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Raymond Lembke

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  • ELECTIONS AND VOTER SUPPRESSION 8-24-2021

    It is the middle of August, traditionally vacation time.  However, the election news never stops.  There are a couple of things I want to bring to your attention. November 2021 Elections Yes, we have elections in Ohio every November.  The Board of Elections has certified candidates to appear on the ballot in the general election this November.  These races are non-partisan so candidates will not be identified by party on the ballot.  Some candidates will tout their party affiliation nonetheless, and some will focus on the issues confronting the offices for which they are running.  Party identification aside, there are four local candidates on the November ballot whom I commend to your attention. Emily Mason and Jara Bonner are running for Milford Exempted Village School District Board of Education in a crowded field.  Emily has two children in the Milford schools and has been volunteering with the schools and PTA for several years.  More information about Emily is at her website: electemilymason.com.  Jara has worked for many years in the Cincinnati Public Schools since 1998.  Jara has her Master’s degree from the University of Cincinnati.  I have heard both women on multiple occasions.  They are thoughtful and they listen.  They understand that giving our children a good and complete education is critical to children’s success in life, and it comes ahead of ideology. Chad Quick is running for Union Township Trustee.  Chad is a Marine Corps veteran.  He currently manages pastoral care at Bethesda North Hospital and has been a hospice chaplain for over 15 years.  Chad has demonstrated that he is a man who cares deeply about those around him. Union Township is an interesting race because two incumbent trustees, responsible for the current state of the township, are running for re-election.  Two other Republicans are also running: Joe Dills, who lost in last year’s Republican primary for Ohio House District 65; and a man you all know, John Becker, who managed to avoid introducing a single bill that passed into law during his eight years in the Ohio House of Representatives.  The right-wing vote is likely to be split among the four other candidates.  Chad has a real chance here.  Folks living in Union Township need to get out and vote this year. Cheryl Richards is running for Moscow Village Council.  Cheryl has lived in Moscow for years.  She is currently a Clermont County Jury Commissioner.  I have worked with Cheryl on many different matters over that last several years.  I cannot recommend her highly enough. If you live in the Milford school district, please vote for Emily and Jara.  If you live in Union Township, please vote for Chad.  If you live in Moscow, please vote for Cheryl.  No matter where you live, these good candidates need your support.  Even if you cannot vote for them, please donate and/or volunteer. Ohio House Bill 387 Ohio Republicans’ assault on voting continues. Recently introduced House Bill 387 would (a) eliminate ballot drop boxes entirely, (b) eliminate mail-in voting for most Ohioans, (c) cut the number of days of early in-person voting to 13 days next year and only six days in elections after 2022, and (d) limit acceptable identification for voting to a driver’s license or state-issued photo ID. One Republican state legislator, speaking in support of the bill, said, “Election Day should be Election Day. It shouldn’t be election month.” Why not? Because Republicans know that making it easier to vote means that more citizens do vote, and the more citizens vote, the less Republicans win. HB 387 is an attempt to rig elections in Ohio by discouraging our citizens from voting.  Reach out to Jean Schmidt and Adam Bird, our state reps, and tell them to vote against HB 387.  Ensuring that we do not have free and fair elections is a top Republican priority.  Jean and Adam need to understand that what their party wants is not what their constituents want.  We will see who matters more to them: their party or the people they were elected to represent. Take care and stay safe.

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  • FAIRS, FESTIVALS AND FRICTION 8-10-21

