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Tori’s Station update 8 - No endorsed candidate
There was no endorsement after the final round of voting by the Butler County GOP for endorsement for county commission next year.
I’m told there were 279 cast ballots in the final round, with 60 percent needed to win the endorsement:
The breakdown, I’m told, was:
- No endorsement - 69 votes
- Nancy Nix - 113 votes
- Jose Alvarez - 97 votes
What this means:
A contested Republican primary for Butler County commission lays ahead after the party failed to endorse any candidate for the race Thursday night, Nov. 5.
Embattled incumbent Commissioner Gregory Jolivette was eliminated in the second round of voting.
“We’ve allowed cliques and vendettas and power grabs to control the process, which is unfortunate,” he said, pledging to run in the May primary.
The other candidates were county Treasurer Nancy Nix, Clerk of Courts Cindy Carpenter, former West Chester Twp. Trustee Jose Alvarez and Hamilton resident Wes Retherford.
Carpenter and Nix said they’ll have to consider whether to stay in it, but the others plan to run.
Voting by more than 300 of the party’s Executive Committee took place behind closed doors at Tori’s Station in Fairfield.
There were five rounds of voting, with the lowest vote-getter eliminated after each round until Nix and Alvarez were left. Neither could get the 60 percent needed for party backing.
This means no candidate will get access to party coffers or resources during the primary, though party members will aid their chosen candidates. Whoever wins the primary, will automatically get the party support.
In his speech to the party, Jolivette touted his record, and defended himself against the nepotism allegations that brought a rush of big-name challengers from his own party.
Jolivette is under investigation by the Ohio Ethics Commission for voting on the hiring of his son and daughter in 2004 and 2005 as county employees.
“My counsel has cleared me to inform you that I confidently state that I expect to continue in my capacity as commissioner and will stay in my office as long as I am elected by the fine people of Butler County,” said a draft of his speech.
He went on to call for a return on the Butler County GOP of the past that was “the envy of the state.”
“We were united in purpose,” he said. “We did not have such split agendas, and such naked personal ambition.”
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By OutsideLookingIn
November 6, 2009 12:33 AM | Link to this
Run, Greg, Run!
By Chris
November 6, 2009 10:14 AM | Link to this
Greg Jolivette - wah, wah, wah, crying doesn’t become you. And all those excuses why the Grand Ol Party is dumping you. My, my, my. Couldn’t be because you and Furman have flushed our county right down the toilet with your frivolous spending could it?
By JMB
November 8, 2009 11:54 AM | Link to this
Only the weak of mind and ill-informed could blame Jolivette for the budget short fall. He has been the only one to stand his ground and propose the cuts needed to fix the budget problem while a ‘too big for his ego’ department head has refused to cooperate. It’s the economy ,Stupid. Not the Commissioners. They didn,t create the revenue shortage. But they are trying to adjust the budget in spite of the ‘short sighted badge toting cry baby’. That’s where the wah-wah is coming from and everybody knows it especially Chris. It’s a fact not an excuse if the whole truth be known.
By Chris
November 8, 2009 11:06 PM | Link to this
JMB Wow you seem like you know so much about how to run a County, why don’t you run for Commish? Yes, JMB the economy has sucked, but if you have a brain, you save for those rainy days. But not Jolivette & Furman. They went right on spending “like drunken sailors.”
By JMB
November 9, 2009 5:08 PM | Link to this
Chris I did run for Commish but that’s another story about BC politics. By the way there has been a surplus each year but it did shrink dramatically last year with the economy. Neither Jolivette or Furman could convince anyone on the seriousness of the problem at that time. Now the ‘tuff’ part, there is a limitation by law as to the amount of tax dollars that can be kept for a rainy day. Don’t know the exact percentage As an aside Dixon keeps saying he hasn’t recieved a plan (from whom?)to resolve the budget shortage but shouldn’t he as a Commish have a proposal on the table? I do wish I had run a better race maybe I could have helped with this problem.