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Tim Kettler
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Ohio . . . for
District
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you
Press Release May 20, 2008
Tim Kettler Certified to November Ballot
Tim Kettler, Green Party candidate for the 20th
District Ohio Senate seat has been certified to appear on the
November ballot by the Muskingum County Board of Election. By
completing the petition requiring 1230 valid signatures of
registered voters he will appear on the ballot with the designation
“other party”.
Among the issues that Kettler will campaign
for are universal health care and the Health Care for All Ohioans
Act, development of renewable energy resources by granting energy
tax credits to taxpayers and legislating changes to Ohio election
law to provide verifiable paper trails on all electronic voting
machines. Tim will also work for immediate compliance with the Ohio
Supreme Court’s decision demanding equal opportunity for all Ohio
students. He describes himself and the Green Party as advocates for
workers’ rights and collective bargaining and says that “We must
organize grassroots opposition to NAFTA and similar trade
agreements.”
Another issue that Kettler feels is of great
concern is the ongoing occupation of Iraq stating, “It is clear that
the newly elected Congress has failed to do the job they were
elected to do and ultimately the responsibility will fall to
individual states. I support the efforts of states such as Vermont
that are working on legislation to recall their National Guard as
the mission no longer exists.”
Tim Kettler 58, of Warsaw in Coshocton County,
is a self-employed small businessman and with his wife Roberta has
operated Action Septic Service for the past 22 years. They have one
son, Malcolm. “Building environmental awareness is not only my
business but is one of our greatest challenges. We have an
opportunity now to create jobs by re-establishing our priorities and
developing renewable energy resources to provide a secure future for
our children”, he said.
As a third party candidate Kettler was required
to gather 25 times more signatures than the major party candidates
to appear on the ballot and he noted; “The rules governing third
party and independent candidates are written by the two major
parties and are intentionally burdensome. With 40% of Ohio voters
describing themselves as Independent we are obviously long past due
to break the Republican and Democrat stranglehold on Ohio politics.”
From the Buckeye Blog 6/10/08
Sen-20: Strickland Endorses Shriver
Submitted by dpotts on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 9:27am.
Rick Shriver, the Democratic candidate for the
20th Senate District, has been formally endorsed by Governor Ted
Strickland. “Rick Shriver’s commitment to public service and
extensive work in education make him the most experienced and
qualified candidate to represent the 20th Senate District.” -- Gov.
Ted Strickland
While this isn’t a surprise, it’s good to see Strickland is getting
involved. I am especially proud to receive this endorsement. We are
grateful for the Governor for all his good work in Southeastern
Ohio, and I am
looking forward to the chance to work with him and his leadership
team in continuing to "Turn Around Ohio." -- Rick Shriver
I had the chance to meet Rick a few weeks ago, and I was impressed.
As a constituent of the 20th district I’d be thrilled to see this
guy get elected. The 20th district is currently held by Joy Padgett,
who is leaving the Senate after this term to deal with her financial
scandals. Shriver will go up against Jimmy Stewart in November.
MY COMMENTS.....
More of the same is the best they can do!
Submitted by Tim on Tue, 06/10/2008 - 7:51pm.
If the moniker of
"pamphleteers of the revolution" is to be believed then it is time
to quit supporting the corporate candidates and policies of the
past, the same candidates, elected officials and policies that got
us where we now find ourselves. Don't look to the Democrats for real
leadership unless your vision of the future includes more capital
punishment, a continuation of the illegal occupation of Iraq,
increasingly obscene profits for the health care industry at the
expense of working men and women, the poor and the working poor,
collusion with the coal industry and power generators under the
guise of "protecting jobs" and the same servitude to corporate and
special interests that have left Lady Democracy in peril. On
November 3, 2004
John Kerry left Ohio, declaring defeat and abandoning his supporters
after raising millions promising to "count every vote" As one of the
statewide organizers of the Green Party's 2004 Presidential vote
recount I know that capitulation is not an option. As a
self-employed small businessman I know that the for-profit health
care industry is nothing more than a parasite on working family's
backs, and as a committed peace activist I am positive that the
illegal occupation of Iraq will not end unless state legislatures
take on the challenge of ending it. If you prefer the status quo
then Governor Strickland and his team are your kinda folks. However,
if you want to take back your government, accept responsibility for
that which your government does in your name, empower working
families and those most vulnerable and least heard, the poor and the
working poor then it is time to "think outside the box", gather some
courage, take that leap of faith and VOTE GREEN!
