Back in June, 2000, the Beacon Journal printed an excerpt from a not very subtle letter by Akron businessman David Brennan to Ohio lawmakers. It came directly to the point of a leading Republican contributor interested, as always, in profiling his potential recipients who were meekly laboring in the Capitol’s back rooms:

“Enclosed is a questionnaire that addresses education, economic competitiveness, and civil justice issues. Though you will receive – and likely already have received – other questionnaires, I trust you will take the time to complete and return this one. We are prepared to use responses to act on […]