A federal court has ruled that Ohio’s lobbying restrictions cannot be applied against a former state legislator, according to this Ballot Accees News post.
Category: Ohio
Ohio Pay to Play Update
A state court in Ohio struck the state’s pay to play law recently on the basis of the manner in which the law was enacted and later modified. The substance of the law was not before the court.
City of Parma Lobbyist Deal
The Columbus Dispatch reports that some have questioned the City of Parma’s lobbyist deal. A lobbying firm employing the wife of the chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party is paid $3,000 a month by the city of Parma, whose mayor is treasurer of the state party. But Mayor Dean DePiero, although elected to be the […]