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Candidates Elected Reformers Platform Contributions
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Barbara Strain - State Secretary Barbara has been with the Reform Party since 1992, and active in her local chapter and State groups. Barb and her husband Bob live in St. Clairsville, Ohio. In the past few months they have been in charge of getting a Referendum ready for ballot access in Ohio, for refunding Ohio's schools. This will be a major project for the Ohio group, along with getting Ohio's Reform Party on the Ballot...This turned into major project for the Strain's consulting with lawyers getting everything finalized.
Jack hails from Loudonville, Ohio where he is a small business owner of a Sporting Goods Store. He comes to us from the Democratic Party, where he was an active member running for numerous offices, including his bid in 2002 for Representative Ralph Regula's position. Jack is also a good fund raiser and is interested in many aspects of the Reform Party...He will be a great asset to our party, and is already thinking of ways for the RP to raise funds to help with the running of a successful political party.
Virginia Brooks, Ashland, Ohio
Tom recently joined the Reform Party, and in the past has run for congressional office, and different offices as a Democratic candidate, having become very disillusioned with their politics finally joined the only party he felt focused on what he is most concerned with. The sovereignty of our nation, he is very concerned with constitutional issues, and feels as reformers do that gov. has no business messing in social issues...Tom will bring much expertise to the Reform Party...We have supported him in the past when he ran for public office, and Tom supports the Reform Party Platform.
Three important items that we will focus on in the next two years
commencing with a handout especially for people in low paying jobs, which
we want to let them know we are fighting for their rights, and for a better life
for them and their children. These three issues will be:
1. Getting Jobs for Ohio's Needy/focusing on recalling
NAFTA/GATT/
WTO, MFN for China
2. Health Care (Get rid of HMO's - biggest problem to health
care today)
3. Education
We focused on which committees we should form, and listed below are
those committees.
Fundraising Committee:
Co-Chairs appointed are Frank Reed of Plain City, Ohio (614-873-6683,
e-mail reedfe@ix.netcom.com ) frankreed@ohioreformparty.org
& Jack Campbell of Loudonville, Ohio (419-994-3571 or 419-994-5932) Campbellja@bright.net ) jcampbell@hioreformparty.org
Candidate Committee:
Fred Yost of Ashland, Ohio (419-869-7082 fyost@bright.net), fredyost@ohioreformparty.org
Robert Freeman of Ridgeville Corners, Ohio (419-267-3306 freeman@mail.bright.net), rfreeman@ohioreformparty.org
Tom Burkhart of Danville, Ohio, 740-599-4683, tburkhart@ohioreformparty.org
The following two committee Chairs will be working closely
together:
Ohio Counties Coordinating Chair: Virginia Brooks,
Ashland, Ohio virginiabrooks@ohioreformparty.org
Congressional Districts Coordinators: Barbara Strain, St.
Clairsville, Ohio, 740-695-0707
Ballot access/Education & Petition
Committee:
Chair Robert Strain, rstrain@ohioreformparty.org
Janet Porter, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, (740-392-1813, japorter@webtv.net jporter@ohioreformparty.org
& Joseph Vogler, Mansfield, Ohio (419-756-7317 vogler@neo.rr.com ) jvogler@ohioreformparty.org
Job Finding/Enhancement of Jobs for Ohio, Committee
Chair:
Thomas Burkhart, Danville, Ohio - tburkhart@ohioreformparty.org
Robert Freeman, of Ridgeville Corners, Ohio - rfreeman@ohioreformparty.org
Health Care/Insurance/HMO's Committee
Co.-Chairs:
Mike Mina of Brooklyn, Ohio
(Home ph. 216-398-1974 or Work, 216-875-9683 mikeamina@aol.com ) mikemina@ohioreformparty.org
Dennis Knierien, of Akron, Ohio (330-535-1533) dknierien@ohioreformparty.org
In Need Of
We need a Veterans Issues Chair & Committee
We need a person to set up and have available to us, a site to list each
person in public office, how they have voted on all issues, legislation,
and have that information available as handouts when any of these speakers are
in public running for an office. To inform the public of their
weaknesses/failures, or their ability and good voting habits.
We need a person in charge of getting support from all patriotic groups in
Ohio.
We need a person/person's in charge of getting support from Churches in
Ohio.
The above committees need to get the positive as well as negative items of
interest out to these groups. Please get us anyone who would take charge of
these committees.
These committee Chairs are responsible for a report at the Feb.
meeting. These chairs will also be in charge of forming their own
committees...(Just a formula to make your committee work and how to accomplish
those goals, and any other work you have accomplished during the past month and
Feb. & a list of people you have on the committee to help you!)
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