    We are in fair/festival season.  I’d like to share some of my experiences and observations as I’ve traveled around our County. New Richmond, Ohio I had the pleasure of renewing an existing acquaintance and meeting a new friend at New Richmond River Days. Judge Marilyn Zayas and Judge Terri Jamison came to the Cardboard Boat Races. They are starting their campaigns to be elected to the Ohio Supreme Court in 2022. I met Judge Zayas when she successfully ran for the Ohio Court of Appeals in Hamilton County in 2016.  Judge Zayas called me before the New Richmond’s River Days Festival to tell me she is running for Supreme Court. She asked about opportunities to meet voters in Clermont County. I suggested the Cardboard Boat Races. I was pleased to see that Judge Zayas accepted my suggestion and brought Judge Jamison too. Since 2016 Judge Zayas served on the Ohio Court of Appeals in Hamilton County.  She is a mother of three. Before becoming a lawyer, Judge Zayas spent several years as an IT manager for Procter & Gamble. While Democrats have been doing much better in Hamilton County, Judge Zayas took pride in telling me that she is still one of the very few Democrats to carry Anderson Township in recent years. Judge Jamison currently serves on the Ohio Court of Appeals in Franklin County (Columbus). Prior to her election to the Court of Appeals, she served nine years as a judge on the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in the Domestic Relations and Juvenile Divisions. Domestic Relations and Juvenile Court are the courts which deal with family issues: divorce, child custody, and juvenile crime. Judge Jamison has seen how the law impacts ordinary people at difficult times in their lives. I expect Judge Zayas and Judge Jamison to join us for a CCDP Executive Committee meeting in September or October.  By Party rules, Executive Committee meetings are public.  I urge everyone to join us for those meetings to hear from these very impressive women. Together with Justice Jennifer Bruner, who is running for Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court next year, Judge Zayas and Judge Jamison offer the opportunity to restore the Democratic majority on our Supreme Court. This matters, a lot. There are many ways the Court impacts the everyday lives of Ohioans. The Republican majority, in the name of being “pro-business,” has made it harder for Ohioans who have been injured or defrauded to obtain justice. As it stands now, Ohio law protects the victimizer if its name ends in “Inc.” or “LLC”. The Court has accomplished this through procedural rulings, such as aggressive interpretations of statutes of limitations, which have the effect of protecting businesses from legitimate claims. We need the courts of our state to be level playing fields rather than tilted in the direction of wealth. Getting a Democratic majority on the Ohio Supreme Court will not be easy. As Governor Strickland told me several years ago, “In a statewide race, a vote in Clermont County counts just as much as a vote in Cuyahoga County.”  2022 will also, almost certainly, see the end of “non-partisan” races for judgeships.  Although they run in partisan primary elections, candidates for judge at all levels have, for years, run in the general election without a D or R after their names on the ballot.  Republicans believe this has caused “confusion” which resulted in Melody Stewart and Michael Donnelly being elected to the Supreme Court in 2018.  Once again, the Republican General Assembly and Governor DeWine have changed the election rules to try to help Republicans. A side note:  River Days was followed on Sunday, August 8, by an art festival in New Richmond.  This was a very different atmosphere than River Days, and less crowded.  If New Richmond has the arts festival again, I encourage you to check it out. Owensville, Ohio Owensville, of course, means the Clermont County Fair.  I want to thank everyone who helped set up our Fair building; who joined us in the parade on Sunday July 25, including, especially, Milford School Board candidate Emily Mason had her family; and everyone who volunteered to staff our building during the Fair.  It was a hot week and a challenging environment.  I greatly appreciate everyone who helped. The atmosphere of the Fair seemed more challenging this year. The “trump 2024” flags scattered around the fairgrounds were some of the more benign materials I saw. On Monday afternoon, standing outside our building, I was harassed by a man about my age wearing an “Ohio Minuteman Militia” tee shirt.  I resisted the urge to ask whether calling himself a “minuteman” wasn’t giving me more personal information than I needed to know.  I have heard, indirectly, that our volunteers working the Fair one evening felt threatened enough that they locked themselves in our building and called Fair security. Intimidating us into staying away from events like the Fair is part of the Republican/rightwing playbook. They want to create the false impression that everyone in Clermont County shares their hate. It is vitally important that we remain highly visible so thinking Clermont Countians know they are not alone. It is also important that we not respond to the haters in kind. As Michelle Obama has said repeatedly, “When they go low, we go high.” We cannot give independent voters the impression that we do the same things as those on the right. We must be mindful that events like the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the subsequent minimization of that terrorism by Republican leaders has put a seal of approval on violence in rightwing circles. Going high is frequently also the better part of valor. Congratulations to the North I want to give a shout out to my colleague, Shontel Brown, Cuyahoga County Democratic Chair. Last week, Shontel won a special Democratic primary election and will be on the November ballot in a special election for Congress from Ohio’s Eleventh Congressional District. […]

