Payday Pundit

The Dispatch lauds itsself for having accurate polls.  And they probably wonder why people hate the media.

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Here’s Niger Innis from the Congress on Racial Equility in today’s paper:
“I’m always a little bit skeptical when crusading members of the media or elite activists who don’t share the pigmentation nor the ZIP code of the people they are alleging to save start talking about ‘these people’ being taken advantage of,” Innis said during […]

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Not unexpectedly, the Columbus Dispatch came out for keeping Ohio’s law, H.R. 545, in place.  From yesterday’s editorial:

….The Dispatch recommends a yes vote on State Issue 5 to allow Section 3 of Substitute House Bill 545 to go into effect. A yes vote will set a $500 maximum on loans provided by short-term lenders, including […]

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This Columbus Dispatch columnist thinks he’s amusing.   The Payday Pundit is no poetry critic, but this didn’t do it for us.

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Not all of them, but some, especially those at the Ohio Christian Alliance: 
Strickland said this week that someone brought him a voters guide that was passed out in churches over the weekend. The card, produced by the Christian Alliance, urges a “no” vote on Issue 5, the position advocated by Ohio payday lenders.
“Quite frankly, I […]

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The Ohio Christian Alliance is supporting repeal of H.R. 545 and sending out a brochure urging citizens to vote “No” on the payday lending referendum. (Remember, NO is a vote repeal the law and save the payday lending industry.)   From the story:
Breaking from many other Ohio religious leaders, the Ohio Christian Alliance is siding with […]

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From today’s Columbus Dispatch. 

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Yes, the referendum is going to make the ballot.   Here are a couple of stories:
From Ohio State University paper.
Columbus Dispatch story.

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Take that, Bill Faith.   From the Columbus Dispatch story: 
A payday lending coalition pushing to block new industry regulations today filed an additional 218,855 signatures, making it likely the referendum will qualify for the November ballot.
And you people were worried. 

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That’s the only way to characterize this column by anti-payday lending columnist Amy Fisher.  The column is virtually devoid of any substance and facts.  As former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher used to say, “When your opponents are calling you names, it means they are out of argument.”    

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