Iu aGfje Oupreme (Eourt ®f ®fjio

State ex rel. Summit County Republican Party Executive Conunittee, : Case No. 08-0478 Relator, : Original Action in Mandamus vs.

Secretary of State

Respondent.

RESPONDENT'S EVIDENCE - VOLUME V Deposition Of Jennifer Brunner - Transcript Exhibits A through C

MARC DANN (0039425) i Attorney General

Richard N. Coglianese (0066830) [email protected] Counsel of Record William C. Becker (0013476) Damian W. Sikora (0075224) Pearl M. Chin (0078810) Assistant Attorneys General 30 East Broad Street, 16th Floor Columbus, Ohio 43215 614-466-2872 614-728-7592 fax

Attorneys for Respondent Jennifer Brunner

D

MAR 14 2QQ.3 k SUPREME C pIFjR ^pRT RIO Certificate of Service

This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing Respondent's Evidence, Vol. V, was served upon the following, on this 14th day of March 2008, by US Mail, postage prepaid:

Timothy J. Grendell Grendell & Simon Co., LPA Broadview Heights, Ohio 44147 440-746-9604 (Fax)

Attorney for Relator Gilbert, Bobbie

From: Farrell, David Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 12:54 PM To: Summit Cc: Speelman, Eleanor Subject: Constitution and/or By-laws

Dear Marijean:

Thank you for checking your records for a copy of the Summit County Repubiican Party's Constitution andlor By- laws for either the Central or Executive Committees. Although I understand a copy is not currently on file in your records, if one should be found or if a new copy is submitted to the Summit County Board of Elections, please let me know right away.

Sincerely,

David M. Farrell Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Director of Elections Office of the Ohio Secretary of State 180 E. Broad Street -15th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 995-5221 (w) (614) 485-7060 (fax)

EXHIBIT

3/11/2008 rage i or i

Gilbert, Bobbie

From: Farrell, David Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:30 PM To: Speelman, Eleanor Subject: FW: Sigel Letter and Affidavit

Eleanor:

Please see the e-mail below regarding Summit County.

David

David M. Farrell Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Director of Elections Office of the Ohio Secretary of State 180 E. Broad Street - 15th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 995-5221 (w) (614) 485-7060 (fax)

----Original Message-----

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:23 PM To: Farrell, David Cc: [email protected] Subject: Sigel Letber and Affidavit

I am an attomey and I am working with Mr. Scott Sigel. Attached is a letter and affidavit (that was previously e- mailed to you) from Mr. Scott Sigel, a member of the Summit County Executive Committee, conceming the recent recommendation for appointment of a member to the Summit Board of Ellections.

If you have any quesions, pelase fell free the contact me or Mr. Sigel.

We respectfully request that your forward this information to the Secretary of State for her urgent attention.

Steven L. Yashnik Scott Sigel 3250 W. Market St., Suite 14 1007 Buinker Drive Fairlawn, Ohio 44333 Fairlawn, Ohio 44333 (330) 867-1500 (330) 414-7729 [email protected] Sc.ott Sig_e).c^yahoo.com

Regards.

Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL Livinc

3/11/2008 Scull N1. Sigrl 1' Iiu!Il,.c•r!Sritt I,ur I;nt li. ( )luu .{.1; : " : lU-.J!,1. 770

l I \ 1 -\I \II 1't•11ruan 'ti :'un^

Irr.ui!eI 13ru)n)cr 'Nrcrc;.n^ ,r1Stalc ^'tl± I:.:^.t lir,,.t.l titn^a. I^Ih I!ut,;

i).:^n tircr^t;tre Iirunitrr:

Il;l JCcllk G:or)(c717c't! :!IN'ri1I IIK j,C•Ilr.lill,; 1tiS4IC rrl 1!1C rCl,!,lt;t:lUilal h!t' 1IC\ %1"'11111!(oI` .) thrWtnnltt(oullh!31r:u'd ,)tC!W:c'tY„n>. Since_ruuni!!hcAlar+l, ^'to,iJinr;,h.,m„u: i tt> thi511onitiuu. I iccl uhJt,.atud t.,natta4t %cru illtr!tcdir)(Cl,::'l:r^u- ( .. .7I l.iI111c1' ill u!l{CIl t17C t710^C rCCC11I St,OtIllllfH111 frtrlll tllt 51.111}plli Ir) '...

