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Congratulations to Councilmen Greg Vurckio and Kevin Smith.

06-Nov-13

Llefià The election results are in.  Greg Vurckio was endorsed by both the Republican and Democratic parties, and won election easily.  It was mostly a contest between myself and Kevin Smith.  The vote: Kevin Smith 117 John Kuhner 87 Congratulations to Kevin and Greg, and a thank you to all the Councilmen – I’ve seen up […]

Response to the Seriously Concerned.

02-Nov-13

Fès al Bali While going around door-to-door yesterday evening an older gentleman said to me, “You’re John Kuhner? I’m voting for you for sure.” He went on to explain that “some woman I never saw before” was at the Town Dump passing out leaflets “saying you were a communist or something like that and when I saw all […]

Campaigning for Obama in Ohio.

15-Dec-12

For a long time I was not sure if I would campaign for Obama this year. I was fairly complacent about the election; Romney was, I thought, a terrible candidate, and the Republicans had no ideas beyond giving further government assistance to an utterly unworthy investor class, which I felt could hardly be a winner […]

The Racially Conscious Society.

16-Nov-12

Above is the electoral map for Mitt Romney among white men.  Even in states like California and New York, white men voted for Romney.  Identity is crucial in presidential politics, but there is some danger that our society will continue to amp up these kinds of divides, and that elections will be more and more […]

Just Being Part of It.

04-Nov-12

Walking around in some of the black neighborhoods of Cleveland I find myself thinking of this Crowded House song: I’m not lying – Or asking for anything – I just want to be there. Doing this kind of work – knocking on doors, most of which don’t get answered – you don’t feel terribly important. […]

Music is politics.

04-Nov-12

Today in Ohio there will be a concert at the Board of Elections during early voting.  John Legend is headlining the concert.  Do you think John Legend might be pulling a slightly different crowd to the polls than, say, Randy Owen?