News from Franklin County Democratic Party http://fcdp.org/index.php?page=news 2010-09-03T08:01:34+01:00 text/html 2010-09-03T07:01:24+01:00 http://fcdp.org/ http://fcdp.org/index.php?page=news&full=127 <p>Judge Kimberly Cocroft's Campaign Calls on Opponent to Correct Negative and False Statements<br /><br />The campaign of Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Kimberly Cocroft reacted to a letter from her opponent today.&nbsp; &ldquo;Judge Cocroft&rsquo;s opponent today issued a false and misleading political statement which cannot go unanswered.&nbsp; This kind text/html 2010-08-09T07:46:35+01:00 http://fcdp.org/ http://fcdp.org/index.php?page=news&full=126 <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span>COLUMBUS, OH &ndash;</span></strong><span> The Ohio Association for Justice and Ohio AFL-CIO have come out against the recent action of the Ohio Supreme Court supporting corporations rather than protecting Ohio workers.&nbsp; A web video has been produced regarding the case and is available at </span><a href="http://www.votetoendinjustice.com/" target="_blank"><span>www.votetoendinjustice.com</span></a><span> and YouTube at text/html 2010-08-04T05:23:19+01:00 http://fcdp.org/ http://fcdp.org/index.php?page=news&full=125 <p>We have a new Facebook page up.&nbsp; In addition to the group we now have a fan page.&nbsp; If you could please take a moment to head over and sign up we would appreciate it.&nbsp; The link can be found in the upper left corner of our home page, just text/html 2010-06-24T10:24:54+01:00 http://fcdp.org/ http://fcdp.org/index.php?page=news&full=124 <div class="body"><p>Greg Haas, a well-known Columbus Democratic consultant, has published his first novel, <em>The Butcher's Thumb</em>, a political thriller that takes readers from Haas' hometown of Marion to the White House.</p><p>Haas, 54, who has advised mayors, governors and presidential candidates for more than 25 years, drew upon his experiences with text/html 2010-06-24T06:10:46+01:00 http://fcdp.org/ http://fcdp.org/index.php?page=news&full=123 <p><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves /> <w:TrackFormatting /> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF /> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> <w:DontGrowAutofit /> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark /> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp /> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables /> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx /> <w:Word11KerningPairs /> <w:CachedColBalance /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> text/html 2010-06-22T09:36:39+01:00 http://fcdp.org/ http://fcdp.org/index.php?page=news&full=121 <p><strong>Ohio's jobless rate falls to 8.7 percent in May</strong><br />Tuesday, June 22, 2010&nbsp; 01:06 PM<br />By Dan Gearino<br />THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH<br /><br />Central Ohio's unemployment rate has taken a step away from the ledge of double digits, falling more than a percentage point to 8.7 percent in May from 9.8 text/html 2010-06-16T10:43:11+01:00 http://fcdp.org/ http://fcdp.org/index.php?page=news&full=120 <p>Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray has taken legal action against a Columbus refinery company over numerous public nuisance and permit violations.<br /> <br />At the request of the Ohio EPA, Cordray issued a complaint and motion for preliminary injunction against Heartland Refinery Group and its operators, Gene Gornall and William text/html 2010-06-02T10:40:20+01:00 http://fcdp.org/ http://fcdp.org/index.php?page=news&full=119 <p>On the day the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission held hearings on the role credit rating agencies play in the economic meltdown, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN); Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA); Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray and James Lardner, senior policy analyst at Demos, called for ensuring the financial reform bill keeps text/html 2010-06-16T10:37:12+01:00 http://fcdp.org/ http://fcdp.org/index.php?page=news&full=118 <p>COLUMBUS - Treasurer Kevin L. Boyce closed a $20 million bond deal today to finance the Innovation Ohio Loan fund. It provides financing to businesses struggling to obtain capital due to risk factors related to the design of a new product or service. 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