As 2011 winds down, I’d like to take the time to say to you, my faithful blog readers, thank you. First, thank you for giving me the opportunity to once again represent the people of the First Congressional District of Ohio in Congress. Although the job at times can be frustrating, particularly dealing with the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, and Harry Reid, I get tremendous satisfaction helping the people of our district in constituent matters with the federal government, and fighting to move the country in a more conservative direction – restrained spending, less regulation, and lower taxes (although our successes have been thus far admittedly modest at best.)
And thank you for taking the time to read this blog each week, or as often as your busy life allows. I’ve been doing this weekly blog for nearly three years now, and by my estimate we’ve therefore done about 150 of them. I write them out myself each week, and they’re posted online – usually by 11:45 a.m. every Wednesday.
Of course the blog’s purpose is to give you, the reader, one more source of insight into what’s going on in Washington, and on the political scene overall, which might affect our community, the nation, the world, and therefore you. I welcome your comments and advice anytime on anything.
Now to shift gears. We are only three days away from the end of the year, Saturday, December 31st. This is the halfway point for the two year Congressional election cycle. Each candidate for Congress must report to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) how much they’ve raised thus far for their campaign. Both parties look very closely for signs of weakness in deciding who they will target in the next election.
I know you know what’s coming next. Please help – PLEEEEEASE! You can make a secure online contribution by clicking here or you can contribute by sending a check to Chabot for Congress, 3030 Harrison Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45211. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
One other thing I’d like to mention. The Ohio state legislature just completed the redistricting process and the new congressional districts are now final. I will have approximately 720,000 people in my new district, and approximately one third of those people (about a quarter of a million people) will be new to the district. So I have my work cut out getting to know these new voters, and getting them to know me. Your generous contribution will go toward that effort, as well as toward other necessary campaign things.
(The new communities coming into the First Congressional District are: Sharonville, Symmes Township, Montgomery, Indian Hill, part of Sycamore Township, and all of Warren County.)
I wish you and your family a Happy New Year!
