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Thursday, 28 October 2010 20:11 |
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By MELANIE YINGST OCM News Service
MIAMI COUNTY — More than 200 people packed into Troy Junior High’s media center last Thursday to cheer and jeer the opinion’s of local, state and federal candidates on the Nov. 2 ballot.
Many of the laughs and reactions during Leadership Troy’s Meet the Candidates Night came from those seeking the U.S. House of Representatives 8th district seat, currently occupied by Republican U.S. Rep. John Boehner, who was not in attendance at the Oct. 21 event.
Democratic candidate Justin Coussoule had many supporters wearing “Beat Boehner” T-shirts in the crowd said “I do think this is a winnable race.”
Coussoule said he “humbly seeks support” and a vote for him would be “for something better” for residents of the 8th district.
“It’s our government. We get the government we deserve and we deserve better,”said Coussoule, later adding “hyper-partisan” is a problem in Congress during discussion about bi-partisanship from the media panel.
Also in attendance was Libertarian David Harlow, who is seeking the 8th district’s House seat. Harlow said he hopes to guide votes away from Boehner’s campaign on a campaign budget of approximately $600 and bumper stickers.
“You can’t beat Boehner,” Harlow said. But if “elected by a minor miracle” Harlow said he would work to restore manufacturing jobs and balance the nation’s budget and would “vote ‘no’ on everything until the budget is balanced.” |
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Thursday, 28 October 2010 20:08 |
By WILL E. SANDERS OCM News Service
MIAMI COUNTY - With no Democrats running against incumbent Miami County Commissioner John “Bud” O’Brien, a lone Libertarian, John Farrier, hopes to challenge the longtime county Republican.
O’Brien, 47, a resident of Monroe Township, first served Miami County as the county recorder from 1996 through 2006, and the next year was elected as a county commissioner. He has held the post ever since with fellow county commissioners Ron Widener and Jack Evans.
Farrier, 32, of Tipp City and Monroe Township, has not held public office before, but has donated his time to various charities and causes in and around Miami County.
O’Brien, the executive committee chairman of the Miami County Republican Party for the past decade, said since being elected by the voters of Miami County four years ago, he and fellow commissioners have faced many challenges with the downturn of the economy and through diligence and hard work have managed to balance the recent budget after $4 million worth of cuts to the general fund.
“Even while cutting expenses we have invested in badly-needed new technology so we can make county government work smarter and more efficiently,” said O’Brien, who noted he will continue working on economic development and job retention in the area, listing it as his top priority. “I’m proud of what we have accomplished in difficult times and I know we can accomplish even more through conservative fiscal management, promoting economic development and keeping Miami County a safe place to raise a family.”
Farrier said he believes that civic duty goes well beyond simply voting in elections, and said he seeks to eliminate unnecessary spending and reducing taxes.
“I believe our civic duty goes beyond simply going to the ballot box,” Farrier stated. “I want to put beliefs into practice and help the county by being truly fiscally conservative and helping to ensure government, even at the local level, spends the money taken from the citizens wisely and doesn’t grow beyond its intended bounds.” |
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Thursday, 28 October 2010 20:06 |
By RON OSBURN OCM News Service
MIAMI COUNTY - John Boehner is poised to make history. If the incumbent Congressman from Ohio’s 8th District — which includes all of Miami County — should win an 11th two-year term, and Republicans gain control of the House on Nov. 2, Boehner would become the first House speaker from Ohio since Republican Nicholas Longworth in 1931.
But Democratic Party challenger Justin Coussoule wants to make a little history of his own by knocking off Boehner in what would easily be one of the biggest upsets of this election.
It is possible, Coussoule said during an hour-long interview Oct. 1 at the Troy Daily News office. “All we need is 51 percent (of the vote),” Coussoule said, flashing a cheerful, anything-is-possible grin.
And the fact that Coussoule graduated from West Point and served 5-1/2 years in the U.S. Army may have helped prepare him for the challenge of taking on Boehner, who won his last election with nearly 70- percent of the vote in the heavily Republican district, which includes parts of east and north Dayton and all or parts of Miami, Mercer, Darke, Preble and Butler counties. |
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Thursday, 28 October 2010 20:04 |
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By RON OSBURN OCM News Service
MIAMI COUNTY - David Harlow and Jim Condit Jr. both acknowledge they face an uphill climb in their third party efforts to unseat incumbent Republican political powerhouse John Boehner in Ohio’s 8th Congressional District. Perhaps that gives each candidate the freedom to espouse some rather unconventional views.
In recent telephone interviews with the Troy Daily News, Condit, the Constitutional party candidate, maintains the destruction of the World Trade Center buildings during 9-11 was a “controlled burn” orchestrated by “Israel and Israeli agents.”
Harlow, the Libertarian Party candidate, says the government should force women on welfare to take contraceptives.
“I know its controversial. But I say — no new children for women on welfare. If you’re a ward of the state, you’ve got to give up some of your rights. They’re going on birth control,” if he’s elected, the
blunt-spoken Harlow said in an Oct 12 phone interview, expanding on one of the positions he lists on his website, harlowforcongress.com.
This is Harlow’s first attempt at public office. Condit, 57, of Cincinnati, has made previous runs for office in 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006. |
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