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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.

Checks and Balances Project Sends Final Demand Letter to Ohio House for Release of Special Counsel’s Report on Sexual Harassment

2018-06-5

Watchdog Also Seeks Details of Ohio House Sexual Harassment Investigation: Scope, Targets, Costs, Who Was Hired and How They Were Hired.

Checks and Balances Project Hires Ohio First Amendment Attorney Jack Greiner to Enforce Citizen Access to Public Records

2018-05-23

Jack Greiner will explore a lawsuit enforcing public access to a Special Counsel Report on Sexual Harassment in the Ohio House of Representatives. The watchdog group is also seeking documents revealing the scope of the investigation, as well as who served in the role of Special Counsel, how they were hired, who decided to hire them and how much the work cost taxpayers.

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.”

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

Did Ohio House Leadership Set Up a Secret Sexual Harassment Tip Line?

2018-04-19

The Ohio House Administrative Office’s Jason Parsons told us, “I’m not sure that’s a public record.” We asked for a call back when he found out, but that never happened.

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.

Speaker Rosenberger Avoided Questions About Seitz’s Behavior with a Non-Answer

2018-03-23

Ohio House Majority Leader Bill Seitz recently made comments about women that many people found to be degrading and offensive. Speaker Cliff Rosenberger swiftly accepted a public apology from Seitz, though the behavior occurred less than a week after House members attended a sexual harassment seminar.

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!