The smoke cleared. The candidate emerged. A very nice lady. A very nice lady initially recruited for elected office by Wayne Jones' friend, Kim Hoover. (Judge Hoover, with his wife, appeared in campaign advertisements for Wayne Jones when he ran for Mayor of Cuyahoga Falls against Mayor Don Robart. Mrs. Hoover worked on Jones' campaign. Judge & Mrs. Hoover contributed to Wayne's campaign against Mayor Robart.)
Questions emerge:
(1) Should an individual with a full-time, demanding corporate job serve as chairman while working her job? Will she have the time?
(2) Should an elected official serve as chairman? How will this official ensure that the parties decisions concerning candidate support are made impartially, without favoritism or an eye to advancing the chairman's personal aspirations for elected office?
(3) How will a chairman whose spouse works at the pleasure of two Republican Judges (Coates and Hoover) avoid favoritism in order to keep her husband employed?
(4) Does anyone think that Mrs. Klinger can remain free of the influence of the politically-wired Hoovers, Wayne Jones and Pete Kostoff? Doesn't she owe her promoters a debt of gratitude?
Also, in case you didn't notice, Kevin Coughlin and Pete Kostoff stayed away for Mrs. Klinger's announcement. Were they really that busy? Were they trying to distance themselves from a failing movement? Or, were they trying to avoid weighing this candidate down with their considerable baggage?
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Wayne Jones, Wayne Jones, Wayne Jones, Wayne Jones, oh yes, and Kevin Coughlin...
It's all about Wayne. Truly, it is. Kevin Coughlin is pretty much the palace eunich, carrying out Wayne and Pete's bidding. He's been the beard all along for Wayne's bold move to Roetzelize the Summit County Republican Party...
Dispute is unique, GOP says
Summit party claims Brunner's rejection of appointee is unprecedented in court
By Stephanie Warsmith Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Thursday, Mar 20, 2008
The Ohio Supreme Court is on new ground with a case filed by the Summit County Republican Party, the party's attorney said Wednesday in a brief filed with the court.
The high court has never decided a case involving a secretary of state soliciting negative information on a local party's recommended appointee to an elections board from the opposite party, state Sen. Tim Grendell, the party's attorney, said in the brief.
''There simply has never been a case like this one, where the secretary of state has brazenly demolished the legislature's statutory structure for maintaining bipartisan balance on local elections boards,'' Grendell said in the 44-page brief.
The party is challenging Ohio Secretary of State JenniferBrunner's decision to reject Brian Daley, the party's recommended appointee to the elections board, and instead appoint Akron Attorney Don Varian to the board.
Brunner said in a videotaped deposition last week that Wayne Jones, the Summit County Democratic Party's finance chair and a member of the elections board, told her she should not reappoint Summit County Republican Party Chairman Alex Arshinkoff to the elections board.
She said Jones also told her she should reject Daley and appoint Varian, who is involved in an effort to unseat Arshinkoff as chairman.
In Grendell's brief, he said Brunner, Jones and other local Democrats ''targeted'' Arshinkoff, and, after ''bushwhacking'' him, ''aimed their political guns'' at Daley, a former Hudson City Council president and retired business executive. He said these actions are ''unprecedented'' in Ohio.
Grendell said Daley is the ''victim'' of ''political chicanery, guilt by association, politics'' and a ''Brunner invited witch hunt.'' He said Brunner's office didn't attempt to verify the information provided on Arshinkoff and Daley, which included letters and newspaper articles and editorials.
Grendell said Brunner didn't subject Varian to the same level of scrutiny as Arshinkoff and Daley, including not reading Varian's resume. He said Daley is ''extremely competent'' and should have been appointed.
''Secretary Brunner and her staff have engaged in a deliberate effort to circumvent her legal duty and to defeat the Summit County Republican Party's statutory recommendations,'' Grendell wrote in the brief.
To allow Brunner's actions to stand would ''render the right of a local party executive committee to make a recommendation totally meaningless,'' Grendell said.
Grendell said Wednesday evening that his office looked through previous cases handled by the Supreme Court and ''couldn't find one that touched on this fact pattern.'' He said Jones solicited negative information on Arshinkoff and Daley and gave it to Brunner, who didn't give either of them the chance to see the information or respond to it.
''That's just flat out un-American,'' Grendell said in a phone interview. ''We have due process. It's one of the cornerstones of our Constitution.''
The party is asking the court to put Daley on the board and to nullify staff changes made March 5 by the election board.
