26 Democrats added to 26 Republicans make Republican Larry Householder Ohio Speaker of the House.
Stark County's Thomas West (D, 49th) voted for Householder.
Updated: 10:11 p.m.th
Updated: 5:32 p.m.
FOR HOUSEHOLDER: OLESLAGER (R, 48); WEST (D, 49)
FOR SMITH (STOLTZFUS (R, 50)
(SOURCE: THE OHIO CHANNEL)
PHOTOS, MIXED OR NOT, EXTRACTS FROM OHIO CHANNEL VIDEOCAST
PHOTOS, MIXED OR NOT, EXTRACTS FROM OHIO CHANNEL VIDEOCAST
As soon as Stark Countian Scott Oelslager (R, 48) stood up to nominate Larry Householder as Speaker of the 133rd Ohio House of Representatives, The Stark County Political Report knew that Householder would return as Speaker having served previously in the early 2000s.
As forecast by The Stark County Political Report on the basis of a conversation with a source in a position to know, it was actually Democrats who put Householder over the top.
Thomas West (D, 49th) joined Oelslager and a portion of his fellow Republicans (not enough to elected Householder outright) and other Democrats to put Householder over the top.
"Organized" labor weighed in strongly with House Democrats to vote for Householder.
Newly elected Reggie Stoltzfus (R, 50th) voted for Ryan Smith.
The question is: Will his "no" in effect on Householder affect his effectiveness in the Ohio House Republican Caucus?
The politically astute "I can count noses" Scott Oleslager, in the Ohio General Assembly (back and forth with Schuring between the Senate 29th and House 48th (52nd) in order to defeat term limits) picked the winning side.
The unfolding of events today and Oelslager's role in the Householder victory likely means that Oelslager will - next to the Speaker himself - will be one of if not the most powerful member of the Ohio House.
Of course, the argument of both Oelslager and Schuring that the nearly 60 years in the Ohio General Assembly pays leadership dividends for them and derivatively Stark Countians.
The SCPR's response is that though both have some achievements, the benefit to Stark County has been nowhere near what 60 years of continuity of being in the OGA ought to have produced.
Both stood by and did nothing to stop the gutting of local government funding and over the years have not been able to muster any action to stop Ohio government from loading down local governments with "unfunded" mandates.
Both have blown off the SCPR's effort to do meaningful inquiry (something The Repository fails to do with its unfettered access) into chapter and verse over their failure to protect local taxpayers.
Of course, with The Rep hiring Schuring's wife, what does one expect?
It seems that publisher James Porter is the master of "conflicts in interest." From negotiating a deal to make the paper "the official newspaper of the Professional Football Hall of Fame," (once on the masthead; now removed), to being on the PFHOF Board of Trustees and chairman of the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and hiring Schuring's wife, it appears that Porter has made The Rep the most incredible newspaper in Ohio (perhaps, the nation) on all things government and politics.
A fine state of affairs for a newspaper man, no?
Maybe over the next 4 (Schuring) and 2 years (Oelslager) both can become more productive for Stark County's Ohio political subdivisions.
Hope springs eternal!
We shall see.
The question is: Will his "no" in effect on Householder affect his effectiveness in the Ohio House Republican Caucus?
The politically astute "I can count noses" Scott Oleslager, in the Ohio General Assembly (back and forth with Schuring between the Senate 29th and House 48th (52nd) in order to defeat term limits) picked the winning side.
The unfolding of events today and Oelslager's role in the Householder victory likely means that Oelslager will - next to the Speaker himself - will be one of if not the most powerful member of the Ohio House.
Of course, the argument of both Oelslager and Schuring that the nearly 60 years in the Ohio General Assembly pays leadership dividends for them and derivatively Stark Countians.
The SCPR's response is that though both have some achievements, the benefit to Stark County has been nowhere near what 60 years of continuity of being in the OGA ought to have produced.
Both stood by and did nothing to stop the gutting of local government funding and over the years have not been able to muster any action to stop Ohio government from loading down local governments with "unfunded" mandates.
Both have blown off the SCPR's effort to do meaningful inquiry (something The Repository fails to do with its unfettered access) into chapter and verse over their failure to protect local taxpayers.
Of course, with The Rep hiring Schuring's wife, what does one expect?
It seems that publisher James Porter is the master of "conflicts in interest." From negotiating a deal to make the paper "the official newspaper of the Professional Football Hall of Fame," (once on the masthead; now removed), to being on the PFHOF Board of Trustees and chairman of the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and hiring Schuring's wife, it appears that Porter has made The Rep the most incredible newspaper in Ohio (perhaps, the nation) on all things government and politics.
A fine state of affairs for a newspaper man, no?
Maybe over the next 4 (Schuring) and 2 years (Oelslager) both can become more productive for Stark County's Ohio political subdivisions.
Hope springs eternal!
We shall see.
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