Energy is Central to Northeast Ohio Congressional Race. By Julie Carr Smyth, AP, September 22, 2008. "'[As campaign issues,] nothing compares to jobs and energy in 2008,' said [Bill] O'Neill, a Democratic former judge who is challenging [Republican incumbent] U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette in the 14th District in northeast Ohio... The sprawling 14th District stretches from the commuter-heavy suburbs east of Cleveland, past Perry nuclear plant and the corn-filled fields of rural Geauga County, to the wind farm-friendly tip of Ashtabula County. Here, it's all relevant... 'The bottom line [in this election year] is that candidates... see clean energy and energy efficiency as a win-win-win: It ends our addiction to oil, stops global warming and creates jobs,' [David Pomerantz of Greenpeace] said... The issue also has unified two factions that have often been at odds: environmentalists and labor unions. Stung by the economic downturn, corporate America also has gotten on the bandwagon... O'Neill faults LaTourette, chairman of the House transportation subcommittee, for not doing more to encourage commuter rail in Cleveland's eastern suburbs, as he says Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton has done on the city's west side. Like many Democrats this year, O'Neill questions the role of oil industry contributions in his opponent's positions."
2008-09-22
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