Archive for November 5th, 2008
Not so fast …AP uncalls Minnesota Senate race
AP Uncalls Minnesota Senate Race Eds: APNewsNow. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press is uncalling the Minnesota Senate race. Republican Sen. Norm Coleman finished ahead of Democrat Al Franken early Wednesday in the final vote count, but his 571-vote margin falls within the state’s mandatory recount law. That law requires a recount any time the [...]
Obama makes offer for chief of staff job
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama chose Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanual to be his White House chief of staff, his first selection for the new administration, Democratic officials said Wednesday. If Emanuel accepts, he would return to the White House where he served as a political and policy adviser to President Clinton. Several Democrats also [...]
Boose beats Traster in Ohio’s 58th
Republican Terry Boose has won the 58th Ohio House race, according to unofficial election returns released today. Boose’s race against Democrat Terry Traster had been too close to call until all the results were tallied in Huron, Lorain and Seneca counties. Boose, a former Huron County Commissioner, will replace state Rep. Thomas Heydinger, D-Norwalk, who [...]
Obama defeats McCain to become first black president
CHICAGO — A triumphant Barack Obama vowed to be a president for all America, even those who voted against him, and asked for patience to address the nation’s problems of war and finance that he called the greatest challenges of a lifetime. The first black president-elect cast his election as a defining moment in the [...]
Local blacks react to Obama victory
Old stories of struggle long ago buried in the souls of African Americans resurfaced shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday when the words many have long waited to hear were uttered by newscasters from across the country. With the announcement that Sen. Barack Obama was now and would forever be known as the nation’s first African [...]
Local representatives retain seats in House
Both the congresswomen representing Lorain County will be returning to Washington for another term if the lopsided leads they enjoyed as of press time today are any indication. U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton, D-Copley Township, beat out political novice Republican challenger Dave Potter, while U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo, defeated Republican Bradley Leavitt for the second [...]
ELYRIA SAFETY RENEWAL: Issue passes, cuts avoided
ELYRIA — If city officials questioned Monday whether residents would renew a 0.5 percent income tax, they got the answer they were looking for Tuesday. With 11,869 votes in favor of the tax and 8,797 votes against it, the renewal got 57.4 percent of the total vote, according to unofficial results from the Lorain County [...]
ELYRIA SCHOOL RENEWAL: Levy passes overwhelmingly
ELYRIA — Elyria Schools won an overwhelming victory Tuesday when avoters renewed a levy that pays for the district’s nuts and bolts — teachers, books, computers and the like. For school officials, seeing the results creep up to 64.7 percent of voters in favor was reminiscent of the May 2007 election. At that time, voters [...]
Election tidbits
The dress code Kerry Fees, 38, said she had no problem voting on her own in Elyria. But when she tried to help her parents vote for the first time ever in Grafton, she ran into trouble with poll workers — all because she was wearing a T-shirt supporting Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Ohio [...]
Kipton voters reject 4-mill operating levy
KIPTON — Thanks in part to what Mayor Bob Meilander termed a disinformation campaign by one resident, voters in this small village narrowly rejected a 4-mill operating levy Tuesday that would have funded village operations for five years. The issue was defeated by nine votes. Unofficial vote totals from the Lorain County Board of Elections [...]
Gambling issue fails; payday loan limits upheld
COLUMBUS — Ohio voters on Tuesday rejected a proposed $600 million casino, the fourth time plans for expanded gambling in the state have been turned down since 1990. Voters approved a new payday lending law that cuts the annual percentage rate that lenders can charge to 28 percent and limits the number of loans customers [...]
Lundy keeps seat; 58th results unavailable
ELYRIA — State Rep. Matt Lundy, D-Elyria, cruised to victory Tuesday over Republican challenger Dan Urban.Lundy won 57.5 percent of the vote — 33,987 votes — to beat Urban, an Avon City Councilman and attorney, who took a total of 25,120 votes or 42.5 percent of the vote, according to unofficial election returns. Even with [...]
Lorain Schools levy defeated
LORAIN — The Lorain Schools’ levy was narrowly defeated Tuesday night, leaving the district more than $2 million in the red and again faces the possibility of making cuts to balance the budget. The 4.9-mill levy was voted down 9,799 to 9,521, or 51 to 49 percent, according to unofficial returns from the Lorain County [...]
