Dan Scuiry, the head of Stark County's Hall of Fame AFL-CIO, tells the STARK COUNTY POLITICAL REPORT (The Report) that 52nd District Ohio House Republican candidate Richard Hart asked for an opportunity to get the endorsement of the local union.
Only one problem.
The request was too late.
Scuiry tells The Report that the Hall of Fame AFL-CIO had already heard the candidates and made its endorsements for the fall election before Hart made his request.
Hart only got into the race after the endorsement interview came and passed.
The local AFL-CIO has been very unhappy with the Democrat Stephen Slesnick because it believes that Slesnick is putting his family's business interest above workplace and consumer issues of the constituents of the 52nd.
A sick days legislative ballot initiative has become a non-issue because Democrat Governor Ted Strickland convinced organized labor sponsors to withdraw it on the promise that he and other key Democrats across the nation will push for national legislation on the assumption that Barack Obama will be elected president. But Slesnick's troubles with local organized labor began with his negative take on the initiative.
Question: Should the Hall of Frame AFL-CIO reconsider Hart's request for endorsement?
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