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  • THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY 7-13-2021

    Now Is the Time to Think Globally and Act Locally. During a recent gathering of one of our clubs, the question came up whether the club should participate this year in a particular summer festival.  The club had participated in the festival for the last several years. They decided not to participate this year. Multiple members expressed the perception that people in the community where the festival is held are becoming more aggressively hostile to Democrats, progressives, and anyone else who does not worship at the altar of trump.  I think it is fair to say that an element of fear played major role in the decision. I am not faulting the members of that club. We know from the Capitol on January 6, from Bethel last summer, and from Charlottesville, Virginia that there are people on the right looking for opportunities to engage in violence. We know that many of these people (and at least one Republican Congresswoman) buy the QAnon myth that we Democrats are part of a Satanic cabal that abuses and murders children.  We know that their leader, donald trump (trump still does not deserve the respect implied by using initial capital letters in his name), has ordered them to “stand by.”  There is a risk. The circumstances driving the club’s decision should be troubling to anyone familiar with the history of Nazi Germany. Even before Hitler gained power, the brown-shirted SA thugs attacked people who openly opposed the Nazis. We know from statements of Hitler, Goebbels, and other Nazis that the goal of the SA was to intimidate their opposition into silence. Nazi publications and speakers routinely repeated the libel that Jews murdered children and drank their blood. This aimed to portray Jews as an evil to be eradicated by any means, much as the American Right now seeks to portray anyone who doesn’t support them. At the same time, we see newly announced Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance publicly apologizing for the apostasy of his previous, justified, criticisms of trump. One is reminded of Stalin’s show trials in which formerly prominent Communists abjectly apologized for straying from the true path of fealty to Stalin. Republicans and their right-wing allies are borrowing heavily from totalitarian regimes of the past. Why has the Republican Party adopted the tactics of some of the worst regimes in world history? Republicans are committed to a mythical vision of America that was never true and is shared by ever fewer Americans as our nation becomes more diverse and the Republican base ages and dies off. To retain power, Republicans must exclude an ever-growing number of Americans from participation in government and politics. Concurrently, leadership of the national Republican Party has been assumed by a man who openly admires despots and who has brought overt racism and contempt for the rule of law into the open and made them appear more acceptable. Although unquestionably a personal coward, his rhetoric invokes images of violence. What do we do?  Republicans seek to exclude people from participating in politics and government.  Therefore, we need to get more involved and involve more people.  What does that mean in practical terms? There is a slogan: “think globally, act locally.” That slogan applies to this issue. Of course, presidential elections are important, but President, U.S. Senator, and Congressperson are not the only offices that matter. Over 100 offices will be on the ballot across Clermont County this November. As of a month before the deadline to file as a candidate, only 33 people had filed. Almost all of them are Republicans. The offices on the ballot this fall include city and village councils, township trustees, and local school boards. What these offices do impacts people’s daily lives from fixing potholes and putting up stop signs to determining the quality of education our children receive to providing police and emergency medical services. These are not trivial offices. To give just one example, the Goshen Township Trustees control an annual budget over $ 2 million. We need Democrats and other progressives to run for these offices. The deadline to file candidate petitions is 4:00 p.m. on August 4, 2021. Petitions can be acquired from the Clermont County Board of Elections at 76 S. Riverside Drive in Batavia or downloaded from the Ohio Secretary of State website: ohiosos.gov/elections/elections-officials/forms-petitions/. The number of required signatures is typically small. For example, getting on the ballot to run for township trustee requires the signatures of only 25 township residents who are registered to vote. The territories within which candidates campaign for these offices are small. Turnout in odd-year elections is usually no more than 25%, meaning that it doesn’t take a huge number of votes to win. These offices are part-time jobs and almost all pay a salary. While we need to stay safe, we cannot be intimidated. Republicans intend to exclude us so we must fight to be included. We must, a least, obtain a share of power. 2021 is the time to act locally. Step up and run. You may be surprised by how much you enjoy it and, I promise, you will learn a lot about your community and your neighbors.

