As Your Attorney General, I will fight for you - the people of Ohio.
Here is my Action Plan to implement a true Community Agenda:
1. Cut off the primary tools of pay to play politics such as no bid contracts and slush funds.
2. Aggressively lower violent crime - and put an emphasis on solving violent [...]
COLUMBUS, OHIO - Independent candidate for Attorney General Robert Owens is publicly calling on his Democratic Party opponent to return ALL campaign contributions from a bank executive who was given more than $6 billion in state investments to manage. In two public debates this week, Owens strongly criticized attorney general candidate Rich Cordray for attempting [...]
Laura Bischoff, statehouse reporter for the Dayton Daily News, is treating illegal campaign contributions made to and accepted by our Democrat opponent and his Party as if it was legal and the normal way to do business. It may be the norm for the major parties, but it’s not legal and not in the public’s [...]
DELAWARE, OHIO - Less than one week before the live televised attorney general debate, Independent candidate Robert Owens announced the release of his first TV commercial. The ad blasts political corruption which has hurt Ohio taxpayers during difficult economic times.
“Marc Dann wasn’t just one bad apple,” Owens said regarding the numerous scandals alluded to in [...]
In their own words - here’s where all 3 candidates stand on whether the Attorney General should have carte blanche to dole out tax dollars to special interests. This issue, which Robert Owens has been showing leadership on from the beginning was analyzed today by the Associated Press, picked up here in the Akron Beacon Journal
By [...]
A brief piece from Associated Press says how each candidate is responding to the mess left by Marc Dann.
Rich Cordray: I’m clean, I promise I’ll do better
Mike Crites: A committee, a commission, and more cash
Robert Owens: Proposes fundamental changes in the system
(AP) — THE ISSUE: Responding to the Dann scandal
THE BACKGROUND: Former Attorney General Marc Dann [...]
In their own words, one candidate for attorney general is proposing major changes, the other two are not. This isn’t a judgement, it’s what they said in the League of Women Voters candidate survey
What changes would you propose in the authority of the Attorney General?
Cordray: “I understand the expansive powers of the office and do [...]
As Legal Newsline reported last week, Robert Owens has made restoring integrity and transparency a centerpiece of his campaign since the beginning. From the day he decided to pursue this office, Robert said:
End the no-bid contracts.
End the slush fund system.
Increase transparency in government.
His leadership on these issues continues as we approach the homestretch of the campaign. Following is an excerpt of [...]
Here is how PolitickerOH covered Robert Owens’ response to the Crites proposal:
Independent attorney general candidate Robert Owens said opponent Mike Crites (R-Powell) is following his lead by announcing special-counsel reforms shortly after a poll showed Owens gaining support.
“I find it very ironic that the day after a new poll shows our campaign gaining significant traction is [...]
On Thursday, Robert Owens again showed the kind of leadership we need as attorney general, fighting corruption that endangers Ohio families. Robert delivered a stirring speech to the Ohio Peace Officers Training Commission (OPOTC) about some of the problems inside the OPOT Academy.
Numerous OPOTA staff and other law enforcement personnel in attendance thanked and applauded Robert for his courage to [...]
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