“The last time Ohio saw a blue wave in a gubernatorial election was in 2006,” said Hester, referencing the year Democrat Ted Strickland was elected governor. “The number of Republican ballots cast last month in this county hasn’t been this low in a primary since 2006.”
He also said Butler County had more than 3,000 voters become registered Democrats in May compared to 900 for the Republican Party. Hester wants to build on that momentum.
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“Whether you support me or not, we leave here together in the common cause of the county party committed to building a welcoming party to develop progressive activism, leadership, and naturally, successful Democratic candidate and campaigns,” he said.
Hester said to improve the party, “we must turn the page away from past disagreements.”
“We have to move on. Too much is at stake if we don’t,” he said.
Other things he’ll work toward is adopting an attendance policy similar to the Ohio Democratic Partyand increase digital and social media efforts.
“It’s time for Democrats in this county to get loud, proud and ready to build a crowd,” he said.
Hester narrowly beat out Wardrup, who was the party’s executive vice chair for the past four years and a former party executive chair. Wardrup said he will still be involved in how the party moves forward, looking at the 2018 and 2020 elections.
“I’ll continue to do the same things I’ve been doing all along, just trying to get good Democrats elected and work with candidates,” said Wardrup, a labor leader with the United Steelworkers of America. “We’ll just try to see what we can put together. I certainly want to try to continue to do the right things.”
Other leaders to the Butler County Democrat Party elected by the Central Committee Thursday include Mariann Penska and Dominic Lijoi being elected as the Central Committee’s chair and vice chair, respectively, and Suzi Rubin elected as the executive committee’s vice chair.
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The EMA becomes involved when incidents beyond a common emergency occur and other resources are required.”},{“_id”:”AHZMWKR3LNASDIPKOJD2RONI3E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:169,”comment”:”Bill Turner’s “}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616437948050},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Jones told the commissioners he primarily wanted the agreement, which the commissioners ultimately approved, so he can take advantage of training opportunities with the EMA in Campbell County. Bill Turner, the EMA director there, was Butler County’s EMA director years ago, and Jones tried to overtake the agency while he was at the helm in 2005.”},{“_id”:”WFX52T6FP5EXRNJW7XQDQU3DXY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616441780586},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Commissioner Cindy Carpenter asked what the main goal of the mutual aid agreement with Kentucky is.”},{“_id”:”G2J73QZRXJCBVOKL6WWCWJ3XRA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616437948046},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“It’s training, working together and cooperation. The world’s a messed up place right now and anytime we can train together and work together it’s a great thing, we just can’t do that with the EMA person here,” Jones said. “Hell we go down to the river to try to find a 6-year-old boy and what does the EMA guy do here, he complains that we’ve used their damn truck.””},{“_id”:”OJEEHPJ6ZFBZJK62WZGOOU3424″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616441780588},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Jones said they “go everywhere for training” and ticked off several recent and future local trainings, like silo rescue, so he can’t understand why the EMA was opposing the Kentucky agreement.”},{“_id”:”UAVNDMMMXRDKRG4AZCVRPYVYHQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616437948051},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“All we want is some damn training…,” Jones said. “And we can’t get that here, there’s no cooperation, none, zero… “It comes down to the EMA just feels like we’re (expletive) in their backyard that’s all it is.””},{“_id”:”UK52UPODQFEK7OINFANEZOKPG4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:158,”comment”:”was included in the agreement the commissioners approved “but as is common” the sheriff didn’t tell him about it”}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616441780590},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Haverkos told the Journal-News the reason he spoke up about the Kentucky agreement was because the EMA was not part of the process of working up the agreement.”},{“_id”:”4CKFSTIEFJDBJEJAULWD4SX45I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616441780591},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Commissioner Don Dixon asked that a meeting be convened between the commissioners, the sheriff and EMA to sort out the differences. 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Then Portillo realized sales were slow in the evening during the winter, so she closes at 4 p.m. The restaurant will stay open until 7 p.m. starting April 1, she said.”},{“_id”:”KTOKJ4OUPZAT3AXTH72YOOIJSA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616181737722},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The cafe offers a wide variety of wraps, bagels, paninis, soups, sides and desserts and has gluten free and low carb options. 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He said Bass was a great boss and a huge asset to the residents of Ross.”},{“_id”:”HQNDHLOJGRGI7MPLFRQ627TD6M”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”3UYDIAFXWRGWTIK4HOIGYFEOSU”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Ross Twp. police chief who battled rare disease, inspired Butler County retiring today”,”url”:”https://www.journal-news.com/news/ross-twp-police-chief-who-battled-kidney-disease-inspired-butler-county-retiring-today/xUimAsGehIXfYDofLNwJyJ/”},{“_id”:”ROPI6HNGVZCCJJJO54MJ65DOTI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:80,”comment”:”always “}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616251360349},”type”:”text”,”content”:”He said it was inevitable Ross would be transformed from the “farm town” it had been to an area ripe for development as other areas have built out.”},{“_id”:”LQ52CYZUEVEB3I22MDSRCEOSDY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616251360350},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Bob helped the trustees and township realize it’s coming and they need to stay ahead of it versus reacting to it,” Haussler said. “I think he was instrumental in getting a lot of the things done so things can come to fruition … Just getting them in the right direction and doing it intelligently with the foundation and the knowledge of what should be done versus guessing at it.””},{“_id”:”MKCK3BTVPVFUFFAESS7R2HQJZM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:251,”comment”:”TIF “}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616251360351},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Bass has signed an agreement with the township to consult for the Burns Farm development. He’ll be paid $75 per hour up to $29,500. He said he can’t reveal any details but the contract refers to negotiating agreements with the schools for a financing district, with Hamilton for a Joint Economic Development District (JEDD) and more.”},{“_id”:”OJXOA5Q3PRGURB6RZWKBATQ634″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:0,”comment”:”It’s not official yet, but “}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616251360352},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Bass has been grooming Assistant Administrator Laurie Kile for about about a year to replace him. Bass, who made around $76,000 annually, knew they likely couldn’t woo an administrator from another community for that kind of money, so it was logical to train Kile. The selection of a new administration has not been finalized.”},{“_id”:”IYMRYKKC2FCONI7PTVTGRRX5EQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[{“pos”:110,”comment”:”nicely “}],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616251360353},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Kile came in as an administrative assistant about two year ago and Trustee Ellen Yordy said she has developed under Bass’ tutelage. She said Bass offering to train his replacement was typical of him always thinking about the township first.”},{“_id”:”JDUTH43CVRHTJGDCOY6SVKPK3E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616251360354},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“He was just good, he just knew a lot and I’m sad to see him go…,” Yordy said. “He always anticipates how to help us. He could have just come in one day and gave us the two week notice.””},{“_id”:”Z3SOTSHA75BWFDKHIV24GEYUHM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616251360355},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Bass said he and his wife plan to travel in retirement and non-profit volunteering also interests him.”},{“_id”:”2EFU4LLJNFFR5KICO74L2JPQL4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1616251360356},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“There is a lot of me that is sad about it,” Bass said of retirement. “I’ve been blessed, I’ve had a tremendous career filled with a lot of interesting things that have occurred, and I’ve worked with some great people both in Delhi and here in Ross. 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