Is there a culture of corruption in Delaware County?
Is there a culture of corruption among elected officials in Republican-dominated Delaware County? That depends on who you ask.
Is there a culture of corruption among elected officials in Republican-dominated Delaware County? That depends on who you ask.
Early voting for Ohio’s March 6 primary election kicked off yesterday. But for many of Delaware County’s approximately 93,000 unaffiliated voters, they could show up at the polls with nothing to vote on. That is unless they are willing to sacrifice their political independence.
Despite accepting a plea deal in 2007 that barred him from holding public office for seven years after admitting his guilt to charges of receiving improper compensation and conflict of interest, former Delaware County Sheriff Al Myers has been certified by the Delaware County Board of Elections to run for a county commission seat.
One of the two co-directors of the Delaware County Board of Elections has been fired. The four-member board that oversees the county’s election office on Wednesday voted unanimously to dismiss Democratic Board of Elections Director Brian Mumford.
The leader of the local Democratic Party criticized Republican State Rep. Andrew Brenner for his association with a Powell business that owes more than $43,000 in unpaid federal payroll taxes. “It gets down to these things where people say one thing in their campaigns, and in their personal lives, they’re 180 degrees opposite,” said Ed Helvey, chair of the Delaware County Democratic Party.

The future of a citizen-led referendum effort to block a Liberty Township housing development is now in the hands of the Supreme Court of Ohio.