5/28/1996 by Bob Fitrakis From Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium to Columbus’ Riffe Center, anti-Semitism is in vogue. But in the state capital, instead of chastising the bigot, we literally fire the messenger. Ask Devon Rice. On May 8 at approximately 8:30 a.m., Rice, a messenger with the Legislative Service Commission, was delivering forms to House Speaker […]
5/22/1996 by Bob Fitrakis The action was in the streets, and parks, last weekend. In Westerville, 50 or so activists from the Westerville Social Action group and Amnesty International exercised their First Amendment rights by demonstrating in front of Rep. John Kasich’s house and then marching down Main Street. They want Mr. Budget-Cutter to wield […]
5/15/1996 by Bob Fitrakis Thomas Jefferson said “Where the press is free, all is safe.” But what happens when the only daily newspaper in a large metropolitan area is a monopoly owned by a super-rich family that sees its mission as systematically distorting the news to protect other plutocrats? You get The Daily Distortion. A […]
By Bob Fitrakis As partisan forces in Ohio clash over the reliability of e-voting machines and whether the state can afford to replace them, we should keep in mind that the use of computer software for central tabulation and the computerized voting machines have been long distrusted. That distrust is directly related to the Bush […]
5/08/1996 by Bob Fitrakis Last Wednesday at Columbus City Hall, local community and labor organizations sent a graphic and powerful message to our city and nation: America Needs a Raise! The AFL-CIO is sponsoring a series of town meetings across the country where workers can speak out publicly about their increasing insecurity and reduced standard […]
by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman December 14, 2007 Ohio’s Secretary of State announced this morning that a $1.9 million official study shows that “critical security failures” are embedded throughout the voting systems in the state that decided the 2004 election. Those failures, she says, “could impact the integrity of elections in the Buckeye State.” […]
5/01/2002 by Bob Fitrakis It’s the end of the campus as we know it, and I feel slimed. If you really want to know what Campus Partners is all about, don’t buy their hype or PR spin. Instead, read Graydon Hambrick’s article, “A New Campus Partnership” in the April 1996 Ohio State Alumni Magazine (OSAM). […]
6:30pm-midnight 1000 E. Main Street Columbus, Ohio 43205 Join the Free Press and Ohio Honest Elections for a casual get-together to enjoy refreshments and progressive company. Let’s talk about this past week’s election and our organizing to assure the presidential election in 2008 is free and fair! Looking forward to seeing you there. Parking in […]
December 4, 2007 EDITORIAL: The Columbus Free Press and freepress.org editorial board endorses the following reforms to ensure safe, secure and democratic elections in Ohio in 2008 and beyond. 1. The Secretary of State shall establish statewide uniform voting procedures in Ohio in compliance with applicable federal and state laws. 2. The Secretary of State […]
Ah, the coverup continues. Michael R. Hackett, Jr., a Democratic retired deputy director of the Franklin County Board of Elections is being charged with illegal conflicts of interest regarding steering a contract for voting machine carts to a company he and his wife allegedly had an interest in. Hackett was the supposed guard dog […]