Reply #10: BOEs overall? Or just in Lucas County? Unfortunately, I don't -- but if I [View All]

[KaliTracy]

I'm not mistaken, there are one or two reporters who have done a pretty good job covering things like Blackwell (and the machines) and this incident -- but maybe no one has thought to tie some things together. I would suggest e-mailing the reporter/s with what you think should be investigated. (The Blade has a great "search" feature -- type in some keywords, and you get a list of pertinent articles). Lucas county was heavily Kerry if I'm not mistaken. At least the numbers I got the day after the election were Kerry 128,874 to Bush 85,405.

In fact, that whole area is much more Blue than Red. Though the neighborhood I grew up in is heavily conservative (no wonder I never fit in!) -- the District, as a whole is not -- and the Blade is more left-leaning as well.

Not that I don't think that there's something fishy there -- but I think Blackwell going in to "clean house" to that particular BOE wasn't about this Republican coin thing -- he was trying to make a point of "overseeing problems" (both sides having problems that DID need to be dealt with) -- and it happens to be there that he comes down hard. But it's telling that he "came down hard" there (where Kerry won), not Warren County where a False Terror Alert was made and no one BUT the BOE were allowed in as they "counted" the votes.

So - I suggest writing the reporter with what you think the areas of concern are -- they actually DO reporting at the Blade (the Zoo has had some upheaval, too -- partially from investigative reporting that has dug up things...).