The “Monarchy of Montgomery County” starts in the BOE and the party central committees
UPDATE
The first post of this had incorrect salaries for the BOE, they have been corrected. Other details from comments, and emails are being added. I’m also going through employment data from the county and the city to cross reference central committee members to public employees. It would seem that the party central committee is hardly representative of the general public- in that most are either; elected, work for elected people or are related to government workers.
The Montgomery County Board of Elections is a cesspool of patronage positions that are totally controlled by the two political parties in the county.
Every position has 2 people to do it- one D, one R. The annual budget of the BOE is substantial, but they don’t really report to anyone. There is a lot of confusion because the Board of Elections is actually two parts: the actual board- of four members, 2 from each party, that usually meets twice a month and is paid about $20K a year, and the workers in the Board of Elections- who work year round to manage voter registration and coordinate elections. These positions are all filled by the parties and at least on the Democratic side, are expected to donate at least $100 a year for every $10,000 they make back to the party.
The current board is former GOP party chairs Greg Gantt and Kay Wick for the Republicans. For the Dems, it’s Rhine McLin. former Dayton mayor and state rep, and John Doll. They replaced Dennis Lieberman, long time Dem Party chair and husband of County Commissioner Debbie Lieberman and AFSCME leader, Tom Ritchie after a dispute with Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted over early voting hours.
This is the organization that employs handwriting experts (graphologists) who ascertain the validity of petition signatures (graphology isn’t accepted in U.S. courts) and finds ways to keep as many candidates off ballots via technicalities as possible.
I’ve split the employees by party and listed alphabetically by last name. The information comes from at least 5 sources of former BOE workers from both parties. I’m sure my readers can help me fill in blanks- and refine this data. I am not a paid journalist, and I do my best to make sure information is correct- or at least correctable.
The wage data came from a public records request and was furnished by Director Jan Kelly.
Democrats:
Guy Aber, $42,016 election ops
Probably being groomed to take Steve Harsman’s place. His father, Russ Aber, works for Montgomery County Auditor and Dem Party vice chair Karl Keith in the data processing “division”. Was a friend of Tony Tipps. Guy is known by some former employees for having a temper.
April Alford, $35,817 registration
Friend of Beverly King. Known as a pretty hard worker and is about to complete her degree at WSU.
UPDATE
? Blackshear– son of County Recorder Willis Blackshear- information missing on Public records request.
Tina Brown, $38,737 campaign finance
Daughter of Jefferson Township trustee, Brice Sims. Replaced Henderson Scott after he was asked to step down after a sexual harassment investigation. He worked for Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley when the suit was filed, and was transferred to the BOE so he could keep his job. Tina is dependent on Republican counterpart Denis Aslinger to do parts of her job, which is one of the more complex parts of the operation..
Robyn Fecke, $43,035 poll worker coordinator
Her father is Dave Fecke who is a union boss friendly with union boss and former BOE member Tom Ritchie.
Anna Fernandez, $33,820 registration
Common law wife/girlfriend of Steve Harsman Jr.
John Fletcher, $32,843 registration
Unknown connection.
Steve Harsman, deputy director $119,995
Longest running employee, and predates sources for how he got the job in the first place. was a friend of Karl Keith, working in Dem HQ with former Dem Party Chief Joe Shump who gave Harsman the job. Owens wanted to remove Harsman, but Keith supported him. In typical dog-eat-dog dem fashion, AJ Wagner appointed Karl Keith to the auditor position, when he became a judge- and then Keith supported Nan in the Mayors race. No loyalty.
Laura Jordan, $33,820 registration
Commissioner Judy Dodge’s daughter.
Beverly King, $64,043 registration supervisor
Unknown how she got the job, but is famous to readers of this site for getting her son brother hired without a job application. Turns out he was a convicted rapist and registered sex offender. He was quickly shown the door as the office women felt betrayed.
Cathie Merkel, $57,886 Finance
Deceased husband, Mike, used to be Montgomery County Dem Party chair Mark Owens’ right hand man at the Dayton Clerk of Courts. Well known by insiders as the sometime girlfriend of Steve Harsman.
John Murphy, $34,840 registration
Dem Party faithful and father of Gen Murphy, who is Nan Whaley’s errand girl and president of the Ohio Young Dems.
Priscilla Ritchie, $37,960 absentee
Daughter in law of Tom Ritchie
David Owens, $37,918, campaign finance
Brother of Dayton Clerk of Courts Mark Owens who is the Dem Party chair.
Republicans:
Denis Aslinger, $49,046 campaign finance
Brother is a judge in Darke County. Husband of Julie Aslinger, a former magistrate for probate court. Former director, Betty Smith was a probate court supervisor before coming to the BOE. Julie now works for Job and Family Services.
