Glass City Jungle

The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) endorsed Strickland in 2006, as pointed out in the link to 2006 FOP endorsements included in the below release from the O’Shaughnessy for Ohio Secretary of State campaign. Two releases are below, one from the re-election campaign of Governor Ted Strickland and one from Attorney General Richard Cordray [...]

The Lucas County Democratic Party website provides less information on candidates that will be on the ballot tomorrow than the Lucas County Republican Party website, though neither one can get high marks. The “candidate” page (link) on the Democratic site only lists two candidates…Dean Mandros and Keila Cosme since they were the only two [...]

I grew up listening to the comedy stylings of Bill Cosby, if you are a fan too then this week’s Toledo Free Press cover story is one that you’ll enjoy, Vicki Kroll’s “Conversation with Cosby” (link). It made me go searching for one of my all time favorite Cosby skits, “Chocolate Cake for Breakfast” [...]

Continuing the series on candidates in contested races this primary and what comes up in Google; we continue with Judges who are running in the Republican Primary for the Sixth District Court of Appeals, the third candidate in the Republican primary for this seat is Judge Robert Christiansen. You’ll note the image from Google [...]

Continuing the series on candidates in contested races this primary and what comes up in Google; we continue with Judges who are running in the Republican Primary for the Sixth District Court of Appeals. I debated what name to use to search Judge Hany under, he is listed on the Lucas County ballot as [...]

On the May primary ballot there are a few local races that have more than one candidate from one party. Typically judicial races don’t get that much attention, especially during the primary, so I’m starting with them, then plan in the next few days to share information on the rest of the local contested [...]

This in via e-mail from the Mandros for Lucas County Common Pleas Judge campaign:
Dean Mandros has been endorsed by the Lucas County Democratic Party for his candidacy for the judicial seat of retiring Common Pleas Court Judge Denise Ann Dartt. Mr. Mandros will be vying for the position against Republican candidate Mark Davis [...]

From the Toledo Free Press BOE films petition filings is the official response/reporting on why a video camera was rolling on Thursday. The Lucas County Board of Elections has done a great job in getting the unofficial Central Committee lists and the unofficial candidate lists online. Since I have criticized them in the [...]

The last minute withdrawal of Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop created a “perfect storm” opportunity for anyone who wanted to run for that seat. The number of Democrats running (six) was not really a surprise, the number should have actually been a bit higher but a few decided to sit it out missing a [...]

This in via e-mail from the Mary Jane Trapp for Ohio Supreme Court campaign:
Judge Mary Jane Trapp Files Petitions for Ohio Supreme Court
COLUMBUS – Today, Eleventh District Court of Appeals Judge Mary Jane Trapp filed petitions for her candidacy for Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. Judge Trapp is running for the seat [...]

This in via e-mail from the Ohio Democratic Party:
Judge Eric Brown Announces Candidacy for Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
COLUMBUS – Today, joined by supporters and family at a press conference at the Ohio Statehouse, Franklin County Probate Court Judge Eric Brown announced his candidacy for Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. [...]

This list was obtained through the Lucas County Board of Elections, it is accurate as of this morning. I’ve included a link for each judge/judicial candidate, if they had a campaign web site, that is the link shared, if they did not? I linked whatever I could find that shared the most information about [...]

This in via e-mail from the newly formed Mandros for Judge campaign:
Dean P. Mandros will pull petitions and announce his intent to run for Lucas County Common Pleas Court Judge at 3:30 p.m. January 13, 2010 at the Lucas County B.O.E. at One Government Center 3rd Floor.
For the past twenty-eight years, Dean Mandros has [...]

Yesterday the Sojourner’s Truth was put online, this is the first chance I’ve had to go through all of their endorsements. The Toledo Free Press has also made their endorsements, and I’ve heard that the Toledo Journal also made endorsements but they are not online and the Toledo City Paper doesn’t appear to have [...]

This week the Toledo Free Press coverage includes bio and other information on all of the candidates seeking election to the Toledo Public Schools Board and on the three candidates who want to be your next Toledo Municipal Court judge. Council coverage will be next week. Darlene Fisher is on the cover, [...]

