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I’ve been silent about this story, because to some extent it’s been in the works since Jennifer Brunner officially took over the Cuyahoga County’s Elections Board, but then I got some emails and I haven’t had any time to respond to them until now.
This one pretty well sums up the majority of angrier notes I’ve […]

…to my request with a letter from RPCC Executive Director Steve Backiel and a check for $100.

Ah, thanks for the check, but…
I think if you re-read my communication with the Chairman, you’ll see that I did not resign.

On Saturday I attended a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County at which a new member of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections would be nominated. This individual is to replace Ohio GOP Chairman Bob Bennett (who recently resigned) and serve out the balance of Bennett’s original […]

In response to the question I posed yesterday afternoon, apparently there is an official Cuyahoga County GOP Executive Committee meeting tomorrow morning to coronate Rob Frost as the replacement for Bob Bennett at Board of Elections (apparently nobody else indicated an interest… or at least was willing to go against the chair - who said […]

For the last few days I’ve been getting some calls and emails asking me whether or not there is supposed to be a meeting of the Cuyahoga County Republican Party Executive Committee this weekend to nominate a successor (insert Rob Frost’s name here) to Bob Bennett on the CuyCo Board of Elections.
Apparently Ohio Secretary […]

We were close on who we believed would be Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner’s picks for the Democratic representatives on the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. The initial inklings of a labor attorney (Eben “Sandy” McNair) and a female African American attorney (Inajo Davis Chappell) were correct, but it looks like the original […]

Man oh man I hate when I’m right - especially when it comes to politics and bad decisions for our governance. Such is the case today with this piece of news from our friends at Right Angle Blog…
I’m not sure which makes me angrier, the fact that Cuyahoga County Republican Party Chairman Rob Frost […]

Now that Bob Bennett has officially tendered his resignation from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, I’ve received a number of emails from folks asking if my last batch of potential candidates remains interested in the seat…
Based on the conversations I’ve had with interested parties, my two original selections Mike Wise and Jim Trakas have […]

Bob Bennett resigned today from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Not that I enjoy dancing on somebody’s grave, but I told you this would happen.
The next question is who gets Bennett’s now vacant seat on the BOE… my recommendation, Jeff Dean.

Think about that for a moment - In a SUPER majority Democrat county, when a failure occurs in our county’s elections system, Republicans are perceived to have caused the problem. This in a county where Republicans cannot even fill our share of all of the available poll worker slots on election days.