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. 

Người dân Ohio được mời tham gia Bản thiết kế cho nền dân chủ: Làm thế nào chúng ta có thể ngừng bị lừa đảo 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

CÁI GÌ: Panel with experts on dark money, direct democracy, whistleblower laws, and the legislative process

KHI: November 16, 2020; 7:00 pm ET

Ở ĐÂU: RSVP for November 16’s Blueprint Session

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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

CÁI GÌ: Hội thảo với các chuyên gia về vận động hành lang và cải cách đạo đức và tái cấu trúc Ủy ban Tiện ích Công cộng Ohio (PUCO) 

KHI: November 23, 2020; 7pm ET

Ở ĐÂU: RSVP cho Phiên họp Blueprint ngày 23 tháng 11

AI:

• • Kedric Payne, Tổng cố vấn và Giám đốc cấp cao về đạo đức, Trung tâm pháp lý chiến dịch
  • Edward “Ned” Hill, Cao đẳng Công vụ John Glenn

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.
• Cải thiện nền dân chủ trực tiếp 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.
• Khám phá Ai Thật sự 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:

• Vận động hành lang và cải cách đạo đức: Kedric Payne, Tổng cố vấn và Giám đốc cấp cao về đạo đức, Trung tâm pháp lý chiến dịch. Kedric Payne là chuyên gia về đạo đức chính phủ, cải cách vận động hành lang và luật bầu cử, đồng thời ông cũng tư vấn về đạo đức của nhánh hành pháp với tư cách là phó tổng cố vấn cho Bộ Năng lượng Hoa Kỳ.
• Tăng cường Ủy ban Tiện ích Công cộng Ohio (PUCO): Edward “Ned” Hill, Cao đẳng Công vụ John Glenn. 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.