Hell Has Frozen Over!!!!!

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And yet ANOTHER one today!

The Enquirer picked Todd Portune over CCV member Dave Grossman.

Yeay!

[Gunslinger]

I'll be voting for Owens. I think Parrott has had too many things go wrong in his tenure. A change will be a good thing.

I will also be voting for Portune. I think overall he has done a good job in his first term as a County Commish.

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Originally posted by LanDroid:
Yeah, I don't understand why coroners are elected either. They perform technical medical procedures. Why don't we elect ob-gyns to do their jobs?

So what's the controversy with Parrot? Why is there a need to clean house?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Parrott presided over the morgue when Thomas Condon used the bodies of the deceased as props for "art" without informing the families of the deceased. Condon insists he got permission from the proper authorities.

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Originally posted by Gunslinger:
I'll be voting for Owens. I think Parrott has had too many things go wrong in his tenure. A change will be a good thing.

I will also be voting for Portune. I think overall he has done a good job in his first term as a County Commish.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">While Portune is fairly liberal, I think he has shown considerable restraint and represented his constituency well.

[jumper69]

D2 & I will be voting for Portune as well...

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by reason:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Gunslinger:
I'll be voting for Owens. I think Parrott has had too many things go wrong in his tenure. A change will be a good thing.

I will also be voting for Portune. I think overall he has done a good job in his first term as a County Commish.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">While Portune is fairly liberal, I think he has shown considerable restraint and represented his constituency well.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">He has shown a good balance with things.

Do I agree with everything he has done? No, but overall I am happy with what he has done. He has been very proactive about certain things, made certain that other things have gotten done.

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by reason:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by LanDroid:
Yeah, I don't understand why coroners are elected either. They perform technical medical procedures. Why don't we elect ob-gyns to do their jobs?

So what's the controversy with Parrot? Why is there a need to clean house?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Parrott presided over the morgue when Thomas Condon used the bodies of the deceased as props for "art" without informing the families of the deceased. Condon insists he got permission from the proper authorities.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thank you! I could not think of that freaks name.

That is one issue. There have been a couple of other contrversies over the past few years, I just can't come up with them off the top of my head at the moment.

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Originally posted by Jumper69:
D2 & I will be voting for Portune as well...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I like that he lead the charge to sue the Bengals. I do expect we'll get some of our money back.

I also like that he provides some checks and balances in a county government that has been dominated by republicans.

As I mentioned before, for the most part he has maintained fiscal responsibility and as far as I can tell has put his liberal social philosophies on a shelf while commissioner. Portune has managed to mesh well in his job, even while working with a freak like John Dowlin.