'li'.Cd.

\ '!.1,'rC;l s!!n ,tturll.dli

I•h3'ryl A ({rr6!Cf r'•I'tXCYtrllti: t,N11n:iIlBc lul IV!l t;lll.lll:Y i,tlt' l,ttr;,t,:,i ^I!i

pil.y li - t' unnllil I `. - :In(t !?.!^ulJi^:n! 1 v.rulltr ( ,•rnru^n- mrrnlct t iO h;mt^ I

Ii;l,c .,.,..I!Nt',trrm-.nnlllcS,t)l:n..!1I'",t..-rL. A!.:

.nII1. I,,..r, A lq)niillc,_! t.,!jl=..Ir,' 11).- Is„I•'r,ni^atlr,n r.t '.li,,:rP. :rt lr. !1 . 1 : 1crln rl:lln: mn!-1`I`ltl; Ih:: prII,,J I In,l . . . ,, „d,llin . , !i:ht!+: 110 1 ,6, ! :::r nlt. r'Ic 1 .:. .Ii, Irr!, hul_. .I,ut:, .II„ :.alt,.I ii:., 1..._I .. ..- I)ryri!r rcrl.lrll rN :.-nt".. I Iti.t .•Iypr,..i,31r,! 111r, I,ci;.l;•!:^ ',.

!1 :Ic:.I-...,.I: 1, . ^ r.. :I?. ;i!I Ali +. \1' iti n 1 '.i.':a.,.^

;:c.i N.i ., i '.ll1r .^n!,: tf::illn7illitttl,tt! t'•hR_h CAmI.n!lit{ a II>I o!1_'ll Intli\hl!I:tl, .c.uli,t' f._.

+:il IIIC Illrall ol tha' 3tICC1111r. I Mi,.l ihi C\C["rlntC Jir['i I:rroI Iic 1001 Itlt I!!r P•: !nC1flhCr, I hal hbl l'on11(iltCv I 1,1 nDinCti

11C rRcCltlPl hiLUlt tl llll a Il`Il i:111 Of 1TICrl11'NJr\'I111r71C, A+ IhC\' 1tC!C ..:I:li';I, I 111I1r'lai.'ti 117r •. <( Ar thr cr!nc:lusittn. AIr. ac:llirlkulTlturric'tll^ tlccl>ucJ;l lw,rt;ln f,rr,rln I ?°. 1 cr:tal! otiC 1 41 N/l Cll}t, ll?inl• Urlt ,Ir ihl' sCt t11hiISC ligtIICS a> f,! It,r.1) 11.!.CIi1hClN I -illt io !' nu! nher_ vtcrc !lrrltrnt I>riur tt) ihc nulniu,ltit,tl ot' 41r. I).Il:.^t \I th.lt p,,illl. I n,:w .110! <,'-' ,ne,u ,,i ttrdrr rukIr. .\rillin3.otf r+uinline ,lu! Ihc: lr!t;k tr! .t .lu.rl!tui !:, lrn,dlt tr;u:, I Ie• sli,qnlYsrd nn^.^lyt^etit,n^. ^ratinl: ' .. thc Lrtt tt.l, .11Galr.,I ..i .I.!I , t':!I - ! -: .. . . rt:!, nordclnta!nrirn .r! Ir,#,tlf nleniher.prr,cnt.. K:uhrr li ,:-:•,I c:crho 1„unt llr,l'.,-. ,hrd thal Ihirs hc rr!lertcal in Illr rcc„rtl. I,uhWyurntlv t"tc,l ;a: r,u lir!).II.,, nt,nlln.,IL 11 !lu, tl.l,_ranl !trrgul:rrit}