Denis is one of the true professionals in the office, and has been a huge help to me at getting good information in a timely manner, except when Steve Harsman forbade Denis to talk to me, over the recording and posting of my call about William Pace being on the ballot.
To accommodate Dave Landon, he’s being transferred downstairs. Landon ostensibly came in as a voter registration clerk at a very high pay- and Jan Kelly had to take a pay cut to make room for his inflated pay, but now as campaign finance director his pay is fitting his position.
Linda Brewster, $52,000 finance
Board member Kay Wick’s best friend.
Carolyn Clark, $49,046 absentee
Her mother did investments with Tom Young a Republican qho has been part of the old guard GOP in Montgomery County, possibly a girlfriend of a previous County GOP Chairman.
Bill Hibner, $49,046 election ops
Arlene Setzer, former state rep put him in under Jeff Jacobson. Father is Bill Hibner Sr. of Vandalia, who works with Greater Dayton Construction. Not sure how this is politically relevant, other than GDC/Oberer development is a major donor to politicians.
UPDATE
Francine ?– information missing from public information request.
Douglas Jones, $31,761 registration
Owns Studio Zumba and hired Jen Robertson as an instructor, and then she got him a job at the BOE.
UPDATE
Suzanne Joo, $35,713 Registration
Lives in Greene County. No connections. Reportedly stood up and protested the addition of Dave Landon to the BOE staff, took a personal day because she was so angry.
Jan Kelly, director, $100,006
Very helpful, used to work for SOS Jon Husted and ran against Dan Foley for County Commission, coming close, despite wide funding gap. Previously ran Chuck Curran’s campaign for county commissioner when he was a Republican. An attorney by profession, but not admitted to Ohio Bar. Had to take a pay cut to hire former GOP chair Dave Landon in.
UPDATE
Dave Landon, $69,992 finance
Long time GOP party old guard member. Disbarred as an attorney. Writes for Dayton City Paper. Fired from Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor’s district office for running his private auto sales business on state time. Despite only being there a few months, he’s already been in hot water for sending a robocall to endorse candidate Mike Nolan in a Miami Township political campaign which is a no-no for BOE employees. Also, reportedly attended a Dayton Daily News candidate interview for or with Nolan, during the time before an election when BOE employees aren’t allowed to leave the office. DDN supposedly looked into if he had taken personal time- and found no record of it. Reports from inside the BOE say he is still running his car business on BOE time- and takes extended lunches frequently.
Mark Mazer, $34,652 absentee
Good friend of Sandra Brassington who sometimes runs the local GOP and now works for Governor Kasich.
Karen O’Meara, $53,123 registration supervisor
Unknown connections.
Joshua Pettis $29,993 registration
Unknown connections.
Jennifer Robertson, $38,500 poll worker coordinator
She lives in Darke County but still serves as a precinct captain in Montgomery. When she was running for precinct captain, she put down the wrong address on her form. Greg Gantt, who was best friends with her brother growing up, possibly broke the law and allowed her to change the form after she had already turned it in.
Sarah Scott, $25,001 registration
Former GOP chair Rob Scott’s sister.
Former employees:
- Alicia Scott Bey – retired. Was close to Jeff Jacobson. R
- Tamar Gullate D
- Anthony Harris- shuffled around the county building, must be related to someone. D
- Joel Hart
- Brittanee Iles
- Helen Jacobson -Former GOP party chair Jeff Jacobson’s mother R
- Nancy Jenkins
- Robin Lehman – left BOE for Domestic Relations Court. Is the Republican Party’s longtime treasurer. R
- Marlene Kincer- Greg Brush’s mother in law- Kym Brush’s mom. D
- Micah Leventhal
- Kim Loy – Wife of former Vandalia Mayor Bill Loy D
- Nancy Marino- runs Trotwood Dem Club D
- Susan Martin- Tom Robert’s sister D
- Brian Mead – now in State Auditor’s office- wife is lobbyist for CareSource R
- Christine Michaels -former director of registration, Chris Conney’s mother. R
- Andrew Morris R
- Kelsey Rankin
- Suzanne Robillard – Now Joo
- Julie Russel- best friend Carolyn Clark
- Henderson Scott – D out of Foley’s office
- Betty Smith – former director, retired for health reasons. Knew her election law and was always helpful to me. Formerly a probate court supervisor R
- Krystie Spirk – daughter of Mike Spirk – works for Karl Keith D
- Dru Stewart – R
- Bryan Suddith- R- Republican party activist.
