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“Me Too” Lee Fisher raises money for his former, and next, job

by Tim Russo on December 23, 2009 · Comments

Say what you will about Jennifer Brunner’s holiday fundraising email pointing her donors to give money to charity, it got another “me too” out of Lee Fisher.  Except as usual, Lee steps in it from the get go.

Instead of simply parroting Brunner’s suggestion to donate to charity, which itself would have been pathetic, Lee uses his campaign to raise money for the charity he used to run, and will likely return to when he loses this election.  Recall that Lee once got a salary of $300,000+ from Center for Families and Children.  He’s now using his own US Senate campaign to make sure the landing is just as comfortable after he loses this election.

You’ll recall that Lee Fisher partly justified his double dipping into state taxpayer money, to become jobs czar AND Lt. Governor, because he didn’t want to take the salary hit from $300k to the lowly lt. governor salary alone.  Clever.

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Dear Lee Fisher – who is Angela? And who does she work for?

by Tim Russo on November 16, 2009 · Comments

So I asked the Center for Families and Children what is going on with Lee Fisher’s treasurer, Jan Roller, holding some cryptic meeting in their building “about” the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party.  Here was the response from Lisa Goss, their spokesperson.

The event scheduled for tomorrow morning is not a CFC-sponsored event.

The Center for Families and Children’s Mandel Community Room is available for rent to any member of the community. There is both a nonprofit and for-profit room rate.

In lawyer land, we call this….um….nonresponsive!  So I asked who is renting the room, and at what rate.  Here’s the response from Lisa Goss.

It’s a private group, paying the for-profit rate + the contact’s first name is Angela.

Thanks…

Well, that explains it all, doesn’t it!  I don’t know if Lee Fisher’s campaign is planning to use the Center for Families and Children for campaign purposes, or to conduct a coup of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, or for a seance, but if the Center for Families and Children wants to play cryptic like this until the May primary, they are certainly free to do so.  Probably not the best idea, though.

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Lee Fisher’s treasurer Jan Roller up to something at Lee’s old employer on Tuesday morning

by Tim Russo on November 15, 2009 · Comments

Interesting email going around.  Remember Lee Fisher’s $300,000 per year job at the Center for Families and Children, about which no one could figure out (a) why so much money, and (b) to do what exactly?  Maybe we should ask Jan Roller, Lee’s treasurer, on Tuesday morning at the Center for Families and Children offices.

Meeting About Cuyahoga County Democratic Party
This meeting being hosted by Jan Roller, Executive Committee member, Ohio Democratic Party; Angela Shuckahosee, member, Cuyahoga Democratic Women’s Caucus, ashuck33@hotmail.com; and Tom Bullock, Executive Committee member, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, trbiii@yahoo.com, will be at 7:30 AM at the Center for Families and Children located at 4500 Euclid Ave.in downtown Cleveland. Please park in the parking lot accessed from E. 46th Street and enter the building from its east side. RSVP to janrollercuyahoga@gmail.com.

So many questions here.  Is it proper for a non-profit to be hosting partisan activities like this?  What’s this rather cryptically named “Meeting About Cuyahoga County Democratic Party” …er…. about?  Why is Lee Fisher’s treasurer, who is also on the Executive Committee of ODP, hosting it and sending out invites, and taking RSVPs?  Is ODP planning a coup against Pat Britt, current interim county chair?  On the property of a non-profit?  Which happens to be Lee Fisher’s old employer?

Something doesn’t look kosher here.  I’m emailing this to the Center, and asking, basically, WTF?

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