At this meeting, Varian, Jones and Tim Gorbach, the other Democrat on the four-member board, voted to get rid of several board employees who were loyal to Arshinkoff. They also hired several people who are in league with state Sen. Kevin Coughlin, who is leading an effort to unseat Arshinkoff as chairman. Jack Morrison Jr., a Republican board member, was the lone ''no'' vote on these changes.
If the court sides with the party — and puts Daley on the board — the court should overturn these staff changes, Grendell said. Not doing so likely would result in 2-2 ties by the elections board that would have to be decided by Brunner.
''If the court agrees the denial was improper, then the secretary of state and Wayne Jones shouldn't get away with that or any of the benefits of their improper conduct,'' Grendell said.
Brunner's reply brief must be filed by the court by March 31. The party will then have five days to submit a response.
At this point, the court could make a decision. The court could require oral arguments but normally hasn't in this type of case.
Stephanie Warsmith can be reachedat 330-996-3705 or swarsmith@thebeaconjournal.com.
Dispute is unique, GOP says
Summit party claims Brunner's rejection of appointee is unprecedented in court
By Stephanie Warsmith Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Thursday, Mar 20, 2008
The Ohio Supreme Court is on new ground with a case filed by the Summit County Republican Party, the party's attorney said Wednesday in a brief filed with the court.
The high court has never decided a case involving a secretary of state soliciting negative information on a local party's recommended appointee to an elections board from the opposite party, state Sen. Tim Grendell, the party's attorney, said in the brief.
''There simply has never been a case like this one, where the secretary of state has brazenly demolished the legislature's statutory structure for maintaining bipartisan balance on local elections boards,'' Grendell said in the 44-page brief.
The party is challenging Ohio Secretary of State JenniferBrunner's decision to reject Brian Daley, the party's recommended appointee to the elections board, and instead appoint Akron Attorney Don Varian to the board.
Brunner said in a videotaped deposition last week that Wayne Jones, the Summit County Democratic Party's finance chair and a member of the elections board, told her she should not reappoint Summit County Republican Party Chairman Alex Arshinkoff to the elections board.
She said Jones also told her she should reject Daley and appoint Varian, who is involved in an effort to unseat Arshinkoff as chairman.
In Grendell's brief, he said Brunner, Jones and other local Democrats ''targeted'' Arshinkoff, and, after ''bushwhacking'' him, ''aimed their political guns'' at Daley, a former Hudson City Council president and retired business executive. He said these actions are ''unprecedented'' in Ohio.
Grendell said Daley is the ''victim'' of ''political chicanery, guilt by association, politics'' and a ''Brunner invited witch hunt.'' He said Brunner's office didn't attempt to verify the information provided on Arshinkoff and Daley, which included letters and newspaper articles and editorials.
Grendell said Brunner didn't subject Varian to the same level of scrutiny as Arshinkoff and Daley, including not reading Varian's resume. He said Daley is ''extremely competent'' and should have been appointed.
''Secretary Brunner and her staff have engaged in a deliberate effort to circumvent her legal duty and to defeat the Summit County Republican Party's statutory recommendations,'' Grendell wrote in the brief.
To allow Brunner's actions to stand would ''render the right of a local party executive committee to make a recommendation totally meaningless,'' Grendell said.
Grendell said Wednesday evening that his office looked through previous cases handled by the Supreme Court and ''couldn't find one that touched on this fact pattern.'' He said Jones solicited negative information on Arshinkoff and Daley and gave it to Brunner, who didn't give either of them the chance to see the information or respond to it.
''That's just flat out un-American,'' Grendell said in a phone interview. ''We have due process. It's one of the cornerstones of our Constitution.''
The party is asking the court to put Daley on the board and to nullify staff changes made March 5 by the election board.
At this meeting, Varian, Jones and Tim Gorbach, the other Democrat on the four-member board, voted to get rid of several board employees who were loyal to Arshinkoff. They also hired several people who are in league with state Sen. Kevin Coughlin, who is leading an effort to unseat Arshinkoff as chairman. Jack Morrison Jr., a Republican board member, was the lone ''no'' vote on these changes.
If the court sides with the party — and puts Daley on the board — the court should overturn these staff changes, Grendell said. Not doing so likely would result in 2-2 ties by the elections board that would have to be decided by Brunner.
''If the court agrees the denial was improper, then the secretary of state and Wayne Jones shouldn't get away with that or any of the benefits of their improper conduct,'' Grendell said.