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  • Redistricting On The Line – CCDP News 08/10/2021 – Volume 52

    What’s inside What’s New from Clermont to Columbus Word from the Chair – Raymond Lembke ODP 2021 Mainstreet Candidate Training NDTC Online Training Opportunities Reading Room COVID19 in Ohio Join the Donkey Club Clermont County Democratic Club Directory WHAT’S NEW FROM CLERMONT TO COLUMBUS CLICK ON THE HEADLINE TO ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY BOARD SEEKS NEW MEMBERS BATAVIA, OH — Clermont County residents who have an interest in assisting with the direction of local addiction and mental health services in the county are invited to contact the Clermont County Mental Health and Recovery Board (CCMHRB) about a volunteer position on its Board of Directors. There are currently five vacancies on CCMHRB’s Board of Directors. READ MORE AS OHIO REDISTRICTING BEGINS, CRITICAL ISSUES FOR OHIO VOTERS ARE ON THE LINE Earlier this week, ODP Chair Elizabeth Walters released the following statement ahead of the first meeting of the redistricting commission on Friday: “Every critical issue facing our state comes down to fair districts – from education to the economy to healthcare to voting rights. For too long, Republicans in charge of the process have allowed politicians to choose their voters rather than the other way around. And because of that, our state is more polarized and divided than ever. The best way to serve Ohio voters and to move our state forward on issues important to working families is by creating fair districts that represent the will of the people. And that’s what Ohio Democrats will be working to do.” READ MORE REDISTRICTING COMMISSION STARTS WORK UNDER RUSHED TIMELINE The Ohio Redistricting Commission had their first meeting Friday without much fanfare, and very little on the agenda, despite a squeezed timeline to get their work done. Gov. Mike DeWine called the commission, which oversees the redrawing of legislative and Congressional voting districts, to order and announced the appointment of members and transferred the rest of the business to the commission’s co-chairs, House Speaker Bob Cupp and state Sen. Vernon Sykes, D-Akron. READ MORE AMID CORRUPTION SCANDAL, ENERGY MONEY CONTINUES TO FLOW TO STATE LAWMAKERS It’s going to take more than a bribery scandal on a historic scale to get energy money out of Ohio politics. Campaign finance reports, submitted late last week, show the campaign contribution pipeline from the natural gas and utility industries to Ohio lawmakers’ campaign accounts is alive and well. The vast majority went to Republicans, who firmly control the statehouse. READ MORE LIST OF U.S. CONGRESS INCUMBENTS WHO ARE NOT RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2022 As of August 2021, 20 members of Congress—five members of the U.S. Senate and fifteen members of the U.S. House—have announced they will not seek re-election. Ten members, five senators and five representatives, have announced their retirement. All five retiring Senate members are Republicans, and of the retiring House members, three are Democrats and two are Republicans. READ MORE Word from