2010 SCDP ICE CREAM SOCIAL WAS A BIG HIT!

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

DAVE BRYANT, SCDP Precinctcommitte Person & Owner, Dairy Queen
ZACH, Local Favorite Artist!

Please support these local Democrats investing in our community!

Visit Dave's Dairy Queen located @ 691 East Wilbeth Rd, Akron

Support Zach's Fifth Annual An Evening for Chuck, Sunday September 12th, 2010 12pm-6pm located at Musica, 17 Maiden Lane, Akron (corner of Main & Market). For more information on the Evening for Chuck Fund please visit eveningforchuck.com

SCDP would like to thank the Candidates who spoke @ the event!

For Auditor of State: David Pepper
For Secretary of State: Maryellen O'Shaughnessy
For Justice of the Supreme Court: Mary Jane Trapp
For Representative to U.S. Congress, 14th District: Bill O'Neill

SCDP would also like to thank the incumbents & Candidates also in attendance @ the event!

Representative to U.S. Congress, 13th District: Betty Sutton
For Judge of the Court of Appeals, 9th District: Rita M. Rochford
For State Senator, 27th District: Frank C. Comunale
State Representative, 42nd District: Mike Moran
For State Representative, 45th District: Zack Milkovich
Summit County Council-At-Large: Pete Crossland
Summit County Council-At-Large: Ilene Shapiro
Mayor of Tallmadge: David Kline

Summit County Democratic Party once again would like to thank you for making this a successful event with many more to come!

Thank You For Making The 11th Annual FDR Dinner A Success!

We just wanted to thank everyone that participated in our 11th annual FDR Dinner. Your attendance and support made the fundraiser a massive success. With your ongoing support we hope to sweep the ballot this November, and continue leading Ohio's citizens into a better future.

We also introduced the Madeline Bozzelli Democrat Lifetime Achievement Award. The Summit County Democratic Party would like to thank Madeline for her 25 years of dedication.

Treasurer Boyce Saves State Money!

Contract bidding cuts fees for state Pension funds, local governments save

Monday, March 29, 2010 2:49 AM, By Alan Johnson, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

State pension funds and communities in a state investment pool will save nearly $20 million in bank fees over two years through new contracts competitively bid by state Treasurer Kevin L. Boyce.

Included in the deal is $32.6 billion in invested funds that had not previously been put out for bids. The contracts traditionally have been awarded at the discretion of past treasurers.

Many state officials get in hot water for failing to put contracts out for competitive bidding; Boyce said he is bidding out contracts that he doesn't have to.

"We felt that since 2009 was one of the worst years since the Great Depression, we needed to do things differently," Boyce said. "I said this administration is going to be about governing. We're going to set politics aside, because that's what the times require."

The four large state pension funds will be the biggest beneficiaries of savings, but the STAR Ohio fund - a money-market investment pool used by hundreds of Ohio cities, counties, townships and school districts - will save $3.7 million, or 53 percent, over two years, according to Amer Ahmad, deputy treasurer and chief financial officer.

The State Teachers Retirement System will have its cost drop from $8.5million to $2.3 million, a 73 percent reduction.

The savings resulted from competitively bid contracts that reduced business bank fees, which are the equivalent of fees that consumers are charged on checking and savings accounts.

In addition to the cost reductions, Boyce's office also negotiated a slightly higher interest rate for the STAR Ohio fund that is expected to generate an additional $2 million annually.

Ohio's Standing Improves Under Strickland Leadership!

The Small Business & Entrepreneurship (SBE) Council announced that Ohio is ranked 11th in the nation in 2009 in its "Small Business Survival Index 2009" rankings (up from 38th in 2006). The SBE describes its index as the "most comprehensive measure of which states are truly friendly to businesses and entrepreneurs, and which are not in terms of public policy decisions." Rankings are based on taxation, energy and regulatory costs, government spending, health care and property rights. The 2009 rankings also place Ohio as the 10th best business tax system in the country.

Education Week announced that Ohio's public school system is the 5th best in the nation, up from 7th two years ago. According to The Columbus Dispatch, "The analysis is conducted by the nonprofit Editorial Projects in Education Research Center of Bethesda, Md., which publishes Education Week. The 2010 rankings are based on six broad categories - including student achievement, school funding and curriculum standards - and more than 150 indicators such as graduation rates, teacher licensure requirements and family income."

As you know, Governor Strickland believes education is the key to Ohio's economic revival - that a modernized system of education will drive Ohio's economic recovery by better preparing our students for jobs of the future. This news is the result of focusing our priorities and public policy decisions and investing our financial resources in way that will grow our businesses and prepare our citizens for good jobs.

Employee Free Choice Act

The Employee Free Choice Act, supported by a bipartisan coalition in Congress, would enable working people to bargain for better benefits, wages and working conditions by restoring workers’ freedom to choose for themselves whether to join a union. It would:

Remove current obstacles to employees who want collective bargaining.
Guarantee that workers who can choose collective bargaining are able to achieve a contract.
Allow employees to form unions by signing cards authorizing union representation.

Find out more on how middle class workers are fighting for their rights through the Employee Free Choice Act at these informative sites: