FROM STARK COUNTY POLITICAL PAST: COMPETITIORS HAVE BECOME ALLIES?

What a difference 13 years can make?

The STARK COUNTY POLITICAL REPORT (The Report) digging into the Stark County electoral past found this gem.

Most Stark County political observers understand that the famous Will Rogers quote: "I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!" is in full play in Stark County.

Right now Maier and Harmon are political pals - Maier being responsible for Harmon getting the appointment to succeed Gayle Jackson as county commissioner. But as the accompanying graphic shows, such has not always been the case.

And who knows what tomorrow holds?