Free Press Second Saturday; Petition Blockers Threaten Our Democracy

 At last night's Free Press Second Saturday Salon; lifelong activist Harvey Wasserman presented an alarming trend of bribery attempts, harassment, and even physical assaults on Ohio Senate Bill HB-6 ("Nuke Bailout") referendum Petition Gatherers in Ohio. Joe DeMare and Rebecca Calhoun shared their first-hand experiences being confronted by paid "blockers" while attempting to exercise their civic right of informing the public of a referendum and gathering petition signatures.