On Thursday, September 7, Meet.The.Bloggers* will host a fundraiser in the Tower Press Building.  More details, including auction and raffle items, are listed at MTB.net.
Come out and support your favorite interviewing crew, or at least use the event as an excuse to begin your weekend early.

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On Friday, September 1, State Senate candidate Judy Hanna (D-27th) will Meet.The.Bloggers* at Cafe Momus in Akron.
Hanna is a University of Akron instructor who has also served as the interim director of the Women’s Studies Program. She’s an environmental advocate and member of Friends of the Crooked River. Hanna has also advocated for election reforms [...]

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On Thursday, August 31, 17th Ohio House district candidate Roger Goudy (D-Solon) will Meet.The.Bloggers* at the Mustard Seed Market in Solon.
Goudy has spent 32 years in education and currently serves as the Director of Business Affairs for the South Euclid-Lyndhurst school district. Goudy holds a doctorate in education from the University of Akron.
Goudy is a [...]

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On Wednesday, August 30, State Rep. Kenny Yuko will Meet.The.Bloggers* in Suite 105 of the Tower Press building.
Yuko is a first term incumbent of the 7th district, which covers Euclid, South Euclid, Richmond Heights, and the Collinwood neighborhood of Cleveland.
Before entering electoral politics, Yuko served as a union organizer for locals in the Cleveland area. [...]

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On Wednesday, August 23, community activist Ed Hauser will Meet.The.Bloggers* in Suite 105 of the Tower Press Building.
Hauser led the effort to preserve Whiskey Island, 20 acres situated at the junction of the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie, as public parkland. Background information on Hauser, and the Friends of Whiskey Island group, can be found [...]

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On Friday, August 18, Wendell Robinson (R), a candidate for Cuyahoga County Commissioner, will Meet.The.Bloggers*.
Robinson, a Cleveland area native, was the campaign manager for the initiative that allowed Crocker Park to move forward. He’s also served on several nonprofit and community boards, currently serving as a member of the Cuyahoga County Republican Central Committee and [...]

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Meet.The.Bloggers* will host two interviews this week for candidates on the November statewide ticket.
On Friday, August 11, State Auditor candidate Barbara Sykes will Meet.The.Bloggers* in the Wooltex Room of the Tower Press building.
Sykes (D-Akron) has as a long history in political and public life. She was the first African American woman elected to Akron City [...]

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On Wednesday, August 2, Meet.The.Bloggers* will interview University Circle, Inc., president Chris Ronayne. Ronayne succeeded Terri Hamilton Brown at UCI.
In 2001, Ronayne served as former Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell’s campaign manager. After their successful election bid, Campbell named Ronayne City Planning Director.
Previously, Ronayne had worked for Cuyahoga County as Executive Staff to the County Commissioners [...]

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On Friday, July 14, Appellate Judge William O’Neill will Meet the Bloggers at Talkies at 10:30.
O’Neill is a candidate for the Supreme Court of Ohio. Aside from his current position, which he obtained in 1996, O’Neill is a former litigator, a Vietnam veteran decorated with the Brozne Star, and a single father to four [...]

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Lance Mason, currently Assistant Minority Whip in the Ohio House and candidate for the 25th Ohio Senate seat, will Meet the Bloggers Thursday at the Arabica in University Circle. The 25th Senate is being vacated by term limited Senator Eric Fingerhut.
Mason (D) is running against former Euclid mayor and one-time Cleveland mayoral candidate David [...]

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