How to Vote: It’s Simple… Not!
All of the candidates in the 2025 race have chosen to “Dare Greatly”, I leave all the critics with this great speech by Teddy Roosevelt. There are many ways to vote in next Tuesdays competitive council race. You may vote for one candidate, two candidate, three candidate or four candidates. If you have one that…
The 2025 Council Race
All of the candidates in the 2025 race have chosen to “Dare Greatly” I leave all the critics with the great speech by Teddy Roosevelt. It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit…
Don’t ‘Waste’ Your Vote
Because I support Libertarian candidates, I often get told not to ‘waste’ vote because my candidate has no chance of winning. My Republican friends tell me that if I vote for Chase Oliver, I’m helping Kamala Harris win the election and my Democratic voting friends tell me the opposite, that I’m helping Donald Trump win.…
My Libertarian Story
Many folks know my first foray into Harrison government through my work with the Doug Dunaway ATV and Motocross Park. During mayor McGuire’s tenure I helped with a November cleanup day. “The Doug” was a great place for me to ride my new to me Dual Sport motorcycle, head out to southeast Indian to explore…
Food Trucks, Friends and Flags
Willisa and I had a very busy weekend! We saw a young couple at our church start their life together and our good friends at El Rey food truck provided the catering for the wedding. For us this kicks off the wedding season, with our son and his fiancé’s marriage at the end of the…
Did The State of Ohio Hold Us For Ransom?
Below is the full text of the letter Ms. Lexi Dole read at the Tuesday, March 7, 2023. I was not able to attend the meeting due to my travel obligations for work. That evening City council voted 5-1 to approve $300,000 for the West Road overpass. All through the process, this was advertised as…
Qualified Immunity
On Tuesday, October 12, I received the following text from a long time firefighter and Harrison area resident: “Good evening Mike, Hope your week has started off well! I’d like to ask a question, what is your official stance on qualified immunity?” On Wednesday Oct 13, the following came out in the Harrison Press: “We’ve…
What does a Free City look like? #FreeCityProject
As background, in 2001 a movement, named the Free State Project was created to try and encourage 20,000 libertarians to move to a single low-population state in order to make the state a stronghold of libertarian ideas. In 2003, New Hampshire was selected, not only because of its relatively small size, but because the state…
ICRC-TV Council Candidate Videos
The Intercommunity Cable Regulatory Commission (ICRC) of Southwest Ohio is a non-profit consortium of 23 communities in the Greater Cincinnati area. ICRC-TV records all of Harrison’s City Council meetings, Harrison Planning Commission meetings and many of the special events that occur in our community, like the Summer Concerts, the 4th of July parades and “The…
I’m Running for City Council as a Libertarian: Ballot Access
This post originally appeared in the August 12th, 2020 edition of the Harrison Press. I won’t be on the ballot until 2021, so you may ask: Why am I writing this today? In order for me to be able to run as a Libertarian in 2021, the Libertarian Presidential nominee must obtain 3% of the…
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