Video: Vote 2006 interview with Subodh Chandra
Interview by Cleveland's News Channel 5 of Chandra.
April 17, 2006
Jail for non-existent crime is flashpoint in AG debate
Chandra's primary opponent fails to explain and/or offers contradictory explanations as to how a client in his/his firm's care wound up serving four months in jail for a non-existent crime that had been struck down by the Ohio Supreme Court and repealed prior to the client pleading no-contest and being sentenced at the firm's advice.
Eric Resnick, Gay People's Chronicle, April 21, 2006
For Ohio Attorney General--Our choice: Subodh Chandra in the Democratic Primary
Chandra, has "the energy, passion and ambition that have helped him excel in his previous pursuits. Democrats shouldn't miss the opportunity to select such a qualified and determined candidate...He would seek to play the role of catalyst, using the bully pulpit of his office to press for change....pushing for greater accountability and improved performance...Chandra has an enviable track record that suggests he would succeed. In Cleveland, he transformed a wayward law department. He attacked the problem of special counsel, the cozy relations between the department and private attorneys, something that has long infected the office of attorney general. Subodh Chandra promises a refreshing combination of skills and experience that would elevate the office....[Chandra's opponent] lacks his opponent's much broader legal resume. More, Chandra has managed (very effectively) a large public department. For Democrats, the better choice should be plain."
The Editors, Akron Beacon Journal, April 4, 2006
Ohio Attorney General
The Cleveland Plain Dealer endorses Chandra for Attorney General.
His "impressive private and public legal work has fully prepared him to be an outstanding attorney general...If voters can tune into Chandra's message, reflect on his impressive legal background and sense his passion for law and public service, they should understand that he is a rare political talent...An attorney general serves as the lawyer of record for the people of Ohio. Chandra, who did an outstanding job as law director under former Mayor Jane Campbell, is well equipped to meet this mandate...Chandra, by virtue of proven private and public legal accomplishment, his exceptional stewardship over the Cleveland Law Department, his fine intellect and his plans to target political corruption, should be the nominee."
The Editors, Plain Dealer, April 2, 2006
Chandra attacks GOP domination
Report on Subodh's speech at the well-attended Darke County Democratic Party spring dinner. Chandra received a standing ovation.
Nathan Eagle, Greenville Daily Advocate, April 1, 2006.
Making the primary grade
Chandra depends on real qualifications to win. Chandra's own opponent says he would hire Chandra.
Charu Gupta, Free Times, March 28, 2006
Democrats not lacking for names to run
Meet Subodh Chandra. He could be Ohio's answer to Barack Obama.
William Hershey, Dayton Daily News, March 12, 2006
Wood County Democrats buck state party line: Chandra gets attorney general nod
Members of the Wood County Democratic Party heard Chandra, heard his primary opponent, and voted 97 to 23 to endorse Chandra. The endorsement is all the more meaningful because neither Chandra nor his opponent has a connection to the county. This was a grassroots judgment at its best.
Jim Tankersley, Toledo Blade, March 3, 2006
G.O.P bashing heavy so far in attorney general race
Report on debate between Chandra and his primary opponent.
Columbus Dispatch, February 26, 2006
'I'm the rock star,' says would-be AG
Profile of Chandra (the headline is misleading--Chandra actually mentions that Congressman Stickland has been teasing Chandra with the label).
The Other Paper (Columbus), February 9-15, 2006
Candidates spar over qualifications
Chandra's contrasts his experience as former federal prosecutor and Cleveland Director of Law to his primary opponent's background as a divorce lawyer. Chandra points out that Ohio's attorney general, as the state's top law-enforcement officer, needs to know the difference between a "grand-jury subpoena and a grand piano."
Youngstown Vindicator, February 8, 2006
Attorney General Candidate Draws Support of High-Profile Attorney
David Boies, former counsel to Vice President Gore in the 2000 Florida election and counsel to the Department of Justice in the Microsoft antitrust suit, supports Chandra's candidacy. Boies said, "We have good attorneys general elsewhere in the country, such as New York's Eliot Spitzer, who are restoring integrity to the office. I believe Subodh has the ability to do that in Ohio. He is precisely the kind of candidate we need in the attorney general's race...We don't need a politician with a law degree for attorney general, we need a lawyer."
Hannah Report, January 17, 2006, (scroll to page 3)
Two Messages for Ohio: One about change, the other about excellence
Chandra's passion for excellence in public service featured alongside with the commitment to change of Service Employees International Union President David Regan.
Michael Douglas, The Akron Beacon Journal, January 8, 2006
AG's employee neglected to specify errors by candidate
Subodh Chandra, Letter to the Editor, The Athens News, October 24, 2005
Ohio AG candidate says he offers alternative to Republican 'nightmare'
Jim Phillips, The Athens News, October 17, 2005
GOP scandals buoy opponents' hopes: Ohio Democrats build optimism for '06
At the Warren County Democratic Party dinner, Chandra, a former federal prosecutor running for attorney general and new father of triplets, got the most laughs. "I change so many diapers every day, how hard can cleaning up Ohio be?"
Dan Klepal, Cincinnati Enquirer, October 9, 2005
Little Brown Man: He's the best hope for Ohio's resurrection
Chandra is "the best hope for Ohio's resurrection."
Pete Kotz, Cleveland Scene Magazine, September 7, 2005
Contributors get legal work, Petro foes say
Chandra critiques Attorney General Jim Petro's excessive spending on outside attorneys. [While the firms may be doing good work at reasonable rates, Petro's outsourcing of much of the work at higher cost than it would take to do it in-house is questionable.]
Reginald Fields, Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 30, 2005
A.G. challenger fires barbs during visit
In a visit to Mansfield in Richland County, Chandra notes that the Attorney General has wasted money on outside attorneys and fought Chandra's efforts to protect elderly people from predatory lending.
Norm Narvaja, Mansfield News Journal, August 18, 2005
Article
from Kansas City's The Pitch citing Chandra as a national model for his work in
Cleveland in saving wasteful outside-counsel fees
"Subodh Chandra, a former law director for the city of Cleveland, proved that controlling a large Midwestern city's outside legal costs was largely a matter of will...."
David W. Martin, The Pitch.com, June 23,
2005
Law-Practice
Management and Leadership: The Reform Experience of the Cleveland Department of Law
Chandra's work in turning the Cleveland Department of Law into one of the best public-law firms in America.
Subodh Chandra, Cleveland Bar Journal, January 2005
Outside
spotlight, making it right
Column hailing Chandra for his imaginative, just, and frugal settlement of a Cleveland wrongful-imprisonment case.
Connie Schultz, Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 10, 2004
Staying
Home for Legal Opinions
Reporting how Chandra slashed spending on outside attorneys for Cleveland saving millions, and even wound up returning budgeted money to the treasury.
Mike Tobin, Cleveland
Plain Dealer, Thursday,
January 23, 2003
City
to pay $1.6 million for man's prison time
Cleveland also agrees to review old cases
Chandra's own opposing counsel praise him for leading the way to an imaginative, just, and frugal settlement of a wrongful-imprisonment case.
Connie Schultz, Cleveland Plain Dealer, June
8, 2004
Article
about how Chandra prosecuted
fraud and corruption in the health-care industry,
Chronicles some of the convictions that Chandra obtained as a federal prosecutor in complex cases.
David W. Martin, Cleveland Scene Magazine, June
14, 2001
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