The Delaware Gazette

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.

Early voting for March primary is now under way

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.

Former sheriff certified to run for office despite past guilty plea

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.

County elections director fired

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.

Democrat leader blasts Brenner for tax lien

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.

Supreme Court takes on Liberty Twp. development referendum effort

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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.

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