The Dispatch has a picture from Jim Witmer Dayton Daily News:
(Note: The sign reads, "Jon Husted, if you can READ this sign you'd be HOME by now."
An Ohio Democratic Party staff member paces outside state Sen. Jon Husted's home in Kettering, near Dayton, amid a dispute about whether Husted qualifies as a registered voter in Kettering or Upper Arlington, where his wife owns a home.>>>> Progress Ohio ran this piece on January 8, 2009, with a great headline:
Husted Continues To Claim He Lives In Kettering: Apparently Doesn't
Shower Or Flush The Toilet Much There
Dayton Daily News:
.....Water usage records released by Montgomery County late Wednesday show that usage at Husted's Kettering home since 2002 was far below the 1,600 cubic foot quarterly average for his Castle Hills residential neighborhood.
Average quarterly usage at his property was 500 cubic feet between 2002 and October, and county records show no water usage for the quarterly bills dated August 2007, April 2008 and July 2008. Greg Merrill, director of water services, said the zero usage figure means that less than 750 gallons of water was used during the quarter.
Husted declined comment on the water data.
I can prove where I live. My neighbors see me every single day. I have garbage cans I put outside and return to the garage after pick up. I pick up my mail and I answer the doorbell. The newspapers I receive are retrieved from my porch and driveway. I can provide utility bills that indicate that we use an appropriate amount of water and electricity for a home of this size. However, Husted is unable to do the same. He seems unwilling and unable to prove "residency" in his Kettering house other than to declare it. However, being Husted, he is considered the "golden boy" of the Ohio GOP and he doesn't have to submit to rules that apply to regular people. Husted believes that he cannot and should not be questioned to prove something as simple as where he resides. However, if he is elected as Ohio's Secretary of State, he would have the ability to question your residency.* The Dispatch has the latest on the Jon Husted residency controversy:
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled today that Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has a week to decide a residency dispute involving state Sen. Jon Husted.
The court issued its unanimous decision without comment, giving Brunner seven days to break a tie vote by the Montgomery County Board of Elections about Husted's status as a registered voter at his address in Kettering near Dayton.....
....Brunner has pointed to a third section that says "the place where the family of a married person resides shall be considered to be the person's place of residence."
Here is a video from YouTube about Jon Husted's residency:
If Husted spends 99% of his non-working time in Upper Arlington with his family, how can he claim residency. His utility bills don't back up his claim of his residency in Kettering. Somehow, the Republican Supreme Court will let their GOP golden boy off the hook, because rules don't apply to Husted.