Highland County Democratic Party presents Politics and Pasta April 13 at Hi-TEC Center
Amy Wright
Hillsboro’s Hi-TEC Center will be percolating with politics, purpose and possibilities at 6 p.m. Monday, April 13 as Highland County Democrats welcome everyone to meet four state candidates sharing their plans and perspectives for the future of Ohio.
• Candidate for Secretary of State, State Representative Allison Russo, will address the critical reach and power of that position in keeping elections fair and secure. Former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, Adam Miller is aiming to represent Ohio’s new 15th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives. Amy Wright is committed to shifting the imbalanced statehouse representation in her campaign for Ohio House of Representatives, District 91. Brian Deer is campaigning for the District 17 seat in the Ohio Senate.
Elected to the maximum four terms as a state representative, Allison Russo served on some of the most important legislative committees, including Health, Finance, Medicaid Oversight, Constitutional Resolutions and the Ohio Redistricting Commission.
She says, “I’m running for Secretary of State because I want there to be integrity, trust and transparency in the office. It’s not just pushing paper. The job description involves affecting how language on the ballot will either lift the will of the people or bury it. Voters should feel confident that when they cast their votes, their vote matters. Just as importantly, when Ohioans are required to provide private personal information to participate in our democracy, they deserve absolute confidence their data will be safeguarded, not shared, ever. I have grave concerns about how this information could be used or manipulated in ways that undermine the will of American voters. Above all, if we don’t protect democracy, we lose the power to fix everything else.”
• Adam Miller, of Franklin County, retired as a colonel from the U.S. Army after 29 years of service. He says, “With almost 900,000 living Ohio veterans, we need to do more for our veterans and their families, provide more state resources for education and job training. I will continue to champion women’s reproductive freedom, pay equity for women, mental health care, addiction and recovery programs, special education funding, and, our democracy.” Miller is pictured below.
• Amy Wright, political activist and former mental health counselor in Fayette County, says, “Ohio is one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation. It has lead to political outcomes and policy decisions that simply do not reflect the concerns and desires of voters. Our state government needs to focus on people, not just policies.”
• Brian Deer, of Lawrence County, says his career in law enforcement and experience in juvenile youth services, motivated his decision to run for office. He says, “There are plenty of problems we need to address as a state, but I believe funding for schools is one of the critical issues.” Deer is pictured below.
With so much at stake in elections this year, Democratic Party Chair, Dinah Phillips says, “There’s a lot of information and a lot of interest. We’ll be serving food for thought as well as lasagna and breadsticks. Everyone is welcome, questions are welcome, donations are welcome and there’s plenty of parking at the Hi-TEC Center. We start at 6 p.m.”
Comment
Pasta and Politics
Pasta and politics, indeed! This is a landmark year in US history. If a single reader here dismisses the frightening portent of Frank LaRose's sharing of 8 million voter records with the trump department of justice (no caps sic, please, ed), we are all diminished. This year marks 250 beautifully successful years of the great American experiment without a single instance of federal interference in the conduct of elections. Sadly, that tradition is gone. If that is acceptable to a majority of voters, we can frightfully lower the case of the first American A.
CAPS are OK...
...if you use the correct spelling. Department of Just Us!
Yes!
Shame on me for that oversight.
Hmm?
Do you mean to tell me that no federal Democrat public servant was not involved with the Klan? Who interfered with elections routinely; not to mention Tammany Hall or the Chicago way, just skimming the surface with the big three Democrat voting pressure machines of yesteryear. Education unions, solar and wind, and a news media monopoly are today's Democrat election corruption. Then there's the MN fraud, medicaid fraud, and open border "sanctuary" cities policies. But according to the left: the NRA and blue-collar rural white men harm children, but planned parenthood doesn't. America is free for the past 250 years because of blue-collar rural white men. Prove me wrong.
Prove him wrong
I'm afraid you just did that for me. Your inability to parse your own list of grievances doesn't leave much to the imagination.
I am a white man whose parents sent 4 sons to the United States military-- not all of whom came home. My mother sent them off to the service and stood proudly at the door to receive the flag from the military authorities. She would not weep in front of them. Her door was always open to women and men of any race or social standing, and her kindness and wisdom have been an inspiration to me for 80 years.
So, unless your patriotic bona fides are pretty darned good, you have a tough case to make that a woman standing just under 5 feet contributed less to freedom in America than any blue-collar rural white man.
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It's not a competition about which individual contributed the "most" to the Country. There's no way to determine that. Making America great is a moral and ethical exercise in reasonable or extraordinary sacrifices, having a strong faith in God, and if one is able-bodied then they must put forth an effort and be productive. Not defrauding the government like in Minnesota, or scamming medicaid. And it's not illegally crossing the border. And it's not spending taxpayers' money on wasteful programs. What keeps me up at night is that I could've done a lot more leading up to this point in my life. Less loafing and more effort and make better decisions.
Hands
Conservatives do not believe in ad hoc handouts. If you're truly in need, then a hand-up is in store, ideally through Christian or local organizations, not the federal government. If there's nothing wrong with your hands, or your ability, then you must work and contribute to society. If you had a "whoopsie" and are with child, then you must own up to your responsibility as parents. "No Child left behind" as it were. As a side note, I was at church services for a total of 4 hours on Sunday. There were great lessons and real people sharing their ups and downs, a very moving day in the confines of the sanctuary. But the 40 minutes I spent with acquaintances of mine was priceless. The acquaintances I'm referring to, is the couple near me that also attend the same church as me, as often as they can. See, they have 8, or, 9, maybe 10 adopted children. I was driving home Sunday afternoon from visiting my mother at the home and I saw a handful of the girls riding bikes, etc. on their driveway. The Reds game was in full-swing, but I was called to stop in a visit that Sunday afternoon. They weren't at church that morning because their adopted toddler son was under the weather again. I set awhile, and visited with the Dad and 4 of the adopted daughters on that warm spring day for 30 or 40 minutes. Those 4 hours of church services were really great that day, but let me tell you. I really loved the 40 minutes I spent with the 4 adopted girls and their Dad.
Meeting the candidates in…
Meeting the candidates in person, hearing their ideas, and taking the opportunity to ask things you want to know, is a great opportunity. There really is nothing more personal than politics, and every single piece of legislation affects some of us in some way.