** Even as recent as last year, Republican candidate for Congress, Steve Stivers, has continued to court and support his friends at the Ohio Bankers League.
Ohio Bankers League (motto as posted= "Working for Banks and Bankers"):
(4/26/2007)
Foreclosures topped the agenda as more than 60 Ohio bankers descended on Columbus for the annual OBL Day at the Capitol on Tuesday.
OBL Chairman and President & CEO of American Savings Bank, Bob Smith (pictured, center with Representative Chris Widener and OBL VP of State Government Relations Mike Adelman) commented, "With foreclosure rates front and center, this year's Day at the Capitol was more important than ever. The bankers who attended in Columbus yesterday did a great job of educating legislators that banks are not the cause of this problem and that we, as an industry, want to work with elected officials to develop a solution that is good public policy."
Representative Chris Widener (R-Springfield), chairman of the Ohio House Financial Institutions, Real Estate and Securities Committee and Senator Steve Stivers (R-Columbus) briefed bankers on recent developments from the Governor's Foreclosure Prevention Task Force as well as other pressing legislative issues. Armed with this information, the bankers went to the Statehouse for meetings with their state representatives and senators....
If Stivers were elected as a member of Congress for Ohio's 15th district, would he help and protect citizens or banks? Someone needs to ask which he considers more important.
> In 2006, Stivers participated in OBL Day at the Capitol in Columbus.
It seems to me that Steve Stivers just can't shake off those good buddies in the banking industry.