*** Who??????? A Coshoctontribune article notes that a Republican candidate for Ohio Treasurer stopped in their area. The candidate, Josh Mandel, is a stranger in most parts of Ohio. Current Ohio Treasurer Kevin Boyce, a Democrat, will face the Republican in the fall election.
* Now that Republican Steve Stivers has cornered the market on contributions from bankers and gas station owners (see my post from last night), which far right moneyed group will he go after next?
**** The seMissourian.com has noted one of Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy's recently sponsored resolutions:
HONORING ANNE FRANK PROTECTOR MIEP GIES: The House passed a resolution (H.Res. 1074), sponsored by Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, D-Ohio, to honor the life of Hermine 'Miep' Gies, a friend of Anne Frank's family, who helped hide and sustain the Frank family, among others, for two years during World War II at the risk of her own life and who is credited with preserving the diary of Anne Frank. According to the House resolution, Gies, who died on Jan. 11, is recognized for her courage in risking her own life to hide and provide for the Frank family while they were in hiding, for retrieving and preserving the diary of Anne Frank, which has served as an inspiration to countless people the world over and for her bravery during Nazi occupation of the Netherlands and her dedication to preserving the memory of Anne Frank and the Holocaust. The vote, on Feb. 23, was unanimous with 421 yeas....
Kilroy (OH-15-Democrat) has sponsored fourteen pieces of legislation, according to the Library of Congress, and has been a cosponsor on 187 bills. Republican Rep. Steve Austria has sponsored or cosponsored 3 bills.