From the monthly archives: July 2011
Earlier today, Secretary of State Jon Husted informed the “We Are Ohio” campaign that his office has officially certified that they collected the sufficient number of valid signatures to place SB 5 on a repeal ballot this November.
Here’s a copy of Secretary of State Jon Husted’s letter.
And here’s a chart from Husted’s office showing a county by county breakdown. In order to get it on the ballot they had to get over 231,150 signatures with the signatures coming from the equivalent of at least 3% of the votes cast in the 2010 gubernatorial election in [...]
Full Story... →Senator Kris Jordan helped sneak language into the budget at the last minute that would block public hospitals and clinics in Ohio from providing abortions, tying the hands of Ohio’s physicians who work in publicly-funded hospitals and clinics and effectively telling women in Ohio that Ohio’s male politicians know what’s better for them than their own doctors.
According to Kellie Copeland, Jordan and Senate President Niehaus then “turned off their phones so none of our supporters could call and complain.”
Yesterday Jordan introduced another piece of legislation – SB201 – that effectively de-funds Planned Parenthood and other important [...]
Full Story... →State Senator Kris Jordan says that he’s entitled to his privacy, even though he’s still under investigation of a crime. Robert Mecklenborg said the same thing… a week or two before he resigned.
The one-time recipient of the Ohio Christian Alliance’s Local Elected Official of the Year says he made a mistake, but what was that mistake?
We had an emotional argument and are embarrassed that some very personal issues have become public. We are all human. We make mistakes.
The mistake was their domestic dispute became public? Senator Jordan’s wife didn’t make a mistake calling 911. The [...]
Full Story... →This has to be one of the more brazen displays of lunacy yet from Josh Mandel’s non-campaign for senate. In a letter of endorsement from fellow wacko Sen. Jim DeMint, Mandel went on the record supporting the move to not raise the nation’s debt limit. This is from the letter of endorsement from the Senate Conservative Fund, a PAC run my Senator DeMint to help raise money for people who are clearly too out-of-touch to find a job elsewhere.
Brown SUPPORTS raising the debt limit. Mandel opposes it.
On issue after issue, the choice is clear. Josh Mandel fights for [...]
Full Story... →Andrew Tobias reports for the Delaware Gazette the following joint statement by State Senator Kris Jordan and his wife Delaware County Recorder Melissa issued via email:
Like many couples, we have stressful lives. We had an emotional argument and are embarrassed that some very personal issues have become public. We are all human. We make mistakes. Please allow us the space, time and privacy to work through this together. We ask for your prayers.
Spray, pray, and hope it goes away. Several things bother me about a “joint statement”. Melissa was obviously threatened and physically “pushed around” in the [...]
Full Story... →GOP Senate Caucus won’t comment on Jordan domestic violence allegation.
From ONN’s Jim Heath:
A conservative Republican, Jordan writes in each of his press releases that he’s a “proven advocate for family values.”
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“We’re aware of the situation, but no charges have been filed so we’re not going to comment or speculate,” said GOP senate spokesman John McClelland.
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The Jordan’s are on vacation and were unavailable for comment on camera.
There is no word yet on whether Jordan will consider resigning.
Mrs. Jordan was available for comment last night for the Columbus Dispatch. Now suddenly neither [...]
Full Story... →OK, it’s more irony than an oxymoron, but since Kris used the term “oxymoronical” in the video I couldn’t resist that title. In 2009, then State Rep Kris Jordan speaks to Ohioans For Concealed Carry at their “Party in the Park 6″ held at Liberty Park on July 11th. Part of that talk seems very ironic now given the fact that Kris bought his wife a 9mm weapon for protection in their home when the protection she may have needed was from him:
(original video via TheBerlinKid)
Full Story... →So much for John Kasich starting to see a “bounce” in his polling. This morning, Quinnipiac released it’s latest polling in Ohio in two months. The news is pretty down right miserable for Kasich.
For the first time for Quinnipiac, Kasich’s disapproval has hit 50%. His approval rating has dropped back down to 35%. Seven months into his term, and Kasich has yet to break with a 40% in his approval rating. Kasich has lost further ground with independents who now disapprove by 34% to 48% from 37% to 47% in May.
Only two-thirds of Republicans [...]
Full Story... →[Update: We've added complete transcripts of the call recordings]
Following up on our story earlier today about the domestic violence situation at State Senator Kris Jordan’s residence. We published the redacted incident report. We also received audio files.
Following are 911 recordings we received from the Delaware County Sheriff’s office based on our public records request. The audio came to us in 3 files. This was mostly due to Melissa hanging up the first time and 911 having to call back. The second and third audio clips overlap somewhat. We’ve redacted parts of the audio mentioning the address [...]
Full Story... →(HT: Joseph who did all the groundwork for this post but couldn’t write it before his business flight.)
On July 11th at approximately 10:55 p.m., the 911 call center in Delaware County received a telephone call requesting immediate assistance at the residence of State Senator Kris Jordan. An unidentified female voice simply requested assistance, provided the residential address for Senator Jordan, and hung up. The 911 call center then dialed the number that dialed in and talked to a woman who identified herself as “Melissa,” which is the name of Senator Jordan’s wife.
Here is a copy of the incident report.
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Full Story... →Budget Watch
