Stivers and Kasich: Willing to Help Banks and Corporations

With Republican congressional candidate Steve Stivers having a financial interest in BP, Stivers has been mum about the BP oil spill in the gulf.  He doesn't want to risk alienating those nice oil and energy campaign contributors or say/do something that would cause his portfolio to lose its worth.  Stivers has supported his banking lobbyist buddies while he was in the State Senate by voting against any legislation which might  hurt their feelings or their profits.  Must be nice to have elected officials watching out for your corporate interests.

BP might have some other problems.  Open Secrets has this:

The four Democratic senators from New York and New Jersey came out with strong criticism of BP this week for its alleged role in the release from prison of the only person convicted for the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing over Scotland.

The release of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi was originally part of a prisoner transfer with the Libyan government that BP promoted to protect its $900 million investment in an offshore oil and gas exploration deal off Libya's Mediterranean coast. BP insists it did not lobby U.K. authorities specifically on al-Megrahi's release but the larger prisoner transfer issue.....

If BP was found to have been involved with the release of the PAN AM bomber, would Stivers get rid of his stock?  I'm just asking.

>>>  Did you know that Republican John Kasich voted against raising the minimum wage in 1996?
Project Vote Smart has this: 
HR 1227: Minimum Wage Increase
  H Amdt 1085: Fair Labor Standards Act Amendment
  H Amdt 1084

Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt an amendment that increases the minimum wage by 90 cents from $4.25 to $5.15 by July 1, 1997.

It passed without Kasich's vote.  Kasich just wants to keep the disadvantaged poor, and help the rich get richer.  What a guy.