VIDEO: LaTourette Talks About GOP's Biggest Needs

The U.S. representative says the GOP needs to become a national party

EPA Grant To Improve Drainage At Great Lakes Mall

The city of Mentor and Great Lakes Mall hope a grant from the U.S. EPA will make it less wet in Mentor

A grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will provide $350,000 to improve the drainage in Mentor. The money will fund work designed to improve water quality within the Newell Creek watershed that flows into the Chagrin River and Lake Erie. The project will focus on the Great Lakes Mall's property. In the mall's parking lot, impervious surface areas will be replaced with pervious concrete next to 32 existing stormwater catch basins in the mall's parking lot. "This change alone will allow stormwater from 50 percent of the parking lot to infiltrate into the ground rather than enter the storm sewer system and prompt flooding," said U.S. Congressman Steven LaTourette in a statement. LaTourette noted that all the stormwater from the…

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LaTourette Retires & Man Takes One Drink Too Many: A Week In Review

Catch up on all the big news that happened this week in Mentor

1. It's the end of an era. After nine terms and 18 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, Steve LaTourette (OH-14) has announced that he will not be running for re-election this November. His reason? It's not because he's jockeying for a better committee seat or feuding with House Speaker John Boehner. No, LaTourette said he's simply tired of the brinksmanship and infighting that prevents Congress from accomplishing its job. "For a long time now, words like compromise have been considered to be dirty words," he said during a news conference this week in Painesville. "And there are people on the right and the left who think that if you compromise, you're a coward. You're a facilitator. You're an appeaser. "I always believed that the …

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Rep. Steve LaTourette Announces He Will Not Run For Re-Election

LaTourette says he is tired of the fighting between political parties and their refusal to compromise

U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (OH-14) announced today that he will not be running for re-election this November and this ninth term in Washington will be his last. Moreover, he said he is tired of the fighting between the political parties in Washington. "For a long time now, words like compromise have been considered to be dirty words," he said during a news conference today in Painesville. "And there are people on the right and the left who think that if you compromise, you're a coward. You're a facilitator. You're an appeaser. "I always believed that the art of being a legislator is finding common ground." Latourette added that he thinks the word "hate" has no place in politics. "I've had the chance to work under three presidents. One …

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8:30 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012

Because this rings so true... "Non-violence means dialogue, using our language, the human language. Dialogue means compromise; respecting each other’s rights; in the spirit of reconciliation there is a real solution to conflict and disagreement. There is no hundred percent winner, no hundred percent loser—not that way but half-and-half. That is the practical way, the only way. From none other … &nbsp more ›

Watch: LaTourette on SB 5 & ObamaCare

The congressman draws a conclusion from the public's rejection of both Senate Bill 5 and the Affordable Care Act

At face value, both Senate Bill 5 (which restricted unions' collective bargaining abilities) and the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obama care) have little in common. They would also seem to have diametrically opposed political supporters and detractors. However, the voters of Ohio rejected both by a sizable margin. Consequently, Congressman Steven LaTourette drew a conclusion from the Ohio electorate's actions while talking with members of the Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce Wednesday morning at Molinari's as part of the Chamber's Coffee & Conversation series. "I think the public is tired of having things jammed down their throats," he said. Other videos from LaTourette's talk:

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Death Races, Locks of Love & James Patterson: A Week In Review

Check out some of the big stories on Mentor Patch this week

1. Mentor firefighter Antonio "T.J." DiDonato is in the middle of a Spartan Death Race right now. Yes -- Spartan. Death. Race. It is a 3-day gauntlet in which the competitors aren't allowed to sleep and they have no idea what physical and psychological obstacles they will face before they reach them. For more on DiDonato and his death race, check out our profile on him. 2. A Mentor man is accused of leaving a baby alone in a car. Fortunately, a good Samaritan saw the child and may have saved her life, according to police. Kevin Payerchin -- the child's mother's fiance -- has been charged with child endangerment. And the baby's mother? She was convicted of child endangering earlier this year for driving while drunk with the same baby in the…

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Watch: LaTourette On The Money The USA Owes China

Congressman Steven LaTourette says he is concerned about the amount of debt China is buying from the United States

Congressman Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) talked with members of the Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce Wednesday morning at Molinari's as part of the Chamber's Coffee & Conversation series. LaTourette discussed some topics that were on his mind -- primarily the need to fix the national budget -- as well as answered questions from members of the Chamber. Ron Traub, the city of Mentor's director of economic development, asked if LaTourette was concerned about the amount of the country's debt that China has bought. LaTourette replied that he is. He added that he recently traveled to China and one of the officials he met asked him, "How is our money doing?" The congressman also said that the economic engine that allowed China to …

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Watch: LaTourette Tells Story About 'War On Women' & Obamacare

The congressman shares a story with Mentor Chamber members about the Republican Party's "War On Women"

Congressman Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) talked with members of the Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce Wednesday morning at Molinari's as part of the Chamber's Coffee & Conversation series. LaTourette discussed some topics that were on his mind -- primarily the need to fix the national budget -- as well as answered questions from members of the Chamber. In this video, he tells a story about the Republican Party's perceived War on Women, as well as where some of the money for nationalized health care went. Other videos from LaTourette's talk:

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