Brunner's reply brief must be filed by the court by March 31. The party will then have five days to submit a response.
At this point, the court could make a decision. The court could require oral arguments but normally hasn't in this type of case.
Stephanie Warsmith can be reachedat 330-996-3705 or swarsmith@thebeaconjournal.com.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Another Voice Against The New Summit Republicans...
The Republican Party does not deserve the derisiveness of the New Summit Republicans campaign. When asked to be on their ballot, I understood my role to be creating awareness of a need for betterment in county Republican leadership. Always believing in the need to improve our government, I welcomed this opportunity.
After a few months weighing each side of this divisive debate, I now have the final piece of the puzzle necessary to place my vote firmly with Alex Arshinkoff's leadership.
The latest attacks against Brian Daley are unconscionable. This strategic blunder may cause the Ohio Supreme Court to weigh in and stop the madness, but it does not forgive the political assassination of a fine man.
I imagine that loud voices and a great deal of "bullying" were present when our founding fathers drafted our Declaration of Independence. These same voices that are heard today evoke the passion that comes with the mantle of leadership. I rue the day when all of us in politics accept the status quo and ignore or prohibit needed change. The change we need in Summit County is for politicians to do the jobs we were elected to do.
Our citizens and communities have real problems. A state senator choosing to spend all of his time bashing the Summit County Republican Party's leadership has no time to dedicate to solving these problems. Cozying up with the Secretary of State to thwart a fair nomination by the Summit County Republican Party Executive Committee identifies the New Summit Republican's choice of leadership, whoever that may be, to be leadership I could never believe in.
Let's bury the hatchet and begin working for the people we were elected to serve.
Carol L. Gasper
Twinsburg Township Trustee
After a few months weighing each side of this divisive debate, I now have the final piece of the puzzle necessary to place my vote firmly with Alex Arshinkoff's leadership.
The latest attacks against Brian Daley are unconscionable. This strategic blunder may cause the Ohio Supreme Court to weigh in and stop the madness, but it does not forgive the political assassination of a fine man.
I imagine that loud voices and a great deal of "bullying" were present when our founding fathers drafted our Declaration of Independence. These same voices that are heard today evoke the passion that comes with the mantle of leadership. I rue the day when all of us in politics accept the status quo and ignore or prohibit needed change. The change we need in Summit County is for politicians to do the jobs we were elected to do.
Our citizens and communities have real problems. A state senator choosing to spend all of his time bashing the Summit County Republican Party's leadership has no time to dedicate to solving these problems. Cozying up with the Secretary of State to thwart a fair nomination by the Summit County Republican Party Executive Committee identifies the New Summit Republican's choice of leadership, whoever that may be, to be leadership I could never believe in.
Let's bury the hatchet and begin working for the people we were elected to serve.
Carol L. Gasper
Twinsburg Township Trustee
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Kevin Coughlin Can't Help Himself...
Kevin Coughlin has a gift for self promotion. Kevin is running for precinct committeeman against Mayor Don L Robart. He's running his wife for the State Central Committee. Kevin and his wife, Anne, are BOTH Romney delegates. (This is unheard of in political circles.) How much is too much for two people??
For someone who talks so much about team work ("TEAM COUGHLIN" anyone?), it seems that Kevin's team is pretty small... two people - only if he includes his wife.
We can only imagine the additional laurels Kevin will give himself in his brave new world...
For someone who talks so much about team work ("TEAM COUGHLIN" anyone?), it seems that Kevin's team is pretty small... two people - only if he includes his wife.
We can only imagine the additional laurels Kevin will give himself in his brave new world...
Saturday, September 8, 2007
COUHGLIN'S TEAM BACKS DEMOCRAT PADRUTT IN GREEN MAYOR'S RACE
Kevin Coughlin's team has already provided a foreshadowing of its unique brand of two-faced leadership in its endorsement of Democrat Andy Padrutt for Mayor of Green over Republican Dick Norton.
After helping Padrutt circulate petitions for a convict (http://keepsummitcountyrepublicansstrong.blogspot.com/2007/08/who-are-democrats-dancing-bears.html), Coughlin backer and Arshinkoff detractor David Reilly (http://www.newsummitrepublicans.com/news/article.aspx?id=29) joined a group of registered Republicans in endorsing Padrutt in a misleading mailer (attached below) sent to registered Republicans in the City of Green.
