Kilroy's Republican opponent, Steve Stivers, has been working hard to protect banks, mortgage companies, and payday loan companies. The Dispatch has some of the details on Stivers and the work he has done for his BFF's------ banks, mortgage companies, and payday lenders:
....As a member of the legislative panel that votes on major spending requests, Stivers approved three contracts in 2006 and 2007 worth a total of $174,000 to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Stivers headed corporate lobbying for Banc One Corp., which was acquired by Chase in 2004, after Stivers had left the company to enter the state Senate. Stivers' financial disclosure forms for 2007 show that he had $2,600 to $8,000 worth of Chase stock and retirement holdings.....
....Stivers spoke out against stricter regulation of the mortgage-lending industry in early 2006 and was one of three state senators to vote against a bill that year that imposed new requirements on the lending industry.
Kilroy's allies say Chase is a major culprit in home foreclosures in central Ohio, having filed liens on 686 Franklin County homes in 2006.....
If you are looking for real change in Washington, DC, we must send Kilroy to Congress. The last thing Washington needs is another corporate lobbyist like Stivers.