the Chair of the Clermont County Democratic Party – Raymond Lembke I had the pleasure of renewing an existing acquaintance and meeting a new friend at New Richmond River Days. Judge Marilyn Zayas and Judge Terri Jamison came to the Cardboard Boat Races. They are starting their campaigns to be elected to the Ohio Supreme Court in 2022. READ MORE CANDIDATE TRAINING OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAIN STREET 2021 August 28, 2021 9 AM TO 4 PM via Zoom Now that the deadline to file petitions for elected offices on the ballot this November has passed, the Main Street Initiative is conducting a fall training on Saturday, August 28 for local candidates. ODP’s goal is to provide the tools necessary so that over the next few months Democrats can run successful campaigns and win! Attendees can register here. We are here to train Democrats running for municipal, school board, judicial, and other offices this year. Our partners at the LEAD Ohio PAC will co-host this training on Zoom from 9 AM to 4 PM (with plenty of breaks!). The training will focus on how candidates can maximize the final months before Election Day: mastering stump speeches, tips on fundraising for immediate needs, ramping up communications and digital activity, responding to attacks, GOTV and direct voter contact, and other topics. The session is also appropriate for staff and volunteers helping with races this fall. Please note: this training is not targeted at those just broadly considering running for office or planning to do so in 2022 or another year. We’ll soon announce other programs for those individuals. If you have questions or need further information please contact John Tannous at jtannous@ohiodems.org ONLINE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES Virtual Live Training How Your Local Democratic Party Can Prepare for GOTV Aug 13, 2021 1:00pm – 2:30pm (ET) Join the National Democratic Training Committee on Friday, August 13, 2021 from 1-2:30 pm ET for a free virtual live training on “How Your Local Democratic Party Can Prepare for GOTV.” Whether you’re running for office, working on a campaign, or building your local party’s or organization’s infrastructure, you need to get out the vote (GOTV)! You’ve worked hard to gather supporters to reach your vote goal, and you need to ensure they go vote. We’re here to help! Our GOTV virtual live trainings are a brand new set of trainings to provide you with new tools and resources to help you win. You will learn the following in this training: Identify how to best support campaigns as a local party Establish best practices with organizing precincts and recruiting precinct leaders Prepare to turnout base voters during GOTV REGISTER HERE MORE UPCOMING TRAINING EVENTS READING ROOM   Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost by Michael C. Bender Beginning with President Trump’s first impeachment and ending with his second, FRANKLY, WE DID WIN THIS ELECTION chronicles the inside-the-room deliberations between Trump and his campaign team as they opened 2020 with a sleek political operation built to harness a surge of momentum from a bullish economy, a unified Republican Party, […]