- Sinthy Taylor – D, Friend of McLin’s
- Tony Tipps- Son of Ohio super lobbyist Paul Tipps. Was fired for ostensibly forging a signature on an absentee ballot for his daughter in front of Caroline Clark.
- Robin Titus – D
- Carol Varro – son worked for Jeff Jacobson.
- Missy Mae Walters- Hired by Betty Smith, lobbyist and former girlfriend of former Republican Party Chair Rob Scott.
- Shynae Whiteside
Despite all this amazing talent, the current website has upcoming election dates and registration deadlines in as of today, Jan. 12 2014.
UPDATE
since this post went up- they finally updated the dates
To see what a real county board of elections website should look like, visit Franklin County’s.
The real question is how the parties control these jobs and political offices. That’s determined by whom we elect to the party central committee. Dems have their elections with gubernatorial primaries- and Republicans do theirs with the presidential primaries.
Just in case you are interested, the deadlines to file your petition to run for Central Committee of the Montgomery County Democratic Party, the dates that aren’t on the BOE site are:
- 2/5 – Central Committee Precinct Captain Petitions are due by 4 p.m. at the BOE
- 2/24 – Central Committee Write-In Candidate Forms are due by 4 p.m. at the BOE
You need to get only 5 signatures of registered voters in your precinct to get on the ballot. Get at least double that so the “graphologists” don’t throw your petition out.
This is how Rob Scott took over the local Republican party from Greg Gantt, and how Dennis Lieberman ousted Joe Shump.
To find out what precinct you live in: http://www.mcohio.org/boe/voter_information/voter_reg_lookup.cfm
If you want to find out who your precinct captain is- good luck- the worthless site run by the local party has nothing. www.montgomerydems.org
(compare it to the excellent Franklin County site www.fcdp.org).
And- if you want the form- also- good luck, go to the Sec. of State site to download it. http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/elections/forms/2-L.pdf Make sure you print it on legal paper, have it signed in ink- and that they SIGN- not print their names. If you want to run as a write in, the form is: http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/elections/forms/13.pdf
To read about how precinct captain takeover’s work: http://theprecinctproject.wordpress.com/
Below is the list of the current Dem party precinct captains- with a few titles filled in.
Note how many seats are empty? Also- note, how many people are either in office- or work for elected leaders. I don’t have time to cross-reference every name- but, if you can add in comments who works for whom- we can fill this out.
If you want to end the rule of the “Monarchy of Montgomery County” it will start with independent-minded people getting elected to the central committee. Please contact me if you need help with the process.
Montgomery County Dem Central Committee
WARD | PRECINCT | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | EMPLOYER | |
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DAY 1 | A | ||||
DAY 1 | B | Jessica | Michaiak | ||
DAY 1 | C | Ronald | Lee | Dayton School Board | |
DAY 1 | D | Joan | Wagner | Wife of AJ Wagner, former Auditor, Judge and Dayton Mayoral Candidate | |
DAY 1 | E | David | Esrati | ||
DAY 2 | A | ||||
DAY 2 | B | Anthony | Ballis | Partner of Dayton School Board Member Joe Lacey, who works in the County Treasurers office | |
DAY 2 | C | Matthew | Cox | Auditors office | |
DAY 2 | D | ||||
DAY 3 | A | ||||
DAY 3 | B | Richard | Cox | ||
DAY 3 | C | ||||
DAY 3 | D | ||||
DAY 3 | E | ||||
DAY 3 | F | CJ | Bartley | ||
DAY 3 | G | ||||
DAY 3 | H | Mary | Kuehne | ||