Some of you may remember Padrutt - the former Executive Director of the Democratic Party and a DUI convict. The Beacon Journal wrote this about him:
Coughlin's brand of leadership emerges - Surround yourself with weak Democrat-leaning Republicans and tell everyone that you're the most conservative person on the face of the earth. We suppose that Kevin's theory is that if you ignore the truth, believe your own propaganda and repeat it enough times the public may believe it.
Summit County's Republican faithful know better.
After helping Padrutt circulate petitions for a convict (http://keepsummitcountyrepublicansstrong.blogspot.com/2007/08/who-are-democrats-dancing-bears.html), Coughlin backer and Arshinkoff detractor David Reilly (http://www.newsummitrepublicans.com/news/article.aspx?id=29) joined a group of registered Republicans in endorsing Padrutt in a misleading mailer (attached below) sent to registered Republicans in the City of Green.
Some of you may remember Padrutt - the former Executive Director of the Democratic Party and a DUI convict. The Beacon Journal wrote this about him:
Akron Beacon Journal
December 11,
2004
DUI COSTS POLITICIAN HIS LICENSE
ANDREW PADRUTT , 24, GETS THREE DAYS IN JAIL,
FINES FOR APRIL INCIDENT
A former Summit County Democratic Party head will spend three days in
Glenwood Jail, lose his driver's license for six months and pay $400 in fines
for driving under the influence last spring.Andrew Padrutt received his sentence Friday in Akron Municipal Court.Padrutt, 24, was convicted Nov. 10 after a one-day trial. In addition to the jury finding him guilty of DUI, visiting Judge Joyce George found Padrutt guilty of impeding the flow of traffic and not wearing a seat belt.
The week after his conviction, Padrutt said he would resign as Democratic Party executive director. Party officials said he stepped down to focus on finishing college and that his leaving had nothing to do with his court case.
He had been executive director since March 2002. He was the first person to hold the position.Padrutt's other political work includes being a Green city councilman.The drunken-driving incident occurred in the early morning hours
April 9.
At trial, prosecutors argued Padrutt was drunk after swigging beers with other young Democrats at an East Exchange Street pub. The drinking caused him to fall asleep at a traffic light at Exchange Street and Hawkins Avenue, prosecutors said.Padrutt's defense was that he wasn't intoxicated but exhausted from his many political duties.
Coughlin's brand of leadership emerges - Surround yourself with weak Democrat-leaning Republicans and tell everyone that you're the most conservative person on the face of the earth. We suppose that Kevin's theory is that if you ignore the truth, believe your own propaganda and repeat it enough times the public may believe it.
Summit County's Republican faithful know better.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
More Turns Than a Mardi Gras Parade...
He'll say whatever he needs to for the situation. It doesn't matter if he contradicts himself. A few examples:
"But all too often, that promised support never materialized ..."
- Coughlin, Letter, August 14, 2007
"I've never argued that (Arshinkoff) can't raise money,"
- Coughlin, Akron Beacon Journal, August 29, 2007
"This year's Summit County Republican fundraising drive has once again failed to raise enough money to cover the local party's promises."
- Coughlin, "New Summit Republicans" website, September 3, 2007
Makes John Kerry look like a paragon of clarity, doesn't it? Why let consistency and honesty get in the way of a good smear campaign?
Notwithstanding Senator Coughlin's bluster, the Summit County Republican Party's 2007-2008 fundraising is on target. Perhaps if Senator Coughlin participated in the Finance Committee rather than just knocking it (and asking for contributions from the party to the Senate Caucus), he would understand the party's budget better and he would get to observe and participate in the Finance Committee's work in reviewing and approving the budget.
"But all too often, that promised support never materialized ..."
- Coughlin, Letter, August 14, 2007
"I've never argued that (Arshinkoff) can't raise money,"
- Coughlin, Akron Beacon Journal, August 29, 2007
"This year's Summit County Republican fundraising drive has once again failed to raise enough money to cover the local party's promises."
- Coughlin, "New Summit Republicans" website, September 3, 2007
Makes John Kerry look like a paragon of clarity, doesn't it? Why let consistency and honesty get in the way of a good smear campaign?
Notwithstanding Senator Coughlin's bluster, the Summit County Republican Party's 2007-2008 fundraising is on target. Perhaps if Senator Coughlin participated in the Finance Committee rather than just knocking it (and asking for contributions from the party to the Senate Caucus), he would understand the party's budget better and he would get to observe and participate in the Finance Committee's work in reviewing and approving the budget.
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