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 [...]
Robert Owens was the first to sign a pledge for transparency, sponsored by the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions, just days after it was released. Robert’s opponents in the AG race have refused to sign the pledge, even after confronted by the media.
We wonder if today’s announcement will finally change their mind, as Buckeye’s Center for Transparent [...]
COLUMBUS, OHIO - Independent attorney general candidate Robert Owens today began a legal action representing the citizens of the State of Ohio against Ohio’s current Attorney General, Nancy H. Rogers. The mandamus action, relating to the release of public records, was filed in the Ohio Supreme Court.
“I don’t just talk the talk,” said Owens, the [...]
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Listen here to Robert’s interview with the editorial [...]
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 [...]
DELAWARE, OHIO - Independent attorney general candidate Robert Owens today responded to an announcement by Mike Crites, which suggested slight changes to the handling of legal contracts in the attorney general’s office. Owens said that the end of his opponent’s silence on the issue was long overdue, but that the Crites pitch was not a [...]
Columbus Dispatch writer James Nash reported on Robert Owens’ signed transparency pledge and got the other candidates’ reactions as well.
Democrat candidate: Transparency? Accountable government? Never heard of it.
Republican candidate: Zzzzzz
Robert M. Owens, the independent candidate for Ohio attorney general, said today that he’s signed a conservative think tank’s pledge for openness in government.
The Buckeye Institute Pledge for Transparency [...]
COLUMBUS, OHIO – Robert Owens, the Independent candidate for Ohio attorney general announced today his endorsement of the Buckeye Institute’s “Pledge for Transparency and Openness in Government.” As of Monday, Owens is the only candidate for attorney general to sign the Transparency Pledge.
“From day one, I’ve said that transparency would be a major focus of [...]
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