* Many in Ohio are wondering how and why Republican candidate and Tea Party supporter, Josh Mandel, forgot to file his financial disclosure. These kinds of details should be something of utmost importance, but Mandel has ignored the requirement to file his financial disclosure report, for 90 days. He is 90 days late!
People are starting to wonder if Mandel has been spending too much time flying to Hawaii, Washington, D.C., and Vegas. With Mandel visiting every Republican club in every Ohio county, it is obvious that Mandel has a lack of focus on these details. It might be fun to go speak to the Republican women in one county, meet Republicans with deep pockets in Cincinnati, but this is not getting the financial disclosure report completed. While he has lifelong state workers in his office, Mandel is out running around the state.
The DaytonDailyNews and even the Republican-loving ColumbusDispatch have noticed that Mandel is skirting the law on his financial disclosure release.
ThinkProgress:
90 Days Past Due Date, Ohio Senate Candidate Fails To File Personal Financial Disclosure Form | Ohio’s current Treasurer Josh Mandel (R) is challenging Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) for his seat in 2012. Running on the “tested and trusted” tagline, Mandel is failing the basic test of transparency. On April 6, Mandel filed paperwork for his Senate campaign with the Federal Elections Commission. According to federal law, a candidate’s personal financial disclosure must be filed within 30 days of declaring or after raising $5,000. But 90 days later, after both declaring his candidacy and raising $2.3 million for his race, Mandel has still failed to disclose. Indeed, the Secretary of the Senate’s office confirmed to ThinkProgress that no forms have been filed. By law, he is subject to a $200 fine. Mandel also faces a FEC investigation for violating another federal election law by using resources from the Treasurer’s office to support his candidacy.
Does Mandel even care????? Is this another example of Mandel's problem with ethics? Those of us who remember his dirty, scandalous, name-calling campaign for Ohio Treasurer find it hard to get that image out of our memories.
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Here is the list from the congressman's website of employers represented at the job fair:
1st Advanced EMS, Abbott Nutrition, Academy Medical, Acloché, Acquisition Logistics Engineering, Altercare of Ohio, Inc., AMVETS, ATT Mobility (Hilliard), Battelle, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Ohio, Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane, Inc., Cardinal Health, CITIBank, Clinton Consultants LLC, DecisionOne, Diversified Systems, Employment Plus, Famous Enterprises, FedEx, Godman Guild Association, Hansons, Heartland Bank, Honda, Huntington Bancshares Inc., IGS Energy, ITT Tech, JP Morgan Chase, Lifecare Alliance, Limited Brands, LogisticsART - Columbus State CC, McCarthy & Cox: Retirement and Estate Specialists, McCloy Financial Services, Memorial Hospital of Union County, Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc., Mount Carmel Health, MS Consultants, Nationwide, Nationwide Childrens Hospital, NCO Financial Systems, Ohio Department of Administrative Services, Ohio Health, Ozark National Life, PNC Bank, REM Ohio, Restoration Hardware, Rosemont Center, Inc., Safelite Autoglass, Schneider National, Scotts Lawn, Staffing Leadership Group/ODW Logistics, State of Ohio, The Columbus Dispatch, The Ohio State University Medical Center, The Ohio State University, THK Manufacturing of America Inc., U.S. Secret Service, United McGill Corporation, UPS, US Coast Guard, Verizon Wireless, ViaQuest, Inc., Vocalink
From Open Secrets on Abbott:
| GROVE, JASON E MR WASHINGTON,DC 20036 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES/DIRECTOR FEDERA | 6/17/10 | $250 | Stivers, Steve (R) |
| GROVE, JASON MR WASHINGTON,DC 20036 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES/DIRECTOR FEDERA | 3/8/10 | $500 | Stivers, Steve (R) |
| HAAS, ROSEMARY T MS PARTLOW,VA 22534 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES/SENIOR DIRECTOR | 3/8/10 | $500 | Stivers, Steve (R) |
| HAAS, ROSEMARY T MS PARTLOW,VA 22534 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES/SENIOR DIRECTOR | 6/17/10 | $250 | Stivers, Steve (R) |
| MORRIS, KRISTEN MS ARLINGTON,VA 22207 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES/DIVISIONAL VP F | 3/8/10 | $500 | Stivers, Steve (R) |
| PAXTON, JILL E MRS COLUMBUS,OH 43221 | ABBOTT NUTRITION/CATEGORY SPECIALIS | 9/30/09 | $250 | Stivers, Steve (R) |
From Open Secrets on Nationwide Insurance and Nationwide Children's Hospitals:
Total campaign contributions to Stivers = $62,250
OpenSecrets results on Ohio Health: Total contributions to Stivers = $2,900
OpenSecrets results on JP Morgan Chase: contributions to Stivers = $20,000
OpenSecrets results on Huntington: contributions to Stivers = $15,950
Trust me, there are more ties to many of these companies and Stivers, but I'll let you search for them.