Incumbent commissioners retain seats
ELYRIA — Lorain County commissioners Ted Kalo and Lori Kokoski both fended off challengers Tuesday to win second terms. “The voters have seen the work the board of commissioners has performed the last four years and they like it,” said Kalo, who took 69,379 votes or 59.75 percent of the vote to defeat Amherst Councilman [...]
County sees large voter turnout
ELYRIA — Voter turnout Tuesday in Lorain County was about 70 percent, county Board of Elections Director Jose Candelario said as the final votes still were being tallied early today. Candelario said about 141,000 of the county’s 204,400 registered voters cast ballots either Tuesday or during early voting last month. Candelario said voting went relatively [...]
Amherst voters OK first new levy in 13 years
AMHERST — After going 13 years without any new money, the Amherst school district finally caught a break Tuesday. Voters approved a 6.9-mill, five-year emergency operating levy expected to raise a little more than $4 million annually for the financially strapped system. School administrators, board members and levy campaign workers kept a hopeful but nervous [...]
Lorain roads to get rough
LORAIN — Lorain voters shot down the license plate fee increase that promised to help fix the city’s rough roads. The tax was voted down 13,583 to 9,529, or 59 percent to 41 percent, according to unofficial returns from the Lorain County Board of Elections. The $15 increase originally was approved by City Council in [...]
Midview cuts loom as levy beaten
GRAFTON — Deep cuts are looming for the Midview School District following the defeat of a 2.5-mill permanent improvement levy on Tuesday. The levy was voted down by 5,360 to 4,158 or 56 percent to 44 percent, according to unofficial returns from the Lorain County Board of Election. Superintendent Howard Dulmage said he will seek [...]
Throughout the county, poll stations operate smoothly
ELYRIA — The long lines that formed about 6 a.m. Tuesday at many polling stations petered out an hour later, leaving the expected crush of voters with surprisingly short waits. “I stood in line three minutes,” said Samantha Brockmeyer, 28, of Carlisle Township. Instead of the one- or two-hour wait she expected, there were only [...]
No results yet for Wellington`s school bond issue
WELLINGTON — Residents of the Wellington Schools likely won’t know until today whether an 8.98-mill bond issue to build a $47 million school building housing kindergarten through 12th grade was approved. In the early morning hours, votes still were being counted in both Lorain and Huron counties. Based on the numbers that had been tallied, [...]
Browns players don’t think Crennel was behind QB switch
BEREA — When Derek Anderson was done answering questions about losing his job, he walked the length of the locker room — head down and limping slightly — bumped knuckles with linebacker Andra Davis and disappeared, alone, into the equipment room. Before the body was cold, Brady Quinn was standing in front of Anderson’s locker [...]
Browns notes: D.A. takes over second team in practice
BEREA — Derek Anderson looked around and saw faces he might never have seen before in his huddle. The second-team group was two receivers short, so he called in practice squaders Lance Leggett and Paul Hubbard. He took snaps from Seth McKinney. Anderson resumed life as a backup quarterback Tuesday. While that’s not unusual for [...]
Bay’s boys soccer team downed by CVCA in state semis
MEDINA — Bay couldn’t score a goal Tuesday night. But the Rockets were credited with one and, oddly enough, it looked for a time as though it might hold up for what would have been the weirdest win in Ohio high school soccer history. It didn’t. Top-ranked Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy, the defending Division II [...]
All-Lorain County volleyball teams announced
Amanda Medvetz of Elyria, Brookside’s Ali Gendron, Megan Auble of Wellington and Open Door’s Courtney Gillberg headline the 2008 All-Lorain County volleyball team as Players of the Year in their respective divisions. Laurie Cogan of Amherst, Brookside’s Ted Whitsel and Wendy Owens of Columbia are Coaches of the Year. A 5-foot-7 senior outside hitter, Medvetz [...]
All-PAC volleyball and soccer teams released
VOLLEYBALL STARS DIVISION Team PAC Division Overall Buckeye 12-1 7-1 18-4 Brookside 10-3 5-3 18-4 Keystone 10-3 5-3 15-7 Wellington 7-6 3-5 13-9 Black River 0-13 0-8 4-18 STRIPES DIVISION Team PAC Division Overall Columbia 8-5 7-1 16-6 Lutheran Wes t 8-5 6-2` 12-10 Oberlin [...]