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Afternoon Reception with Congresswoman Betty Sutton Feb. 12

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On Sunday, February 12th Susan and I are pleased, and honored, to host an afternoon fundraiser for Congresswoman Betty Sutton. We invite all Wayne County Democrats to come to our home to meet and provide support for Ms. Sutton. She is a talented and thoughtful supporter of all levels of the middle class in Ohio and in America. She is an advocate for women’s rights, fair wages, solid education and economic policies that will lift our state and America toward better times. Please join us to help underwrite Ms. Sutton’s campaign in these critical times. Details for the event are included on the accompanying invitation.

Susan and I look forward to seeing you at our house.

Erwin Riedner
Secretary
Wayne County Democratic Party

Event Details

Betty Sutton
Congresswoman Betty Sutton
Member of the House Committee on Natural Resources
Member of the House Committee on Armed Services

And special guest
John Maglio, local Democratic candidate for Ohio House District 1

John Maglio

Sunday, February 12th
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM

At the home of
Erwin and Susan Riedner
904 Forest Drive, Wooster, OH 44691

For directions, please visit http://g.co/maps/j3yfe

All contributions will be gratefully accepted. Please consider a contribution at one of the following levels:

$250     $100      $50      $25

If you are unable to attend, please consider mailing a contribution.

Please RSVP to Lindsay at 330-319-5172 or lindsay@bettysutton.com or to Erwin and Susan Riedner at 330-263-0990 or ears@sssnet.com

Please make checks payable to Betty Sutton for Congress
P.O. Box 14693, Copley, OH 44321
or contribute online at  www.bettysutton.com/contribute

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Renacci announces his January mobile offices

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The Northern Wayne edition of THE POST for January 21, 2012 contains the following on Page 22:

  • Mon., Jan. 23 – Wayne County Public Library/Main Branch, Conference Room East, noon to 2 p.m. 220 W. Liberty St., Wooster;
  • Wed. Jan 25, Medina County District Library, Community Room B, noon to 2 p.m., 210 S. Broadway St., Medina

“My goal is to ensure my office’s services are of the highest quality and are as convenient as possible for the people we serve.”  p. 22 The POST for Northern Wayne, Jan. 21, 2012.

Good opportunities to register complaints in person to his staff.

Congressman Renacci Raises The Level of His Game

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We thought it would be proper to point out that Congressman Jim Renacci (R) appears to be raising the level of his game. Then again, when you set the bar of performance and truthfulness so low that it lays on the ground, clearing it takes very little effort.

During his first town hall (Walsh University/Jan. 10) since joining Congress, Renacci responded to a member of the audience with this line as justification for voting to repeal the health care law:

“I agree with you, there are some good things, but there are also a half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare that are going to go in place.”

I don’t think you actually needed to do any research to recognize that this statement seemed a little ridiculous. Common sense would tell you that this doesn’t seem right. Fortunately PolitiFact, a Pulitzer Prize winning website, fact-checked this claim and found it to be Barely True. Continue reading →

Fact-Checking Jim Renacci’s Wooster Debate Performance

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In an effort to shed more light on the candidacy of Jim Renacci (R), who is the primary challenger to incumbent John Boccieri (D) for Ohio’s 16th congressional district, we poured over every statement Mr. Renacci made during a Sept. 20, 2010 debate in Wooster, Ohio, sponsored by the Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce. Ideally, the local media would do this work, but since they either don’t have the time or the will to do so, we will fill this void.

The debate featured the three candidates named on the ballot — Boccieri, Renacci and Jeffrey Blevins (Libertarian). What we discovered is that a great many of the accusations that Renacci makes are exaggerations, distortions or downright falsehoods. But was most surprising is that taking Mr. Renacci at his word for some of his policy positions leads one to an unusual conclusion — that he supports many Democratic ideas. Read on to learn more.

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