Busy day today in Columbus.

This morning we joined the Ohio Minimum Wage Coalition for a press conference at the state house. Then, we hit the streets, signing up supporters near Ohio State University and the Ohio state fair.

It is amazing how responsive Ohioans have been to the campaign. We have a huge stack of new sign-ups to help us in our march to 25,000 new supporters this month.

It's also amazing how many Ohioans support the minimum wage increase.
This morning, organizers presented over 700,000 signatures to the Secretary of State's office in support of a minimum wage increase. 700,000! More than double what was required. Amazing.

WakeUpWalMart.com supporters came out in support of the issue because for too long Wal-Mart's lobbyists and the politicians they support have fought against minimum wage increases.

That's right. As we have mentioned before, 42 of the 46 Senators who recently voted against the minimum wage increase all received money from Wal-Mart. Today just showed that people across this country are tired of Wal-Mart's corporate agenda.

So, we're pressing on towards Cincinnati now, encouraged by the support in Columbus and now a little heavier with the boxes of sign up sheets.