Zack Space taking on Ney

Space files petitions for Congressional Seat

New Philadelphia -â€” Dover Law Director Zack Space filed his petitions today, seeking the democrat nomination for Congress in Ohioâ€™s 18th Congressional District. Republican Bob Ney, who is at the center of a bribery scandal involving indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, currently holds the seat.
In citing his reasons for running, Space stated, “the needs of the people of this region are simply not being met by our current Congress. Manufacturing jobs continue to be off-shored, our schools are deteriorating, and far too many Ohioans go without basic, fundamental health care. Meanwhile, our current Congress is embroiled in controversy, seemingly more concerned about personal enrichment than in enriching their constituents.” The 18th District covers 16 counties spread out over a vast area of east central and southeast Ohio.

Mr.Space is from my hometown and I’m happy that he’s challenging Ney. He’s a good guy and has a great family (his wife is a juvenile court judge). We need someone fresh (and without corruption) in Congress. Space is a progressive who actually knows what’s happening in his district. He’s not so far left as to alienate moderate Ohioans, but isn’t a Repub-in-disguise either. He hasn’t been getting wined and dined on a golf course in Scotland while Ohioans have been sinking further and further into economic hardship.

With Zack Space running, Bob Ney won’t be handed his seat back on a silver platter. He’ll have to work for it. Luckily for us his record shows exactly who Bob Ney works for while in Washington. And it’s not our best interests.

I was feeling quite down trodden for a while. But this is good news for me. I can get back in and try to help my country and my state get their dignity back. I’m feeling much better about Ohio Democrats right now.(Ok, yeah, I got over my tantrum.)

Now we just need to clean out Columbus and things could start looking up around here.

Forgive me for not being more eloquent today (I can be sometimes) but I’m getting distracted and want to get this posted.

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