DAY 3 | I | Mark | Cunningham | ||
DAY 3 | J | ||||
DAY 3 | K | Mark | Owens | Dem Party Chair, Dayton Clerk of Courts | |
DAY 3 | L | Ann | Murray | Dayton Municipal Court | |
DAY 4 | A | Samuel | Braun | Mr. Nan Whaley, County Auditors office | |
DAY 4 | B | ||||
DAY 4 | C | Walter | Doty | ||
DAY 4 | D | ||||
DAY 5 | A | April | Alford | Board of Elections | |
DAY 5 | B | Fred | Strahorn | State Representative | |
DAY 5 | C | Richard | Green | former Counselor at MC Juvy Court System - 42 years | |
DAY 5 | D | Donald | Domineck | member of Dayton's Black Panther Party | |
DAY 5 | E | Barbara | Harris | ||
DAY 6 | A | Tom | Roberts | Former State Rep and Senate | |
DAY 6 | B | Stacey | Benson-Taylor | AFLCIO Union Representative | |
DAY 6 | C | Dorothy | Barnes | ||
DAY 6 | D | Lawrence | Flowers | Dayton Clerk of Courts | |
DAY 7 | A | Rhine | McLin | Former State rep, senate, MCDP vice chair, Dayton Mayor and now on BOE | |
DAY 7 | B | Clayton | Luckie | Imprisoned State rep | |
DAY 8 | A | Karl | Keith | County Auditor, Vice Chair MCDP | |
DAY 8 | B | ||||
DAY 8 | C | Meghan | Cole - now Thomas | Dayton Clerk of Courts (moved) | |
DAY 8 | D | George | Estes | ||
DAY 9 | A | Mary | Montgomery | Prosecutors office | |
DAY 9 | B | Genevieve | Murphy | President Ohio Young Dems, Auditors office | |
DAY 9 | C | Matthew | Joseph | Dayton City Commissioner, Brother of Russ Joseph, Dayton Clerk of Courts | |
DAY 9 | D | Guy | Aber | Board of Elections, his father Russel works in Auditors office | |
DAY 10 | A | ||||
DAY 10 | B | ||||
DAY 10 | C | Mary | Patterson | County Treasurers office | |
DAY 10 | D | ||||
DAY 10 | E | ||||
DAY 11 | A | ||||
DAY 11 | B | ||||
DAY 11 | C | Rachelle | Paynter | ||
DAY 11 | D | Jessica | Abernathy | Former Deputy MC Recorder, Admin Secretary at Family First Council | |
DAY 12 | A | Catherine | Merkle | Board of Elections | |
DAY 12 | B | ||||
DAY 12 | C | Christopher | Conner | ||
DAY 12 | D | ||||
DAY 13 | A | Shawn | Day | Dayton Clerk of Courts | |
DAY 13 | B | Hayes | Shepard | ||
DAY 14 | A | Gerald | Marshall | ||
DAY 14 | B | John | Boston | ||
DAY 14 | C | ||||
DAY 14 | D | Lakia | Gray | ||
DAY 15 | A | Regina | Marks | County Environmental Services | |
DAY 15 | B | John | Smith | ||
DAY 15 | C | ||||
DAY 15 | D | ||||
DAY 16 | A | Clay | Dixon | Former Mayor of Dayton | |
DAY 16 | B | ||||
DAY 16 | C | Irving | Johnson | ||
DAY 16 | D | Claudia | Mason | ||
DAY 16 | E | ||||
DAY 17 | A | Michael | Nelson | ||
DAY 17 | B | Jamie | Simpson | ||
DAY 17 | C | Linda | McKenna | ||
DAY 17 | D | Audrenna | Whiteside | Clerk of Courts | |
DAY 18 | A | Fred | Ralston | ||
DAY 18 | B | ||||
DAY 18 | C | Gretchen | Moore | ||
DAY 18 | D | ||||
DAY 19 | A | James | Atchison | IT Manager at the City of Moraine | |
DAY 19 | B | Willis | Blackshear | County Recorder | |
DAY 19 | C | ||||
DAY 19 | D | Keith | Lander | Facility Services at MC | |
DAY 20 | A | Lela | Estes | Board Member at City of Dayton | |
DAY 20 | B | Richard | Seitz | ||
DAY 20 | C | ||||
DAY 20 | D | Thomas | Ritchie | Union Head, former BOE member | |
DAY 21 | A | Willie | Marshall | ||
DAY 21 | B | ||||
DAY 21 | C | Marcia | Knox | Union Chief | |
DAY 22 | A | Sinthy | Taylor | Former BOE employee | |
DAY 22 | B | John | Fletcher | Board of Elections | |
DAY 22 | C | Alvin | Freeman | Dayton Civil Service Board | |
DAY 23 | A | ||||
BT | A | Debra | Armanini | County Prosecutor | |
BT | B | Kym | Brush | Wife of Greg Brush County Clerk of Courts | |
BT | C | Emily | Jackson | Now Emily Bradford- works in County Commission office for Judy Dodge | |
BT | D | Richard | Carne | lobbyist | |
BT | E | William | Davis II | Dayton Water dept. | |
BT | F | ||||
BT | G | Patricia | Kunk | ||
VD | A | ||||
