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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
AG Cordray, Frances Strickland, Chief Justice Brown to headline Dayton campaign kickoff for Dems
Attorney General Richard Cordray, Ohio First Lady Frances Strickland and Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Brown will headline a campaign 2010 kickoff for Ohio Democrats in Dayton at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 5.
The event at Montgomery County Democratic Headquarters, 131 S. Wilkinson St., is expected to attract local Democratic officials and candidates and is open to Democratic supporters and volunteers, said Seth Bringman, Ohio Democratic Party spokesman.
It is one of 31 kickoff events being held across the state, said Bringman. One is also planned for Springfield, he said.
After the headliners speak, local volunteers will campaign door-to-door. In conjunction with the kickoff events, 150 voter canvasses will be held, said Bringman.
Cordray and Mrs. Strickland will give local volunteers an “inside look” at the 2010 campaign while Brown will discuss “why judicial races are critical,” a press release said.
Brown was appointed chief justice by Gov. Ted Strickland after the death of Republican Chief Justice Thomas Moyer in April.
Brown faces Republican Justice Maureen O’Connor on the November ballot while Cordray is being challenged by former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine of Cedarville.
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Senate confirms Stickrath as Public Safety Director
The Ohio Senate on Wednesday, June 2, confirmed Gov. Ted Strickland’s appointment of Tom Stickrath, 55, as director of the Ohio Department of Public Safety.
Stickrath was confirmed along with a number of other Strickland appointments by a 31-0 vote.
Stickrath replaces Cathy Collins-Taylor whose appointment as public safety director was rejected by the Senate, 18-15, last week. Stickrath had been director of the Ohio Department of Youth Services.
The Senate rejected Collins-Taylor’s appointment in the wake of her role in a controversy surrounding a canceled contraband sting operation at the governor’s residence in suburban Columbus. The sting involved an effort to intercept contraband to be delivered to an inmate at the residence.
Stickrath’s salary is $128,544, the governor’s office said earlier.
The Senate on Wednesday also was to consider legislation ending the inmate work program at the governor’s residence.
Strickland already has suspended the inmate work program after learning last week of inmates consuming alcohol while in the program.