The Board of Elections will be a flurry of activity today as the remaining candidates for Mayor and for City Council have until today at the close of business of the Board of Elections to submit their petitions. Then of course their petitions need to be verified but today is the timeline hurdle, those [...]

Last night I was invited to attend a campaign event for Ian English, who is the endorsed Democrat for Judge.  He is running for the seat held by Judge Lynn Schaefer who has decided to not run for re-election. Earlier I pointed out the Sojourner Truth article about Ian English, it’s a good introduction [...]

When I went to vote this morning, I saw first hand how the Blade has an impact on the election process. A woman, who looked to be in her late 50’s, early 60’s was at the touch screen machine, looking at the cut out page of yesterday’s Blade’s summary of their endorsements. I [...]

I received an email this morning from a reader of the blog who shared his personal experience with some of those out there doing voter registration and questions of bias. He pointed out a letter to the editor in the Blade written by a Joel Scherer of Oregon that was in response to the [...]

Articles on the two choices voters will face for the Supreme Court were in today’s Blade, one on Maureen O’Connor who is the incumbent and one on Joseph Russo who is a judge on the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.
The intro for O’Connor:
Justice Maureen O’Connor’s election in 2002 marked a watershed for the Ohio Supreme [...]

This in via email from the Sikora for Justice campaign:
Judge Sikora Tells Ohio Chamber of Commerce “Thanks, But No Thanks”
CLEVELAND — The Ohio Chamber of Commerce, in what could best be described as an act of sheer “political chutzpah”, has asked Ohio Supreme Court candidate Judge Peter Sikora to participate in its judicial candidate endorsement [...]

The big news for the March election is the number of filings for precinct person spots, A total of 765 petitions were filed as of yesterday for precinct committee person, of which 370 were by Democrats and 395 by Republicans. Yours truly was one of the 370 on the Democratic Party side making [...]

I didn’t get a chance to watch all of Conklin & Company on WTVG this morning however, I did watch the part that is my favorite, Take Three, which was up first once again this week rather than the third segment of the show (Yes, technically that would make it “Take One). If you [...]

The following is a guest editorial written by Jim Nusbaum…
Lisa has been bugging me to post, but I could not think of anything to write about until now. This time of year offers an opportunity for me to write about something I know, which is, what it is like to lose an election, a close [...]

Since everyone had so much fun on primary day making their prediction of who would win and the percentage, here’s your chance once again to guess:
What you think the voter turnout will be.
Who you think will win the races of your choice and if you want, the percentage of the win.

I’m guessing [...]

I’m organizing this into one post so it can also be linked in the sidebar so it’s easy to locate the next few days. It will be a work in progress…
Toledo Municipal Court – Blade picks Judge Michael Goulding
Toledo City Council – Blade endorsed only in districts where candidates were opposed:
District 2: D. [...]

The actual “meat” of the cover story in this week’s edition of the Toledo City Paper is a helpful guide sharing some brief information on the candidates up for election this November 6th. The additional comments by Johnny Hildo, who the TCP state is their “Man (or is it ‘woman’?) of Mystery Johnny Hildo” [...]

Today’s Blade starts their round of endorsements with Judge Michael Goulding getting the endorsement for Toledo Municipal Court. Part of the text giving the reasoning why Judge Goulding earned their nod:

In the ensuing nine months, Judge Goulding has shown a propensity to work hard to manage his share of what we have referred [...]

It has been reported to me through a reliable source that in several locations on the University Toledo campus someone has used a stencil to paint, “Kaczala for Judge” on the sidewalks on campus. I asked for and was given pictures, one of which is below the fold. Perhaps someone might want to [...]

This in via email from the Michael Goulding for Toledo Municipal Court Judge campaign:
JUDGE GOULDING ENDORSED BY TOLEDO POLICE PATROLMAN’S ASSOCIATION
The Toledo Police Patrolman’s Association has endorsed Judge Mike Goulding in his effort to retain his seat on the bench at Toledo Municipal Court. The TPPA endorsement, together with the endorsement of the Toledo Police [...]