Mahoning County Judge Retires

Is there anyone in the community that we can promote for the judgeship that will be available on July 1? http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/337932608480962.php

Sen. Brown betrays voters

Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to continue the war in Iraq last week. He has voted against the war repeatedly and that was almost certainly why he was elected senator in 2006. His vote also meant that the entire $120 billion will have to be borrowed as the US government is out of money. He can only hope that China will loan the money to the US.

Falwell is Dead

here is an mp3 of Bill Maher's Friday night salute to the death of the Reverend Jerry Falwell. and i must say i could not have said it better myself. feel free to forward this or re-upload it and spread the word to EVERY GAY GROUP on yahoo, google, and every other gay group on the web. AND feel free to upload the file to every file sharing program too. come on people LET THE JOYOUS NEWS BE SPREAD THE WICKED OLD PRICK AT LAST IS DEAD!qaf1964http://rapidshare. com/files/ 32453130/ Bill_Maher_ -_Ding_Dong_Jerry_ Falwell_s_ Gone.mp3

Stop Illegal Immigration.

The Democrats in Congress are about to sell out American workers by making another 12 million immigrants citizens. When the Republicans under Reagan did this in the eighties, millions more flooded into the country. Once Congress does this again, we will be over run with cheap laborers from every poor country in the world. When will it all stop? When can we control our own population? When will the loss of billions of dollars that are sent out of the country by these cheap laborers bankrupt the country? When will Congress make it a law that anyone entering the country illegally can never become a citizen? That is the only way that we can stop the flood of illegals into this country.

Marc Dann Praised

The New York Times reported that Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann could be one of the top attorney generals in the United States. http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/308805051714005.php

Gay Youth Shelters Needed

An increasing number of young gays refuse to give up on their identity and as a result they often end up homeless. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/us/17homeless.html?th&emc=th

Gov. Strickland Protects LGBT State Workers

Governor Strickland's representative Wade Rakes delivered to our citizen lobbyists some incredible news: the Governor will sign an Executive Order tomorrow banning discrimination against LGBT state workers. This will be the first pro-equality legislation signed into state law in 16 years. It would protect

Religious Nuts Pushing Stripper Limits

The religious extremist group that pushed the same-sex marriage ban is pushing to severly limit, if not eliminate, the adult entertainment business in Ohio. http://www.vindy.com/content/national_world/325919900772686.php

Leading Homophobic Bigot Dies

Jerry Falwell, founder of the so called Moral Majority, died Tuesday.

LaTourette Votes To Keep Troups In Iraq Indefinately

Cong. Ryan supported a withdrawl in six months. Re-deployment from Iraq Act - Vote Failed (171-255, 7 Not Voting)The House rejected this bill that would have required all U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq within six months.Rep. Steven LaTourette voted NO

Conn. Gay Couples Fight For Rights

http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/base/national-85/117914667334130.xml&storylist=national

68% of Ohioans like Gov Strickland

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2007/05/ohioans_really_like_strickland.html

Sen. Clinton Speaks To Ohio Democratic Party

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OH_CLINTON_2008_OHOL-?SITE=OHRAV&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Gay Minister To Marry In New Hampshire

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/10/gay.bishop.reut/index.html

Holmes Defeated

The only openly gay councilman in the valley was defeated by 27 votes in his fourth run for council. He was opposed by the local landlords association for his push for stronger code enforcement.

Ohio Republicans Selling Out To AT&T

The Senate's Energy and Public Utility Committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a bill that would create a single statewide standard for video service providers. Sought by media giant AT&T, the bill would wipe out local municipality franchise agreements with pay-TV providers in favor of the statewide agreement. The legislation has drawn fierce opposition from municipal officials worried about provisions that would allow video service providers to serve only parts of a community. Public-access backers are also concerned about language limiting the number of public-access and government channels.

Hate Crimes Bill Passes House

Thursday, May 03, 2007 Washington, DC - Today, the National Stonewall Democrats applauded the passage of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act in the United States House of Representatives. The action quickly drew a premature veto threat from the White House, although the legislation still needs to be approved by the United States Senate. The legislation would apply equal federal resources to domestic terror crimes that target an individual based on disability, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity. Currently, these resources are only provided to local law enforcement agencies if a crime targets an individual based on race, color, national origin or religion. "By issuing a premature veto threat, President Bush fails to understand that he is not the sole decider regarding the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act," said Jo Wyrick, NSD Executive Director. "Once again, the majority of American oppose the position of the President, and that is why we are urging the Senate Leadership to quickly move on this important legislation. We need Senate Democrats to step up before President Bush can step down." The legislation passed the United States House of Representatives by a 237 to 180 vote. The vast majority of Democrats (212) voted for the legislation along with 25 Republicans. 166 Republicans voted against the bill, joined by only 14 Democratic members. The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, would extend federal grants to local law enforcement agencies in order to more thoroughly investigate and prosecute domestic terror crimes that target individuals based on disability, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity. Under existing hate crimes laws, such grants are routinely provided to local agencies for similar crimes which target victims based on race, color, national origin or religion.

BP Chief Resigns After Lying About Sexuality

The CEO of BP oil company resigned after admitting that he lied to a court about how he met his gay partner and how much help he gave him financially. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/02/business/worldbusiness/02oil.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin