Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. I stumped with the regulars in the Blue Bell Diner (’50s motif and “…the best coffee in town”) in McConnelsville, Ohio this morning. (In a front page feature piece on Election 2004, USA Today had … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. I headed into Marietta, Ohio late this afternoon where I stumped on the street in front of the Court House, then interviewed Stephen Moore. Moore is here from California helping staff a Small Business Association … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Was interviewed by Wheeling, West Virginia’s newspaper per: a whistle-stop in Martin’s Ferry, Ohio today. I said a “common sense” answer to our country’s energy situation is for some to: house share. Not only would … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Stumped in Colleen’s Place Restaurant in Lisbon, Ohio this morning. Local contractor Bill Martin told me with a lot of lumber going to Iraq for reconstruction, it has hurt him because lumber prices here have … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Spent the day with Tim and Ann Miller in Lisbon, Ohio. They have a small family farm they are raising their seven children on. And they practice “apostolic farming.” They look at farming as a … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. At the Algonquin Festival in Petersburg, Ohio, today, story teller Ralph Borror did an imitation of Abraham Lincoln. “Abe” said a defining moment for him came as a youth when he happened upon a Slave … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Was interviewed by the editor of the newspaper in Cadiz, Ohio, today. I said we saw one of the biggest travesties in America is the demise of the small family farm, because farmers are not … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Stopped first in Salem, Ohio where I stumped downtown and talked with Salem’s Karen Christy who said she and her six siblings were raised on a nearby farm with the “Golden Rule.” Wouldn’t it be … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Talked with Phil Zeber, owner of the Rock Creek Country Store in Rock Creek, Ohio. He’s had the store for almost three years, but can’t get a bank loan because he’s just barely breaking even, … Continue reading →
Average Joe Buckeye Blitz cont. Did a series of whistle-stops along Lake Erie in the Northeastern part of Ohio. In Conneaut, I was on WWOW’s Louie Free Show. In talking about the environment, Mr. Free said that by letting what … Continue reading →