Author: John Mitchel

You may have noticed the back and forth between Mike DeWine and David Peppers, the Republican and Democrat candidates for Ohio Attorney General.  The Peppers’ campaign charges bid-rigging and pay-to-play politics by DeWine, alleging abuse of office by selecting CELCO...

Remember the 1994 “Contract with America,” a ten-point plan that promised tax reform for the middle class?  That promise was good enough for the GOP to flip the House majority in the November, 1994 election, but unfortunately the Republican Party...

Part 7 (Conclusion) Open letter to Congressmen Jim Jordan and Mike Turner Dear Sirs, As two of Ohio’s Representatives to Congress who also serve on the House Committee for Oversight and Government Reform, I’m writing to ask your support for...

Part 6 In this series OCGJ exposed over-the-top leniency law enforcement and the courts granted Greene and Clark County Republican insiders Monte Zinn, Bill Schenck and James Schmidt.  Last week we detailed the relatively heavy-handed sentence laid on Democrat Clayton...

Part 5 In OCGJ’s last three posts we dove deeper into three lawbreakers whose privileged status within the political class was solely responsible for a second or third chance to get their lives back without going to prison.  Monte Zinn,...