Rotunda Rumblings
Bar association: A Franklin County judge on Wednesday declined to block a recent health order from Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration mandating that bars in Ohio stop serving alcohol at 10 p.m. Per Andrew Tobias, Common Pleas Judge Kim Brown ruled the group of Columbus bars that brought the lawsuit didn’t meet the evidentiary burden needed to impose what’s called a temporary restraining order. The ruling is a legal victory for the DeWine administration, which has won some court challenges to their coronavirus restrictions while losing others.
Contact tracing: Anecdotal contact tracing data from the Ohio Department of Health released Wednesday showed coronavirus outbreaks could be traced back to at least 50 bars statewide since July 1, Seth Richardson reports. ODH only gave partial data because of limitations with the coronavirus reporting system – hence why DeWine has only shared individual stories instead of broad data during his press briefings.
Pocketbook issue: State Reps. Dave Greenspan and Gayle Manning have introduced a bill that would cause public officials convicted of federal corruption charges to lose the taxpayer-funded portion of their state portion. Tobias reports House Bill 741 is the latest version of the bill, which was introduced in previous legislative sessions by Greater Cleveland reps, invoking the Cuyahoga County corruption scandal. But the current sponsors hope the recent arrest of then-House Speaker Larry Householder will help the bill gain traction.
By the numbers: The Ohio Department of Health reported 1,199 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, a slight increase from the day before, according to Tobias. The total case number remains under the state’s 21-day moving average of 1,285. But new hospitalizations (112) are higher than the 21-day moving average of 96, while new deaths (26) are close to the 21-day moving average of 25.
The West Wing: Rapper Kanye West – or, at least, someone on his behalf – filed petitions with the Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office to appear on the 2020 ballot as an independent presidential candidate, Richardson reports. How sincere West’s effort is remains a big question, especially since the GOP appears to be helping West.
It ads up: Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign announced a $280 million paid media strategy for the fall across 15 states, including Ohio, Richardson reports. The bulk of that will be spent on cable and comes just a couple weeks after Republican President Donald Trump’s campaign purchased more than $18 million in TV time for the fall.
Second fiddle: The Trump campaign has proposed another presidential debate in early September, which would push Cleveland’s currently scheduled first debate to second. As Richardson reports, the Trump campaign said it wanted another debate in light of the fact more Americans would be voting early by mail.
Gotta meet someone at the airport: DeWine is postponing his Thursday coronavirus briefing by a day so he can greet Trump when the president lands in Cleveland, according to Jeremy Pelzer. However, the governor is not scheduled to accompany Trump on a Whirlpool factory tour in Sandusky County, nor to a presidential fundraiser in Bratenahl.
Boffo at the box-office: Travis Irvine, the 2018 Libertarian nominee for Ohio governor, wrote and directed the 11th highest-grossing movie in America last weekend: “Killer Raccoons 2: Dark Christmas in the Dark.” The low-budget comedy only made $3,472 between July 31 and Aug. 2, according to IMDB, but that’s good enough during the summer of coronavirus. Also playing a bit part in the movie: David DeWitt, editor-in-chief of the Ohio Capital Journal.
HRC approved: The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT advocacy organization, announced endorsements Wednesday of seven Ohio Democratic candidates: Jennifer Brunner and John O’Donnell for Ohio Supreme Court, Senate District 16 nominee Crystal Lett, Senate District 18 nominee Betsy Rader, state Reps. Phil Robinson and Casey Weinstein, and House District 23 nominee Nancy Day-Achauer.
Info you can count on: With more voters than ever expected to cast absentee ballots because of the coronavirus pandemic, plus recent troubles at the U.S. Postal Service, some people are concerned about their votes being counted. Peter Krouse has the answers to all the questions.
Taxes take a holiday: Krouse also has the lowdown on Ohio’s sales tax holiday, which is coming up this weekend.
Aiding women in crisis: The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday awarded nearly a half million dollars in grant money to a Cleveland Heights nonprofit organization that supports women in crisis, Sabrina Eaton writes. Jordan Community Resource Center got $497,661 from the Office for Victims of Crime to provide safe, stable housing and other services to human trafficking victims.
No longer an anonymous donor: Wayne M. Boich, the CEO of a coal-mining company and one of Ohio’s top political donors, gave a total of $125,000 to groups that were part of ex-House Speaker Larry Householder’s political operation, Randy Ludlow of the Columbus Dispatch reports. Boich’s company, prosaically named Boich Companies, is listed as “Company C” in the federal complaint against Householder, though neither Boich nor his company have been charged with any crime.
Leadership Grant: Operation Grant, an Ohio-focused project created by two Republican anti-Trump groups, announced its slate of leaders this week. They include former Cuyahoga County Republicans co-chair Roger Synenberg, ex-Cincinnati City Council member Phil Heimlich, ex-Belmont County GOP chair Chris Gagin, ex-Shelby County GOP chair Chris Gibbs, and ex-assistant U.S. attorney Michael Anne Johnson of Cleveland.
Full Disclosure
Five things we learned from the Feb. 18, 2020 financial disclosure form filed by Shay Hawkins, a Lyndhurst Republican running against Democratic state Rep. Phil Robinson in House District 6:
1. His sources of income last year included the U.S. Senate, where he worked for U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina; the American Enterprise Institute, the right-leaning think tank that hired him for a speaking engagement; and the Opportunity Funds Association, where he served as president of the trade group that promotes tax credits for economically distressed areas.
2. He has a business called Eye 80 Media.
3. Besides his home, Hawkins owns a condo in downtown Columbus.
4. At some point in 2019, he owed at least $1,000 to First Financial Bank, Discover, Barclays, PayPal Credit, and Wells Fargo.
5. He’s licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia.
Straight from the Source
“I’ve never seen this many people poised to lose their housing in a such a short period of time. This is a huge disaster that is beginning to unfold.”
- Bill Faith, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, speaking to the Associated Press about a wave of evictions expected as moratoriums end in Ohio and many other states.
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