Again?

Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15-D) may have a familiar opponent in next year's campaign. Kilroy's opponent in 2008, Republican Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist, might run again. Republican leader, Rep. John Boehner, has been calling him to encourage Stivers to run again.

Roll Call:

.....Stivers is contemplating running again, and if he does so, he’ll join former Rep. Steve Chabot as the second Ohio Republican to have a rematch of a 2008 race next year. Without President Barack Obama at the top of the ticket, national Republicans believe Stivers and Chabot are their best shot to defeat freshman Democrats as the party seeks to regain some of the territory it has lost recently in the Buckeye State....

I'm sure that the people in Union County who live near the new Hi-Q chicken farm will be happy to show Stivers how they feel. When Stivers was in the Ohio Senate, he sponsored legislation that has allowed Hi-Q to build their massive factory farm. The Ohio EPA has determined that it will likely cause runoffs into water, and soil. (See Dispatch 4/10/09)

Here is a picture from WOSU about the proposed chicken farm in Union County:











The WOSU story about Hi-Q can be found here.