Archive for August, 2008
Posted by Jeremiah Arn on August 19th, 2008 | Categorized as campaign update, media coverage | Tagged as Independent, Robert Owens
A national political website has ranked Robert Owens as one of the most viable independent candidates in the country. Three Ohioans are listed in the top ten (anyone think there is dissatisfaction with politics as usual in Ohio?). Remember that the Owens campaign for integrity offers a unique opportunity to invest in liberty. As an Ohio resident, you can receive a dollar-for-dollar TAX [...]
Posted by Brian Doran on August 16th, 2008 | Categorized as campaign update, fighting corruption, media coverage, press releases | Tagged as Independent, Robert Owens
COLUMBUS, OHIO - Robert Owens, the Independent candidate for Ohio attorney general, announced on Friday a major media appearance this weekend. Owens will appear on the Sunday morning political talk show, Capitol Square for an extended interview with statehouse reporters. The program airs statewide on the Ohio News Network (ONN) Sunday at 10AM, with rebroadcast [...]
Posted by Jeremiah Arn on August 11th, 2008 | Categorized as fighting corruption, fighting crime, media coverage, protecting consumers, the race | Tagged as Cordray, Crites, fight corruption, Independent, mortgage lender, Ohio, Robert Owens, small business
The Cleveland Plain Dealer published a brief introductory piece on the three attorney general candidates this weekend.
One particular irony is the section header that reads “Front-runner focuses on protecting consumers,” in reference to Cordray. Five paragraphs below the headline is the stark fact that “last month, he reported raising an impressive $1.9 million for his [...]
Posted by Brian Doran on August 9th, 2008 | Categorized as fighting corruption, protecting consumers | Tagged as Democrat, Independent, integrity, Republican, Robert Owens, small business, taxes
Rory Ryan in the Hillsboro Times Gazette asks some fundamental questions every Ohioan should be asking this election season:
In the past few years, we’ve had a governor and an attorney general, one a Republican and the other a Democrat, under investigation.
Ousted and embarrassed former Ohio attorney general Marc Dann (who may be planning another campaign [...]
Posted by Jeremiah Arn on August 4th, 2008 | Categorized as fighting crime, gun control, gun rights, media coverage, the race | Tagged as campaign event, media mention, second amendment
This article from PolitickerOH sums up yesterday’s gun rights event rather well.
Most audiences wear cell phones on their belts, but those gathered at Liberty Park on Sunday wore loaded handguns too.
About 100 members of Ohioans for Concealed Carry heard from all three attorney general candidates at the group’s annual picnic. State Treasurer Richard Cordray (D-Pleasant [...]
Posted by Brian Doran on August 3rd, 2008 | Categorized as campaign update, media coverage, press releases, the race | Tagged as campaign event, Cordray, Crites, gun rights, Independent, Robert Owens, second amendment
POWELL, OHIO - At the first event with all three candidates for Ohio attorney general, former prosecutor Robert Owens was enthusiastically received by a crowd of gun rights supporters. On Sunday, Owens spoke at the “Party in the Park,” an annual event sponsored by Ohioans for Concealed Carry, of which he is a member. [...]
Posted by Brian Doran on August 2nd, 2008 | Categorized as campaign update, press releases, the race | Tagged as campaign event, gun rights, second amendment
COLUMBUS, OHIO– Just two days before all three attorney general candidates will appear together, Independent candidate Robert Owens’ popularity is soaring in an online poll. Fox affiliate WTTE created an online poll Friday which showed Owens with 58 percent support.
“I think this demonstrates that Ohio voters believe in the message. They are hungry for a clean [...]
Posted by JJ on August 1st, 2008 | Categorized as letter to the editor, media coverage | Tagged as bill of rights, first amendment, gun rights, second amendment
Robert wrote the following letter to the editor, which was published this past week in several Ohio papers, including the Zanesville Times Recorder and today’s Columbus Dispatch
The Supreme Court recently struck down a gun ban and affirmed that the Second Amendment to keep and use firearms was an individual right. While this seems gun-rights friendly, the [...]
Posted by Brian Doran on August 1st, 2008 | Categorized as campaign update, media coverage, the race | Tagged as campaign event, Cordray, Crites, second amendment
Please join us this Sunday when Robert challenges his opponents on a key issue that Ohioans really care about. Click here for details. This will be an exciting event - as attendees find out exactly why they will have no better supporter in public office than Independent Attorney General Robert Owens!
For the first time, three of [...]