Today's Mail

Received three fliers today, two big ones, and one half size, and five phone calls from politicians, NONE of which I listened to, incidentally.

One flier for a Curtis Johnson, looked it all over, could NOT figure out what he was running for, then I saw it, small  print, hard to read color, he is running for the Republican State Committee. Nice picture of Obama on it. Read it over a number of times, it said nothing, He intents to STOP a lot of things, nothing about what he intends to do, and not sure what he can do as a Committee member. NO vote there, stupid political piece, he is either getting bad advice or doesn't know any better.

Now a big piece for Betty Montgomery, no, I think they are trying to tell me she is WRONG and a Moderate. They just want me to vote NO on her. That was put out by the Buckeye Farmers Association. In my opinion, it was a STUPID piece.

Another large piece, more note NO for Betty Montgomery. So far, I know Betty is running for something, and apparently people are concerned she may win, against WHO, I don't know. Oh, OK, on the back of that one, they want me to VOTE FOR ENDORSED REPUBLICAN Kathy Johnston for State Central Committee.

That State Central Committee job must be a great one, how much do you get paid to sit on a committee?

All done on heavy card stock, some full color, and we used to have to put a "disclaimer" on every political piece. I guess that is not true anymore, wonder how they get away with it? After reading all this material, the only name I remember is Betty Montgomery.

Betty Montgomery Strikes GOLD

Former Ohio Attorney General/Auditor Betty Montgomery was approached twice by the Kasich Administration to serve as the Director of Public Safety, but was turned down both times.


We’ve since learned that Ms. Montgomery will also be named to the Ohio Casino Commission and have reason to believe that she has, this time, accepted the Governor’s appointment.

Meanwhile former Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro is moving back into State Government, too. The Kasich Administration is going to appoint Petro to be the next Chancellor of the Board of Regents to replace current Chancellor/former Congressman Eric Fingerhut.

Petro is a rather curious pick given he hasn’t actually made a name for himself on university policies like Fingerhut, who despite being a Strickland appointee, has been widely regarded as one of the most reform-minded, successful Chancellors in Ohio history.

With the nomination of Petro and Montgomery, you almost have to feel bad for Ken Blackwell and Jeanette Bradley. They seem to be the only Republicans still out of State government who used to serve in statewide office in the 1990s-2000s, who DON’T have a position in the Kasich Administration. How odd.