These are some truly astonishing numbers released by the We Are Ohio campaign. It details the number of signatures collected in each county, and with a bit of math, the percentage of registered voters that represents. We've sorted the list to show which counties collected the most signatures as a percentage of voters.

Almost a quarter (in some cases more) of all registered voters in 10 or so counties signed the petition - included two of the largest counties in the state - Cuyahoga and Hamilton. We analyzed what turn out might look like in November, and this data can only confirm the worst fears of SB5 supporters - there is massive and widespread opposition to SB5.

County	Total signatures	Total registered voters	Signatures as % registered voters
Lucas	89,610	317,046	28%
Monroe	2,884	10,272	28%
Adams	4,289	18,373	23%
Erie	11,962	53,980	22%
Hamilton	124,879	565,418	22%
Cuyahoga	206,235	978,267	21%
Jackson	4,991	23,283	21%
Mahoning	37,680	181,759	21%
Noble	1,860	8,814	21%
Coshocton	4,277	21,234	20%
Meigs	3,201	16,042	20%
Vinton	1,792	9,056	20%
Franklin	157,489	811,831	19%
Trumbull	27,846	149,685	19%
Athens	8,984	49,440	18%
Hocking	3,351	18,634	18%
Belmont	8,102	47,834	17%
Gallia	3,395	21,535	16%
Guernsey	4,059	25,810	16%
Lake	25,323	157,732	16%
Lorain	32,996	206,660	16%
Madison	3,857	24,792	16%
Pickaway	5,397	32,751	16%
Ross	7,126	45,332	16%
Scioto	7,534	47,167	16%
Summit	60,002	371,028	16%
Medina	19,260	125,684	15%
Ottawa	4,682	30,395	15%
Pike	2,814	19,120	15%
Sandusky	5,740	39,531	15%
Stark	40,772	267,350	15%
Tuscarawas	9,159	59,920	15%
Ashtabula	9,246	65,801	14%
Crawford	3,988	29,170	14%
Defiance	3,731	26,347	14%
Delaware	17,070	119,690	14%
Fayette	2,268	16,312	14%
Jefferson	7,256	51,116	14%
Seneca	5,328	37,148	14%
Wayne	10,613	75,097	14%
Fairfield	13,813	102,716	13%
Licking	14,708	113,245	13%
Marion	5,485	41,017	13%
Perry	3,186	23,712	13%
Portage	14,393	110,446	13%
Wood	13,045	103,312	13%
Clark	10,883	92,438	12%
Columbiana	8,482	71,043	12%
Lawrence	5,514	47,438	12%
Morgan	1,067	9,240	12%
Muskingum	6,296	54,477	12%
Richland	10,274	87,138	12%
Allen	7,865	69,931	11%
Butler	27,648	240,541	11%
Clermont	14,128	132,696	11%
Fulton	3,496	30,562	11%
Geauga	7,014	65,507	11%
Harrison	1,251	11,266	11%
Henry	2,341	20,582	11%
Huron	3,926	36,993	11%
Knox	4,395	40,304	11%
Montgomery	44,016	385,652	11%
Warren	15,457	135,490	11%
Washington	4,663	42,740	11%
Ashland	3,653	35,768	10%
Brown	3,012	29,579	10%
Carroll	2,040	19,838	10%
Hardin	1,884	18,224	10%
Morrow	2,500	25,986	10%
Paulding	1,361	13,407	10%
Putnam	2,110	24,328	9%
Williams	2,391	25,542	9%
Wyandot	1,334	15,567	9%
Champaign	2,081	26,707	8%
Greene	9,891	116,552	8%
Hancock	4,115	54,834	8%
Miami	5,896	71,894	8%
Preble	2,405	28,323	8%
Union	2,683	34,147	8%
Van Wert	1,729	20,406	8%
Auglaize	2,326	32,800	7%
Clinton	1,783	26,722	7%
Shelby	2,294	31,973	7%
Highland	1,725	27,608	6%
Logan	1,760	30,865	6%
Mercer	1,817	28,609	6%
Holmes	802	17,807	5%
Darke	1,579	35,378	4%

Total	1,297,565	8,037,806	16.1%

Plunderbund has an article detailing the failings of White Hat Management as a charter school management company, and in light of the news of the GOP plan to privatize public education, the political crosswinds that created the plan

The goal of this budget seems pretty obvious. White Hat has a problem with their schools and boards and sponsors so the legislature just removes them from the picture, allowing White Hat to drirectly start up schools as for-profit companies, eliminating the hassle of oversight. White Hat has a problem with people questioning how they use public funds provided by the state, so the legislature just makes those funds private as soon as they are delivered to White Hat.

