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Seitz Sexual Harassment Investigators Billed Only $7,962 of $12,000 Budget

2018-07-20

Two ethics complaints have been filed with the Ohio Supreme Court’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel about the conflicts in the Taft Law investigation. The first was by C&BP on June 21, 2018; the second was filed by a southwest Ohio woman one week later.

Ohio House of Representatives’ “Seitz Investigation” into Sexual Harassment Cost Taxpayers $12,000 to Interview Just Two People

2018-06-15

Records now obtained by C&BP from the Ohio legislature reveal that the law firm hired to conduct what it called the “Seitz Investigation” was Taft Stettinus & Hollister LLP —the firm where Bill Seitz worked for 36 years.

3rd Rail Politics to Ohio House GOP Caucus: Clean Up Your Act

2018-05-16

Declares House Majority Leader ill Seitz “should be immediately stripped of leadership titles and all committee assignments, shunned.”

“Elected Officials in Bakersfield and Kern County are Becoming Poster Kids for Secrecy and Evading Simple Records Requests”

2018-05-11

If there is nothing in elected officials’ texts messages to be concerned about, wouldn’t it be simpler and more cost effective for members of the Bakersfield City Council and Kern County supervisors to allay concerns and release them? Why work so hard to keep them hidden? Perhaps soon citizens will find out.

C&BP Calls for Release of Ohio House’s Independent Counsel Report on Sexual Harassment

2018-05-4

Despite Mounting Evidence of Ethics Problems in the Ohio House, Continued Silence from Schuring on Seitz’s Conduct

“Why Would Anyone Report Their Harassment to Their Legislative Employer If They Were Just Going to Be the Object of Amusement?”

2018-05-3

Days After Rep. Bill Seitz’s Demeaning Comments, a Female Staffer in the Ohio House of Representatives Reports a Pattern of Incidents in an Ongoing, Hostile Workplace

Bakersfield by the Numbers: What We Know and Don’t Know About the City Council’s Secret Meetings to Kill Homeowners’ Access to PACE

2018-04-30

The City of Bakersfield continues to refuse to fulfill our lawful records requests, keeping the public in the dark about council members’ backroom dealings with powerful Realtor lobbyists to kill Property Assessed Clean Energy.

Powerful Lobbyist Steered Seitz Effort to Block Ohio Wind Power Jobs

2018-04-16

Newly-produced emails show the strong sway Sam Randazzo, a lobbyist for large industrial users of coal power, has had on Ohio wind-energy foe Rep. Bill Seitz’s efforts to keep the state’s strict property line setbacks in place.

The Inconvenient Questions Tour Begins in Ohio

2018-03-19

Last month, we sent a letter to Speaker Cliff Rosenberger that asked two questions concerning the conduct of Ohio House Majority Leader Bill Seitz. We’ve gotten no response, so we’re going to his district. Watch for our mobile billboard this week!

Kern County’s Claims That Behind-the-Scenes Meetings to Kill PACE Didn’t Happen Undercut by Lobbyist’s Subpoenaed Records

2018-03-17

Jimmy Yee’s records detail extensive contact with Kern County officials and point strongly in the direction of a public records act violation and state-prohibited “serial” meetings.

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