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Mandel addresses Tea Party in Youngstown


It wasn’t in the Ohio House 17th District, but at least it was in the relative north and east of Ohio. From The Jambar:

Under the shadow of an ominous overcast, a group of over 200 students and citizens gathered on Wednesday afternoon in Federal Plaza to hold a rally protesting government spending and taxation. The event, inspired by a similar protest held in Cincinnati, was orchestrated by the Youngstown State University College Republicans.

“The Tea Party movement is pretty broad,” Donovan O’Neil, executive director of the YSU College Republicans, said. He said the movement concerns “everything that has been going on in our country.” The primary focus, however, was on big government, overspending and purportedly outrageous taxation.

The rally was hosted by Jim Shaw, president of the YSU College Republicans, and included speeches by private citizens and prominent figures such as Mark Munroe, Chairman of the Mahoning County Republican Party, Josh Mandel, state representative from the 17th Ohio House District, Donald K. Allen, former presidential candidate in 2008 and Bill Johnson, a local business man proposing sales tax reform.

The Jambar is the student newspaper of Youngstown State University. I spoke on a panel at their Press Day two years ago and it was a great experience – there is a lot of journalism and interest in journalism going on there.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:24 pm April 16th, 2009 in Cleveland+, conservatives, Economy, Government, Media, OH17, Ohio, Pepper Pike, Politics, Republicans, Statehouse, Taxes, Writing 

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