer donation was not supposed to be for $10,000, said Jennings.
If Spitzer had pledged such a large contribution and didn’t make it, “I would have gotten on a plane to New York and gone and got it,” said Jennings.
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President Bush expected in Bellbrook
President Bush is expected in Bellbrook next Thursday, March 27, for an Ohio Republican Party fundraiser at the home of Marty and Lisa Grunder. Marty Grunder is the founder and president of Grunder Landscaping Company in Miamisburg.
“It reaffirms the importance of the Dayton area as the epicenter for Ohio for the national election,” said Greg Gantt, chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Party, who has been invited.
The invitation says that for $10,000 you can go to a private reception with a photo opportunity. The luncheon reception is $1,000. Those who can’t attend but would like to contribute are asked to give $5,000, $2,500, $1,000, $500, $250 or “other.”
The fundraiser is for Victory 2008, the Ohio GOP’s segregated federal account for supporting Republican candidates in 2008. Doors open at 10 a.m. and guests are asked to arrive no later than 11 a.m., the invitation says.
Event co-chairs are listed as: Jim and Janet Dicke; Marty and Lisa Grunder; Bill and Sandy Gunlock; Rob and Jane Portman and and Raj and Indu Soin.
The White House has not released President Bush’s public schedule for next week and Marty Grunder declined comment on the event.