Tim Kettler, Green Party Candidate Ohio Senate District 20
http://www.votekettler.com
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Green Party
candidates gather, speak in Athens
ELIZABETH GOUSSETIS
Messenger staff writer
Ohio Green Party candidates spoke in Athens about the
health-care crisis and the opportunities that clean energy
can provide to the economy in Ohio.
Tim Kettler, who is running for Joy Padgett's District 20
seat in the Ohio Senate, also promised that if he is
elected, he will start a movement to bring the Ohio National
Guard troops home from Iraq, which he said would be based on
a similar movement in Vermont.
Kettler and others who spoke at the party's biennial
convention emphasized the potential for job creation that
green energy production could provide to the areas in Ohio
that have been hurt by a loss of manufacturing jobs. Kettler
said it will take a generation to replace our current energy
sources with clean forms of power, and the engineering and
manufacturing of those products, and the installation into
homes and buildings, will provide countless jobs.
Kettler, of Coshocton, also supports passing the Health Care
for All Ohioans Act and is involved with health-care reform
through the nonprofit Single Payer Action Network of Ohio.
He also spoke in support of legalizing medical marijuana,
which he said Greens view as a social justice issue.
Kettler promised to accept no money from corporate sponsors
and special interests. He filed his candidacy petition Feb.
28 with more than 2,000 signatures. Because the party is not
formally recognized by the state of Ohio, Green Party
candidates are required to obtain 25 times more signatures
than Democrat or Republican candidates.
"We don't come from power, we don't come from privilege or
position, we come from petition," Kettler told the group.
Also running for the 20th District seat are Republican Jimmy
Stewart and Democrat Rick Shriver.
Now that the oil crisis and global warming have earned more
popularity for classic Green ideals such as renewable energy
and sustainability, some speakers Saturday lamented the
irony of their platforms being hijacked by the two major
political parties and numerous corporations rushing to
"green wash" their products. Bob Fitrakis, who ran for
governor as a Green Party candidate, pointed out that
so-called fringe parties are criticized for being
impractical and for being spoilers. But, Fitrakis said, the
upside is that the third parties can set the agenda when
they are included in the debate, but that without them the
two major parties are complacent. He used as an example a
1908 Socialist Party candidate who lost the presidential
election but whose ideas Fitrakis said formed the 1936
agenda of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Fitrakis called the Democrats enablers, referring to those
who claim to oppose the war but vote to fund it.
"If your child is out of control and an alcoholic, do you
give them your credit card and say, 'I'm against your
drinking, but I've got your tab covered on every bar on the
planet,'" Fitrakis said.
At the meeting, Green Party members chose delegates to the
national convention, and cast ballots for their presidential
candidate. Four Greens are running for the party nomination
for president: Cynthia McKinney, a former Georgia
congresswoman; Jesse Johnson of West Virginia; Kat Swift of
Texas, and Kent Mesplay of California. Johnson spoke at the
meeting, and statements from the other three candidates were
read.
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From the Zanesville Times Recorder - January 17.
2008. Additional comments were posted at the paper's on-line web
site.
Tim Kettler
deserves a chance to run for office
I am writing to ask all of you to consider helping bolster public
participation and open up a closed electorate system. Over the next
few
months an independent candidate with the Green Party of the state of
Ohio will be visiting areas in the 20th Senate district to gather
signatures to get on the ballot. His name is Tim Kettler and Mr.
Kettler deserves our consideration and more importantly he deserves
the
chance to run for public office and be heard.
It is much harder for independent candidates to get on the ballot,
so
please give Mr. Kettler a chance to campaign for your vote. Mr.
Kettler
supports a wide range of issues: organize opposition to NAFTA trade
policy and devastating affect on Ohio lobs, protect our workers and
unions, fund and protect public education, make college and
technical
education affordable, promote clean alternative energy, keep Ohio
water
and air clean, eliminate fraudulent electronic voting counts and
promote a verifiable paper trail, assure all Ohioans have an equal
opportunity to vote an run for office, and pass the Health Care for
All
Ohioans Act that covers every Ohioan for any necessary procedure
their
doctor orders without exclusion for pre-existing conditions.