Some of the language in this budget is so specifically directly at helping White Hat that it wouldn’t surprise me at all if Brennan’s lawyers write it themselves. Whether it’s true or not, Ohio’s GOP politicians appear to be paying back one of their largest campaign donors with millions of state dollars while completely disregarding the educational needs of thousands of Ohio’s students.

The whole article is worth a read.

Just to highlight the scope of Brennan's political largese, here is a list of the almost $1.6 million in political campaign contributions made by some of the main players involved with White Hat Management since 2000.

Cycle	Amount	Contributor Name	Recipient Name
2010	$50,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - EXECUTIVE CMTE
2010	$50,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - EXECUTIVE CMTE
2010	$30,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - STATE CANDIDATE FUND
2010	$30,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - STATE CANDIDATE FUND
2010	$30,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - STATE CANDIDATE FUND
2010	$25,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - EXECUTIVE CMTE
2010	$25,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - EXECUTIVE CMTE
2010	$17,075	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	REPUBLICAN SENATE CAMPAIGN CMTE OF OHIO
2010	$17,075	BRENNAN, DAVID L	REPUBLICAN SENATE CAMPAIGN CMTE OF OHIO
2010	$17,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN CMTE
2010	$17,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	REPUBLICAN SENATE CAMPAIGN CMTE OF OHIO
2010	$17,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	REPUBLICAN SENATE CAMPAIGN CMTE OF OHIO
2010	$17,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN CMTE
2010	$11,396	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	MANDEL, JOSH
2010	$11,396	BRENNAN, DAVID L	KASICH, JOHN & TAYLOR, MARY
2010	$11,395	BRENNAN, DAVID L	KASICH, JOHN & TAYLOR, MARY
2010	$11,395	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	HUSTED, JON
2010	$11,395	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	KASICH, JOHN & TAYLOR, MARY
2010	$11,350	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	WAGONER, MARK
2010	$11,350	BRENNAN, DAVID L	NIEHAUS, TOM
2010	$11,350	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	FABER, KEITH
2010	$11,350	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	NIEHAUS, TOM
2010	$11,300	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	HUSTED, JON
2010	$11,300	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	MANDEL, JOSH
2010	$11,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	DEWINE, MIKE
2010	$11,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	MORGAN, SETH
2010	$11,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	BATCHELDER, WILLIAM G
2010	$11,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	BATCHELDER, WILLIAM G
2010	$11,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	AMSTUTZ, RON
2010	$11,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	HUFFMAN, MATT
2010	$11,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	BATCHELDER, WILLIAM G
2010	$11,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	AMSTUTZ, RON
2010	$6,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	YOST, DAVID A
2010	$5,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	BACON, KEVIN
2010	$5,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	YOST, DAVID A
2010	$4,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - STATE CANDIDATE FUND
2010	$3,125	MANNA, ANTHONY	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - STATE CANDIDATE FUND
2010	$250	WEBER III, JOSEPH R	MANDEL, JOSH
2010	$250	RICE, MARK A	MANDEL, JOSH
2010	$250	MESSER JR, QUENTIN	MANDEL, JOSH
2010	$250	WEBER III, JOSEPH R	LAROSE, FRANK
2010	$100	MESSER JR, QUENTIN	HUSTED, JON
2008	$100,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - EXECUTIVE CMTE
2008	$100,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - EXECUTIVE CMTE
2008	$100,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - EXECUTIVE CMTE
2008	$100,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - EXECUTIVE CMTE
2008	$50,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - EXECUTIVE CMTE
2008	$50,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - EXECUTIVE CMTE
2008	$30,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY - STATE CANDIDATE FUND
2008	$25,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L MR	Republican National Cmte
2008	$16,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	REPUBLICAN SENATE CAMPAIGN CMTE OF OHIO
2008	$16,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	REPUBLICAN SENATE CAMPAIGN CMTE OF OHIO
2008	$16,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	REPUBLICAN SENATE CAMPAIGN CMTE OF OHIO
2008	$16,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	REPUBLICAN SENATE CAMPAIGN CMTE OF OHIO
2008	$15,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN CMTE
2008	$12,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	OHIO HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN CMTE
2008	$10,650	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	HARRIS, BILL
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	BACON, KEVIN
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	TAYLOR, MARY
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	TAYLOR, MARY
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	BATCHELDER, WILLIAM
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	BATCHELDER, WILLIAM
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	BATCHELDER, WILLIAM
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	COLEY, BILL
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	DOLAN, MATTHEW
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	HOTTINGER, JAY
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	DOLAN, MATTHEW
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	HUSTED, JON
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	PATTON, THOMAS
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	NIEHAUS, TOM
