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The Dispatch has a good piece today that picks apart the crime figures used in the campaign ads of the Columbus Mayoral candidates.
And, of course, Bill Todd’s ad takes the stats out of context:
Todd’s most recent radio ad cites a 2006 murder rate in Columbus that was higher than those in New York and Los […]

That Jerid is a pretty smart kid. He pointed out the other day that Bill Todd’s school funding lawsuit was one big publicity stunt. And now, Buckeye Institute is playing right along, calling the suit a “21st Century Brown vs. Board of Education”.

Of course, “playing along” probably isn’t a strong enough phrase, since […]

Catching up on my blogfeeds, and I saw this over at BSB. I love it.

I was out of commission yesterday, and most of the good stuff was already picked up in the rest of the Ohio ’sphere, including this nugget, which is way too important for a Central Ohio blog to neglect to mention.
Bill Todd got 22% of his current funds for his Mayoral campaign from one David Brennan. […]

Jerid pointed out yesterday that Todd’s press conference on Wednesday was a little ahead of the curve:
Anyways, the real meat here is that Todd scheduled this press conference before the grant announcements he cites was released to the public. Kinda strange right? Like Todd has a man on the inside or something.
Apparently, scuttlebutt is that […]

The recent issue of Columbus Monthly magazine’s “Best of Columbus 2007″ piece has a couple of winners that we’ve been discussing here at Plunderbund.
Best Lobbying Campaign
Dancers for Democracy. “They humanized their industry”, says CM, “portraying exotic dancers as young moms and college students trying to make a living.”
Best Politcal One-Liner
“Mr. Mayor, tear down […]

William M. Todd, Republican candidate for Columbus Mayor, and

I received another email from the Franklin County folks that provides a little more detail than the previous one- so I thought I’d share…
Primary finance reports are not required if the candidate’s name does not appear on the primary ballot.
Simi Annual finance reports are not required if the candidate is required to file a post […]