The Charter Party of Cincinnati, Ohio, is a minor political party. The party is Cincinnati's third party. Jump to: navigation, search Cincinnati is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States that lies on the Ohio River and is the county seat of Hamilton County6. ... Jump to: navigation, search A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ...

The Charter Party claims to be the "oldest active independent political party." It was founded in 1924, during a time when Cincinnati government was under the control of a corrupt Republican machine. Cincinnati was infamous for being the most corruptly governed major city in the United States, the era of Boss Cox (established by George Cox in the 1880s), controlled then by his protege Rudolph Hynicka, who spent most of his time in New York. Jump to: navigation, search 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search George Cox is the name of a number of notable people: George Cox, Cincinnati machine politician George Cox, British historian George Melvin Cox, American baseball player George Cox, businessman and pioneer in Canada George Cox, British cricket player George Albertus Cox (1840-1914), Canadian capitalist and... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ...

Republican reformers, led by members of the Republican Executive and Advisory Committee, then began the Cincinnatus Association. In 1923, Republican lawyer Murray Seasongood became the leader of the reformers' successful anti-tax campaign. Jump to: navigation, search 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Murray Seasongood (October 27, 1878-February 21, 1983) served as the Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio from 1926-1930. ...

The Cincinnatus Association then led to the formation of the Birdless Ballot League, which advocated nonpartisan elections. (The term "birdless" referred to the use of the Republican eagle and Democratic rooster as party symbols on the ballot). In 1924, the Birdless Ballot League joined with other reformers to create the City Charter Committee. In U.S. politics, nonpartisan denotes an election in which the candidates do not declare or do not formally have a political party affiliation. ...

The pre-1925 charter established a 32-member city council, six of whom were elected at-large. Only candidates nominated in a city-wide primary by the Republican and Democratic parties were eligible to run. In 1924, there were 31 Republicans and one Democrat on the council. Between 1913 and 1925, only five Democrats had managed to get elected to the council. The real power behind government was held by Hynicka's Republican Central Committee, comprising Republican ward and township captains, which held the real power in the Republican party, to the disadvantage of the Executive and Advisory Committee. Jump to: navigation, search 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

The new municipal charter enacted in 1925 as part of the Charterite movement established a city manager-council form of government (abolishing the mayor-council system) and a civil service bureaucracy to replace political patronage. The new charter, which created a nine-member council, also mandated nonpartisan municipal elections and proportional representation with preference-ranked voting. Jump to: navigation, search 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mayor-Council government is one of two variations of government most commonly used in modern representative municipal governments. ... Jump to: navigation, search A civil servant or public servant is a civilian career public sector employee working for a government department or agency. ... In U.S. politics, nonpartisan denotes an election in which the candidates do not declare or do not formally have a political party affiliation. ... Jump to: navigation, search Proportional representation (PR) is any election system which ensures a proportionally representative result of a democratic election, x% of votes should be represented by x% in the democratic institutions, parliament or congress. ...

With Democrats running on the Charter ticket, the first election following adoption of the council resulted in the election of six Charterites to the council. Democrat Ed Dixon, who had won more votes than Seasongood, and, therefore, should automatically have become mayor under the new charter, was persuaded to allow the leader of the reform movement become the first mayor under the new charter. A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ...

Although the Charter movement started with Republican reformers like Seasongood, the movement quickly became informally allied with the Democratic party against the Republican machine. Democratic candidates ran as Charterites. By the 1950s, Republicans fought the Charterites by plastering them with the label of socialism. In 1957, the Republicans successfully overturned proportional representation. It is believed that this was done to prevent the election of Theodore M. Berry as the city's first black mayor. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the... Jump to: navigation, search The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Theodore M. Berry, an American politician of the Charter Party of Cincinnati, Ohio, was the first African American mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ...

In 1959, Democrats broke off from the Charterite coalition. Splitting the progressive vote with the Democrats throughout the 1960s, the Charterites barely survived the return of Republican rule, with Charles Phelps Taft II its only election official by 1961. In 1963, Berry joined Taft on the council. Jump to: navigation, search 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Charles Phelps Taft (September 20, 1897-1983), U.S. Republican Party politician and member of the Taft family, From 1955 to 1957, he served as Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1969, the Charterites joined with the Democrats in a formal coalition that successfully took control of city covernment in 1971. The coalition was led at times both by Charterites (Bobbie L. Sterne and Charles Phelps Taft II) and by Democrats (Tom Luken and Jerry Springer). From 1973, the two parties divided the two-year mayoral term into two one-year periods that alternated between them. Jump to: navigation, search 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Bobbie L. Sterne is a former American politician of the Charter Party of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Charles Phelps Taft (September 20, 1897-1983), U.S. Republican Party politician and member of the Taft family, From 1955 to 1957, he served as Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Thomas A. Luken (born July 9, 1925, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American politician of the Democratic party. ... Jump to: navigation, search Gerald Norman Jerry Springer (born February 8, 1944 in Hampstead, London) is a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, who now hosts a television program bearing his name, The Jerry Springer Show. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...

Tom Luken's son, Charlie Luken ended the Democratic-Charterite coalition in 1985 when Arn Bortz was the only Charterite left on the council. Sterne, who lost her seat in 1985, made a comeback in 1987. Bortz left politics in 1988 to concentrate on business, but anointed as his successor the popular professional football player Reggie Williams. Unfortunately, Williams stayed for only two years. When Charterite Tyrone Yates became a Democrat in preparation for running for the state legislature, Sterne found herself again the sole Charterite on the council. Term limits prevented Sterne from running again in 1999, so she resigned her seat in 1998 in favor of restaurateur Jim Tarbell. Charles J. Luken (born July 18, 1951, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American politician of the Democratic party who currently serves as mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... James Tarbell is an American politician of the Charter Party of Cincinnati, Ohio, who currently serves as a member of the city council of Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

Over the years, Charterites pursued a number of liberal and progressive causes, including reducing pollution and establishing cost-of-living wage increases for municipal employees. The Charterites instituted the now-common requirement of maintaining a public inventory of municipal property. Another Charterite initiative that has spread throughout the country requires private employers to inform employees of the risks of handling hazardous materials, known as a right-to-know law. Jump to: navigation, search Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions... Progressive can refer to: Progressive music, including Progressive rock, Progressive metal and Progressive electronica Political Progressivism Several Progressive Parties Progressive Era in the United States (1890-1913) Progressive, a company providing auto insurance The Progressive, a left-wing monthly magazine The progressive tense in grammar Progressive lenses, used to correct...

The Charter Party reached its height of power in the 1950s, when it ran city government with Democrats running on the Charter ticket. In the 1970s and 1980s, the Charter Party formed a coalition municipal government with the Democrats. The coalition lasted until 1986. In recent years, the Charter Party has sought to expand beyond the Cincinnati city limits, endorsing candidates in neighboring jurisdictions, such as Covington, Kentucky. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the... Jump to: navigation, search The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Downtown Covington has many wooded streets and historic buildings Covington is a city located in Kenton County, Kentucky. ...

The Charter Party includes Democrats as well as Republicans and independents. The Charter Party advocates an activist government to address public problems and its main power base has been among the progressive-minded, educated, affluent senior citizens of Cincinnati. The party is currently making efforts to appeal to younger voters. The party has also turned its sights on establishing regional government. Old age consists of ages nearing the average lifespan of human beings, and thus the end of the human life cycle. ... Cincinnati, Ohio viewed from the SW, across the Ohio River from Kentucky. ...

The last Charterite mayor of Cincinnati was Arn Bortz. The party was nearly extinguished in the 1990s. From 1993 to 2003, the city council had only one Charterite member. Currently, there are two Charterite members of the city council, Jim Tarbell and Chris Bortz. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Jump to: navigation, search i dont like this page. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... James Tarbell is an American politician of the Charter Party of Cincinnati, Ohio, who currently serves as a member of the city council of Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

Party organizers prefer the term "Charter Committee" rather than "Charter Party." As of January 1, 2003, the current president of the Charter Committee is Michael Goldman. The previous president was Gerald Newfarmer. The party disavows any interest in competing for office beyond the local area. It accepts both Democratic and Republican members on its volunteer board of directors. Jump to: navigation, search January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Goldman (born 1955) is an American politician of the Charter Party of Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

The current party platform includes opposing the elimination of the municipal Planning Department and the Office of Environmental Management. The party, long allied with liberal Democratic interests, finds itself opposing the current wave of business-allied "new" Democrats, such as current Mayor Charlie Luken. Charles J. Luken (born July 18, 1951, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American politician of the Democratic party who currently serves as mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

Recent policy statements by Goldman, quoted by the Cincinnati Enquirer in a Jan. 6, 2003, article by Gregory Korte: The Cincinnati Enquirer is a daily morning newspaper published at Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

"Charlie Luken thinks we're going to have a more 'developer friendly' city. Is that going to be at the expense of the residents? The city needs to be friendly to everyone."

"If you look at progressive cities that are successful, you don't see them turning back the clock on environmental issues."

"Nobody wants to talk about this, but let's look at the cities around us: Indianapolis. Columbus. Even Louisville. They all have some form of metropolitan government. All those cities have moved in that direction, and they're seen as successes."

Prominent Historical Charterites

• Charles Phelps Taft II
• Arn Bortz
• Bobbie L. Sterne
• Reggie Williams, former Cincinnati Bengals linebacker
• Leonard Sive
• John Rauh

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Prominent Ex-Charterites

Many former Charterites switched to one of the major parties in order to pursue statewide ambitions. They include:

• John J. Gilligan, who was elected Governor of Ohio as a Democrat in 1970s.
• J. Kenneth Blackwell, the current Republican Ohio Secretary of State and potential gubernatorial candidate in 2006
• Tyrone K. Yates, a Democratic member of the state legislature, was a Charterite member of the city council until 1993.

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Current Charterites

• James Tarbell
• Christopher Smitherman
• John Schlagetter
• Nicholas Spencer
• Marjorie Rauh
• Courtis Fuller, a lifelong Democrat who ran as a Charterite against incumbent Democrat Charlie Luken
• Chris Bortz