The
Becker Report
Volume
III, Issue XXI
November 28, 2009
Published
by:
John Becker
Republican State Central Committeeman and Candidate for State Senate
Ohio's 14th Senate District
Clermont, Brown, Adams, Scioto, and Lawrence Counties
513-753-6440
www.BeckerGOP.com
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Distribution:
Tim Rudd, Clermont County GOP Chairman
Paul Hall, Brown County GOP Chairman
Harty Wallingford, Adams County GOP Chairman
Dr. Terry Johnson, Scioto County GOP Chairman
Ray “Moose” Dutey, Lawrence County GOP Chairman
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Additionally, I don't necessarily try to be "fair and balanced."
After all, I didn't get into politics to be a news reporter. My agenda is to
influence public policy consistent with Southern Ohio conservative values. For
more information on my motivations or how to get involved, see: What
is a Central Committee?
Prayers
Needed
Brown County Clerk of Courts Tina
Meranda continues to
appreciate all prayers.
Former Clermont County Chairman and Retired State Representative, Rose Vesper,
has not been well and needs our prayers.
Don’t
give that $100 to the Ohio Dept. of Taxation!
A dollar-for-dollar
tax CREDIT (not deduction) is available on the Ohio IT 1040 income tax form.
Ohio taxpayers have a choice. We can divert that $100 to candidates running for
state offices. It’s the same $100. Why send it to the dept. of taxation? Please
send it to a candidate that qualifies for the tax credit. The credit is $50 for
singles and $100 for married couples. You will get the full amount back when
you file your Ohio IT 1040. Call me if you have any questions about this or
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Video
Central
Government 101
This is almost 11 minutes but should be required in school.
This 1948 cartoon should also be required in schools.
It is almost 10 minutes.
Turn
around Ted
2010
Christmas with a Capital “C”
Is B. Hussein Obama a Muslim?
Election
Results
Issue 1: Passed
Issue 2: Passed
Issue 3: Passed
Congratulations:
Tim Rudd won re-election to the office of Municipal
Clerk of Courts.
Bob McGee and Tim Donnellon won re-election to the office of
Union Twp Trustee (Clermont County).
Jo Ann Beamer won re-election to the West Clermont
School Board.
A
Preview of the 2010 Statewide Races
US Senate
Rob
Portman is endorsed
by the Ohio Republican Party.
Tom
Ganley is also a
candidate.
Governor (Apportionment Board Office)
John
Kasich is endorsed by
the Ohio Republican Party.
Auditor of State (Apportionment Board Office)
Mary
Taylor is endorsed by
the Ohio Republican Party.
State Treasurer
Josh
Mandel is endorsed by
the Ohio Republican Party.
Secretary of State (Apportionment Board Office)
Jon
Husted is endorsed by
the Ohio Republican Party.
Sandy
O'Brien is also a
candidate.
Attorney General
Dave
Yost and Mike
DeWine are both
candidates. The Ohio Republican Party has not yet made an endorsement decision
in this race.
Commentary: Dave Yost is a very conservative Delaware County Prosecutor.
He is right on the issues, a nice guy, and a rising star in the GOP. Dave has
also worked very hard at winning the hearts and minds of Ohioans. He has
attended 46 Lincoln Day Dinners, visited over 60 counties and is endorsed by
more than 70 percent of Ohio’s GOP county prosecutors.
Former Senator Mike DeWine is much more controversial. Please see my September 2009 edition for additional details.
Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice
It appears that former Attorney General, Jim
Petro, has dropped
his bid for Chief Justice. Justice Maureen O'Conner is now the only candidate.
Ohio Supreme Court
Judith Lanzinger and Paul Pfeifer will run for re-election.
What is the Apportionment Board?
The Board consists of the Governor, Secretary of State, State
Auditor, and a Republican and Democrat selected from the Legislature.
Control is important because the Board redraws the State House and State Senate
districts based on the 2010 national census. The Party redrawing the district
lines will have a huge advantage in determining control of the legislature in
2012 and beyond. The legislature redraws the US House districts.
Congress
Jean
Schmidt has a
Republican challenger for her congressional seat: C. Michael Kilburn is a Warren County
Commissioner.
Becker
for State Senate
The Primary Election is 29 months away. I've been meeting with people, getting
ideas, and raising money.
Past
Events
November 18, 2009
The Clermont County GOP Central Committee met to discuss the successful
results of our Veteran’s Day outreach, endorsements, and Board of Elections
appointments. Tim Rudd and Rick Combs want to be appointed to the two seats.
The committee voted to extend the terms of precinct committeemen from two years
to four. Chairman Rudd announced that Judge William Walker is planning to
retire at the end of 2010. Both Rachel Hutzel and John Hall addressed the
crowd.
November 11, 2009
Terry Johnson held an event with about 150 people present in West
Portsmouth. Former Congressman Bob McEwen was the dinner’s key note speaker. He
received a standing ovation.
November 6, 2009
About 100 people attended Chip Gerhardt’s First Friday Luncheon, to hear
Hamilton County Chairman Alex Triantafilou square off with the Democrat Party
Chairman, Tim Burke. I had the pleasure of chatting with Carl Enslen, Randy
Smith, and Mark Quarry.
October 26, 2009
ORP Chairman DeWine conducted a conference call to update the State Central
Committee and vote to endorse Issue #2.
October 24, 2009
The Southern Ohio GOP County Chairs Association met to endorse the same
candidates that the ORP has endorsed. There was also discussion of endorsing
David Yost. The committee decided to wait and see what the ORP decides in this
race. In addition to my state central committee colleague, Marilyn Ashcraft, the
ubiquitous, Joe Forkin, also attended.
October 21, 2009
The Clermont County GOP Central Committee met to discuss the endorsement
process, Veteran’s Day plans, GOTV, and more. It was great to have the ORP’s
Joe Forkin in attendance.
Event
Calendar
December 3, 2009
Reception for Senator Shannon Jones at the Queen
City Club from 5pm to
7:30 for $250
Contact 513-381-5454x17 to RSVP by December 2nd.
December 5, 2009
Brown County GOP Christmas Party at the JVS in Georgetown for $20 or $35 per
couple. Please RSVP to 937-444-2988 by December 3rd. BrownCountyRepublicans@gmail.com
December 8, 2009
Scioto County Central Committee at 7:00 pm in New Boston
December 10, 2009
Adams County GOP Christmas Party in Blue Creek for $10 Contact Stephen Caraway
for more info: 937-515-1939
December 10, 2009
ORP Christmas Party at the Northpointe Conference Center from 6pm to 8pm for
$50. Contact 614-228-2481.
December 11, 2009
State Central Committee meeting in Columbus
January 4, 2010
Deadline to request Clermont County GOP endorsement
January 4, 2010
Union Twp (Clermont County) GOP Central Committee meeting at 7pm at the UT
Civic Center
January 9, 2010
Southern Ohio GOP County Chairs Association
January 20, 2010
Clermont County GOP endorsement meeting at the Eastgate Holiday Inn at 7:00
sharp
February 5, 2010
Clermont County Lincoln Day Dinner
February 18, 2010
Filing deadline for May Primary
March 3, 2010
Anderson Twp GOP Club at 7850 Five Mile Rd. Social at 6:00 pm and Business
Meeting at 7:00 pm. Mary Taylor will be the guest speaker.
April 17, 2010
Southern Ohio GOP County Chairs Association
May 4, 2010
Election Day
June 19, 2010
ORP State Dinner at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Columbus
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