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  • Meet Me At the Fair – CCDP News 07/27/2021 – Volume 51

    MEET ME AT THE FAIR The Clermont County Fair is happening right now! And the Clermont County Democratic Party is there to show the world the Democrats are here. We have an air-conditioned cinder block building right smack in the middle of the fair grounds. Thank you to all who have volunteered to staff the booth but we still need some spots filled. As a bonus all volunteers get a free ticket to get in the fair. If you can help us out click here to volunteer. It’s a lot of fun so please join us! A special thanks to all those who participated in the Clermont County Fair parade on Sunday. And a great big shout out to Clayton Meadors for providing the truck and trailer. WHAT’S NEW FROM CLERMONT TO COLUMBUS CLICK ON THE HEADLINE TO ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE POTENTIAL ATTEMPTED HACKING OF MILFORD’S WATER SYSTEM REFERRED TO THE FBI An attempt was apparently made to hack into the city of Milford’s water system earlier this month, Michael Doss, city manager, confirmed to The Sun. READ MORE THE HB6 HEAT TURNS UP ON MIKE DEWINE AND JON HUSTED Columbus, OH — In case you missed it, a Cleveland.com analysis this weekend outlined the various ways the HB 6 scandal will be harmful for Mike DeWine and Jon Husted if they decide to run for reelection. Connections between the largest public corruption scandal in state history and DeWine and Husted only continue to deepen as more information is released about the case. DeWine and Husted have tried to dodge questions about their role in this scandal up until this point, but Ohio voters deserve answers. READ MORE ODP’S ROAD TO RECOVERY TOUR CELEBRATES WINS FOR WORKING FAMILIES UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN AND DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP Columbus, OH — Last week, the Ohio Democratic Party took its Road to Recovery Tour across Ohio to talk with Ohio voters about the economic policies that are working for working families under Democratic leadership. As so many working Ohioans pointed out on the tour, Ohio is back on the road to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and building back better thanks to the leadership of President Biden and Ohio Democrats. READ MORE   ONLINE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES virtual live training Do You Want to Run for Office? Jul 28, 2021 1:00pm – 2:00pm (ET) Are you considering running for office? Do you want to know what it means to run and how to learn more? We’re here to help! Join the National Democratic Training Committee on Wednesday, July 28th from 1pm-2pm ET for a free virtual live training on “Do You Want to Run For Office?” You will learn the following in this training: Evaluate if you want to run for office Practice sharing your news and what you need from your support team Distinguish what you need to research to run for the office you want to pursue REGISTER HERE MORE UPCOMING TRAINING EVENTS   COVID19 IN OHIO MASK POLICIES RESCIND AS THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR APPROACHES The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics still recommend mask-wearing among the unvaccinated in an issue that has become salient again with school districts revving up for another school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. At its June meeting, the Milford Exempted Village School District Board of Education did its first reading of rescinding face coverings following updated recommendations from the Ohio Department of Health. READ MORE For information for COVID19 testing in Ohio go here. For more information about the numbers in Ohio, what precautions you need to take and where you can find resources for testing, mental health assistance and employment visit the Ohio Department of Health Coronavirus Portal JOIN THE DONKEY CLUB Your Clermont County Democratic Party believes the economy should work for everyone, diversity is a strength, health care is a right, facts and truth matter, fair and effective government is fundamental, and justice is for ALL. We strive to cultivate and elect public servants who reflect these beliefs. There are two ways you can impact Clermont County Democratic Party with donations: (1) Monthly contributions help us manage our yearly expenses. (2) Annual donations in any amount are welcome. Whether it’s a one-time contribution or a recurring monthly contribution we appreciate your support. Join online by clicking the Donation button below or join by mailing a check made out to CCDP PO Box 475, Batavia, Ohio 45103   CLERMONT COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CLUB DIRECTORY Below is a listing of Democratic groups in Clermont County. Right now a lot of upcoming meetings are cancelled due to the concerns about COVID19. Remember this is temporary. We will get through this! Click on the name of each club and it will take you to their website or Facebook page with updated information about meetings. Some groups are conducting virtual meetings while others are looking to outside locations. Quin-T Democrat Club Democracy In Action West Clermont Democrats Clermont County Young Democrats The Goshen Democratic Club Drinking Liberally Clermont County Democratic Party Central Committee Please contact Patty Lawrence, Central Committee Chair at: p.lawrence@fuse.net for more information. Clermont County Democratic Party Executive Committee Next meeting TBD STAY CONNECTED FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM – VISIT OUR WEBSITE   Like, share, comment and retweet our posts. Use the hashtags #OHDems #ClermontOHDems This is your newsletter. We welcome you to submit news items, events, book reviews or anything else you feel is important to advance our Democratic values in Clermont County. Next issue will be published Tuesday, August 10, 2021. Deadline for submissions for the next issue is Friday, August 6, 2021. Send your submission with the word “Newsletter” in the subject line to our newsletter editor Cheryl Richards at: cheryl1richards@gmail.com Share the newsletter with your friends and encourage them to sign up for our bi-weekly newsletter at clermontdems.org Clermont County Democratic Party 174 E. Main Street P.O. Box 475 Batavia, OH, 45103 513-732-2378 Paid for by the Clermont County Democratic Party, Judith Miller, […]

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  • Think Globally, Act Locally – CCDP News 07/13/2021 – Volume 50