Tim Kettler believes Ohio economy needs small business and small
business needs single-payer. The single largest obstacle to the
success
of small business operators is the prohibitive cost of providing
health
care coverage for themselves and their employees, and the inability
to
gauge future costs. Competitive wages, safe and reasonable working
conditions and health care coverage is central to mutually
beneficial
relationships between employers and employees. These relationships
were
typical of collective bargaining between unions and companies, and
are
once again possible on a broader scale thanks to the Health Care for
All Ohioans Act. Please give consideration to Mr. Tim Kettler for
20th
Senate District.
Johnathan Hommel
Zanesville
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I recieved
some literature from someone campaigning for this man, and
it's true that what it says sounds good. But I also have the same
doubts as to whether he could actually get them accomplished.
He is for organizing opposition to NAFTA, but how effective could
one
man be in that regard? And he says he will fund and protect public
education, but how is that possible when event he Governor seems to
have put that on the back burner?
He has good ideas, and I wish him well. Every candidate has the
right
to at least try to change things. But I don't see any concrete plans
for doing what he wants to do.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:29 pm
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What he believes, and what he is saying to get elected - and what he
can actually do, if elected are all very different things. The
elected
one can only do what his 'collegues' will let him do. Its worth
dreaming about, though.
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:24 pm
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send him to new concord i know wher three signatures are!
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:48 pm
Even though the headline is inaccurate (there
is one Green, one Democrat, and one Republican
running), this came from the Athens Messenger:
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Dem, two Republicans running for state Senate
KRISTIN HEINICHEN
Messenger staff writer
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sole Democrat has announced that he is contending for Ohio's
20th District Senate seat.
Lifelong Morgan County resident Rick Shriver said he would
run for the seat that is now held by Republican Joy Padgett,
who is not seeking re-election.
Also vying for the seat are Rep. Jimmy Stewart - who is
running on the Republican ticket and currently represents
the 92nd House District - and Tim Kettler of the Green
Party.
"I'm really not a politician. I'm not interested in politics
- I'm interested in public service," Shriver said.
The 20th Senate District includes Athens, Coshocton,
Guernsey, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble and
Washington Counties.
Over the past four years Shriver's undertakings have
included being an educator, author and public serviceman.
Shriver is beginning his fourth year as Morgan County
commissioner. As commissioner, he said he has set in motion
accessible opportunities for county residents.
"I'm a self-proclaimed one-term commissioner. I thought
there were a lot of things we could probably do a little
better and I think we've made progress. Morgan County is
like a developing world. We lack a lot of basic
infrastructure," he said.
Shriver launched a Web site to post commissioner meeting
minutes for residents of the county to view.
"I wanted people to understand more about county government
- to make county government transparent," he said.
Shriver - who teaches communications at the Zanesville
campus of Ohio University, is a Fulbright fellow, and
co-publisher of an audio production textbook - has
instituted a learning center that provides distance learning
opportunities.
"Morgan County is primarily a mining and manufacturing
county. We really need to retrain our labor forces. This is
critical in helping our economic recovery as education and
higher skill sets are becoming important in today's economy.
... It's all a part of economic development," he said.
"Naturally I'm passionate about education. We have more than
seven institutions including all colleges and universities
in the contiguous county - it's a consortium providing
course work."
And he helped to establish a federally-qualified health
center within the county.
"Anyone in Morgan County can see this doctor and not worry
about how they are going to pay," he said, explaining that
the doctor will receive enhanced reimbursement for seeing
Medicare and Medicaid patients. "And there will be sliding
fee scales for anyone who does not have the means to pay."
A product of the Appalachia Ohio environment but having
exposure to other cultures through his travels, Shriver
feels obliged to level the playing field.
