Stivers and the No Bid Contracts----

If you live in Lake County Ohio, especially Mentor, I have a word of warning:  Kasich and the Republicans will be out in force this weekend.  According to the Lakegop website, they are meeting out of a private company's office.  Doesn't Kasich have a statewide organization with office locations?  Oh, wait----that would mean that Kasich would have plans and we know that Kasich still has no plans on how he'd like to fix Ohio.  He'll announce all that when he thinks you are paying attention.  If you see Kasich, ask him if he feels personally responsible for the loss of over $480 million in the state pension funds that were invested with Lehman.


*  We still haven't heard any comments from Republican congressional candidate, Steve Stivers, about the BP oil spill in the gulf!!!!!  Stivers, a former bank lobbyist and current BP stockholder, apparently doesn't want to say anything to harm any of his profits from his investments.  He probably wants to stay on friendly terms with all those oil companies, lobbyists, bankers, and financial services people so that they continue to contribute to his campaign.


***  Speaking of lobbyists.......

Dispatch:

A handful of Statehouse lobbyists are under investigation by the state attorney general for what Ohio's legislative inspector general calls a "pattern of disregard for lobbying laws."


Ohio lobbyists are required to register each year and report three times a year whom they represent, what bills they worked on and whether they spent any money in their efforts.

"We have a few folks out there who know just how far they can push things before they provide information, and when they do file their reports, they are noticeable for their lack of information," said Legislative Inspector General Tony Bledsoe.....

It never ends.


*****  Speaking of Stivers------

Here is part of my blog post from Feb. 15, 2010:


\\   ....There is even more from this cached page from Zoominfo:

Steve Stivers approved over $7,000,000 in taxpayer giveaways to Buckeye Check Cashing during his first day on the controlling board. [Ohio Controlling Board Minutes 1/9/06].

Not surprisingly, the payday lending industry has given $6,000 in contributions to Stivers so far.....

...Steve Stivers was also lobbyist for Bank One, which was bought by JP Morgan Chase......

...That inconvenient fact didn't stop him from giving $173,902 in no-bid contracts to JP Morgan Chase while serving on the powerful Ohio Controlling Board [Ohio Controlling Board Minutes]. Stivers happens to hold significant investments in JP Morgan Chase stock. [2007 Personal Financial Disclosure Form]...

Sometimes when we look at the past, we have a clearer picture of what someone would do in the future.  //



Steve Stivers just loves those banking friends, doesn't he?  He always seems to try to help them out a little.  How sweet!