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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
City manager campaign shells out $1,500-plusFEATURES WRITER
The Committee for Fostoria's Future has poured $1,545.22 into its effort to pass the city manager charter amendments on Nov. 3. According to its Oct. 22 campaign finance reports, the group has collected $1,630, leaving $84.78 in its war chest. The largest contributor was Citizens for Responsible Government, which donated $1,000.
In 2007, the group placed billboards around Fostoria against the last four charter amendments, claiming "They take away your right to vote NO on charter changes." As of 2008, the group had $22,744.47 on hand, but did not report any donations in that year. The most recent donations were made in 2006. The group has given money to Republican candidates and the Ohio Republican Party. In 2005, the group made a $1,000 donation to the Committee for Fostoria Charter Government with the stated purpose of "contribution to start charter government process."
John Schuld is identified as the group's treasurer on the Ohio Secretary of State's registry. Calls for comment to his home were not returned by press time.
Frank J. Kinn was the second largest contributor with $500, followed by $50 from First Federal Bank, $30 from Jack Brubaker, $20 from Karen S. Droll and $10 each from Emmett Droll and the Fostoria Rotary Club.
The group's largest expenditure was $810 to Lammers Outdoor Advertising Inc. for billboards, followed by $506.17 to Quality Printing and Graphics for campaign fliers and $150 for advertising in the Fostoria Focus.
The amendments would shift the city from a strong mayor to a city manager form of government. It consists of a general amendment plus 10 changes to the city charter. The amendments will revise various sections of the city charter to include a city manager instead of a mayor and all 11 amendments must be considered together.
The changes would take place in January 2012, the end of Mayor John Davoli's current term.
Citizens for Better Schools is supporting a second attempt at a 2.76-mill, 28-year bond issue Nov. 3 which would generate about $8.4 million for construction of a new elementary school and renovations to the middle school. The group reported $2,039.18 raised, with $1,168.49 spent this election cycle and leaving $870.69 on hand. The group raised $664.25 at a Harlan's dinner in September and received $250 from Fanning/Howey Associates, Inc. of Celina, the architectural firm hired by the district for the construction plans.
The largest expenditure was $360.50 for T-shirts, followed by $273.93 for signage from Millstream Press, $200 for postage for mailings and $200 for a thank-you dinner.
No candidates filed a preliminary report, which are required only for expenditures of $1,000 or more.
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1 Comment
If he had been the city voters would not have had the opportunity to vote him into office.
The article (and others listing former Democratic party leaders) makes it pretty clear that the group supporting the city manager change is both Republican, and the upper "top senior" Democrats on council. These are the persons who, while not causing the current social and economic situation, have certainly not reacted well enough to it.
Most politicians are at least honest enough to call a recall election what it is. The city manager is a recall of the current mayor.
During the last presidential election a Vietnam Veteran selected a female vice-presidential candidate who began her career as an elected mayor.
The presidential candidate who won was a multiethnic and African American candidate who owes much of his victory to a Chicago based political organization centered on a strong mayor form of government.
Most major cities have strong mayors, including New York (a leading businessman) and Los Angeles (a Hispanic man).
Of the past four secretaries of state (who are appointed) three were women. One was not born in the United States. One was African American. One is the wife of a former President. The other was a Vietnam veteran, former head of the armed forces, and African-American son of immigrants.
No person can be denied the right to vote based on level of education, age, past voting record, military record, or past social status.