"I'm basically a farm kid from Morgan County. I've lived on
a farm that's been in the family for generations. I don't
think there is a quality of life like there is here
anywhere. I can say that because I have had the opportunity
to travel to other parts of the world," he said, explaining
his commitment to the region. "Appalachia has been off the
radar. Now we have a governor that understands our needs -
I'm really impressed with what Gov. (Ted) Strickland has
done in his first term of office. I would like to have a
place on that team - to really be a part of positive
change."
Paul Richards - a lifelong resident of Glouster - is no
longer in the race. Initially he circulated petitions for
the seat, but he chose not to file.
Kettler is a lifelong Ohio resident. Currently residing in
Warsaw with his wife, Roberta, and son, Malcolm, the couple
owns and operates Action Septic Service - an
environmentally-directed business. As an entrepreneur,
Kettler is aware of obstacles that face small businesses.
Voting rights, voter participation, job creation,
development of renewable resources and school funding are a
part of his campaign platform.
The State of Ohio does not recognize the Green Party -
instead candidates of this party are considered independents
and have until March 3 to announce their intent to run.
At the Statehouse, Stewart has supported issues of economic
development, tax reduction, education opportunities and the
expansion of health care to individuals. He has served as a
member of the the House Finance and Appropriations Committee
and as chairman of the Human Services Subcommittee.
Stewart graduated from Marshall University with a degree in
economics and earned his MBA at Xavier University with a
concentration in taxation. Stewart and his wife, Stacey,
reside in Albany with their three children.
kheinichen@athensmessenger.com
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January 4, 2008 at
06:39:05
If you scream at
the top of your lungs towards a deaf population, do
you actually make a noise?by James
Straight -
http://www.opednews.com - (excerpt -
click here to read the full blog)
Comments of James Strait,
http://www.opednews.com January 4, 2008 on
the January 2, 2008 broadcast of "Voice of the
Voters":
Following the mayor was Voice of the Voters guest
host Lori Rosolowsky’s discussions with several of
Ohio’s most energized and visible voting integrity
soldiers. First up to the plate was Kim (sic Tim)
Kettler, former Green Party candidate for Ohio
Secretary of State in the 2004 election year (yes,
he lost…or so “they” say), and now member of the
Ohio Election Justice Campaign. Lori opened the
conversation by having Mr. Kettler describe the
state of affairs in Ohio. He most notably warned
that “Ohio is heading back to optical scan machines”
he said with exasperation, “the same machines that
lost six percent of the votes in this county”!
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The Ohio health care
debate is on...or is it? (From the Coshocton Tribune -
December 23, 2007)
Governor Strickland has convened several advisory committees to
explore Ohio’s healthcare crisis and assist him in developing a plan
to extend healthcare coverage to 500,000 Ohioans currently doing
without. Great idea! Certainly we welcome any advances in extending
healthcare beyond the failed levels currently in place but there is
one problem, 1.3 million Ohioans lack healthcare coverage and that
number is equaled by the number of underinsured, those living on the
edge of financial ruin and heading for the ranks of the working
poor.
The problem is further complicated, in fact imbedded by the
governor’s refusal to include any discussion of universal coverage,
such as that offered by The Health Care For All Ohioans Act and the
companion
legislation before the Ohio Legislature, House Bill 186 and Senate
Bill 168.
Appropriately phrased, it is time to stop putting band-aids on
Ohio’s healthcare problems! As one of the underinsured I know the
reality! I am a self-employed small businessman and I must shop for
my own
insurance without the benefit of meaningful group rates and faced
with family members with pre-existing conditions. Can you say
blacklist? In 2006 our fairly healthy family spent 19.5% of our
pre-tax income on
healthcare costs, and that’s just for absolutely necessary care! Due
to high deductibles and co-pays and the limited range of covered
services our family must carefully pick and choose how we spend our
healthcare dollars and it rarely includes the preventative and
wellness care that is integral to a sustainable solution and a
healthy workforce.
Under the funding formula of The Health Care for All Ohioans Act, a
funding formula that eliminates bureaucratic paper-shuffling and
unreasonable profit, my family’s healthcare costs would be
immediately
reduced by 66%, and that’s even after my business contributes under
the 3% gross receipts tax levied on businesses. As an employer I
would then have access to purchase employer-provided coverage for
any employees for no more than 3.85% payroll tax levied on
employers. That’s complete, comprehensive patient-choice healthcare,
no deductibles, no co-pays, no pre-existing conditions, no
disqualifications, coverage extended to every Ohio resident or
worker earning under $97,500 annually at no cost! As a businessman,
an employer, a wage earner and family member let me say, that is a
universal bargain I will stand in line to pay for!
