Official Campaign Blog for Richard A. Olivito's Race for the 95th District's Ohio House


Its Begun: The Effort to Bring True Reform to both Ohio and the Ohio Valley; things will never be quite the same again...



Here, on this blog, we welcome robust commentary and sharing of ideas, critiques and dialogues. We welcome everyone's input regardless of party affiliation and/or nationality, race, creed, gender and/or socioeconomic status; even my open opposition is welcomed [Ohio Supreme Court Justices, i'm not so sure..but we'll see...]



Democracy means participation and it means becoming aware of the issues and making your voice heard



When Iranians of all backgrounds are involving themselves in democratic public protests with severe consequences to their leader; they are choosing democracy over their own personal ambitions.


When Greeks took to the streets of Athens and others citites across their nation, in the past year protesting the police shooting of one innocent young Greek man, these human rights protesters are being democratic, not problematic


When Lebanese and Syrians marched in the aftermath of the assasination of a popular democratic reform leader, they were showing people power over that of elite power structures

When a Saudi prince was disbarred last year as a practicing lawyer for standing up for women's rights in marriage, inside of his father's house in Saudi Arabia,..a ripple of Democracy was served at the expense of a courageous young lawyer's chosen profession

When two russian journalist were killed in separate but serious mysterious manner, for their courageous reporting on the true nature of the present "open government" of their homeland, they no longer live; but their memory lives on...


When one Italian prosecutor stood up against his nation's legacy and stood tall for justice in the past decade in Sicily and other regions of my native country; democracy was encouraged in the land of Ancient Rome once again...


When young chinese students stood in front of tanks and at times were crushed, they sent a message; democracy means something


When Mandella got out of prison and became South Africa's First Black President; He was saying, Democracy and human rights matter...


When we end the terrible CIA practice called Rendition sometime in the future in this nation, we will tell the world; we too believe in human rights for all...


When Martin and Bobby were leading millions in a new era of liberty and civil rights in America, in the sixties, there was a new breath of our Founder's meaning and purpose washing over America, ...we today, have all benefitted tremendously from their courage;

they died, we party....


When Robert Moses led a movement deep down in Mississippi as a teacher along with many others from the north, and helped free young people's minds from a hundred years of jim crow, he was teaching democracy ...to a new generation of Americans, all across the nation... and he lives on today to teach algebra to disenfranchised children near Boston


When Jonathan Door, a moderate republican lawyer, was sent to the South by Eisenhower and was sustained by Robert Kennedy, he changed forever at great personal risk, the legal means by which the white power structure of the Southern planter class had given American history its most enduring legacy. Growing a genuine Democracy was his fundamental inspiration.


Its time therefore, for us in the valley, to stand up, rise up and take our place in this valley and in our own way, our own native history, as citizens, not just Ohio Valleyians and Ohioans but as citizens of a great nation called America, which can invent itself, every now and then, from bottom up....



[just ask a revolutionary named George Washington or some self taught solo lawyer named Abe Lincoln...if that's true or not...]


....its the right of the people to peacefully assemble and its the constitutional right of all us, here, as American's to be treated equally, to afforded our human rights which our Founder's indicated was a gift from God and to live with fairness and justice for all, not the few...to be allowed to participate freely free from retaliatory reactions from the local, state and even federal judiciary and all systems of our government, the government which is supposed to be "of, by and for the people..."


But far too many of us, in Ohio, know the experience of our local and state government, in Ohio, to not be fair, to not be true, and to not be fully democratic, despite whatever party lable they adhere to...


and we know, Ohio is a state, oftentimes, in its local government, in many regions, that allows for a certain kind of ecnomic and social marginalization and a certain kind of disavowal, a mistreatement of the poor and the working classes, even when one has done all that she/he could have to promote the fundamental civil liberties of all Americans...in the name of democratic ideals...

While their are many doing very good work inside of both public and private sectors, there is a fundamental need for a change in the direction of our state...and our leadership...

Indeed, Its time to take back Ohio, one valley at a time....

and we've chosen our own....to begin

join me, here...and lets take this journey forward into the future, while we raise the voice of the people of the 95th district so it can be once again, heard loud and clear across our state, in downtown Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati and from there, around the world, including, especially our own...


Saturday, February 13, 2010

The Campaign for the 95th Begins in Earnest: Olivito Files 8 Pages of Petitions and his candidacy becomes Official

On Wednesday February 10, 2010

the race for the 95th District became official, with the filing of the petitions for the candidates....

Attorney Richard Olivito filed 143 signatures; only fifty are needed to be placed on the ballot and the maximum allowed is 150. Olivito filed 143, just seven short of the maximum number of registered voters allowed.

The race is about change and reform and this year, this election, this campaign and this race...is about giving the people their rightful voice ....

we're running to give the citizens of the Ohio valley a choice to elect the person THEY believe is most qualified and experienced to lead this important position. The democratic party leaders in Columbus have chosen their candidate; He has received the backing of the local party leaders....now they want the citizens to back him and basically affirm their decision and their choice

What is this but party dominated politics and excessive over reach into a regional and local office by a seated governor and the local partyofficials.

This is not meant to be personal against the individual chosen. he is a very nice young man and his family are well known and reasonable. Yet, the party did not consult the voters first before making their choice...

perhaps, its time for the people to let the ranking officials of the state and regional party...that they are the one's who ought to be first consulted before making such decision as to who is capable of best leading this region and our voters into the next generation of challenges that face our region and state.


Its not a simple matter but the choice is clear; you can vote for those who have major endorsements from rankning political figures who are professional politicians or someone who has trememdous experience in legislative and governmental and legal affairs, who is capable of knowing the constitutional aspects of the citizens rights on the first day in office.

there will no learning curve for learning the peoples constitutional rights for Mr. Olivito and there will be little time wasted in making serious legal reforms his priority while in his first days in office.

This is the clear choice; its not even close One candidate alone, out of the entire five member democratic field can state with honesty and openness, that he has created three separate legislatives proposals which have become law and have been on the books for over twenty years...

and they have operated to protect the women and children and all school aged working teens; the proof is in the pudding and only Olivito ...can make this statement and only Richard

has the ability to make it happen like this again..for the people of the 95th District...

come, join and help us, regain the valley's citizen's voice for themselves...as we begin this journey into the future meeting our significant challenges head on, with faith, with experience and with dedication to the common people of our region.


we are inviting everyone to join in our historic effort...to return the Democratic party of Southeastern Ohio to where it belongs in the first place; to the citizens and ordinary working men, women and even minors of our amazingly independent region.

Rich Olivito
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