Another "Hill" on the horizon

After all these years, there's still something quite nice about the name "Don Hill," something besides it being part of the name of the County Administration Building.

Don was totally unflappable when he served all those years as Licking County commissioner. His image as Mr. Good Guy still reverberates among long-ago voters who raised him to the level of public keepsake.

So it is with some degree of interest I received the news that his son, Howard, will run for the seat presently held by State Representative Jay Hottinger.

A news release introduces Howard as being employed as a teacher. He promises to make educational funding a priority and work toward relief from "constant taxation and request of levies from the schools," while recognizing the state's unfunded mandates to schools are part of the problem.

He writes that "This is not about Republican or Democrat and my campaign volunteers and staff are proof of this. This campaign is about common people, putting forth uncommon effort in order to do public good."

I like that - a lot.