Sherrod Bets It All On Nan

It was not enough for U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown to endorse Nan Whaley for governor months ago.

Key Ohio Democrats subsequent countermanded Brown and denied Whaley the Ohio Democratic Party endorsement in her primary race for governor against John Cranley. The Party stayed neutral.

Two years ago, Brown took over the state party and installed a protégé, Liz Walters, as party chair.

Not to be outdone, especially since he is the only statewide elected non-judicial Democrat in Ohio, Brown did a TV ad for Whaley that began running in a reportedly multimillion dollar statewide buy four weeks before the May 3 primary.

While Cranley appeared to have gained some momentum toward winning the primary in recent weeks, the Brown TV ads for Whaley may have evened the playing field or even tilted it slightly in her direction. (More on how Cranley must respond in a moment.)

The biggest obstacle to winning a primary is gaining name recognition. Simply, people are reluctant to vote for somebody they have never heard of.

Celebrate Earth Month and
WGRN 94.1FM community radio's
6th year Earth Day birthday!

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83906590837
Meeting ID: 839 06

Since we aren't getting together in person, we can gather for a couple hours on the second Saturday night of each month from 7-8:00pm Eastern Time on Zoom. This is our second anniversary of cyber-salons!

Featuring:
Local WGRN producers and presentation of Outstanding Volunteer Award to WGRN engineer Eugene Beer
and
local environmental activists

Q & A included.
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The 88 East Broad Street Starbucks will vote on unionizing May 24th. Community members and Congressman Sherrod Brown have shown their support for the union drive as their management retaliates with an anti-union campaign and cutting hours.

“Even if other anti-union tactics are going to be played out, it’s so much more helpful to have that end goal in mind,” Ben Baldwin, an employee at this downtown Starbucks, said in response to getting a date for the union election from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Since the union drive began, Starbucks has launched its anti-union efforts at the location by cutting hours, conducting one-on-one anti-union meetings, and bringing in managers to sit in the cafe throughout the day.

Employees have noticed a large cut in hours since the union drive started, saying that they’re lower than during the lockdown even though business has increased, leaving some desperate to make ends meet. “We have people who can’t feed themselves,” said Jesse Perry, a worker at the location, “they want to punish us.”

For our meeting #89 we announce the GREEN-GREEP (Gree-Gree)…the Greening of the Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Coalition to conjoin the battle for grassroots democracy with renewables and saving our planet from King CONG (Coal, Oil, Nukes & Gas).

We’re first joined by BISI WILLIAMS, BRUCE MAU & AMARIS GALEA-ORBE,  who introduce us to the Massive Change Network.

We then enter the deep mists of the nationwide Gerrymandering fiasco, starting with Ohio’s Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor.  A veritable Profile in Courage, O’Connor has single-handed blocked four versions of an outrageous attempt by Buckeye Republicans to yet again hijack the state’s Congressional and State House districts.  Now (of course) her fellow Republicans want to impeach her.

Thursday, April 7, 7-9pm, Campbell Hall [Rm. 335], 1787 Neil Ave. [this event will also be occurring via Zoom]

Join us at 7pm on Thursday, April 7 for a presentation and discussion on the history of Ukraine!

This will be an “in-person” meeting in Campbell Hall [Rm. 335] on OSU’s campus; this event will also be occurring via Zoom.

Please use this Zoom link to join this event.

Hosted by Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists.

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