DISCUSSION: WILL SCHURING EVER DELIVER ON EDUCATION?

For a very, very long time now state Senator Kirk Schuring has been promising Stark Countians that he was going to help solve Ohio’s (and Plain Schools’, Jackson Schools’, Northwest Schools’, Marlington Schools’, Louisville Schools’, et cetera) public education funding woes.

It is hard for the STARK COUNTY POLITICAL REPORT (The Report) to understand what moral compass (or lack of one) energizes Schuring to finesse voters and not be bothered that there is no chance he can deliver.

He seems so sincere. And, The Report believes that this is the hook that gets folks believing that Schuring will one day deliver not only on education but on a host of unkept promises.

The Report has over some six years had a number of conversations with Schuring. He is an affable guy that relies on his personal charm to disarm his questioners. A strategy that has not worked with The Report.

Schuring’s charm has worked with The Repository. Schuring is The Rep’s “boy wonder.” Schuring’s opponent Boccieri has no chance to get The Rep’s endorsement.

It takes more than charm to succeed in the rough environment of politics.

Schuring has gotten no respect in the Ohio General Assembly. Combined as a representative and senator, he’s been there 14 years. The most damning factor is that he has been part of a Republican majority (even a supermajority for a number of years). But all-in-all he has been ineffective for a man of his experience and political longevity.

Why would Stark Countians want to send Schuring to a Congress that will be controlled by Democrats? Democrats are well on their way to increasing their majority in the House of Representative having won special elections in Illinois, Mississippi and Louisiana (all former Republican-held seats).