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Ohio: Zanesville

February 25, 2009 - 08:03 am
NEWS FEED: Columbus Dispatch

Thousands seek piece of state's stimulus

By Jill Riepenhoff

Electrical engineer Mike Budzynski says in his application for federal stimulus money that his company will employ 12,000 people within a month of receiving the cash.

Budzynski's project likely will catch the attention of those handing out Ohio's share of the federal stimulus money. But it's unlikely that his project will receive a dime.

Gov. Ted Strickland's office unveiled the list of stimulus applications made to the state so far.

The list contains more than 7,700 projects, from the traditional road and sewer projects to the more fanciful, such as Budzynski's. Every county has at least five projects in the mix. The total price tag -- a whopping $48.4 billion -- far outstrips the available assistance.

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February 10, 2009 - 08:04 am
NEWS FEED: Columbus Dispatch

Legislator picked to lead House GOP election push

The Lima Republican was tapped by House Minority Leader William G. Batchelder to be chairman of
the House Republican Organizational Committee. "He has worked on numerous campaigns and is
extremely qualified to help lead our efforts to retake the majority in 2010," said Batchelder,
R-Medina.

Other new key personnel on the House Republican campaign team are Michael Dittoe, political
director, and Amy Kerschner, finance director.

Dittoe was an aide to former Rep. Diana Fessler and a policy adviser to former Speaker Jon
Husted before running the successful House campaign of Rep. Troy Balderson of Zanesville. Kerschner
has been a top official in past statewide campaigns, including those of former state Treasurer
Joseph T. Deters and Supreme Court Justice Judith Lanzinger.

-- Jim Siegel

jsiegel@dispatch.com

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February 8, 2009 - 06:08 am
NEWS FEED: Columbus Dispatch

Possible gubernatorial candidate says wait, see

By Joe Hallett

"I've been traveling around the state of Ohio because, as many of you know, I've been thinking about running for governor of the state of Ohio," Kasich told about 150 here last week at a Lincoln Day dinner jointly sponsored by the Republican parties in Seneca and Sandusky counties.

The former congressman from Westerville has been the hottest speaker on the GOP rubber-chicken circuit for two years and has about a dozen county Lincoln Day speeches lined up in February and March.

But political observers from both parties are beginning to wonder just when -- and if -- Kasich actually will declare his candidacy, contending that he can't wait too long if he hopes to seriously challenge the popular incumbent, Democrat Ted Strickland, who already has a $2 million head start.

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Tue, 07/01/2008 - 14:29

As Obama pushes faith-based initiative, he vows return trips to SE Ohio

By Justin Miller, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=376|title=U.S. Sen. Barack Obama|desc=Politicker photo|link=none|align=none|width=420|height=323]ZANESVILLE -- U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) toured the Eastside Community Ministry earlier on Tuesday before announcing his new plan to expand federal faith-based charity initiatives, modeled on President Bush's programs of the past eight years.

But Obama admitted he hasn't been in this area of Ohio enough but said he's competitive against U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).

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