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	CAREY JR, JOHN A
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	HUSTED, JON
2008	$10,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	JONES, SHANNON
2008	$5,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	HITE, CLIFFORD
2008	$5,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	GINTER, TIM
2008	$5,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	HOTTINGER, JAY
2008	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	SCHLICHTER, JOHN
2008	$2,300	HARRISON, E D MS	George V Voinovich (R)
2008	$2,300	BRENNAN, ANN	Lamar Alexander (R)
2008	$2,300	BRENNAN, DAVID	Lamar Alexander (R)
2008	$2,300	BRENNEN, NANCY J	George V Voinovich (R)
2008	$2,300	BRENNAN, DAVID L	James D Jordan (R)
2008	$1,300	BRENNAN, DAVID L	George V Voinovich (R)
2008	$1,000	HARRISON, E D MS	George V Voinovich (R)
2008	$1,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	George V Voinovich (R)
2008	$1,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	TIFFANY, TOM
2008	$1,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	DARLING, ALBERTA
2008	$1,000	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	COUGHLIN, KEVIN
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	EGELHOFF, JO
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	HUSTED, JON
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	DAVIS, BRETT
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	PETROWSKI, JERRY J
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	MURSAU, JEFFREY L
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	NERISON, LEE
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	HINES, J A
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	HELLMAN, DAN
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	NERISON, LEE
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	HONADEL, MARK
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	TOWNS, DEBI
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	RIPP, KEITH
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	VAN ROY, KARL
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	FRISKE, DON
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	MURTHA, JOHN
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	WILLIAMS, MARY
2008	$500	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	DOCKERY, PAULA
2008	$400	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	HUEBSCH, MIKE
2008	$200	BRENNAN, DAVID L	George V Voinovich (R)
2008	$200	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	VOS, ROBIN J
2008	$200	BRENNAN, ANN AMER	COLE, RANDY
2006	$15,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	REPUBLICAN SENATE CAMPAIGN CMTE OF OHIO
2006	$10,000	BRENNAN, ANN	GREEN, MARK A (G)
2006	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	CAREY JR, JOHN A
2006	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	TAYLOR, MARY
2006	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	HUSTED, JON
2006	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVE	GREEN, MARK A (G)
2006	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	PETERSON, JON
2006	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	HARTMANN, GREG
2006	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	BRADLEY, JENNETTE B
2006	$10,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	LYNCH, DAVID
2006	$7,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	CAREY JR, JOHN A
2006	$5,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	TAYLOR, MARY
2006	$5,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	SEITZ, BILL
2006	$4,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	PETERSON, JON
2006	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	LUTHER, BRANT
2006	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	BACON, KEVIN
2006	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	MARTIN, EARL J
2006	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	STIVERS, STEVE
2006	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	CATES, GARY
2006	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	NIEHAUS, TOM
2006	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	HOPPEL, JIM
2006	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	STIVERS, STEVE
2006	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	HAYES, WILLIAM C
2006	$2,100	BRENNAN, DAVID L	Craig Foltin (R)
2006	$2,100	BRENNAN, DAVID L	Craig Foltin (R)
2006	$2,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	PATTON, THOMAS F
2006	$2,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	MARTIN, EARL J
2006	$2,000	BRENNAN, DAVID L	WEBSTER, SHAWN N
2004	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	HAGAN, JOHN P
2004	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	SETZER, ARLENE J
2004	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	CALVERT, CHARLES E
2004	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	NIEHAUS, TOM
2004	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	CATES, GARY
2004	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	PADGETT, JOY
2004	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	PETRO, JIM
2004	$2,000	BRENNAN, NANCY J MRS	George W Bush (R)
2004	$2,000	BRENNAN, ANN A MRS	George W Bush (R)
2004	$1,000	BRENNAN, NANCY	Steven C LaTourette (R)
2004	$1,000	BRENNAN, NANCY	Mike DeWine (R)
2004	$1,000	BRENNAN, NANCY	Bill McCollum (R)
2004	$1,000	KROHN, MARK E MR	George W Bush (R)
2004	$1,000	MORRIS, JOHN C MR	George W Bush (R)
2004	$1,000	BRENNAN, NANCY J	George V Voinovich (R)
2004	$1,000	BRENNAN, NANCY J	George V Voinovich (R)
2004	$500	BRENNAN, DAVID	SPADY, FAWN
2002	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	RAUSSEN, JAMES
2002	$2,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	RAUSSEN, JAMES
2002	$1,000	BRENNAN, NANCY J	George V Voinovich (R)
2002	$1,000	BRENNAN, NANCY	Mike DeWine (R)
2000	$1,500	BRENNAN, DAVID L	GARDNER, RANDALL
2000	$1,000	BRENNAN, NANCY J	George V Voinovich (R)

Data taken from www.transparencydata.com.

Data shows massive and widespread opposition to SB5

White Hat Management Political Contributions

GOP Pollster puts SB5 repeal way ahead