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Categories: Honest and Ethical Government, Civil Rights and Equality, Ranting and Venting, Arts and Culture
Two of the more vocal Republican bloggers, Matt Naugle at RAB, and Mark from WMD, have a disagreement about Ken Blackwell's decision to step in and help his fellow Cincinnati right-wing friends try and keep the strip club referendum off the ballot.
According to Matty:
"Citizens for Community Values just put a new radio ad on the air, which talks about the stripping and sex industry’s efforts to lie to voters in hopes that they sign a petition for a ballot issue that would reverse the recent strip club ban that was signed into law by Gov. Strickland.''
Aside from the fact that Strickland did not sign it into law but let it become law without his signature, Matt deviates from his previous denouncements of the nanny state and insists he's doing this because the organization fighting the law is using deceptive tactics.
While those hoping to repeal the law have had some minor problems with petition circulators -- which they've fired -- CCV has a history of deception on this topic, including getting caught lying to a legislative committee.
The Columbus Dispatch broke the story:
Representatives of a conservative Cincinnati-based group pushing for stricter strip-club regulations have assured Ohio lawmakers that eight other states have implemented similar laws.
But a check of those states by The Dispatch found only one, Tennessee, that has enacted a state law resembling the combination of restrictions proposed by Citizens for Community Values.
The man who told the whopper wasn't just some guy who doesn't know the law. He was CCV lawyer Scott Bergtold. When the high-priced lawyer got caught giving out bum information, CCV didn't fire him.
When the low-priced circulators screwed up, they did get fired. It's called accountability.
But the real news is the decision by Mark at WMD to take on Blackwell and CCV President Phil Burress. He sums it up nicely:
And given all the kookery we have seen over the years from Phil and the CCV, you are just going to take them at their word? Just like Blackwell took Bennett at his word? Not good choices in either case. This type of moral grandstanding over true issues like the budget, our infrastructure, or defense, and the erodation of the culture in the urban communities are why people get turned off the conservatives and republicans. Instead of focusing on these, the most devisive issues, why can’t we do as Reagan did and focus on the issues and run on the issues both social and fiscal conservatives agree on, then win, then argue once we have won. No, instead, we beholden ourselves to the deep but mentally imbalanced pockets of groups like the CCV. I was with them on the issue of the maplethorpe exhibits and others, but doing what they are doing to the already heavily regulated adult industry is silly and smacks of the type of big brotherism we often accuse the left of.
It's also the type of Big Brotherism that Blackwell often railed against.
See Also:
Who Can You Trust? CCV or The Dancers For Democracy?
From Openers:
Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell is campaigning again in Northeast Ohio.
On Tuesday night, he called voters in Cleveland using a recorded message to lend his conservative credentials to an important state debate.
Restricting payday lenders? No.
Requiring Ohioans to have health insurance? No.
Re-regulating electric companies? No.
The former secretary of state wants to talk about the new law passed by the state legislature that prohibits patrons of strip clubs from touching entertainers and imposes other restrictions on the clubs' operations. The law goes into effect next month.