As you may have read in the local papers, an inmate “voter registration drive†has been conducted in the jail for the first time in Butler County. I don’t agree with this action, and I want to do something about it. I have scheduled a meeting with State Representative Courtney Combs to discuss the possibility [...]
I am scheduled to do an interview with a gentleman named Carlos DeVega who works for a television network Cuatro. This television network is located and Spain and he wants to talk with me about the illegal alien problem in Butler County. Mr. DeVega has indicated that Spain is having the same trouble with illegal [...]
This is for the working men and women of AK Steel who have been locked out. I want you to know this old sheriff hasn’t forgotten about you. I’ll be glad when you all go back to work and once again we show the world that the best steel comes from Middletown, Ohio.
Your Sheriff,
Richard K. [...]
A few days after I ran an ad asking AK Steel to end the lock-out, I was elated to hear that the locked out members voted to send a donation to the Buckeye State Sheriff’s Association to compensate for AK threatening to pull their annual donation. I find it flabbergasting that these folks voted to [...]
I recently purchased a half-page ad in one of the local newspapers to encourage AK Steel to try to end the lockout of their employees. When asked why I’d pay for such an ad out of my campaign funds, I can simply say that the continuing lockout is not [...]
As most of you already know I recently took a walking tour of the 4th ward which surrounds the Sheriff’s Office. I observed the area to be in unacceptable condition and I believe this problem needs to be addressed. I wrote a letter to the city manager describing what I saw and asking the city [...]
The most recent campaign ads have made it difficult to determine what is fact and what is fiction in regards to illegal immigration reform. It’s not difficult for me because I know the difference. In the community which I live violence has increased due to illegal aliens getting a free ride. There has also been [...]