Blogs > Northern Ohio Local Politics

Politics is big in these parts, and we’ve got it covered. John Arthur Hutchison and other staff writers will offer their inside information on the events, big news and little moments of the local political scene in Lake, Geauga and eastern Cuyahoga counties.

Friday, August 7, 2009

Guys can lose momentum

Momentum 2010, the Ohio Women's Summit, maybe doesn’t literally mean what some might read into its slogan: "An Ohio where women and men work together to achieve gender equity."

But to get to the point and not skirt the issue:

You might've already read that Momentum 2010 is yanking its announcement that two Democrat guys, Gov. Ted Strickland and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, would, uh, address the crowd in March as the feminists' honorary co-chairmen in the statewide forum to promote women's advancement and International Women's Day.

First Lady Frances Strickland and Peggy Zone Fisher (past prexy, Cuyahoga Women's Political Caucus) were to show up with their husbands as headliners next year. Same 2010 as when Lee Fisher runs for U.S. Senate.

For this magic moment, the four were invited by Momentum planner Dagmar Celeste, who was married to former Gov. Dick Celeste. Now Dagmar asks Strickland and Fisher to sit in the men's row at the back of the room or not show up at all.

To read the rest of this blog and leave your comments, click here.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home