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Ad Watch: Meet Pander Bear
- Filed under: Ad Watch
- Date: Aug 27,2008
In Ohio's 14th District, Congressional Candidate Bill O'Neill has put out a clever Pander Bear video criticizing incumbent Republican Steve LaTourette. The ad is two minutes in length.
9 Responses for "Ad Watch: Meet Pander Bear"
I've seen better production values, acting, and content in a Michael Scott apology video.
So this is what happens when you don't have money to produce real spots? This could be the worst commercial EVER! Actually we should all save this to our hard drives, so when there is the next campaign school we use this as an example of what NOT to do.
Did Bill O'Neill take lessons from Ron Burgundy?
I loved it when Paul Tsongas called Bill Clinton a pander bear, that was 1992.
Weird dude, weird commercial, that's tax scofflaw Bill O'Neill.
Mark,
You must be referring to this tax issues….
Appellate court judge is tax deadbeat Geauga jurist owes more than $23,000 in property taxes
Plain Dealer, The (Cleveland, OH) - December 18, 2003
Author: John Horton, Plain Dealer Reporter
Chardon — Appellate Court Judge William O’Neill owes more than $23,000 in back taxes for his South Russell home , making him one of Geauga County’s most delinquent taxpayers, according to county records.
The county will file papers within weeks to foreclose on the judge’s Waverly Lane property, Geauga Treasurer Chris Hitchcock said. O’Neill , who recently announced his candidacy for the Ohio Supreme Court, is four years behind on payments. The unpaid $23,747.13 bill includes property taxes, assessments, penal ties and interest.
O’Neill said he’s in the process of getting a home equity loan to erase the debt.
“I’m not trying to sidestep it,” said O’Neill , 56. “I’m an honest man; it’s just a stupid mistake on my part.”
Voters in 2002 elected O’Neill to a second six-year term on the state’s 11th District Court of Appeals, which is based in Warren. He is paid $117,000 a year to hear criminal and civil appeals from Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Portage and Trumbull counties.
The Democrat filed papers this week to run for a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court. He’s seeking to fill the unexpired term of former Justice Deborah Cook, who was appointed to a federal bench.
The judge said his tax problem started with a miscommunication with his mortgage holder, Fahey Banking Co. of Marion. O’Neill said his mortgage application requested that the bank withhold money from his paycheck to make the tax payment. Mortgage papers filed with Geauga’s Recorder’s Office, however, show Fahey left O’Neill responsible for paying the county.
O’Neill signed the recorded mortgage papers on June 11, 1999. Asked yesterday whether he read the legal document before signing, O’Neill replied: “Absolutely not.”
The judge also said he was unaware of the county’s plan to foreclose. A Nov. 21 letter that the Geauga Prosecutor’s Office sent to O’Neill ’s home warned that foreclosure proceedings would begin unless payment arrangements were made by last Friday. O’Neill said he didn’t remember reading the letter.
Hitchcock, the county treasurer, said the county delayed foreclosure for a year after being told the situation would be corrected. O’Neill paid $5,351.75 to the county treasury this year, which wasn’t enough to cover current taxes, much less address the debt.
“He’s been extended far more courtesy than I’m comfortable with,” Hitchcock said.
The judge is among the Top 20 delinquent taxpayers in the county, Hitchcock said. No other taxpayer in South Russell owes more than O’Neill , who also has the oldest unpaid bill
O’Neill paid $250,000 to buy his 2,800-square-foot home in 1999. The county values the property at $277,500.
O'Neill seems like a decent guy who has done much to help the community. He won't win though.
Good "Office" reference, greg.
I commend anyone who runs for public office. Its tough.
LaTourette will cruise.
Wow - you guys are a tough crowd. I'm not sure production value is really what you're looking for in a YouTube spoof.
And aren't you all being just a tad partisan in ripping this guy. Just looking at the bio on his website, it seems like he's the kind of person who ACTUALLY DESERVES to be in Congress, unlike a lot of our current power-hungry, do-nothing reps. Vietnam vet and a judge who went back to school to become a pediatric nurse. Seriously, who does that?
Walter,
He doesn't even pay his dang property taxes. That's just what we need in Congress, another man who can't manage money.
Look, I'm sure Bill O'Neill is a heck of a nice guy but so is my cousin Kevin and I wouldn't vote for him either.
Beats
Bears
Battlestar Galactica
Bill O'Neill
What are things that we should laugh at, but not elect to Congress.
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