VD | B | ||||
VD | C | ||||
VD | D | William | Crawford | Dayton Street Maintenance | |
VD | E | Mark | MacNealy | Volunteer Physician at Reach out of Montgomery County | |
VD | F | ||||
VD | G | Judy | Dodge | County commissioner | |
VD | H | Elaine | Zimmers-Johnson | Retired-Director of Real Estate for the Auditor’s Office | |
VD | I | Lawrence | O'Donnell | ||
VD | J | Steven | Harsman | Board of Elections | |
CLA | A | ||||
CLA | B | ||||
CLA | C | Richard | Renner | 5 Rivers Metro Parks | |
BRK | A | ||||
BRK | B | ||||
BRK | C | ||||
BRK | D | Amy | Edds | County Auditors office | |
PHB | |||||
GER | A | ||||
GER- | B | ||||
GTN | A | ||||
GTN | B | ||||
GTN | C | Jeff | Hasty | Environmental Services | |
HAR | A | ||||
HAR | B | Wesley | Wells | Union Leader | |
HAR | C | ||||
HAR | D | Elizabeth | Dyer | ||
HAR | E | ||||
HAR | F | ||||
HAR | G | Justin | Allen | Stillwater | |
HAR | H | ||||
HAR | I | Christine | Kinter | Dayton Clerk of Courts | |
HAR | J | Roland | Winburn | State Rep | |
HAR | K | ||||
HAR | L | Tony | Curington | ||
HAR | M | Brooke | Wright | Dayton Municipal Court | |
HAR | N | ||||
HUB 1 | A | ||||
HUB 1 | B | Lu | Dale | ||
HUB 1 | C | Isac | Daniel | ||
HUB 1 | D | ||||
HUB 2 | A | Penni | Chafins | ||
HUB 2 | B | ||||
HUB 2 | C | Jan | Vargo | Huber Heights Council | |
HUB 2 | D | ||||
HUB 3 | A | Donald | Payne | ||
HUB 3 | B | ||||
HUB 3 | C | Edwin | Primm | ||
HUB 3 | D | Linda | Manning | ||
HUB 4 | A | ||||
HUB 4 | B | ||||
HUB 4 | C | ||||
HUB 4 | D | ||||
HUB 5 | A | ||||
HUB 5 | B | ||||
HUB 5 | C | David | Richards | ||
HUB 6 | A | Dana | Clark | ||
HUB 6 | B | Ed | Lyons | ||
HUB 6 | C | Ellen | Wilkey | ||
JAK | A | Karen | Criswell | ||
JAK | B | ||||
FARM | |||||
JNLB | A | Vicki | Gebhart | ||
JNLB | B | Dave | Fecke | ||
JEF | A | Fred | Meacham | ||
JEF | B | Brice | Sims | Jefferson Twp Trustee | |
JEF | C | ||||
JEF | D | Lynn | Thomasson | County Clerk of Courts | |
KT 1 | A | Jason | Stanton | ||
KT 1 | B | Robin | Barker | ||
KT 1 | C | ||||
KT 1 | D | ||||
KT 1 | E | Dennis | McCarthy | ||
KT 1 | F | Kathy | Williams | ||
KT 1 | G | ||||
KT 1 | H | Laura | Jordan | Board of Elections | |
KT 1 | I | ||||
KT 2 | A | ||||
KT 2 | B | Fred | Schindler | Maintainance at WPAFB | |
KT 2 | C | ||||
KT 2 | D | Nancy | Simpson | Community Economic Development | |
KT 2 | E | Mary | Robinson | ||
KT 2 | F | ||||
KT 2 | G | David | Wisemann | ||
KT 2 | H | Pat | Biddle | ||
KT 2 | I | ||||
KT 3 | A | ||||
KT 3 | B | Jonathan | Hardin | ||
KT 3 | C | Frederick | Krumholtz | Dayton Clerk of Courts | |
KT 3 | D | ||||
KT 3 | E | ||||
KT 3 | F | Roberta | Beyer | Dayton Recreation and Youth Services | |
KT 3 | G | ||||
KT 3 | H | Ancil | Webb | ||
KT 3 | I | ||||
KT 3 | J | Miriam | Maue | ||
KT 3 | K | ||||
KT 4 | A | Nancy | Enright | ||
KT 4 | B | ||||
KT 4 | C | Laura | Hawthorn | Logistics management at WPAFB | |
KT 4 | D | ||||
KT 4 | E | ||||
KT 4 | F | ||||
KT 4 | G | Jonathan | Kleinman | ||
KT 4 | H | John | Murphy | Board of Elections | |
KT 4 | I | Wesley | Bishop | ||
KT 4 | J | ||||
KT 4 | K | Michael | Bock | Kettering School board | |
TR 1 | A | Tommy | Stewart | ||
TR 1 | B | ||||
TR 1 | C | Marjorie | Townes | ||
TR 1 | D | Ella | Bolling | County Treasurers Office | |
TR 1 | E | Nancy | Marino | ||
TR 1 | F | Dawn | Wojcik | MCDP employee | |
TR 2 | A | Tia | Cox | Job and Family Services | |
TR 2 | B | Kevin | Arnold | ||
TR 2 | C | ||||
TR 2 | D | ||||
TR 2 | E | Donna | Gales | ||
TR 3 | A | ||||
TR 3 | B | ||||
TR 3 | C | ||||
TR 4 | A | Djuna | Brown | ex-Auditor’s Office | |
TR 4 | B | Patrick | Thomasson | Married to Tisha who works in Dayton Clerk of Courts | |
TR 4 | C | ||||
TR 4 | D | ||||
RV | A | ||||
