A New Agenda for Ohio: Election Forums 2006

In September and October 2006 WMUB, Cox Newspapers and the Dayton Daily News are co-sponsored A New Agenda for Ohio, four election issues town hall meetings broadcast live on WMUB.

The Forums were held on Tuesdays September 26th through October 24th at Smith Auditorium of Sinclair Community College. Moderator: Gary Scott, WMUB News Director; co-producers, Gary Scott and John Hingsbergen, WMUB Program Director.

• Shows broadcast:
  
  
• October 24: Reporters' Roundtable
  (Podcast xml address: http://www.wmub.org/rss/ElecForum06.xml)
  Media panelists:
  --Don Baker, editor of the Dayton Business Journal
  --Laura Bischoff, statehouse reporter for the Dayton Daily News
  --Bill Cohen, statehouse correspondent, Ohio Public Radio & Television Statehouse News Bureau
  --William Hershey, statehouse reporter for the Dayton Daily News
  
  
• October 10: Jobs, the Economy and the Minimum Wage
  (Podcast xml address: http://www.wmub.org/rss/ElecForum06.xml)
  Guests:
  --Keary McCarthy, Communications Director, Ohioans for a Fair Minimum Wage
  --Ty Pine, Ohio State Director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, representing Ohioans to Protect Personal Privacy
  --Dr. John Weiler, professor emeritus and distinguished service professor of economics and finance at the University of Dayton
  Media panelists:
  --William Hershey, statehouse reporter for the Dayton Daily News
  --Don Baker, editor of the Dayton Business Journal
  
  
• October 3: Legalized Gambling
  (Podcast xml address: http://www.wmub.org/rss/ElecForum06.xml)
  Guests:
  --David Miller, Vice President, Citizens for Community Values
  --Neil Clark, representing Issue 3 (The Learn and Earn Campaign)
  --Judy Gerhard, Associate Professor of Political Science at Sinclair Community College
  Media panelists:
  --Laura Bischoff, statehouse reporter for the Dayton Daily News
  --Bill Cohen, statehouse correspondent, Ohio Public Radio & Television Statehouse News Bureau
  
  (postscript, October 5, 2006: The Ohio Roundtable, affiliated with the American Policy Roundtable, wrote to WMUB describing themselves as the official organization in opposition to Issue 3. Here's a link to their Issue 3 web page; you can read the full text of their letter on our Feedback blog.)
  
  
• September 26: Religion and the Election
  (Podcast xml address: http://www.wmub.org/rss/ElecForum06.xml)
  Guests:
  --Rev. Eric Williams, Senior Pastor of North Congregational United Church of Christ Church, Columbus, Ohio
  --Russell Johnson of the Fairfield Community Church in Lancaster
  --the Rev. John Putka, political science lecturer at the University of Dayton
  --Dr. Andrew Cayton, Distinguished Professor of history at Miami University
  Media panelists:
  --William Hershey, statehouse reporter for the Dayton Daily News
  --Karen Kasler, statehouse correspondent, Ohio Public Radio & Television Statehouse News Bureau
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