Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist, was supposedly working to close a loophole on the camp counselor background check bill he wrote in 2005. Stivers, a Republican candidate for Ohio's 15th district, failed to complete the job. Even though Ohio Senate Bill 321 was passed in 2005, Stivers had plenty of time to get the job done. Here is what 13abc.com reported about Stivers' work on this bill:
Another camp season is passing by, and there's no authority for the state to enforce background checks on employees at residential camps across Ohio.
A bill to fix the problem is stalled after the state Legislature broke for the summer in June without passing it.
Bill sponsor State Sen. Steve Stivers, a Republican who is running for Congress, said in late April he hoped he could pass the bill before the start of summer camp season. Democrats have accused him of not following through on a commitment....
..... Stivers says he hopes it will pass in November or December.
The bill was passed in 2005! If Stivers really wanted to close this loophole, he would have completed the task. In the past, Stivers has successfully written and passed legislation that helped protect his banking and insurance buddies and campaign contributors. And he did it in record time. This spring Stivers pushed through a bill which helped protect insurance companies (see Ohio15th 4/30/08).
In the end, it appears that Stivers has great enthusiasm to pass laws that protect banks and insurance companies. When it comes to protecting our children at camp, well.......not so much.
Democratic candidate for Ohio's 15th congressional district, Mary Jo Kilroy, is motivated to work for the citizens of the district. Stivers is beholden to his oil/bank/insurance/tobacco PAC contributors.