If a GOP congressional redistricting plan goes through as expected, Pat Tiberi’s district should become safer for his future re-election. But as an interesting by-product, Tiberi will also no longer represent the neighborhood where he grew up.
U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Genoa Township) won his last election in 2010 by a comfortable 14 percent margin, defeating Franklin County Commissioner Paula Brooks, a Democrat.
It might not be easy to put up new signs along a state highway, but designating the Sunbury exit with a sign pointing the way to the Ohio Fallen Heroes Memorial was a top priority for Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) officials. Ohio Fallen Heroes Memorial committee member Darrin Klinger approached the deputy director at ODOT District 6 a few weeks ago about having signs installed on the highway denoting that the memorial is off the Sunbury exit at Interstate 71.
The nation’s property crime rate are on the rise in non-metropolitan counties, according to FBI reports. Similar records provided by local law enforcement agencies suggest that Delaware County is no exception. A recent Federal Bureau of Investigation report finds that property crime increased 2.0 percent in “non-metropolitan” counties between 2009 and 2010. In contrast, larger cities experienced a 1.9-percent decrease.
Saying they are too strapped for time to do it themselves, two Delaware County elected officials have hired people to sit on the Delaware County Board of Revisions, the government body through which people can contest their appraised property value. One of the “new” employees is no stranger to Delaware County government — Treasurer Jon Peterson has hired his retired predecessor, Dale Wilgus, 67, for a part-time job in his office. Wilgus retired in 2009 after serving more than 20 years as Delaware County treasurer.
Liberty Township trustees are reducing a full-time position to part-time hours to prepare for expected revenue reductions. The move, which reduces the full-time executive administrative assistant position to a part-time job, was approved by trustees this week. It will save about $25,000 in both hours and fringe benefits, said Dave Anderson, township administrator.
Ignoring a request from Genoa trustees urging them to shut the project down, Delaware County commissioners in a 2–1 decision voted on Thursday to solicit bids for work related to a new county EMS station in Genoa Township.
In a speech laying out Republican economic proposals for tax reform, U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Genoa Township) said a “dysfunctional” Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate holds the blame for a lack of action coming out of Washington. Tiberi, appearing Thursday at an event arranged by the Delaware Area Chamber of Commerce, spoke over the backdrop of a slideshow that concluded with a photo of former U.S. President and conservative icon Ronald Reagan.