{"id":13576,"date":"2024-09-12T19:13:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T19:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=13576"},"modified":"2024-09-12T19:13:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T19:13:35","slug":"state-rep-elgin-rogers-heeds-advice-to-do-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/12\/state-rep-elgin-rogers-heeds-advice-to-do-something\/","title":{"rendered":"State Rep. Elgin Rogers Heeds Advice to \u201cDo Something\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Councilman Mac Driscoll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Fletcher Word<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe Truth Editor<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

During the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last month former First Lady Michelle Obama urged those in her audience to \u201cdo something.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe put our heads down. We get to work. In America, we\u00a0do\u00a0something.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s advice that Ohio state Rep. Elgin Rogers, who was in attendance that day in Chicago, has taken to heart. On Wednesday, September 4, he assembled a working group of about two dozen Democratic Party members at Michael\u2019s Caf\u00e9 to lay out a plan to canvas and raise funds for the Party in this upcoming election.<\/p>\n

\u201c47 for 47 Northwest Ohioans for Harris & Walz\u201d is the blueprint for Democratic success, according to Rogers. He asked attendees to answer a number of questions that will help guide the Party to success in this corner of the state: \u201cWill you donate $47?\u201d \u201cWill you commit to making sure two people exercise their right to vote on or before election day?\u201d \u201cWill you commit to volunteering one hour calling voters?\u201d \u201cWill you commit to volunteering one hour to help check voter\u2019s registration?\u201d \u201cWill you commit to being 1 of the 47 for 47 days?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cWe\u2019re looking at a season of miracles,\u201d said Rogers of the optimism he feels about the presidential election in Ohio. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to give up on Ohio. Ohio is more purple than red.\u201d<\/p>\n

A number of elected officials and candidates were also in attendance. City Council members Brittany Jones and Mac Driscoll, both newly appointed to their positions are running for election on the November ballot.<\/p>\n

Dave Blyth is running for election to the State House District 44 seat. Ken Walz is running for judge on the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas.<\/p>\n

State Senator Paula Hicks-Hudson was also in attendance.<\/p>\n

The next meeting scheduled for the volunteers is on Wednesday, September 18 during which Rogers said a plan for canvassing neighborhoods will be unveiled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Fletcher Word The Truth Editor During the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last month former First Lady Michelle Obama urged those in her audience to \u201cdo something.\u201d \u201cWe put our heads down. We get to work. In America, we\u00a0do\u00a0something.\u201d It\u2019s advice that Ohio state Rep. Elgin Rogers, who was in attendance that day in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[252],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[248],"class_list":["post-13576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13580,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13576\/revisions\/13580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13576"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=13576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}