National Federation of Republican Women - 36th Biennial Convention

National Federation of Republican Women held their 36^th Biennial Convention in Kansas City, Missouri with over 1,000 registrants from 47 States on Sept 29 – Oct 2.  Elected Officials, party leaders, political analysts and other notable guests spoke at the event including Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and Co-Chair Sharon Day. 

Republican women registrants were invited to vote in the NFRW straw poll which featured all nine Republican Presidential candidates.  Herman Cain won a near-majority over 48% of the votes cast with Rick Perry placing second and Mitt Romney third.   Presidential Republican candidates who spoke at the convention were Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum.

Resolutions were approved by the delegates pledging support for Israel, a balanced budget amendment and statehood for Puerto Rico.  Attendees trained for leadership roles in government, politics and community by attending workshops on issue advocacy, immigration reform and the U.S. Constitution.

The following women will lead the Federation in 2012 and 2013.

President         Rae Lynne Chornenky – Arizona

1^st Vice Pres.   Jesse Morton – Louisiana

2^nd Vice Pres.   Kathy Brugger – California

3^rd Vice Pres.   Betty Poe – South Carolina

4^th Vice Pres.   Lisa Roper – Texas

Secretary         Sara Jo Odom – Oklahoma

Treasurer        Carrie Almond – Missouri

Members at Large

Carol Salmon – Ohio   Mahoning County

Martha Jenkins – North Carolina

Eileen Sobjack – Washington

Next NFRW Convention will be held in Louisville, KY in 2013

Cincinnati, Columbus and Franklin County Salary Data Now Available at Buckeye Institute Website

PRESS RELEASE                                                                                                                                          
October 11, 2011

Contact: Matt Mayer, 614-224-4422



Buckeye Institute Searchable Data Tools Add Cincinnati, Columbus, and Franklin County Salaries Among Others


COLUMBUS - The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions today added many new pieces of data to its wildly popular  searchable data tools on its website.  New data available includes:

    * 2008-2010 salaries from the Cities of Cincinnati, Columbus, as well as Franklin County
    * 2010 salaries from the City of Marion and Marion County
    * 2011 salaries from the University of Cincinnati
    * 2011 teachers' salaries from all K-12 school districts in the state

Since the launch of the new website on April 30, 2010, there has been over 657,000 visits from 544 Ohio cities and across the country.  Visitors have performed nearly 5.2 million searches using the state government, K-12 teacher, local government, higher ed, and federal salary data base tools as well as the lobbyist expenditure data tool.

Buckeye Institute President Matt A. Mayer noted, "Ohioans continue to hunger after transparency because they want to know where their taxpayer dollars are being spent.  Our data tools help them do this in an unprecedented way. "

All data tools are available at www.buckeyeinstitute.org.

Ohio Republican Party- Chairman's Update

The Ohio Republican Party has partnered with Building a Better Ohio and Ohioans for Healthcare Freedom to provide Republicans and supporters of Issues 2 & 3 with a quick and easy way to request an absentee ballot form.  Just CLICK HERE to be taken to the absentee ballot online registration form.