Howard Hill is a serious contender

With the pot boiling over the sucker punch delivered to voters by Newark School District in the recent election, this is a good time to reflect on the candidacy for the Ohio legislature by Howard Hill.

He promises to make educational funding a priority, if elected, 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, as I reported 2/8/08.

In a recent news release, Howard has pledged that he would use all "campaign donations for purely campaign-related expenses." This is his response to "recently publicized use of campaign dollars to purchase OSU football tickets, meals, gas, automobiles, tickets to cultural events, and even a tuxedo!”

He said "although these people’s actions were legal, I do not believe that they were an ethical use of campaign funds ..."

I really like his campaign motto: "common people putting forth uncommon effort in order to do public good." There never was a time when that's needed more than it is today.