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(banging my head against my desk)
- Filed under: Arshinkoff / Coughlin, Local
- Date: Aug 5,2008
Summit County Republicans unanimously picked Gloria Rodgers — a nurse and party stalwart who lives in Stow — to run for County Council this November.
Rodgers replaces John Widowfield, who dropped out of the District 3 race in May after resigning from the state legislature amid allegations that he used campaign money to buy OSU football tickets and resold the tickets for a profit on eBay.
The two other applicants were Louise Heydorn, who holds the council seat, and Gene Haas, a retired colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve and Akron schoolteacher and administrator.
Rodgers will be a "top-flight candidate," he (Arshinkoff) said.
That last line is a kiss of death.
Louise Heydorn is the incumbent - the only Republican on Summit County Council. She was defeated by John Widowfield in the March primary. Widowfield ran against Heydorn per the wishes of Party Chairman Alex Arshinkoff. The grand plan kind of hit a snag when Widowfield resigned from his Ohio House seat in May due to an Ohio State ticket problem and subsequently withdrew from the race for council.
Fourteen members of Arshinkoff's Executive Committee managed to show up for the meeting last night and they proceeded to elect Gloria Rogers on the recommendation of Arshinkoff. Big shock. Heydorn had a majority of the Summit County Republican Central Committee members that reside within her district sign a petition supporting her. Didn't matter. Towards the end of Monday's meeting, Heydorn tried to address the Executive Committee. Arshinkoff refused to allow her to speak and immediately adjourned the meeting. Leadership on display.
Actually the best part of the story might be this: Summit County GOP central and executive committee officers met Saturday to review applicants. Monday night, they recommended Rodgers to a committee made up of executive committee members who live in District 3.
Yeah, I am sure there was a lot of "reviewing" of the applicants.
I just want to reiterate one thing: LOUISE HEYDORN IS THE INCUMBENT!!!!!!!!! I almost never use caps lock - I hate when people do it - but this warranted usage. Seriously. They passed on the only elected Republican on Council (11 members). Common sense you tells you Heydorn would have the best chance of keeping the seat, but that isn't how decisions are made . Heydorn didn't back Arshinkoff that fateful night at Tangier (and really why would she have) so she had no chance Monday evening. Arshinkoff and team picked someone loyal to him rather than the best candidate. Standard procedure.
Let me be clear - I wouldn't know Gloria Rodgers if she walked up to me tomorrow and slapped me. So this is nothing against her. The article said she is a nurse, so Gloria, if I am ever in an accident and you are attending to me, this is not personal against you. Louise Heydorn is just the better candidate.
There you go. The Summit County Republican Party. Hey, at least we are running someone, right? But I do want to genuinely thank Mr. Arshinkoff - all day I have been working on an Electoral College update and just can't get the wording right. One of those "writer's block" things. Then this story came along and you solved my problem at least for one night. Thanks Chairman.
To be fair, I reported in June that the pick was likely to be Den Robart. That was the name being tossed around, confirmed by a few people, and it turned out not to be correct. I apologize. Though I did know it there was no chance in hell it would be Heydorn. That was the easy one to get right, however.
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Hahahaha
Summit county gop. LOL. Too easy.
Gloria.. I am suprised and ashamed at you. You have mentioned to a friend of mine that Alex has lied to you before and you accept this? What, you think he is the lesser of two evils? You profess Christianity and you are helping this abomination? Do you even remember him not even putting on your commercials for state representative that the Ohio GOP made for you in-kind? Are you still mad a Kevin working rings around you in a primary? Do you even know what unification is? Our GOP chair sure does not. How does it feel to be used once again? His little toy? His little play thing that he choses to use however he wants? Oh by all means take from his cup and drink from the bitterness there of, for I Chose to drink from the sweet cup of the LORD's.
if alex says it, it must be true.
Well now not only does Keeler SPEAK like Daffy Duck, but now he writes like Daffy Duck!!!
It's funny watching someone defend a candidate who outspent their opponent 50-1 and is a 16 year incumbent get HUMILIATED with 33% of the vote.
Before anyone thinks Keelerquack has any legitimacy, his only time on the ballot he was destroyed by an Arshinkoff candidate.
When I read this the first thought that came to mind was Congratulations Paul Colavecchio County Council District 3 Member-Elect! Thanks again Alex for letting another Dem win!!!
Notwithstanding all of the other attendant circumstances, there may have been legal grounds to keep Heydorn off the ballot. I believe that if you're a candidate for a race in the primary, you can't be on the ballot for the general election if you lost. See R.C. 3513.04 (not sure if it applies to candidates who are appointed by the party after losing in the primary, but it could pose a potential porblem).
KeelerQuack, nice to see you again. As always.
As mentioned in the post, yes, Widowfield did beat Heydorn. He beat her pretty good. That is true. Now, however, Wodowfield is not running. Heydorn has proven in the past she can win the general election. That is also true.
You seem very knowledgable - much more so than me. Maybe you can explain to me why Widowfield ran against Heydorn in the first place. Why was that a good idea?
Give it a rest Quack. You don't do anything to help your side out with your false personal attacks.
I don't have much to say on this post as a Democrat. It is fun to read.
Keelerquack, you really need to work on your material. Not even coherent.
After reding this article in the paper once, I reread it. An example of Alex flexing his political muscle and making the contest all about Alex? Absolutely! A way to make Republicans disappear completely from County Council? Likely!
No wonder Kyle is having fun reading the post and comments.
All Democrats are laughing at the Republican follies!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dont mind Quack. There are about 15 videos on this site that illustrate the fact I speak normally, so that just makes him look dumb. I don't quite get that line of attack, but whatever.
It is nice to have a foil. It wouldn't be fun if everyone agreed with you. I wish he would comment more.
Quack, I am still waiting for your response to my question about why it was a good idea to run Widowfield in that race to begin with. It is taking awhile. Probably because there is no reasonable answer you can give.
Greg, law is not the first concern of one Alex Arshinkoff. Something like that would not stand in his way. Heydorn the way I understand it could have been on the ballot but the point is moot at this time.
Actually in 3rd grade I was on the ballot also for student council rep for my class. I won by 1 vote.
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