Party Like a Bank Lobbyist w/Stivers!!!!

****This is the news we've all been waiting for about Steve Stivers.  I hope we get to see some pictures!!!!!!!

The Hill:

Financial services lobbyists are holding a Washington fundraiser this week for Ohio House candidate Steve Stivers.

The Republican's bid to unseat Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Ohio) is one of the most competitive races in the country. It pits Stivers, a former bank lobbyist, against Kilroy, a freshman member who has campaigned, in part, on her work to overhaul financial regulations.....

I'm sure those bank lobbyists just love, love, love Stivers, a former corporate bank lobbyist. Stivers and those bank lobbyists have so much in common:
---  They're anti-consumer protection.
---  They're against government regulations for banks and financial firms.
---  They believe that businesses/corporations/banks have more rights than individual citizens.

If he worked as a bank lobbyist...
If he still talks like a bank lobbyist....
If he still thinks like a bank lobbyist...
If he parties like a bank lobbyist....
He is still a bank lobbyist.

 While Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15th-Democrat) has worked to protect consumers, Stivers continues to have the mindset of a bank lobbyist.  People in Ohio's 15th have a real choice---- 

Kilroy, who has and will continue to work for people

or

Stivers, who will work for banks/bank lobbyists.

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*** Even though Republican candidate for governor, John Kasich, says he wasn't that big of a deal at Lehman, there is some evidence that he is understating his job at Lehman Brothers.  A biography of Kasich's that was posted prior to his speaking engagement at the University of Kansas, paints an entirely different picture of his responsibilities.



University of Kansas (April 9, 2007):

John Kasich, former Ohio Republican congressman and best-selling author and businessman, will give the 2007 J.A. Vickers Sr. and Robert F. Vickers Sr. Memorial Lecture. The event is sponsored by the School of Business.....

....Today, Kasich is an investment banker on Wall Street. He maintains responsibilities across a range of industry groups including retail, power and utilities, technology, media and communications, industrial and financial institutions.... 

This bio makes Kasich look like a big deal--- "...an investment banker on Wall Street..."   I'm sure he supplied this info to them in order to publicize his talk.  Kasich was a managing director and an investment banker.  He was paid big money and got big bonuses.  When he got people to invest in Lehman Brothers' products and people lost money, he still got paid and received bonuses.


--There is this bit of news about Kasich trying to expand the state government.

BusinessWeek:

Ohio Republican governor hopeful John Kasich says he would put a small business representative on his cabinet if elected....
.....Strickland campaign spokeswoman Allison Kolodziej said Strickland has worked to help small businesses grow and add capital as governor. She noted Ohio's climate for small business was ranked No. 1 in the Midwest in 2009 by the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council.

If Kasich would add to the state government, isn't that a flip flop?