If Governor Strickland is serious about putting an end to Ohio’s
healthcare crisis he must include examination of the single-payer,
universal coverage plan offered by The Health Care for All Ohioans
Act.
Please contact your Ohio legislators to request their support for HB
186 and SB 168 and call Janetta King, Policy Director for Gov. Ted
Strickland, 614-466-3555, and let her know that you want these bills
to be part of the Governor’s healthcare study.
The Colorado 208 Commission, charged with analyzing four healthcare
models for their state found that only the single-payer universal
plan resulted in savings, the others increased costs.
More info at www.spanohio.org
Tim Kettler
Warsaw
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Man seeks Green Party's nomination for 20th District
KRISTIN HEINICHEN
Messenger staff writer
WARSAW - A Warsaw businessman is circulating petitions to
become the Ohio Green Party candidate for the 20th District
Ohio Senate seat in the 2008 elections.
Tim Kettler's campaign is circulating candidacy petitions in
Athens, Coshocton and Muskingum Counties, and is seeking
more volunteers in the nine-county district to collect the
1,500 signatures needed, according to the Green Party.
Republican Joy Padgett has announced she will not seek
re-election next year to the 20th District seat. Republican
State Rep. Jimmy Stewart of Albany has already announced he
will be a candidate for the Senate post.
A lifelong Ohio resident, Kettler has resided in the farming
community of Warsaw with his wife, Roberta, and son,
Malcolm, since 1995. Kettler explained that "as a resident
of the district and someone who lives life very similarly to
the constituents in this district," he is sensitive to the
needs of the region.
"It is valuable to the process to understand the
demographics ... (in order) to bring new ideas for job
creation and revitalizing the economy. People can hear
through someone who understands what their lives are like,"
Kettler said. "Our politicians have become very insulated in
the day-to-day lives of working men and women."
The owner of Action Septic Service, Kettler said he
understands the obstacles that face entrepreneurs - the big
one being health-care costs.
"Universal health care is the main issue we have. We have
legislation currently in the House and Senate that needs
support. There needs to be a tremendous amount of education
on this issue, and a campaign (for the 20th District seat)
is a great vehicle to do that," Kettler said. "This is an
issue that affects all of us. I'm not trying to be an
alarmist, but we're in a health-care crisis and need
innovative approaches for reform.... We need to extend
health-care coverage to every Ohio worker and resident
unconditionally."
Kettler said he is also an advocate of ecological
responsibility and awareness.
"This is an area that I have strong interest in," he said.
"Waste water is a growth industry and it's rapidly changing
as our population intends to grow and housing booms. This
results in more and more systems that directly impact our
(environment) and global warming."
In 2006, Kettler ran for Ohio secretary of state, and
currently he serves as the secretary of the Ohio Green
Party.
"The Green Party does not accept money from corporations and
self-interest groups," Kettler stated. "The extension of
rights is typically reserved for our citizens. Corporate
involvement in our political process is very detrimental.
But when it is done through campaign finances, it's
especially detrimental. This is a green vision of pure
democracy, that all voices are heard."
Kettler teamed up with the third party as he saw it to be a
"pro-democracy party," he said.
"A true democracy promotes participation by everyone. The
Green Party represents the will of the people and is
concerned with ensuring that all have a voice in that
process. It seems that we've lost that connection with our
elected officials and have lost our connection with our
government. We have a two-party system that has evolved not
because it was intended to be that way, but because we
vested two parties with so much power. We don't have a level
playing field," Kettler said. "We run as independents -
outsiders, looking in."
A graduate of Brunswick High School, Kettler went to Kent
State University where he pursued, but did not receive, his
degree in education.
"This district is my favorite place in Ohio and why I have
stayed and not chased after other dreams.... I can connect
with the constituents in a very real way," he said.
Kettler said that other issues he will address in his
campaign include voting rights and voter participation, job
creation, development of renewable resources and school
funding.
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