Only one upset in Dayton
You can pull up the results of the Nov. 3, 2015, Montgomery County elections here: http://www.mcohio.org/document_center/BoardElections/ElectionResults/11032015es.pdf
It wasn’t Darryl Fairchild’s turn after all. Despite falling on his sword to let Jeff Mims take Nan Whaley’s seat, Democratic party pick Chris Shaw beat the former party favorite by a measly 169 votes. Matt Joseph cruises in to collect a paycheck for four more years of doing nothing, and the reign of Queen Nan continues.
In the Dayton School Board race, newcomer John McManus squeezes past Nancy Nearny. At his watch party were almost all the other board members, including his opponent Sheila Taylor. The first issue on their agenda will be if they should renew Superintendent Lori Ward’s contract. My guess is the vote just got a lot closer.
The big success was local defense attorney Mia Wortham Spells beating the Dem party pick- Colette Moorman by 265 votes. Enough that it should be good through the final. Moorman was on the Dem party stupid voter card and should have ridden the coattails of Joseph and Shaw, but she didn’t. For Moorman, a magistrate, the only thing that changes is her new boss for the next 6 years- her opponent.
The Sinclair levy passed convincingly 54-44, with at least three quarters of a million behind it. As the treasurer of www.keepsinclairfair.org I can tell you that this is fine- people will see their tax bill go up, while the taxpayers in Warren, Greene and Preble County- where “no Montgomery County tax dollars are spent” get away with a small tuition increase and NO tax at all. When the big Sinclair levy comes up in a few years- we’ll be ready, and Dr. Steven Johnson can learn to live on a 1 mil levy when the big one fails. He can try charging $50 more a credit hour in Montgomery County- since that’s all this really costs… if you believe his bullshit.
At least Montgomery County voters voted Yes on issue 1, and No on 3 – unfortunately, the legislature pulled a fast one, and now have the ability to do anything they want to any statewide ballot initiative (as if they weren’t doing it already).
Results were held until 9pm because Butler and Hamilton Counties couldn’t get their polling places handled properly. That would be a #fail for Secretary of State Jon Husted who still hasn’t figured out how to overcome the stupidity of the BOE system in Ohio where friend and family get to run elections instead of professionals.
With all the confusion on Issue 2 and 3- I consider this more of a state IQ test than an election. I’ve not looked at the Statewide results yet to see how we Buckeyes did collectively, but I have faith that Issue 3 will rightfully go up in smoke. Too bad “investors.” When Ohioans pass a pot law, maybe we’ll still be able to buy some Acapulco Gold, or some Mile High Weed, but for now, we’re still a pot free state.
My own father was challenged at the polls for presenting his VA photo ID. He held his ground, and one of the supervisors figured it out ok.
That wasn’t true for a friend of mine. She and her husband went in to vote- same polling location as last year, same address, and somehow, her husband was allowed to vote, and she was made to vote provisionally. The difference? He’s white, she’s black and it was a South suburb. We’re still making Third World countries look good when it comes to ballot box access.
The biggest problem still hasn’t been solved: too many elections/candidates/jurisdictions/issues and no reliable source of information. This again turned out to be a low turnout election.
It’s not a true democracy unless everyone has a chance to be heard, and for every vote to count equally. Let’s get to work on that people.
What we need is Auto-Registration, and Smart-Phone Voting. Mark my words, the first state to do that, will see record turnouts.
Regarding judicial races; Has anyone ever ran for any judgeship and did not list “acting judge-Dayton Municipal Court” or “acting magistrate-Dayton or other court” as a qualification. If there was a newspaper in town they could research how many times these people actually sit as a substitute judge or magistrate, how much it costs, and why the judges and magistrates who are elected or appointed need so much “relief” from outside substitutes.
Carl,
You are correct. Some do it more. Colette is a magistrate, full time now- and has been for a long time. She’s known for some pretty hefty fines on indigent people.
The trial lawyers endorsement is the important one IMHO- because lawyers know who knows what they are doing.
What’s really more important is stats on how many rulings are overturned- Judge Cromartie had the worst record ever – but no one provided that info- because, judicial rules pretty much prevent saying anything informative.
Yes, voters came out and voted, or should I say the only ones left that vote. All planned out real clever of the legislator to time these issues on an off election for one purpose.
After all the excitement hyperbole for marijuana law for legalization. All done very sneaky and discrete because it is obvious the word for the day is MONOPOLY. That is right and you may be wondering what I am talking out.
A clever distraction and diversion tool to fool the voter into voting a certain way. they use psychology on the voter to believe all the hype in your face and lie on television about voting for a bill that clearly is and would of been a MONOPOLY and bad anyway for OHIO. Hence that is the point here ISSUE 3 was not about marijuana but a clever device to get ISSUE 2 passed; they reached their objection in controlling what goes to the ballot box now and how you vote.
Good luck if you want some voting initiative considered. It is going to cost you huge sums of money, red tape, lots of lawyers, and plenty of politics, only for your bill or issue to be rejected with more regulation control and deceit by a 3 person panel, unless of course, you know someone on the inside that likes you and want to do you a favor.
The only good thing here might be ISSUE 1 but leave it to the legislator to mess with it to only see it not do what it is intended to do in the first place.
Any GOOD ATTORNEYS out there want to challenge the system and now that ISSUE 2 being law with intended consequences of this unconstitutional tool that will be used? Just because it will be law does not mean it is good for you and me; I say take this all the way to Supreme court if you have the guts to do it.
Seems to be a as good a time as ever to leave Dayton and OHIO for greener pastures. Each day the corruption grows beyond the beyond.
On the positive side, Issue 1 passed easily. To fully appreciate what a big deal countering Gerrymandering in Ohio is, see: http://www.vox.com/2015/11/4/9669034/ohio-gerrymandering
[…] I have always protested the endorsement of one democrat over another in a primary/runoff/special election – for at least the last 20 years. I usually get about 3 supporters in agreement with me- and hissed at by a particularly nasty old biddy who recently died. This time, a few others said that they didn’t agree with this process- including one labor representative who questioned how Scott Sliver- who ran against the endorsed candidates 6 years, earned the right (did his time in the party) to get the endorsement. In the Monarchy of Montgomery County, for years, you were supposed to “wait your turn” to get your shot. This was what they told Darryl Fairchild when they wanted to run to fill Nan Whaleys seat- and he acquiesced, only to be passed over the next time when they pushed Chris Shaw over him and Chris barely won. […]