Rooster in Review: Well, that's the point
Grassroots Republicans upset with Senate President McColley's laser-like focus on tax policy haven't apparently failed to understand the point of their party.
I was talking with an influential Ohio Republican earlier this week about the possibilities of running mates for notorious conman Vivek Ramaswamy.
The only thing I’m sure about at this moment—and the influential Republican agreed—was that Secretary of State Frank LaRose won’t be selected.
I’ve long seen Senate President Rob McColley (R-Napoleon) as the sensible pick, even if the National Republican Congressional Committee still holds hope that he’ll choose to run for Congress in the soon-to-be-redrawn Ninth Congressional district currently held by Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-Toledo).
McColley is as charismatic as a loaf of Wonderbread. He wouldn’t try to bogart the spotlight from the raging narcissist atop the ticket. But he is an astute and diligent legislator, even if I disagree with 95 percent of his policy positions.
Most importantly, McColley, unlike Ramaswamy, knows how the State Legislature works. And he’d be able to soothe the inevitable tension between theoretical governor Ramaswamy and Speaker Matt Huffman (R-Lima), who also fancies himself as the king of Ohio politics.
It’d probably be the smartest pick for Ramaswamy, which is why I’m hoping he doesn’t listen to his old friend Tim Chitters and goes a different direction.
Sources in the Senate, however, openly complained about McColley all but officially declaring his interest in the lieutenant governorship during the budget proceedings, and they cited him as the driving force to include a flat income tax against the House’s version.
And while another handout to the wealthy scored points with Vivek, it cost McColley some grassroots support for the potential promotion.
According to the influential Republican, grassroots groups are complaining that McColley went into budget proceedings laser-focused on tax policy, and did little to help the working men and women of Ohio.
Which, all you can do is laugh, since ignoring working people in favor of tax giveaways and wealth transfers to the already-wealthy is the alpha and omega ethos of the Republican Party.
Oh well! Not my problem.
Hopefully, the Democratic Party can field a statewide ticket that can articulate that point, which has been a successful tactic for the Colorado Democratic Party. But what do I know? I’m just a blogger.
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This week in Ohio Man…
Don’t do drugs, kids! It could lead to a life of crime where you break into somebody’s house and die.
From Courtney Shaw and Bob Jones of news5cleveland.com:
AKRON, Ohio — Akron Police are investigating after a resident found a dead stranger inside him home.
During a call to a 911 operator the resident said, "I have some strange guy upstairs in my house and he's passed out."
As the operator asked questions, the man who lives in the home added, "I don't know who it is, and I didn't even know he was here until I just went upstairs and seen somebody laying on the floor."
Police were called to the 90 block of Kent Court at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday on reports of what was initially believed to be a burglary.
That’s as ignominious an end to a life as you’ll ever find. But being called “strange” on the 911 call would be the indignity that brought me back to haunt that homeowner until they joined me in the afterlife.
This week in The Rooster…
It’s been another brisk week of business at Rooster Worldwide LLC. The summer is usually the slow season in the blogging world, but not here!
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty is playing a dangerous game. Why are residents of Ohio’s Third Congressional District learning about Congresswoman Beatty’s multiple surgeries in a TikTok from one of the least charismatic members of Congress?
And what kind of party will it be? The Franklin County Democratic Party Executive Committee meets later this month, with City Council President Shannon Hardin leading a charge to formally endorse District 7 candidate Tiara Ross, which is the opposite of how the ostensible Democratic Party is supposed to function.
We’re building nerd fascism in Ohio. I’ve seen every kind of Republican scam, swindle and boondoggle in six years of blogging about Ohio politics. The latest handout to Anduril, however, is easily the most evil.
Until death do us part. Congresswoman Beatty confirmed what The Rooster reported earlier in the week: She plans to seek re-election despite her failing health. Is there nobody in the Franklin County Democratic Party establishment willing to do what must be done? This dispatch also includes a bumper sticker giveaway to paid subscribers.
We’ll do it again at the same time and place next week.
Until then… stay frosty, my friends!
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DJ,
I had the pleasure to sit down with Viles Dorsainvil, the Executive Director of the Springfield Haitian Community Support Center. Viles is amazing, thoughtful, smart and caring and is doing everything he can to help his neighbors who now cannot work because their visas have been revoked. Illegal for them to work now and their former employers are PISSED. Great, hard working, faithful people who are proud and independent and filling all the jobs the lazy MAGA morons in Springfield will not fill. Not only is this embarrassing, it's stupid. and reportedly they all will be deported in September to a country without a government and a place so violent that the US State Dept has a DO NOT TRAVEL warning out but at the same time says Haiti is safe to deport people to because there is no longer any threat from the earthquake that caused the catastrophe that caused them to become refugees in the US. Crazy stupid.
As President of the Ohio Conference on Community Development (OCCD), I am awarding the staff at the Haitian Support Center the Presidents Award for Impact in Community Development at our Conference this month. Please promote them and what they are doing after 7/24's conference is over.
You should ride over and meet with Viles. You'll not regret it.
Adam