RV | B | Gladys | Stump | ||
RV | C | ||||
RV | D | William | Flaute | Riverside Mayor | |
RV | E | Kenny | Nance | ||
RV | F | ||||
RV | G | ||||
RV | H | ||||
RV | I | ||||
RV | J | ||||
RV | K | ||||
RV | L | Edyth | Mitchell | ||
RV | M | ||||
PM | |||||
MIA | A | ||||
MIA | B | ||||
MIA | C | ||||
MIA | D | ||||
MIA | E | ||||
MIA | F | ||||
MIA | G | ||||
MIA | H | William | Melke | ||
MIA | I | ||||
MIA | J | ||||
MIA | K | ||||
MIA | L | ||||
MIA | M | ||||
MIA | N | ||||
MIA | O | Mark | Landers | Veterans Services | |
MIA | P | ||||
MIA | Q | P Michael | Robinette | Former head of Conservancy District, MVRPC | |
MIA | R | ||||
MIA | S | ||||
MIA | T | Johnna | Shia | County Prosecutor | |
WCR | A | ||||
WCR | B | Brenda | White | Dayton Clerk of Courts | |
WCR | C | ||||
WCR | D | Todd | Ahearn | County Prosector | |
WCR | E | Chris | Holm | Auditors office | |
WCR | F | ||||
WCR | G | Renee | Sheppard | ||
MBG 1 | A | ||||
MBG 1 | B | ||||
MBG 1 | C | ||||
MBG 2 | A | ||||
MBG 2 | B | Charles | Bowling | Former BOE employee | |
MBG 2 | C | ||||
MBG 3 | A | ||||
MBG 3 | B | ||||
MBG 3 | C | ||||
MBG 4 | A | ||||
MBG 4 | B | Julie | Bruns | County Prosecutor | |
MBG 4 | C | ||||
MBG 4 | D | ||||
MOR 1 | A | Jacqueline | Cole | ||
MOR 2 | A | Patricia | Celes | Job and Family Services | |
MOR 3 | A | ||||
MOR 4 | A | Linda | Pauley | ||
OAK | A | Peggy | Weller | JFS childrens services | |
OAK | B | ||||
OAK | C | ||||
OAK | D | ||||
OAK | E | Tony | Tipps | Former BOE worker, son of Lobbyist Paul Tipps | |
OAK | F | ||||
OAK | G | Carol | Holm | ||
PER | A | ||||
PER | B | ||||
PER | C | ||||
PNLB | A | Betty | Bennington | Dayton Clerk of Courts | |
CTN 1 | A | ||||
CTN 1 | B | Matt | Heck | Prosecutor | |
CTN 1 | C | Dennis | Lieberman | Former MCDP Chair, Former BOE, Husband of Debbie Lieberman | |
CTN 1 | D | Tina | Brown | Board of Elections | |
CTN 2 | A | ||||
CTN 2 | B | Jacke | Horne | ||
CTN 2 | C | Joe | Litvin | Former County engineer | |
CTN 3 | A | James | Gorman | ||
CTN 3 | B | Ted | Gudorf | ||
CTN 3 | C | Cheryl | Hart-Groff | Dayton Clerk of Courts | |
ENG | A | ||||
ENG | B | Judy | Gerhard | ||
ENG | C | ||||
ENG | D | ||||
ENG | E | ||||
ENG | F | ||||
ENG | G | ||||
ENG | H | Pearlie | Johnson | ||
ENG | I | ||||
ENG | J | ||||
UN | A | ||||
UN | B | Robin | Davis | Dayton Clerk of Courts | |
UN | C | ||||
UN | D | Mike | Spirk | County Auditor | |
WS | A | James | Vangrov | County Commission office | |
WS | B | Kriss | Gang | ||
WS | C | ||||
WS | D | Mary | Miller Ellis | ||
WS | E | ||||
WS | F | ||||
WS | G | ||||
WS | H | Susan | Hesselgesser | ||
WS | I | ||||
WS | J | Michelle | Grodner | Prosecutor | |
WS | K | ||||
WS | L | Barbara | Shump | ||
WS | M | ||||
WS | N | ||||
WS | O | Paul | Robinson | County Treasurer | |
WS | P | ||||
WS | Q | ||||
WS | R | John | Roll | ||
WS | S | Pat | Edsall | ||
WS | T | Shirley | Marion | ||
WS | U | ||||
WS | V | Leigh Ann | Capizzi | Juvenile Court, married to Tony Capizzi, former Dayton City Commissioner and now Judge | |
WS | W | ||||
WS | X | Beverly | King | Board of Elections | |
CV | A | ||||
CV | B | ||||
CV | C | Charlotte | Vitali | ||
CV | D | ||||
CV | E | ||||
CV | F | Cathy | Startzman | County Commission office | |
CV | G | Stephen | Davis | ||
CV | H | David | Saphire | ||
CV | I | ||||
CV | J | ||||
CV | K | Michael | Rice | Husband of County Treasure Carolyn Rice | |
CV | L | Christianna | Romer | County Commission office | |
CV | M | ||||
CV | N | ||||
CV | O | Lee | Falke | Former County Prosecutor | |
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I think “Unknown Connection(s)” indicates an implicit political/personal connection of all the names on the list. That may be misleading.
