> According to the Ohio Office of the Legislative Inspector General Joint Legislative Ethics Committee (http://www.jlec-olig.state.oh.us/ ) financial disclosure statements (see PUBLIC INFORMATION on the page), Republican candidate for Ohio's 15th district, Steve Stivers, who was a lobbyist for Bank One, has quite substantial financial holdings and investments in banking institutions. In the past when he voted to protect lenders, he was protecting his banking buddies but also his own financial assets (documents are in pdf form).
Here are some ideas for bumper stickers for Stivers:
PROTECT THE BANKS
VOTE FOR STIVERS
I think that in this climate of increasing home foreclosures, it would be inappropriate to elect someone who has such strong ties and sympathy for lending institutions. USA Today has an article about home delinquencies and foreclosures. The Cincinnati Enquirer states that "...foreclosures hit a record 83,230 in Ohio."
> In a Dispatch news story from June 15, 2006, Steve Stivers proposed a bill to exempt insurance agents from ethics laws. Do you see anything wrong with this???????????????