Friday, August 3, 2012
Jim Gray shares his views on jobs, taxes and a hot social issue
After Libertarian vice-presidential candidate Jim Gray addressed supporters at Dean's Greenhouse in Westlake Friday evening, he took some time to expand on some of the issues with Westlake Patch. Check out the video for what he said about how the Libertarian plan to abolish the income tax will help the economy, what he thinks is wrong with Washington and how he and running mate Gary Johnson will change things, and where he stands on gay marriage.
Jim Gray rallies the Libertarian faithful in stop in Westlake
Jim Gray didn't mince words at Friday evening's appearance in Westlake. Devoted Libertarians aren't enough. Not if they want Gray, the Libertarian Party's vice-presidential candidate, and running mate Gary Johnson to win the White House in November. Gray addressed about two dozen people at Dean's Greenhouse in Westlake, the first stop on a campaign swing for him through the midwest this weekend. The serene garden setting was a contrast to the passion in his speech to the crowd. When Gray agreed to join Johnson's campaign, he said, he did so on the condition that they campaign to win. And winning didn't mean moral victories, it meant going toe-to-toe with President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. To do that, Gray said, …
Judge Jim Gray to endorse a gay marriage initiative in Ohio
Libertarian Party vice-presidential nominee Jim Gray will make a campaign stop in Westlake Friday evening as part of a midwest swing. Gray will do a fundraiser and meet-and-greet at Dean's Greenhouse, located at 3984 Porter Road in Westlake. This will be Gray's only stop in Northeast Ohio. Gray is running with Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson. He served as a trial judge in Orange County, Calif., for 27 years. He served as a defense attorney in the Navy JAG and was a federal prosecutor. Gray is an advocate for reforming drug laws, including regulating marijuana production and consumption similar to how wine is handled. Westlake Patch will be covering tonight's event and will have complete coverage later.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
The president makes a bus trip through northern Ohio
President Barack Obama spent Thursday evening in Parma, making a campaign speech as part of a 250-mile campaign swing through Ohio. WEWS has video of the speech at James Day Park in Parma, where he spoke of the economy, his health care plan and hiring more teachers. According to the Plain Dealer, Obama met Natoma Canfield, the Medina woman and cancer survivor who became one of the faces of his push for health care reform, at the Parma event. The visit was part of the president's "Betting on America" bus tour through northern Ohio on the heels of his Supreme Court victory for the Affordable Care Act. Obama made a speech in Maumee, highlighting his 2009 auto industry bailout and said Republican opponent Mitt Romney's experience was with …
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Front-runners increase efforts in Ohio as Super Tuesday approaches.
While the Republican presidential candidates crank up their efforts to woo Ohio voters through personal appearances, a new poll shows the two front-runners running neck-and-neck in Ohio just days before the primary election. The NBC News/Marist Poll shows Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator, supported by 34 percent of likely GOP primary voters, and Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, with 32 percent. Romney's and Santorum's campaigns lately have focused on Ohio, where 66 delegates are up for grabs. Santorum appeared at a dinner in Eastlake on Friday and is scheduled to appear in Cuyahoga Falls on Monday evening. The two other candidates, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Rep. Ron Paul, lagged far behind …
Friday, February 24, 2012
Lorain County is focus at roundtable on Wednesday.
A candidates' forum in Lorain on Wednesday highlighted differences for Lorain County voters between Dennis Kucinich and Marcy Kaptur, two veteran Democrats who will face off in the March 6 primary. Republicans redrew the congressional map this year and put the political veterans in the same, newly configured 9th Congressional district, which stretches 100 miles along Lake Erie from Cleveland to Toledo. On Wednesday, Kucinich and Kaptur sparred over a commuter line that has been long proposed between Cleveland and Sandusky. The Wednesday forum was sponsored by the Coalition of Hispanic/Latino Issues and Progress. Other coverage of the roundtable: Kucinich, Kaptur clash over immigration.
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2:30 am on Monday, November 5, 2012
On the ballot for the Presidency, Gov. Gary Johnson (Libertarian) and Dr. Jill Stein (Green). Make a special note to remember to watch the Free and Equal Election Debate between third party candidates, Gov. Gary Johnson and Dr. Jill Stein to be aired tonight on Monday evening, Nov. 5th from 9:00 - 10:30 pm Eastern Time. Perform a worthwhile civic duty, and be certain to listen in on this historic… more ›