Steve Harsman was a former ODOT employee who allegedly sold shoplifted items at school in high school for spending money instead of having a real job. He was a loyalist to former party chair Joe Shump (how he got his job at the BOE) and worked his way back into favor with the local democrats and then chairman Dennis Lieberman to get the director’s position at the BOE. His brother is a felon that is a member of a quasi criminal/white supremacist biker gang called the iron horseman. Harsman himself heisted six figures worth of voting machines from the Diebold corporation and is well known for his affairs with Cathy Merkle most likely to gain a political edge somehow with current chair Mark Owens. Harsman and Merkle were photographed at the Dayton International Airport returning from Miami FL together after a partially taxpayer funded affair while Harsman was on a “business” trip to Miami FL paid for by the county. Harsman is know by the staff as a bully who would hypocritically take a county van on a two plus hour lunches to get a new toupee fitted and attached and then return and harass staff who took extended breaks, lunches or that stopped working early.
David, double check your salary info. Unless there were salary cuts salaries seem low or not correct. Jan Kelly is certainly capable of giving you bogus info FYI.
As you know the BOE is a system of D’s and R’s helping the other scam the taxpayers. Jan and Steve function as a team who’s combined job is to keep the corrupt system in place that both parties benefit from intact. Harsman, as you know, is simply the most experienced and effective “boss” that oversees the corruption.
Oh, but ain’t that America for you and me
Ain’t that America somethin’ to see, baby
Ain’t that America home of the free
Little BOE’s to run the elections for you and me
“It’s a big party, and you ain’t in it.”
George Carlin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oBo8CJxatQ
This shit don’t make no sense! Guy doesn’t have a anger problem, lmfao!
I don’t think Guy has a temper problem bone. He is a short dude for sure. If he got a kinda fat and went bald by the time Harsman retires he would be a great replacement! No one is going to miss old hairclub Harsman when he retires that is for sure. I guess it will be Hibner to replace Jan when she goes. Hibner needs to learn how to bribe the system better, if he had those skills he would be director.
David, lots of good information here. The key point to stress is that during this year’s Democratic primary, every precinct has the opportunity to elect a voting delegate to the Reorganization Meeting to be held in June. (The last Reorganization Meeting was in June, 2010.) These delegates then serve as Central Committee members.
The Reorganization Meeting offers the opportunity to make big changes in our local party. At that meeting, officers will be selected and a constitution will be approved.
We need to find a way to inform Democrats that live in Montgomery County that with only a little effort they may qualify to be a voting delegate at the Reorganization Meeting. Any Democrat who wants to impact the local party needs only to fill a petition with five signatures of Democrats living in his or her precinct. Most precincts are not represented. As you note, the deadline is February 5 for filing petitions — now less than three weeks away.
There could be a beautiful vision here if it was organized properly. A group of like minded people that got organized and gained control or influence over or in both local parties. Then the full gutting of the city and county governments could begin. Need some type of “take our county or city back” type of movement.
@Dale C- see http://www.independentdayton.com we’re working on it. In the meantime- I hope independent dems decide to run.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Montgomery County is corrupt. We all know it. But nobody is going to, or can, do a damn thing about it. Best to realize what an inbred, backwards, incestuous shit hole this is, and move along.
Yes, Some Guy, you are right. Dayton is an incestuous shit hole. And like all shit holes, it’s time will come. Esrati’s blog provides important internet exposure for building the necessary critical mass that will be the point of no return for the ways of the grand cesspool and its kindred.
