Brown Radio Ad with Ted Strickland

Congressman and Decmoratic candidate for governor Ted Strickland joins Sherrod Brown for a radio commercial currently playing in Southeast Ohio.

10/23/2006 / Permalink / Audio, Southeast Ohio, (all tags)

Brown brings discussion to Athens

The Athens Messenger

As an Ohio congressman, Sherrod Brown often holds informal roundtable discussions to keep in touch with the thinking of his constituents.

Saturday was Athens' turn.

Brown, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, hosted such an event in Athens City Council chambers for the community and its leaders.

"It's the only way you can learn about what concerns people. I've held several of these for him, and the main purpose is to listen. That is paramount," explained Brown's wife, Connie Schultz, who accompanied her husband during his visit to Athens.

Brown faces incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine in the November general election.

Although Brown's informal chat in Athens featured an almost exclusive Democratic audience, several community leaders expressed concerns about health care, education funding, sustainable energy, the war in Iraq, federal mandates for local governments and other topics.

"I want to hear from you what we need to do for this area," Brown said.

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09/27/2006 / Permalink / Southeast Ohio, (all tags)

Brown touts his platform and campaign in Athens visit

The Athens News

Senatorial candidate and incumbent U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown offered insight into his political views with a roundtable of fellow Democratic elected officials and party activists at the Athens Municipal Building Saturday afternoon.

...Asked by Kathy Galt of Athens how failings of the Bush Administration could be held to account if Democrats make gains in November, the congressman said he believes in focusing on fixing problems rather than "retribution."

"We don't govern very long if we only go after them," said Brown, who colored his approach to possible investigative congressional hearings called by the new Democratic majority as "let the chips fall where they may."

However, Brown freely lambasted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, saying it had been "captured by drug-company interests," and that he would like to eliminate direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs.

Pastor Steve Knape of Christ Lutheran Church in Athens asked Brown how Democrats could "reclaim the language of faith in politics as an alternative to what the Republicans say is faith."

The congressman replied that although media tend to focus on abortion and gay rights as the prime moral matters of the day, issues such as raising the minimum wage, reversing tax cuts for the rich, and disallowing union lockouts are moral issues, too, and should be cast accordingly.

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09/25/2006 / Permalink / Southeast Ohio, (all tags)

Democrats push for veterans’ benefits

From Cincinnati Enquirer: 

Veterans are being neglected by the government, some Ohio Democrats and veterans claimed at a forum Tuesday.

"The government will pay for the war but won't take care of our nation's veterans," said Max Cleland, former U.S. senator, Veterans Administration (now Veterans Affairs) administrator from 1977-81 and disabled veteran of the Vietnam War.

"This administration is spending $8 billion for the war in Iraq but will underfund $6 billion for the VA budget for the next five years."

More than 50 people showed up at the Public Library downtown Tuesday evening for the veterans forum, hosted by U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, who is running for the U.S. Senate. Brown, Cleland and Iraq veteran Paul Hackett addressed issues regarding U.S. veterans, such as funding for proper health care for those affected by war.

"There's real professional care that needs to be delivered," Cleland said. "Not just physical wounds but the hidden wounds of war ... You've seen the world explode before you and that is very difficult to handle - sometimes you can't do it alone."

Brown called on Congress to do three things: repeal the Disabled Veterans Tax, seek to fully fund veterans' health care and pass a GI Bill for the 21st century.

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08/09/2006 / Permalink / Cleland Tour, Iraq, Southeast Ohio, Veterans, (all tags)

Brown in town at union meeting

From Porsmouth Daily-Times: 

Congressman Sherrod Brown, D-Lorain, will participate in a roundtable discussion with union members on Monday at the Plumbers and Pipefitters Hall, 1236 Gallia St., in Portsmouth at 9 a.m.

Brown, who is running for the U.S. Senate against Republican incumbent Sen. Mike DeWine in November, said his campaign will focus on issues such as workers' rights, fair trade, gas prices and health care.

Brown's wife, Connie Schultz, a Pulitzer Prize winner, met with some 85 people including Boilermaker's apprentices on Thursday morning at the Boilermaker's Union Hall in Pike County.

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07/05/2006 / Permalink / Independence Tour, Southeast Ohio, (all tags)

Wife of Sherrod Brown visits commissioners

From the Ironton Tribune:

Ask a Lawrence Countian for an opinion and you’ll likely get one; extend a Lawrence County officeholder the opportunity to give opinions on a range of subjects and you just might be sitting for a while.

Connie Schultz, wife of U.S. Congressman and Democratic senatorial candidate Sherrod Brown, paid a visit to the Lawrence County Commission meeting Thursday as part of her cross-state “hometown tour.”

Schultz extended an invitation to commissioners to speak their minds about what is important to their constituents.

“Tell me what you want me to tell Sherrod,” she said.

They took her up on her offer. Commissioner George Patterson told Schultz he thought southern Ohio had been forgotten in the past by the government officials in Columbus and that the region has suffered for it.

“I don’t think Columbus understands us,” he told her.

Not only do those elected officials fail to understand what is important to this part of the state, they usually fall short in passing along funding for economic development and basics such as infrastructure. Patterson pointed to the Chesapeake Bypass as one instance where Columbus made promises, cooled its governmental heels and eventually came through with only a portion of its promise some 40 years late.

Patterson recalled he was in a meeting with state officials once to discuss the bypass and one state official fell asleep during the county’s presentation.

“That’s significant, that’s shameful,” Schultz said. She pledged Brown, if elected to represent all of the state, would not forget parts of it.

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07/01/2006 / Permalink / Connie, Hometown Tour, Southeast Ohio, (all tags)

Connie’s Hometown Tour Hits Southeast Ohio

Sherrod's wife, Connie Schultz, is taking her Hometown Tour to southeast Ohio this Thursday.

Connie will appear at events in Gallia, Jackson, and Washington Counties to meet local supporters and talk about both Sherrod's campaign for the U.S. Senate and a new direction for Ohio in 2006.

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In conjuction with the tour, the campaign released this radio ad.

Connie is well known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. A collection of her best columns, which celebrate the daily lives of Ohioans, was recently published under the title "Life Happens: and other unavoidable truths."

She took an unpaid leave of absence this February to volunteer full time on her husband's campaign.

Connie is excited to hit the road on the Hometown Tour. She loves to share her experiences as a wife, mother and Ohioan, and hear people's stories and dreams for a better Ohio.

We hope to see you there.

06/26/2006 / Permalink / Audio, Connie, Hometown Tour, Southeast Ohio, (all tags)

Memorial Day services honor our local heroes

From Times-Recorder Zanesville:

The Veterans Memorial Bridge was also closed off for a short time for a ceremony by the Disabled American Veterans Clint Kramer Chapter 12.

Wreaths representing various local organizations were let go over the water to symbolize honor those who served at sea.

David Schroder, commander of District 8 of Disabled American Veterans, said as he was standing there on the bridge he was reminded of the hymn, "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep," and he recited several lines from it.

Congressman Sherrod Brown spoke briefly at the ceremony and talked of honoring all veterans, in particular, the five from Muskingum County who died in Iraq.

Throughout the day, the ceremonies held including wreaths from various organizations which were laid near monuments a the cemeteries. The participating groups included the Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution. VFW Post 1058, Vietnam Veterans, American Legion Post 29, Disabled American Veterans Clint Kramer Chapter 12, Walter K. Kildow Detachment of the Marine Corps League of Zanesville and American Veterans.

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05/30/2006 / Permalink / Southeast Ohio, Veterans, (all tags)