This is just part of the good old boy network. The Stivers staff called on his campaign contributors to put on a show for some jobs, while Stivers does absolutely nothing to create one job. This was more public relations than anything else, because most of these jobs have been posted on the websites of these companies. Where are the jobs, Steve Stivers? Where are the jobs? When will you write some legislation that creates jobs?
In central Ohio, there are many structurally deficient bridges that need repair. Why is Stivers wasting time trying to stop laws that make banks and financial firms more ethical and transparent, when he should be getting people back to work? President Obama said that we can rebuild America by creating jobs that fix bridges, roads, parks, etc.
According to Transportation for America, here are a few bridges that are structurally deficient in central Ohio (some within Ohio's 15th district):
11TH AVE
- Crosses I71
- in Franklin County
Structurally deficient 
- Built 1961
- National bridge ID 2507927
- 16,200 cars per day (avg.)
Ratings
- Deck: 3
- Superstructure: 6
- Substructure: 7
Inspections
- Inspection frequency: 12 months
- Last inspection: October-2009
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ROBERTS RD
- Crosses IR 270
- in Franklin County
Structurally deficient
- Built 1968
- National bridge ID 2509660
- 40,400 cars per day (avg.)
Ratings
- Deck: 4
- Superstructure: 6
- Substructure: 4
Inspections
- Inspection frequency: 12 months
- Last inspection: October-2009
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I-71
- Crosses OVER SECOND AVE
- in Franklin County
Structurally deficient
- Built 1961
- National bridge ID 2507838
- 143,635 cars per day (avg.)
Ratings
- Deck: 8
- Superstructure: 8
- Substructure: 4
Inspections
- Inspection frequency: 12 months
- Last inspection: October-2009
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RAMP TO 270NB
- Crosses IR 70
- in Franklin County
Structurally deficient
- Built 1970
- National bridge ID 2514850
- 130,010 cars per day (avg.)
Ratings
- Deck: 4
- Superstructure: 7
- Substructure: 5
Inspections
- Inspection frequency: 12 months
- Last inspection: August-2009
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While Ohio Republicans continue to try to lower tax rates for millionaires and billionaires, instead of supporting President Obama's goals to get people back to work, our lives and our children's lives are in danger every single time we cross a bridge. Here in Ohio, Transportation for America reports that there are 2,743 structurally deficient bridges in our state. In Republican Rep. Jim Jordan's district alone, 32% of the bridges are structurally deficient in Morrow County. Jordan would rather play politics than work on the safe travel of your family. He'd rather uphold the right wing extreme policies of the Tea Party than create jobs that help deliver a school bus safely to a destination.
What is wrong with these Republicans like Stivers, Jordan, Austria, Boehner, Schmidt, Turner, Chabot, Tiberi, Latta, Jim Johnson, LaTourette, Renacci, and Gibbs? Why do they continue to stand in the way of job creation? Giving more tax cuts to millionaires, billionaires, and companies that outsource jobs will not get Americans back to work! Tell these non-working, lazy Republicans it is time to support President Obama's agenda to get people back to work.