As to getting out of the shit hole, it is hard once one has landed in this insular, backwards town. The place has long lost its edge, offers little resources & networking opportunities (outside the kissing cousin club) for one to build a career–who wants someone out of Dayton? In that regard, its more akin to setting foot in fecal quicksand. But I digress:
To make the above BOE compilation more complete, I humbly offer background on Nancy
Jenkins.Marino She was the Whale’s handmaiden back when Whaley sat all day smoking at MCDP HQ while Nancy & others did her work. Nancy was Nan’s volunteer & did this out of love for the Whale. Around the time the Whale moved to KK’s office, to sit all day & smoke while others did her work, Dennis L. then head of the MCBOE, gave Nancy a BOE position that she held for anumber of years. Lieberman had helped Nancy with settling the estate of her deceased husband, a junk yard owner. It was rumored that Nancy’s BOE salary assisted w/the acquired legal fees for estate settlement.And the beat goes on…
A reformed and vitalized Montgomery County Democratic Party could have a big and positive impact on the whole region. Any Democrat who wants to make a difference in the MCDP should take the steps needed to become a delegate to the big MCDP Reorganization Meeting that is scheduled for June. This opportunity only comes around every four years — the last meeting was June of 2010.
At this MCDP Reorganization Meeting, if there was a majority of like-minded delegates, then the party could be dramatically changed with new officers and a new constitution. In order to become a delegate, you need to submit a petition to the Board of Elections by February 5 containing signatures of five Democrats living in your precincts. If anyone wants to make the effort needed to become a delegate, then I will be glad to send them the petition form and a list of Dems living in your district. Shoot me an e-mail at [email protected] and I will reply to you promptly. Time is running out to take advantage of this rare opportunity to have a real voice in making change in your local Democratic party organization, so don’t delay.
I’m still working my way through all the data- but if you look at the filled seats of the Montgomery County Central Committee – about half of them work in government. Meaning our candidates are picked by people who will depend on a paycheck from whom they elect.
A key difference between the local parties- the Dems “screening committee” is a selected group of these people- how they are selected no one knows. They endorse in all races.
The Republicans- only have precinct captains in the jurisdiction that the candidate is running for endorse- ie, in Dayton, only Dayton precinct captains vote in the endorsement
I’m still working my way through the list- to try to figure out who lives with whom- and who has family doing their bidding. It’s easy to see how Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck has so much power in that many of his subordinates are on the central committee.
It would be nice if sources could help uncover what the Republican’s in the office are paying in kickbacks. Years ago they had to make “donations” to the patrons club depending on how much they were paid. People like Kelly and Landon are certainly paying kickbacks but not sure if the lower employees still have to. You could also look at the Dem’s frolic for funds fundraiser and cross link that to country employees to get an idea of how much shakedown money the Dem’s are getting out of county employees.
@Dale C- word is there is no mandatory donation by the R’s- but they are expected to be involved in races and the party.
As to the cross references- I have the employee lists- you can download campaign finance reports- which aren’t in machine readable formats- for all candidates- and start cross referencing- it would take a while.
I’m having enough work just cross referencing the employees to the precinct captains- last nights edits didn’t hold- and I have to do it again.
While I am thinking about it you could look into the money the boe spent on travel over the last 10 years if possible, it would be a big number. Harsman spent a ton of money for sure as did Smith. Look into how much they spend going to SOS conferences.
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So, if my understanding of all this is correct, the bipartisan “old boy network” in place means independents, libertarians, etc. have little or no chance of getting past the BOE and onto a ballot, in Montgomery Co.?
@mark Duddridge- EXACTLY. Or even d’s or r’s that don’t bow to the almighty party.
A few more connections:
VD-H Elaine Zimmers-Johnson: ex-Director of Real Estate (retired) for the Auditor’s Office
WCR-E Chris Holm: Auditor’s Office employee
TR4-A Djuna Brown: ex-Auditor’s Office employee, allowed to resign (rather than being fired) after being arrested for drug money laundering
Thanks for filling in more blanks @Tired. I confirmed Brown’s prosecution. I missed Holm- thanks for catching that.
The board members stand behind a director the has done nothing but bully and demean his staff and they wonder why current and former boe employees leak info. Nice job boe board members! If it was not for you backing up “hairclub” Harsman your little club would not be so exposed.
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I am very concerned that my name was taken off my va benefit home on Montgomery counties website.
Police did nothing , OIG did nothing, this is a criminal intent and attempted act at theft of property. Prosecutor has done nothing.
Sick and my infant grandson lives with me, 19 years here in my home.
As a result my utility bills in my name since 1989 were sent to another county.
So abusive and criminal.
Clear identity theft to the tenth degree.
Police have every piece of documentation and the individuals name /info that did it!
All the corruption is exactly like you show;
This criminal has connections and is a sociopath.