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Moran Campaign Responds To Widowfield Resignation
- Filed under: Local, Scandalous
- Date: May 29,2008
Hudson City Councilman Mike Moran is running for the State House seat being vacated by the ethically challenged John Widowfield. The ethics of Ohio Republicans is what lead to a landslide victory for Democrats in 2006. It looks like John Widowfield is looking for history to repeat itself. The Republican House Caucus will appoint Richard Nero to serve our the remainder of his term. Nero was the candidate the Republicans had nominated to replace Widowfield and run against Moran. The Moran campaign issued the following statement in response to Widowfield's resignation and Nero's appointment:
"I believe this community deserves a new brand of leadership. I am ready to bring integrity and strong representation back to this district,” commented Moran.
“It would be unfortunate if the Republican Party decided to play politics with this open seat,” Moran said. “I would hope that they would follow the lead that Governor Strickland set today and appoint a nonpolitical person to hold the office in the interim until the voters choose a representative in November.”
Well said.
6 Responses for "Moran Campaign Responds To Widowfield Resignation"
Widowfield doesnt appoint anyone, the House Republican Caucus does.
Yep, it's not Widowfield that appoints but the caucus. Kyle…it's Richard Nero, not Robert. Shouldn't be too hard to figure that out since you link to his web site.
As for Moran's comments, why shouldn't Nero get the seat? It's a Republican held seat and Republican voters voted for Nero in the March primary. It's completely different from the Dann situation. And why is Moran always lock step with the Governor? This guy is going to go down there and be nothing more than a party puppet.
Widowfield isnt running, so the district will get new leadership either way.
Having a non-politcal person run a political office, in this case a State Rep position doesnt make a lot of sense, unless the Moran camapign only cares about the politcal end of things, and not the actual people who live in the District who count on a Rep. to get things done.
And no, Widowfield does not make the appointment.
Ben:
Excellent point, Moran likes to talk about about a "new brand of leadership" but in the end his loyalties will be to the Democratic leadership and not the residents of the 42nd District.
The similarities to the Dann situation is that both cases have an elected official resigning for ethics violations. Governor Strickland decided not to play politics and allow it to be competition for an open seat. Despite the fact that it is only 6 months, Nero will be a politically appointed incumbent running for re-election.
My mistake on saying that Widowfield will appoint his replacement. I have changed the post to reflect the correction.
So strickland is appointing a politically neutral person to the seat? That ammazes me at his incompetance as a party leader. If I was Governor whether a democrat or a Republican I would put in a person of my party who would run to keep the seat. By the way mr moran it is the ethically challenge democrat party that will help the Republican party in this one. Rich Nero already brings integraty to the district, at least its not your kind of integraty.
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