The keynote speaker for the Hardin County Democrats Fall Campaign Luncheon will be State Representative Kathleen Clyde.  Rep. Clyde is in her second term in the Ohio House of Representatives and represents the 75th Ohio House District.

This district covers Central and Southern Portage County. She serves as Ranking Member on the State & Local Government Committee and the Select Committee on the Election Contest in the 98th House District and is also a member of the Finance & Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on Higher Education, the Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee, the Policy & Legislative Oversight Committee, the Redistricting Reform Task Force, and the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission.

The Fall Campaign Luncheon will be held at noon Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Walnut Grove United Methodist Church approximately four miles north of Kenton on State Route 68 at 13502 Township Road 80.  The baked chicken breast and all the trimmings luncheon will be prepared by the members of one of the Sunday School classes. 

Carry-outs will be available at 11:30 a.m.  Tickets are available from members of the Central and Executive Committees.  Tickets may also be ordered from Don Traxler via phone or email (419-234-8506 or [email protected]).  Reservations must be made by Saturday, October 5, 2013.

“Not only is Representative Clyde well informed on election issues, but she is focusing on women’s issues which have been cut in the current biennial budget,” said Hardin County Chair Don Traxler, She and Representative John Patrick Carney (2014 candidate for State Auditor) have introduced a bill to restore money to pay for much needed mammograms. 

“While Republicans are proud to control local and state government, they should be embarrassed with all the cuts they have made to local government entities in the past three years,” said Traxler.  “There is a reason that counties, cities, villages, townships, schools and libraries have cut services and employees as well as raising local taxes,” he continued.  “Because the state has balanced the state budget and now carries a surplus on the backs of local government entities and taxpayers.”