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Central State will host Ohio U.S. Senate and governor debates on March 28 and 29. Tickets are needed in order to attend in person. To obtain tickets or to submit questions for the debates, please go to the Ohio Debate Commission website: https://www.ohiodebatecommission.org/. See below for details from the Dayton Daily News.

OHIO POLITICS By Kristen Spicker and London Bishop – Staff Writers

Four U.S. Senate and Ohio governor debates will be held over two days at Central State University later this month.

Debates for Republican and Democratic candidates in each race will take place on March 28-29 at Central State University’s Paul Robeson Cultural and Performing Arts Center. It’s the first time a major political debate has been held at one of Ohio’s two historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

“Any time you can bring the political process to an academic environment, we have an opportunity to highlight significance of that process,” said Zillah Fluker, Central State vice president of institutional advancement. “Bringing such an experience to an HBCU not only highlights the African American experience with voting but also allows us to have a front row seat and access to candidates for Ohio leadership.”

The Ohio Debate Commission is accepting questions for all four Ohio primary debates. To submit a question for the debates, fill out the online submission form at ohiodebatecommission.org. The public can also request free tickets to the debates on the commission’s website.

Central State will also host a student panel discussion to kickoff the events March 15 at 11 a.m.

The U.S. Senate Democratic and Republican primary debates are scheduled for March 28 and the Gubernation Republican and Democratic debates are scheduled for March 29.

The U.S. Senate Democratic Primary Debate will be from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on March 28.
Morgan Harper, Traci Johnson and Congressman Tim Ryan are expected to participate, and Curtis Jackson, news anchor at Spectrum News, will moderate.

State Sen. Matt Dolan, Mike Gibbons, Josh Mandel, Neil Patel, Mark Pukita, Jane Timken and JD Vance are possible participants for the U.S. Senate Republican Primary Debate, which is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. on March 28, with Karen Kasler, bureau chief of Ohio Public Radio & TV Statehouse News Bureau, to moderate. Rick Jackson, senior host and producer at Ideastream Public Media, is set to moderate the Republican debate from 11 a.m. to noon on March 29.

The final debate, Ohio Gubernatorial Democratic Primary, is scheduled for 7 to 8 p.m. on March 29. John Cranley and Nan Whaley are scheduled to participate, and Lucy May of WVXU’s Cincinnati Edition will moderate.

To obtain tickets or to submit questions for the debates, please go to the Ohio Debate Commission website: https://www.ohiodebatecommission.org/

Today we had a presentation by a speaker for the Federal Communications Commission explaining the Affordable Connectivity Program to help folks with internet access. Here is the link to the page on the web https://www.fcc.gov/acp and here is the presentation. If you have any questions, please contact the Club President, Judy Douglas at greenco.oh.dpc@gmail.com

What you can do to help

The Republican-controlled Ohio State Assembly continues to disappoint. On January 14th the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the newly drawn Congressional map was unConstitutional. They gave the State Assembly 30 days to draw new maps. Over the weekend both the House and the Senate finally scheduled a public hearing for today; this morning they canceled them both hearing. So here we are on day 25 of the 30 days period with no maps and no public hearings. In May of 2018, the people of Ohio voted overwhelmingly (75%) that they wanted a transparent, bipartisan process. No reason was given as to why the hearings were canceled, but Josh Rultenberg, Spectrum News reporter, said in a tweet: “I just spoke with @bobpetersonfarm who chairs the Ohio Senate General Government Budget Committee. He says because there are not 66 votes in the Ohio House, there is not a map that can be put forward at this time.” I don’t understand–no map has been presented how does he know it won’t get 66 votes? Contact your State Rep https://ohiohouse.gov/ and your State Senator https://www.ohiosenate.gov/ and tell them to do their jobs. Then call Senator Bob Peterson at (614) 466-8156 and tell him to introduce a map and hold hearings immediately.

Our office will be closed this week (Feb. 3, 4, and 5) due to the weather.