    WHAT’S NEW FROM CLERMONT TO COLUMBUS CLICK ON THE HEADLINE TO ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE COUNTY NAMES NEW BOARD OF ELECTIONS DIRECTOR BATAVIA, OH — Claire Corcoran, President of the Board of County Commissioners, today announced the selection of Stephanie Hemmer-Haight by the Clermont County Board of Elections as their new director effective today. She will replace Director Julia Carney, who has accepted a position as Assistant Clermont County Prosecutor. READ MORE Editors Note: For clarification, the County Commissioners have no role in selecting the Director or Deputy Director of the BOE. By Ohio statute, the authority to do that rests with the Board of Elections itself. MILFORD DEBATES PARK LEVY ISSUE, CITY TAKES NEXT STEP ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA The City of Milford Council met on June 15 to take the next steps on a proposed park levy, as well as rescinding ordinances prohibiting a medical marijuana dispensary in the city. READ MORE WEALTHY STATE LAWMAKERS TO GAIN FROM INCOME TAX CUTS IN BUDGET Some of the wealthiest state lawmakers stand to save thousands of dollars annually on their taxes thanks to changes they enacted in the state budget. Lawmakers lowered tax rates for all income earners and raised the minimum threshold at which Ohioans pay taxes on their income. READ MORE NOT EVEN $10 BILLION FROM BIG TECH CAN SAVE J. D. VANCE FROM HIMSELF Columbus, OH — It’s been another rough week for the GOP Senate field, including its newest member J.D. Vance. While J.D. has gotten used to the lifestyle of the rich and the famous, in which his Big Tech cronies hang on his every word, suddenly he finds himself in a world where his hypocrisy and phoniness is under scrutiny as the rest of the country discovers what Ohio has known for so long — J.D. has always only ever been in it for himself. READ MORE LEADER SAYS SCHOOL FUNDING WAS ‘TIPPING POINT’ FOR MANY DEMOCRATS WITH BUDGET The new two-year state budget includes a 3% income tax cut, a new school funding plan and hundreds of millions of dollars for broadband, foster care, foodbanks and grants for businesses hurt by the pandemic. While the Republican-backed budget also included things that Democrats didn’t like, many of them voted for it. READ MORE WORD FROM THE CHAIR OF THE CLERMONT COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY – RAYMOND LEMBKE During a recent gathering of one of our clubs, the question came up whether the club should participate this year in a particular summer festival. The club had participated in the festival for the last several years. They decided not to participate this year. Multiple members expressed the perception that people in the community where the festival is held are becoming more aggressively hostile to Democrats, progressives, and anyone else who does not worship at the altar of trump. I think it is fair to say that an element of fear played major role in the decision. READ MORE ONLINE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES virtual live training GOTV Infrastructure Month What is Get Out the Vote (GOTV)? Jul 14, 2021 1:00pm – 2:00pm (ET) Join the National Democratic Training Committee on Wednesday July 14th from 1pm-2pm ET for a free virtual live training on “What is Get Out the Vote (GOTV)?”. Whether you’re running for office, working on a campaign, or building your local party’s or organization’s infrastructure, you need to get out the vote (GOTV)! You’ve worked hard to gather supporters to reach your vote goal, and you need to ensure they go vote. We’re here to help! Our GOTV virtual live trainings are a brand new set of trainings to provide you with new tools and resources to help you win. What You Will be Learning in this Training: Define GOTV and terminology and our end goal Discuss some uncertainties regarding COVID-19 and GOTV Understand GOTV phases REGISTER HERE MORE UPCOMING TRAINING EVENTS GET INVOLVED Calling all Clermont County Democrats! It’s that time of year again for the Clermont County Fair. The Clermont County Democratic Party is calling for volunteers to set up, staff the fair booth (actually an air-conditioned brick building) and clean up. You can find more details and sign up here. READING ROOM The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth In 2016 Russian trolls and bots nearly drowned the truth in a flood of fake news and conspiracy theories, and Donald Trump and his troll armies continued to do the same. Social media companies struggled to keep up with a flood of falsehoods, and too often didn’t even seem to try. Experts and some public officials began wondering if society was losing its grip on truth itself. Meanwhile, another new phenomenon appeared: “cancel culture.” At the push of a button, those armed with a cellphone could gang up by the thousands on anyone who ran afoul of their sanctimony. In this pathbreaking book, Jonathan Rauch reaches back to the parallel eighteenth-century developments of liberal democracy and science to explain what he calls the “Constitution of Knowledge”—our social system for turning disagreement into truth. READ MORE COVID19 IN OHIO COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics AT THE LIBRARY The Clermont County Library is working with the Clermont County Public Health Department to provide COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics. Union Township Branch – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 14 Felicity Branch – 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Wednesday, July 21 New Richmond Branch – 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 21 No appointments are necessary, but individuals can use the ArmorVax app to schedule one. The clinics are open to everyone age 12 and up. Those under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. This clinic is good for first or second Pfizer vaccinations. A limited amount of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be available. Call the Clermont County Public Health Department at 513-732-7499 if you have questions. For information for COVID19 testing in Ohio go here. For more information about the numbers in Ohio, what precautions you need to take and […]

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