What's Mike Turner Hiding?

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Wednesday October 24, 2012 · 9:47 AM PDT

2012/10/24 · 09:47

According to his FEC filings, Ohio Congressman Mike Turner's campaign has spent nearly $200,000 on legal fees - most paid to firms specializing in litigation and defense. Sure, campaigns spend money on legal fees - dealing with financial filings, landlord disputes, even on research.

This? This doesn't fit that pattern. Campaigns -particularly those of incumbents - don't spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on self research (one of Turners excuses). One of the litigation firms he paid for services defended players in the Jack Abramoff scandal.

Mike Turner's hiding something.

Ohio: You Can Still Make a Real Difference

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Monday April 03, 2006 · 9:19 AM PDT

2006/04/03 · 09:19

Yes, this is one of those almost shameless pleas for money, but it's really very real. While for most of the country, the FEC's quarterly filing deadline has come and gone, you still have a very real opportunity to make a difference here in Ohio. The FEC has waived the April Quarterly filing for candidate's in Ohio, and races like the one I'm working on - former Congressman Bob Shamansky's race against Pat Tiberi in the Ohio 12th - won't file until April 12th.

Like it or not, the number Ohio campaigns post on April 12th will tell the rest of the country - the donors, opinion makers, and pundits, who we count on to help build the financial base we need to take on the entrenched Republicans here- an awful lot about the viability of our candidates.

Progressive candidates like Bob need your help to effect real change in Ohio, and nationwide. Visit ActBlue's Ohio pages, and consider putting a few dollars where it really can make a difference.

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Drew Tappan is campaign director for Shamansky for Congress

The "Prayer" of the Republican House Member

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Thursday March 30, 2006 · 11:53 AM PST

2006/03/30 · 11:53

House Spearker Dennis Hastert's "Prayer"
With apologies to King David
by former Congressman Bob Shamansky (D-OH) Candidate for Ohio's 12th Congressional District

DeLay is my bagman: I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in still more money.
He leadeth me beside big donors.
He restoreth my cash.
He leadeth me in paths of self-rightousness for his own sake.

Yeah, though I walk though the valley of grand juries,
I will fear not evil, for Tom is with me.
His hammer and his staff, they comfort me.
He preparest a defense for me in the presence of mine prosecutors.
My bank account runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow all my votes as Tom directs,
And I will dwell in the House of Representatives forever.

Bob Shamansky is a lifelong Central Ohio resident, lawyer, and local businessman. He served as a Special Agent in the United States Army's Counter Intelligence Corp during the Korean War, and as a Member of Congress representing Ohio's 12th Congressional District from 1981-1983. He is seeking the Democratic nomination as a candidate in the 12th Congressional District. Read More

Bob Shamansky: He'll Keep Coming Back 'Till They Get It Right.

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Thursday March 16, 2006 · 9:54 AM PST

2006/03/16 · 09:54

In 1980, Bob Shamansky became the first Democrat since 1937 to win election to Ohio's 12th Congressional District. In the year that the Reagan Revolution rocked American politics Shamansky, a Columbus area Lawyer and Korean War veteran, was the only Democratic congressional candidate to beat an incumbent Republican.

This year, he's back. After 24 years, at age 78, Bob Shamansky is again running for election in the 12th district, and he says he'll fight the same fight that won him the seat in the first place.
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The (Other) Most Important Election of 2005

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Monday September 26, 2005 · 3:37 PM PDT

2005/09/26 · 15:37

Tim Tagaris wrote today that Ohio's "Reform Ohio Now" package constituted the most important electoral initiative in the country this fall. As an expatriate Ohioan, and someone who cares deeply about fair elections and about reclaiming my home state - I do think that Reform Ohio Now is of tremendous importance.

However, I don't think it's most important thing happening this fall. And no, it's not Tim Kaine or John Corzine either.

The on-again-off-again California Special throws a slate of propositions at the electorate, which if passed, will be felt far beyond the borders of the golden state. Couched as workers rights, spending, and electoral "reform," the propositions sponsored by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his friends are actually the first volleys in a nationwide strategy to undermine what little power the Democratic Party, and other left leaning organizations still wield. Read More

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