Ohio has some of the most egregiously gerrymandered districts in the county. In 2011, Ohio’s districts were drawn in a private hotel room. The public didn’t get a chance to view the maps until hours before they were voted on. These maps produced some of the most outlandishly shaped districts in the country, including “The Duck” (OH-04 – U.S. Rep Jim Jordan).In 2015 and 2018, Ohioans overwhelmingly voted for redistricting reforms to stop gerrymandering. These referendums rejected how redistricting had been done and overhauled the process. Your voice is needed to ensure the state’s current redistricting plan produces fair legislative redistricting maps. Ohio Democratic Party Chair Elizabeth Walters issued the following statement in response to the Ohio Supreme Court ruling: “Twice, Ohioans overwhelmingly demanded change and fair representation and I’m glad that the Ohio Supreme Court listened. The Supreme Court today recognized what Ohioans already knew – GOP politicians tried to ram through an unconstitutional map that further rigs the state in favor of one party over another. Now that the Supreme Court has ruled, it’s imperative that the commission actually do their jobs this time and create maps that reflect our state, not a Republican party wish list.

LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!

Click on the link below for information on how YOU can take action!

https://mailchi.mp/c463ef89a919/greene-county-democratic-party-current-newsletter-20120433?fbclid=IwAR18gB-wEIqwSyuir-tMf6PQd3FKzkzwcCytn60OFW8Vto7MiySEQkeGJL8

We need more signatures for 2 more new candidate petitions!  We need Democratic signatures in order for these great Democratic candidates to be on the ballot in our Mid-Term Primary in May.  In order to sign, you must be a Greene County registered voter who is a Declared Democrat.  You are a Declared Democrat if you voted a Democratic ballot in the last primary election.  Encourage any voter you know, who meets these criteria. If you have already signed for the first 3 candidates, please stop & sign for the latest 2 candidates. If you haven’t signed for any of our candidates, don’t sit back. Greene County is great for being supportive. Don’t stop now. The candidates are: 1. Jennifer Brunner running for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio  2. Jeffery Crossman running for Ohio Attorney General 3. Marilyn Zayas running for Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio 4. Taylor Sappington running for Auditor of State 5. Chelsea Clark running for Secretary of State To sign the petitions, please come to GCDP HQ at 10 S. Detroit St. in Xenia on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday from 10 AM to 4 PM  during the next 2 weeks (Jan. 6-7-8 & Jan. 13-14-15).

For the 17^th annual Adopt Greene County Families for the Holidays program, Greene County Ohio Democrats outdid themselves once again in their generosity to eight local families, with a holiday to remember for the rest of their lives.

Care packages were distributed to eight families with children on December 18th. Each family received food (fresh, frozen, and canned), toiletries, personal and cleaning supplies, gifts for the children, and gift cards.  This event always generates a tremendous response from the GCDP membership

Each family was told to bring an empty van or truck to accommodate the number of packages the GCDP members had for each family.  Vans were literally filled front to back and floor to ceiling, including the rear and often front seats, with packages.  Each family member who arrived to receive the packages was overwhelmed with what they received.  The comment most often heard was “I never expected so much – thank you!” 

GCDP’s office manager and chief organizer for the program, Eileen Martin, said, “The members’ response to this year’s request for donations was magnificent!  It was a touching experience to see that the families’ needs were so well filled.”  Members shopped, wrapped, donated, packed, and helped put packages into the vans of the folks when they arrived to pick up the packages.  Eileen added a special “thank you” to Cindy Curtis and Bev Hogue.  “They helped to make this program a success at every step of the process.” 

We, the membership of the GDCP wish to thank the families that we adopted for giving us the privilege of helping them to have a more joyful holiday season. 

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When you read that the Infrastructure bill will provide clean water – what does that mean?

A major item is replacement of lead pipes in our water supply system.

Here are a *few* facts to know about lead in your drinking water. Please share this information.

Children’s health impacts: – damaged central and peripheral nerve systems – lower IQ – irritability and fatigue – developmental delay

Adult’s health impacts: – high blood pressure – memory loss – pain and numbness in extremities – miscarriages and premature birth

https://www.whitehouse.gov/bipartisan-infrastructure-deal/