Both the Lucas County Republican and Lucas County Democratic Parties are in the process of selecting new leadership.
On the Republican side, long time behind the scenes supporter Bob Reichert has been stated as the person selected by the Screening Committee. This selection appears to have met support, even from Jon Stainbrook, who actively campaigned for this position. I haven't had an opportunity to meet Mr. Reichert, but I do know he is a blog reader and he does support technology.
On the Democratic side, John Irish has been stated as the replacement for Jack Wilson. This has not met with cheers of glee . I don't really know John Irish, I didn't know Jack Wilson that well either, but in my few encounters with Jack he was brusque but nice. I'll give Mr. Irish the benefit of the doubt at this point but this most recent situation with what transpired within the Screening Committe for the appointment process doesn't make me hopeful. Will he be supportive of technology? That also remains to be seen.
Personally I'd like to see both local political parties be well run and unified. I think that creates a better outcome for all of us. I'd also like to see both parties have a better web presence as far as what information they provide. I think that is going to be increasingly important especially if both parties want to attract younger voters. They turn to the net for information, and the numbers of other local residents who are using the internet is growing.
While it's obvious in this area the traditional campaign methods continue to be a focus, an improved internet visibility has the potential to grow in importance.
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Will local Republicans unite while Democrats divide?
Got me. From what Rob Ludeman said in the newspaper, he's going to support the Democrat that Carty picked.
It will be interesting to see how George Sarantou votes because I see him as a man of much more moral backbone than Ludeman.
Who knows how Betty Shultz will vote.
Joe Birmingham might also be in Carty's hip pocket due to his youth and inexperince.
By the way, will the Republicans nominate anybody?
Lib_dem, It doesn't sound like the Republicans were going to endorse anyone. Not because of lack of interest but because they didn't screen anyone for some reason. I also think who George votes for will be pretty revealing.
Kate, I don't think the Noe/Taft situation is going to end up being a huge problem. It's gotten alot of PR but the reality is people are not turning in droves to the Democratic Party. Look at the recent primary, there was not a huge reduction in Republican voters. The Democrats are going to have to do more than just point to Noe and Taft, especially since locally the Democrats have had some ethics issues as well.
What is sad is both parties could be more than what they are. One because of financial crisis because of Noe as well as some organizational issues and one because they aren't trying to unite. In a way it's a good thing for the local Democrats that the local Republicans haven't been able to capitalize on this division. Yet, I have a feeling that's not going to last long if Bob Reichert gives this his all. Money problems can be solved a lot easier than the division. Either the Republicans are better at keeping their division quiet or Reichert has more support than it appears John Irish has at this point.
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rough sailing for local democrats expected for some time - its sad that some so-called Democrats locally have cut deals with what passes for local Republicans repeatedly: the Sobczak appointment, the Balderas appointment, GOP Ludeman's election as Council President, and now Santiago. Unfortunately, the unity rhetoric some preach is completely lacking in their actions. We simply must keeping working for the common good despite those ewho seek to divide us.
it was required that the application for appointment be submitted by 5/5 and no later.
Lourdes was on WSPD at 6:15 yesterday afternoon and when questioned by Mr. Millikin about missing that deadline she spun it [in typical political form] into the largesse of her party 'wanting everyone, just everyone who had an interest in the position to be able to apply.'
The fact is, as you recall, that both A-team applicants, Bob Vasquez and Karen Shanahan, were subjected to harassment when they applied at the headquarters. Domenic Montalto "lost" Bob's application and called Bob 1/2 hour before the 'deadline' on 5/5 forcing him to get a new one before the office closed.
Shanahan was told that she needed to make 15 copies of her resume, one for each of the screening committee members. Her husband dutifully ran to Kinkos to oblige the thugs.
Corruption? Cronyism? Shenanigans? Yep, that's ho wthe 'game' is played at 1817 Madison Avenue.
I almost listened to Kevin yesterday...sorry I missed it.
Yes, I thought it was ironic that Bob's application was supposedly "eaten" by a copy machine yet Karen had to provide 15 copies because it was too expensive for the Party to make copies. It also doesn't appear anyone else had to make the 15 copies from what I was told.
I used to wonder why more people didn't get involved locally in politics. Now I know it's not that they aren't interested, it's how some are treated when they express an interest.
Sooner or later someone is going to get disgusted enough that they will go thru the process to file a complaint with the Ohio Democratic Party. From what I've been told, several people have grounds.
Link See Chapter 12
It requires 500 signatures or 10% of the number of Democrats who voted in the last primary, whichever is less.
Frankly this is probably going to be the only way this will end is when someone takes that step.
According to what Domenic told the Toledo Blade in their May 6th article, Link
Domenic Montalto, the party's executive director, said the people who applied by yesterday's deadline were....
That is part of the problem, they create rules then when they change them they claim it wasn't really a rule. All of this should be included in the bylaws for the Lucas County Democrats for the written standards for the Screening Committee. If it's a deadline, it's a deadline. If it's a "suggested date" that's not a deadline and anyone could continue to give applications until? They need to make up their minds as to what they are doing and present it truthfully.
That same article states:
Mr. Montalto said he told Mr. Vasquez that if he didn't fill out an application he could not be considered by the party's screening committee.
Considering we now know that Bob had already turned in his application and prior to the deadline (Well deadline if you are only certain people) taking anyone no matter who they are after that date makes the whole process even more strife with discord than it should be.
Lisa,
All that I can say is it's probably going to get a whole lot worse, before it gets any better.
Sigh. . .
Oh yeah, All Hail King Carty (the Passionate..."
Ptui!
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