COLUMBUS – Ohio has seen it before: legislators and lobbyists embroiled in a pay-to-play scheme, dark money helping to seal the deal, and a northern Ohio electric utility at the center of the scandal.
Common Cause Ohio is convening two panels of nationally acclaimed experts to discuss the FBI’s on-going bribery investigation into Ohio’s passage of a nuclear bailout law. Panel members will offer advice on how to fix the current mess while strengthening the guardrails of our democracy to prevent a similar corruption scandal from happening ever again.
Presenters include officials from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University, Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, and experts in utility regulation, whistleblower protections, and government transparency. Each panelist will do a Zoom presentation, and make recommendations.
오하이오 주민들은 참여하도록 초대됩니다. 민주주의를 위한 청사진: 우리가 어떻게 속지 않을 수 있을까 on November 16 and 23. The public will be provided an opportunity to weigh in and consider these proposals following the presentations.
November 16th Panel
무엇: Panel with experts on dark money, direct democracy, whistleblower laws, and the legislative process
언제: November 16, 2020; 7:00 pm ET
어디: RSVP for November 16’s Blueprint Session
WHO:
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- Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Stetson University and Brennan Center for Justice Fellow
- Elena Nunez of Common Cause
- Fred Gittes, Gittes Law Group
- Aristotle Hutras, founder of the Aristotle Group and former longest-serving Executive Director of the Ohio Retirement Study Council.
MORE INFO: commoncause.org/ohio/blueprint
November 23rd Panel
무엇: 로비 및 윤리 개혁, 오하이오 공공사업위원회(PUCO) 재구조화 전문가 패널
언제: November 23, 2020; 7pm ET
WHO:
MORE INFO: commoncause.org/ohio/blueprint
Topics and Information about the Panelists:
November 16th Panel:
- Shining a Light on Dark Money: Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Stetson University and Brennan Center for Justice Fellow. Professor Torres-Spelliscy teaches election and constitutional law, is an expert on money in politics and has testified before Congress and state and local legislative bodies on campaign finance reform.
- 직접 민주주의 개선 Elena Nunez of Common Cause. Elena Nunez is an expert in ballot measures. She provides direct support to states on campaigns, fund raising and policy, and she helped Colorado to promote voting, expand access to public records and improve campaign finance transparency.
- Strengthening Ohio’s Whistleblower Law: Fred Gittes, Gittes Law Group. Fred Gittes is among the nation’s top civil rights lawyers. He has obtained relief involving promotions and pay for a variety of clients, and he is a passionate voice for whistleblower reforms, calling Ohio’s whistleblower law “one of the worst’’ in America.
- 누구인지 발견하다 정말 Writes the Legislation: Aristotle Hutras, founder of the Aristotle Group and former longest-serving Executive Director of the Ohio Retirement Study Council.
November 23rd Panel:
- 로비스트와 윤리 개혁: Kedric Payne, 법무 고문 및 상임 이사 윤리, 캠페인 법률 센터. 케드릭 페인은 정부 윤리, 로비 개혁, 선거법 분야의 전문가이며, 미국 에너지부 부총고문으로서 행정부 윤리에 대한 조언을 제공했습니다.
- 오하이오 공공 서비스 위원회(PUCO) 강화: Edward "Ned" Hill, John Glenn College of Public Affairs. As a professor of economic development and a long-time student of Ohio’s ethical lapses, Prof. Ned Hill has watched the PUCO embrace and laws and policies that hurt Ohio’s business climate and its citizens.