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Earlier today, I WITHDREW my challenge to Mike McRoberts, Sardinia, voter registration as changed by the Board of Electi...
08/07/2026

Earlier today, I WITHDREW my challenge to Mike McRoberts, Sardinia, voter registration as changed by the Board of Elections on July 16, 2026. I will discuss it some on my 9 AM Saturday, 8/8, stream. It is all sad for any real reform in Sardinia.
👉To my memory, this is the first time I have ever withdrawn anything. I certainly did not want to do so this time.

FLASH 1: >70% of people against FLOCK cameras at Union Township, Clermont, Police Night Out. I only had 80 ballots and...
08/07/2026

FLASH 1: >70% of people against FLOCK cameras at Union Township, Clermont, Police Night Out. I only had 80 ballots and ran out before the event was over. Key takeaways:
1️⃣A large # of people who approached the booth did not know what FLOCK cameras were. Most of them did not vote. I told them the pro (excellent at finding the wanted), and the cons (mass surveillance aspect). I would not share my opinion until / unless someone voted first.
2️⃣Some just support whatever the Police want. I had a few people ask me "Are the Police for them?" When I would say yes, they would respond along the lines of "Then I support them." That is scary to me.
3️⃣The "No Opinion" votes were sort of meaningless. I was raffling off hats. In order to be in the raffle, you needed to vote (your name and # went on the bottom of the ballot if you wanted to be in the raffle - you did not need to fill that out unless you wanted to be in the raffle). So, most of the "No Opinion" votes were people who did not know what FLOCK cameras were but wanted to be in the raffle.

08/07/2026

FLASH 2: Video from Union Township Police Night Out (FLOCK camera vote) . . .

Union Township, Clermont, Police Night Out is at 6 PM (8/6). Hats and vote on FLOCK cameras. It ends at 9 PM. It is at...
08/06/2026

Union Township, Clermont, Police Night Out is at 6 PM (8/6). Hats and vote on FLOCK cameras. It ends at 9 PM. It is at Veterans Park (the helicopter park).

08/06/2026

Last Friday, 7/31, Vivek Ramaswamy was at the Clermont County Fair. Not one of the GOP Elected Officials from 101 E. Main were present. NOT ONE. Including Party Chair David Painter and Former Party Chair Rudd. WHY? Is it because . . .
👉BTW, the area GOP Elected Officials I did see there were: Sheriff Stratton, Prosecutor Tekulve, Rep. Schmidt, Congressman Taylor, Judge Little, and State Central Woman Kirker. (I am told Rep. ADAM BIRD was there)
👉Beyond from101, I did not see: Sen. Johnson, Engineer Evans, State Central Man Uecker, Clerk Freeman, Clerk Kamphaus, or ANY of the 8 judges (other than Nathan Little). I did not see Michael Logue, Joe Dills, John Becker, etc. etc.
👉So, by my math, over 75% of all GOP elected officials at the county level and up (and state reps) were NO SHOWS for the head of the ticket. Why?

I LOOK FORWARD TO A STATEMENT FROM PARTY CHAIR DAVID PAINTER AND FOR HIM TO LEAD ON A VIVEK RALLY IN CLERMONT unless . . . Mr. Painter . . .

08/06/2026

My bet is that the Batavia Village Dissolution Petition will get tossed / fail to make the ballot. Here is a run down . . .
👉I, of course, am not a lawyer and could be wrong but it seems like there are issues.

The investigation of former Mt. Orab Mayor Howser is being picked up by the Ohio Attorney General Bureau of Criminal Inv...
08/05/2026

The investigation of former Mt. Orab Mayor Howser is being picked up by the Ohio Attorney General Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI). I hope they look MUCH MORE BROADLY than just him on who might have "benefitted" from the datacenter decision making.
👉BTW, most improper interests are not big $$ amounts. They are small. Just "stay calm" and let's wait and see (hopefully not a whitewash).

Cody "Less FLOCK" Morelock's next hearing is getting moved to August 17, 2026 @ 1 PM before Municipal Judge Katie Terpst...
08/05/2026

Cody "Less FLOCK" Morelock's next hearing is getting moved to August 17, 2026 @ 1 PM before Municipal Judge Katie Terpstra (Dr.) . . .

08/05/2026

A Clermont Deputy caught an illegal with a keycard to county buildings . . . turns out he worked for a contractor . . . turns out the county f'd up and the commissioners don't want to address what I think is the core issue: Keycard controls.

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