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Blackwell a day late paying property taxes in ’05
Delay cost gubernatorial candidate $260.15 penalty
By JIM TANKERSLEY
BLADE POLITICS WRITER
Ken Blackwell was a day late paying his property taxes last year, which left him short about $260. Hamilton County records show Mr. Blackwell, the secretary of state and Republican candidate for governor, missed a June 20, 2005, deadline to make a $5,203.05 property tax payment on his Cincinnati condominium. He paid on June 21.
“I guess the secret’s out why Ken Blackwell refuses to release his personal tax information,” Mr. Redfern said. Added Mr. Dailey: “This certainly raises the question of whether this is the kind of thing [Mr. Blackwell] is trying to hide from voters.”
Mr. LoParo said Democrats were trying to distract voters from weightier topics. “It seems that the Strickland campaign doesn’t have any substantive proposals to move the state forward,” he said, “so they nitpick and make something out of a nonissue.”
My favorite part of this article is that last paragraph. Pretty hilarious. As if no one in the GOP has ever made anything out of nonissues (Flag Burning, Video Games, Gay Marriage, etc, etc, etc)… :roll:
Enh, as much as I’m NOT a fan of Blackwell I do have to agree that this is a pretty trivial non-issue. Much moreso than the legislated morality-type things which you mention (flag burning, video games, gay marriage, etc).
After all, there are SO many bad things about Blackwell that could be focused on, this really does feel like nitpicking to me.
I agree that it IS a non-issue… I’m just saying it’s amusing to be blaming Strickland’s camp for making non-issues when that’s sort of a standard practice in the GOP’s bag o’ campaigning trickery. :lol:
I think a fair number of people in this state do think that gay marriage and even violent video games are legitimate political issues (as well as personal issues to those personally affected). I’m not sure that a $260 late fee matters … not like he was caught for bona-fide tax evasion or some similar felony.
I just think this is the natural step in politics these days. Years ago, candidates stopped talking about thier platforms and started throwing stones. Now candidates are being critical of each other for not throwing large enough stones. :roll:
I don’t think there’s a tendancy for one party to throw more stones than another. IMO, it’s the biggest problem with our government these days, and is the main reason for Congress’ approval rating in the 20-30% range.
Yes, people think they are legitimate because the politicians are making them appear to be legitimate and then the media covers them as legitimate. We have thousands of other more pressing matters we should be attending to instead of whether gays can marry or video games are bad.
And besides… gay marriage is only a BIG DEAL when election time rolls around. :?