by Jennifer on 11.19.2009
Cross-posted on Huffington Post and DailyKos
Last week Ohioans and people all across our great nation celebrated Veterans Day. As has become the norm and expected in American politics, professional politicians from Bangor to San Diego rightly heralded the bravery and sacrifice of the men and women who proudly wear our nation's uniform as they selflessly protect our country.
But what do they do after Veterans Day has come and gone? That's when the real work begins. Rather than simply honor our veterans once a year, we need to take the walk of all the great talk by helping to improve their lives on a daily basis. Veterans Day should be more than a celebration of the heroism and dedication of the brave women and men who have fought for our freedom; it should also be a sharp reminder that we need to confront the ongoing struggles facing veterans and their families.
Continue to the extended entry to read about the steps Congress should take to help our veterans.
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by David on 11.16.2009
In our campaign, we have the tendency to name as many things as we can with words that begin with "B." You can sign up to join the "Brunner Brigade," become a "Brunner Backer," or even host one of our "Brunner Barbeques."
This week, a new Quinnipiac poll released Thursday has people talking about a "Brunner Bounce." Jennifer has gained five percentage points since September 16th and her primary opponent has dropped two points, pulling Jennifer into a statistical tie in this race. Jennifer is clearly the candidate with the momentum as the primary vote draws closer. This is because so many of you have stepped up with contributions and monthly pledges that everyday Ohioans can afford--even in these times of slow economic recovery.
Jennifer's momentum is growing because she has been on the road all across the state, demonstrating her ability to connect with Ohio voters. People are responding to her message of bringing people together in a push for clean energy jobs partnered with Ohio's agricultural economy, her vision of retooling our cities' social and economic environments for locally produced energy and food, and her inspiring Innovation Tour for Ohio Jobs.
Ohioans appreciate that Jennifer understands government is for and about people. She has a solid record of getting things done--like cleaning up Ohio's elections and making business services available in Cleveland for all of northeast Ohio. She is a courageous and compassionate leader who is committed to improving Ohioans' lives.
Last weekend, the campaign began fielding canvassers in targeted regions around Ohio. Thanks to your support, we raised enough to train, equip, and deploy 56 canvassers for the next week. Your sponsorships supplied our volunteers with campaign literature, clipboards, pens, and walking-lists to help us spread the word about Jennifer, one voter at a time.
As much as Jennifer is willing to travel, she can not reach as many voters as we can--together--neighbor to neighbor, friend to friend. We have literally thousands of volunteers ready to hit the streets in their neighborhoods and around the state. All they need to get started is a little help from supporters like you.
A gift of $25 sponsors one canvasser for one whole day; $50 is enough to cover the costs of two canvassers; and $100 pays the materials, refreshment, transportation and other costs of four canvassers.
We have set a goal to train and equip 200 canvassers before Thanksgiving. In order to do that, we need to raise another $3,600 THIS WEEK. Can you please give $25, $50, $100, or more to help us meet our goal?
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by Jeff on 11.16.2009
Jennifer's Innovation Tour for Ohio Jobs continues today as the candidate visits reXorce Thermionics, Inc. and Green Energy Techonologies LLC in Akron this afternoon.
The Innovation Tour is designed to highlight and promote Ohio's tradition of achieving job growth and prosperity through innovation. People all around Ohio recognize that the real hope for our struggling economy lies not with huge multi-national corporations and Wall Street behemoths focused primarily on protecting their own, but with new enterprises right here at home that are fueled by the creativity, ambition, and hard work of Ohio's visionary entrepreneurs. "There are many great examples of fast-growing enterprises creating new jobs all across the state, and I am thrilled to be able to bring attention and encouragement to them through this initiative," Jennifer recently said about this initiative. "We're going to celebrate the next generation of American innovation right here in Ohio."
The first two stops on the Innovation Tour were at two exciting and rapidly-growing companies in high-tech medical fields, Meridian Biosciences, Inc. in Hamilton County on October 14th and Arteriocyte Medical Systems in Cuyahoga County on October 22nd. Meridian Bioscience announced last Thursday that its fourth quarter profit rose 16 percent due to strong sales of its rapid flu test, marketed as a potential detector of swine flu.
The first enterprise scheduled for today's event, rexorce Thermionics, Inc., is a privately held company with a mission of pursuing "profit with a purpose" by providing innovative solutions to energy challenges, including development of a proprietary heat engine that recovers thermal energy from waste heat and other sources. The second featured firm is Green Energy Technologies LLC, a privately held company founded in 2006. Green Energy Technologies is developing a cost-effective urban wind turbine system called the Windcube, which captures and amplifies natural wind speed to produce more power than ordinary wind turbines.
Read more about the Innovation Tour and submit nominations of businesses or projects to be included by clicking here.
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