by Jim Heath | Nov 15, 2018 | 2020, Headlines
Ohio is known as the “Mother of Presidents” and Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Sherrod Brown are both considering ways to be added to that list. Kasich, an anti-Trump Republican, is back in New Hampshire today meeting with supporters in Concord. And Brown, who...
by Jim Heath | Oct 18, 2018 | Headlines
It’s 2018, but there are still parts of the country where elected officials drop the n-word in about every conversation. Such is the case in the Ohio village of Crestline where the mayor is resigning after he was caught on a police body camera repeatedly using...
by Jim Heath | Oct 10, 2018 | 2018, Ads, Analysis, Headlines
Watching television or listening to the radio in Ohio come October of every election year is like a non-stop smorgasbord of campaign ads. As I wrote in my book Front Row Seat at the Circus: Two things are a certainty during the fall of every presidential election year...
by Jim Heath | Oct 8, 2018 | Book Excerpts, Headlines
John Kasich’s darkest hour as the leader of the 7th largest state happened during his first year as governor, and now he admits he was blindsided by the enormity of his mistake. Kasich told CNN’s Anderson Cooper Monday night that the fight with organized...
by Jim Heath | Oct 7, 2018 | Headlines
It’s a first. Columbus, Ohio, will skip celebrations for its namesake. The move represents a major change for the 14th largest city in America, which up through last year has traditionally shut down operations on Columbus Day. The city issued a terse news...