Ohio’s public radio station reports that, following their coverage of last week’s rally in Colulmbus, they received the followed email from a listener:
”YOU ALL SOUNDED LIKE ELITIST PIGS. I AM A 51-YEAR-OLD FULLTIME WORKER, BUT I HAVE NEEDED TO USE PAYDAY LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME. THEY ARE MUCH BETTER THAN USING CREDIT CARDS IF YOU GET […]
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With songs such as “Freedom” and “Save our Jobs” chants in the background, reporter Bill Cohen reports on the “massive rally” earlier this week with the “folks who own and work at the stores who came from across Ohio.”
With soundbites from D. Lynn DeVault (CFSA president), Jamie Frauenberg (Checksmart Sr VP), Karen Findlay (Advance America […]
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Yesterday’s rally at the Ohio capitol picked up some good broadcast coverage. Stories on the event ran on 11 stations and reached an estimated 2,663,781 according to Nielsen ratings.
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WKYC-NBC Cleveland-Akron-Canton
WCMH-NBC Columbus
WSYX-ABC Columbus
WBNS-CBS Columbus
WHIO-CBS Dayton
WTOV-NBC Steubenville, OH
WTOL-CBS Toledo
WUPW-FOX Toledo
WYTV-ABC Youngstown
WYFX-FOX Youngstown
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Columbus Dispatch estimates our crowd at 2,500:
An estimated 2,500 supporters of the payday-lending industry held a rally today at the Statehouse to urge the Ohio Senate to reject new legislation to regulate the industry.
Read the whole thing here.
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Please note that this segment from WBNS was taken before the rally started and didn’t capture the 2000+ employees that were there.
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Rally was a huge success. Well over 2,000 employees. Speakers included industry CEOs, employees, a state senator and small lenders. Lots of media to get the message out.
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The word from people on the ground is that more than 2,000 payday lending employees are there and they’re really letting lawmakers hear them. Lots of media coverage as well.
More pics to come.
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