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Combs to seek county commission seat
Well, it looks like there are five who want to replace Sen. Gary Cates, R-West Chester Twp. Rep. Courtney Combs, R-Hamilton, pulled his name from consideration and wants to run for another tenure on the Butler County Commission.
Let me know your thoughts. Here’s Combs’ press release:
COLUMBUS - After much thought and prayer, it is my intention not to seek the Senate seat recently vacated by Senator Gary Cates. I am pleased to have been considered for this seat but my allegiance is to the constituents of the 54th House district.
I am presently the Chairman of the House Transportation, Public Safety, and Homeland Security Committee, an appointment I enjoy immensely. This committee has been the most productive committee in the House for this session, having already had heard 27 bills with countless public testimonies. I am also the Vice Chair of the State Government and Elections Committee, which will play a big part in the upcoming redistricting process for the state of Ohio.
I am committed to fulfilling my elected term and enacting many more pieces of legislation that I have sponsored including; House Bill 24, which fixes a legal loophole by requiring nursing homes to notify their residents of a sex offender living in their facility. House Bill 25, which increases penalties for those who commit cruelty to companion animals and includes companion animals in restraining orders. House Bill 119, which will slow the growing epidemic of skin cancer in our youth by restricting the sale of indoor tanning beds to minors. And my most recent legislation, HCR 11, which declares Ohio’s support for the State of Arizona in their current legal battle with the federal government over the lagging enforcement of illegal immigration laws.
I will be term limited in 2012, after serving 9 years in the Ohio House and having been supported convincingly by the 54th district in four consecutive elections. It is my intent to run for County Commissioner of Butler County, a seat I held proudly for 18 years. My focus will be to bring Butler County back to where it was when I left; the top county in the state with all elected office holders working together.
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By Bob Weber
May 10, 2011 6:43 PM | Link to this
Butler County residents want new faces and new forms of real leadership from the county commission. What is the true motivation of the long-term office holders who want to constantly switch seats? It’s no wonder that the BC voters give up on any type of change in our local government. The same old usually gives you the same old result. An appeal to the BC republican “old guard” leaders, please step aside and allow others to have a chance!!
By The Poor Taxpayer
May 10, 2011 11:27 PM | Link to this
Courtney, why don’t you get a job and quit living off the public taxpayer? The problem with Butler County is all the professional polititions that do nothing but help themselves and their friends to the public coffers.
By Alan
May 11, 2011 8:57 AM | Link to this
Courtney “Captain Melanoma” Combs seeks to continue living on the public dole… He’s as useless as teats on a bull.
By Vote For The New Candidates
May 12, 2011 6:35 AM | Link to this
If we all stop voting for the people who recycle themselves in county seats, and select new faces, perhaps we can break the chain of seeing the same old faces doing the same old things that never worked the first time and help break up this musical chair/buddy system game going on. Why do the voters keep putting in office, the same people we complain about for doing such a lousy job the first time around? If we don’t change the game, we can expect the same outcome.