StarkCounty

StarkCounty https://www.dailykos.com/news/StarkCounty News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:29:37 +0000 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:29:37 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Morning Feature (TWLTW): Canton, OH = Bellwether Once Again https://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/23/846830/-Morning-Feature-TWLTW-Canton-OH-Bellwether-Once-Again <a target="_blank" href="http://s717.photobucket.com/albums/ww175/NCrissieB/?action=view&current=New-MF-logo.jpg"><img alt="BPI-MF-Logo" align="right" src="http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww175/NCrissieB/New-MF-logo.jpg" border /></a>Despite Martin Q. Blank, Ye Ole Professor <del>Crackpot</del> Caractacus went home last week, to beautiful Stark County, Ohio. It's always funny-strange when I see my hometown in the NYT, or on MSNBC, or CNN, or ABC, or just about any news channel when there is a presidential election going on. It's a small-ish town that has voted with the winner of more than the last 10 presidential elections. Some media outlets pay attention to it for that reason. After all, how do they know? I pay attention because I spent the first 22 years of my life there, and most of my extended family still live there. The Congressional district is OH-16, represented by first-timer John Boccieri. The local rag is the Canton Repository. Boccieri was targeted by rightwing groups in tv ads, newspaper ads, robocalls, and even airplane banners, encouraging him to vote no. He voted yes. Here's a little story told in local newspaper headlines, letters to the editor, and a personal reflection or two... rss@dailykos.com (Caractacus) CantonRepository HCR JohnBoccieri LTE MorningFeature MorningReaction OH-16 StarkCounty TWLTW _846830 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:37:00 +0000 Woman strip searched, left naked for 6 hours https://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/2/28/702911/-Woman-strip-searched-left-naked-for-6-hours Now the police department is suing the TV station who exposed it. I haven't written a diary in ages, but <a href="http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/9049">this story from The Cleveland Leader</a> is as shocking as anything I've seen in a while. <blockquote> Check out the video below, where WKYC investigative reporter Tom Meyer spoke with Greg Steffey, whose wife, Hope Steffey called 911 after she was assaulted by her cousin. Things took a turn for the worst when the police arrived and treated Hope as the perpetrator. She was arrested, taken to jail, and subjected to a humiliating full-body strip search by both male and female officers, violating the sheriff department's own policy that a strip search be conducted by an officer of the same sex. Hope was then left naked in a cell for six hours. Included in the news segment was video footage of the strip search </blockquote> rss@dailykos.com (getmeoutofdixie) HopeSteffey Police Police Brutality PoliceBrutality Recommended StarkCounty stripsearch WKYC _702911 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:01:24 +0000 OH-16: The Major's Four County Fundraiser(Last Call) https://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/26/542261/-OH-16-The-Major-s-Four-County-Fundraiser-Last-Call Cross-posted from <a href="http://john4congress.blogspot.com/">OH-16: John Boccieri for U.S. Congress</a>: If you live in Ohio's Fighting 16th and want to meet our Democratic Champion, time is running out to RSVP for this huge event! I talked with Ian Walton, Boccieri's Campaign Manager, at Headquarters yesterday afternoon and it is time to push, going into the end of the quarter. We led the (r)candidate 2 to 1 in the money race last quarter and now is not the time to let up. Hope to meet you there! Details below the fold... rss@dailykos.com (GARoach) AshlandCounty Democratic Party DemocraticParty JohnBoccieri LastCall Lee Fisher LeeFisher MajorFourCountyFundraiser MedinaCounty OH-16 Ohio StarkCounty waynecounty _542261 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:50:59 +0000