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“$100,000 for Ashland County Oral Health Services, Ashland, OH for facilities and equipment”

Sponsor:  

Citizen Contributed Data (100% Complete)

Recipient Web Site:  Recipient Address:  (Flag)
431 E. 9th St.
Ashland, Ohio
44805
Recipient address as provided by Sponsor(s): (courtesy of Taxpayers for Common Sense)
Ashland, OH
Short Description of Recipient Organization: 
A non-profit organization founded in 2002 by a group of Ashland residents interested in seeing that high quality dental services are available to all citizens in the county.
Are Top Personnel Listed on the Site? 
Yes
Is the Project Mentioned on the Site? 
No
Does the Recipient have Federal Contracts? 
No
Does the Recipient have Federal Grants? 
No
Have employees of the recipient collectively contributed more than $20,000 to candidates for federal office during the current and last election cycle?: 
No
Does a sponsoring member take credit? 
No
Did the recipient hire federal lobbyists? 
No
URL of Lobbying Data from OpenSecrets 
N/A
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Comments, notes, additional research...

bill602 wrote:

This is my first earmark check, but from what the research indicates, this appears to be worthwhile.

posted December 21, 2007 at 12:59 a.m.

bill602 wrote:

The address listed on the ACOHS website is for the 9th St. Dental Center, a newly opened facility. An additional address is 213 Samaritan Ave., Ashland, OH 44805. This address shows up for ACOHS on the community website for Ashland University. The university website came up on the initial Google search for ACOHS.

posted December 21, 2007 at 7:03 a.m.

bill602 wrote:

A U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Grant is listed on the Contributors page.

posted December 21, 2007 at 7:05 a.m.

MizJesster wrote:

It's not unusual for some grant recipients to also receive earmarks. I am more potentially concerned when federal contractors receive earmarks, as often it would would appear that the earmark process is just being used to get around the contractor having to compete for a particular project and/or to avoid undergoing any meaningful committee review as in normal appropriations processes.

posted February 13, 2008 at 2:13 p.m.



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