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Kay Rogers running for office?
I would not have believed it had fellow reporter Dave Greber not reported it (Read the full story, with lots of comments, here):
Kay Rogers has taken out a petition to run for one of three open seats on the Lakota Local School District Board of Education, according to records from the Butler County Board of Elections.
“She pulled the petition on Friday” for herself, Board of Elections Director Betty McGary said Sunday night, July 12.
The deadline to file a petition with the board of elections for the November election is Aug. 20.
A message left at Rogers’ West Chester Twp. home Sunday night was not immediately returned.
Rogers pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati in January 2008 to bank fraud in connection with a now-defunct company that was accused of fraudulently borrowing millions of dollars in the county’s name without the county’s approval.
An important detail from Greber’s story:
Ohio law prohibits convicted felons from voting or holding any public office. However, McGary said there are no rules that stipulate against pulling a petition to run for office.
And, it’s worth noting, Rogers wasn’t forced to resign but instead did so on her own accord because the law that prevents convicted felons from serving would not have kicked in until she was sentenced, which still hasn’t happened.
Check out my former post, “Why Kay Rogers isn’t in jail,” here.
What do you think? Why would Rogers pull such a move? Is this a clue that Rogers plans on withdrawing her guilty plea and fighting the charges?
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By Wondering
July 13, 2009 8:54 PM | Link to this
The only question I have about this whole matter is; What prompted Betty McGary Dixon to decide this was something to wakeup and put out on a Sunday night. If it took two days to announce this earth shaking news, then why could it not wait until Monday?