Ohio GOP’s No. 2 official tells Kasich to back off
By Joe Hallett
Ronald Reagan’s famous 11th Commandment — Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican — is officially dead in Ohio.
Intraparty warfare over an attempt by Gov. John Kasich and House Speaker William G. Batchelder to depose Ohio GOP Chairman Kevin DeWine intensified yesterday when the party’s vice chairwoman asked Kasich to “stand down.”
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Halt the double dipping
Published: December 5, 2011 - 10:55 PM
Akron Beacon Journal
State lawmakers long have had in their possession proposals from the state pension programs to update and improve the public employee retirement system. The recommendations include several steps for narrowing eligibility and otherwise establishing a stronger financial foundation. Unfortunately, nothing has been achieved, and even Senate Bill 5 would have delivered little in this realm.
Now comes state Rep. Rex Damschroder, a Fremont Republican, clearly out of patience and rightly taking aim at a glaring flaw in the system. He has introduced legislation to end the practice of double dipping.
Published: 12/6/2011
Vice chair asks Kasich to step into party fracas
Dispute looms large as election nears
BY TOM TROY
BLADE POLITICS WRITER
BLADE POLITICS WRITER
The vice chairman of the Ohio Republican Party added her voice to the fight over control of the party in an appeal to Gov. John Kasich on Monday.
Kay Ayres of Highland County, near Cincinnati, wrote a letter to Governor Kasich and sent copies to other members of the party’s central and executive committees.
She told the governor he is the only one who can stop the “nonsense” that she said is threatening to weaken the party with a presidential election campaign getting started.
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Building isn’t Moyer’s greatest legacy
By Anonymous
Posted Dec 05, 2011 @ 12:00 PM
Summing up Thomas Moyer’s legacy seemed like a tall order until we heard what Ohio House Speaker William Batchelder said about the late chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court on Friday.
The occasion was the renaming of the court’s building for Moyer, who died unexpectedly in 2010.
“Tom had about him a dignity, a desire to serve and a desire for the people of the state of Ohio to believe in their court system,” Batchelder said.
http://www.cantonrep.com/opinion/editorials/x1622888229/Building-isn-t-Moyer-s-greatest-legacy
The occasion was the renaming of the court’s building for Moyer, who died unexpectedly in 2010.
“Tom had about him a dignity, a desire to serve and a desire for the people of the state of Ohio to believe in their court system,” Batchelder said.
http://www.cantonrep.com/opinion/editorials/x1622888229/Building-isn-t-Moyer-s-greatest-legacy
GOP Feud: Batchelder Wants DeWine's Resignation; GOP Vice Chair Warns of Divide
Hannah Report 12/5/11
A Republican feud with House Speaker William Batchelder (R-Medina) and Gov. John Kasich on one side and Ohio Republican Party Chairman Kevin DeWine on the other became public this weekend after Batchelder sent a letter to his caucus seeking DeWine's ouster.
The ensuing war of words led Kay Ayres, the vice chairwoman of the party, to send a letter Monday to Kasich and members of the Ohio Republican State Central and Executive Committee warning that the battle could create a divide within the state party that could lead to Barack Obama's re-election in 2012 and Kasich's defeat in 2014.
Batchelder's letter was sent Friday and claims that Republicans were victorious last November "despite the numerous examples of Chairman DeWine's attempts to thwart our efforts."
A Republican feud with House Speaker William Batchelder (R-Medina) and Gov. John Kasich on one side and Ohio Republican Party Chairman Kevin DeWine on the other became public this weekend after Batchelder sent a letter to his caucus seeking DeWine's ouster.
The ensuing war of words led Kay Ayres, the vice chairwoman of the party, to send a letter Monday to Kasich and members of the Ohio Republican State Central and Executive Committee warning that the battle could create a divide within the state party that could lead to Barack Obama's re-election in 2012 and Kasich's defeat in 2014.
Batchelder's letter was sent Friday and claims that Republicans were victorious last November "despite the numerous examples of Chairman DeWine's attempts to thwart our efforts."
Politics Notebook: Three Apply To Replace McKenney; Report Pushes Cordray Approval; Brown Responds To Chamber, Mandel Jabs; Fudge To Run For Reelection
Gongwer 12/5/11
The House Republican Caucus said three Akron-area businessmen have identified themselves as candidates for appointment to vacant the 43rd House District seat.
The applicants include Anthony DeVitis, of Uniontown, who is a small business owner and Green city councilman; Gary Peters, of Coventry Township, who is a businessman with experience in state and local government; and Nick Skeriotis, of Suffield Township, who is president of S&K Asphalt and Concrete and a member of Portage County Republican Central Committee, according to the House GOP.
The long-simmering power struggle over control of the Ohio Republican Party hit a boiling point over the weekend when one of the top GOP officeholders in the state blasted Chairman Kevin DeWine for a speech he delivered Friday to the State Central Committee.
Speaker Bill Batchelder (R-Medina) called the chairman's address a "personal attack" against Gov. John Kasich and decried Mr. DeWine's "questionable leadership" in a memorandum to his caucus that was later distributed to the media.
Mr. DeWine responded in a letter to the speaker saying the memo was "flat out false" and that he was, in his comments to the committee members, mainly issuing a call for party unity ahead of a key election year.
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