\\ ilh Illi> l.u:k ul`quelr-um :md rho tle Iihcrate disn:g+trd to thc :ryuircl+,cnts :rl i'cu liamx•nt,r

j'.rtr^iQill'C .Inll t17l: IcE%V. 1 ICY'I thC. 11Ultlinatllql'ditl)IUYC(t 111:11 Illl.',ht 1'!? IhC Sitllllll!t ( utllitR l:CptlHican I'url)is ttu11 ancl trlid. I cicv+ thrirmUtrns :ts 1jn4l::rl1in11=p- tlar frr,ilimac^ nrlll^ .:lcci„ral pnlc:css. aviotaritm ollm rTho us a committcc lnc-Inbrr.mi m h,cuiv nl;.ulc .: "rc'. i4 tlli f}rSriCSti Irl N'hlCI7 tUu !(!111 6tf^r tlllh- J! Chi,tl^It1C a Ih'r>!^r1:11 rCj>7t.'iC6l,ltl`.C tu SdC`.e; •. ! !Ite [3t^arcl „i !{L•ctian3 ^

I f:i.. Irlcitlcnr. :Ilunr tt i!h rlunlcruus olhcr,i. 1 think. nhtltt ;1 ,ii.rc,tar;l I .Ilr ntlr :,I Ia,t I,tl tI11iCItlnlct1G11 I1nrilC>9, JiKl •.I ITrII1Cfi1 t'! RhLLSl' t i IIUtiCr I?; !,7! It::rtfer h!Il ot h!,tp ^t7t111!l lty U(ri:'r;lt10l1 .311a .Aa 1i11C'Q_t.l i tll lht.' I.{l1:Jrd til 1liitl„tl" I:`.t 1 f!IOr^' ! :.'lll!'I,,' .!tlrr ilti, ll,un tten IItrrl?rtratrd. AIr AIvllirrhel7"Il;ul thc.lutt:rc;r, I,,,1„ ,n!t lil.tr•,. I(t,und thc cnrnnlrnl> tt, !,c hnth nntiluntlc,l ,tntS t!11.!;l,1.t iil "Vtltl' tu Ii\htll' i:!Itt!{!ttqCC In !Illti (?r+^i.•ti^., i hllillhli i'd.IlKII lh.l` '. Iql ,II>t•.lar•.i Ilpl'•'... .tn,! !,:',tlo iut.lhJ nulumap,ln A !tilc I anl nt11 tt:r.cJ tn thc Ln+. I Icrl tl!:!t a. 4 1!ntl',. nllircr it lnua hr tti!hin ;rlllrpl:'Arr t,:!1,!nlinl ^,:nc.,nt::u!i+.l;,I:!II: u!w h.!.. •;^^..t..'rctlibllut' . tui1 intlrl'^'In.i,trt.c rt, c.trrj !-ul t91r!r ,!uti:> i!! :! i.!v- !1:}-:uta!I .uIJ ";: I; ^rAnrr :1fv, kt'_v 6t „ht:uninu Il;i^ ,,:,,I I^ Ilic nc'eJ !0r;l1r rrra.: 1.,-! lt.':d in iln, ;:,un!: ilc. (;lunr•,..mtl rc.(•ccl Ii,r 11.1 t:1 t1^ !ih ,lal( tItrhr lS,,.uJ rI it-, t:.,ll, hnl . Ic110ict'nl tiiil^t.u\ "I11Ati k al ntcr!lhcf--.NrW> ri.•".! n.".':r:llr...... 1 .:.. . Li 1 ditir.l l!tL; r..

I

^,: ,tl \1-. ti!•-•.. i ;h1RH11 A I

7 4 IItr' 11^iH;_, i ;.,. h.^!,ILS r^Jll!'.l:l' ;t C::C.LE.f 1 E'3.f.+;..:1E.:', v _. 7 0100

1 attended the . @Lraa_T.Y 26, 2008 ;a@=i;i7. _1 Summir. {County F{eg,uGl"..a.t< C1x5ctiC-zve ._,;,^

An item on the 7gencia, ..-r:aaii NA_t^.. .,>s.3era!ic^n of Br5.an K. D 1r-v ...,:> c,o r,> 7conov .._.. ::«fl'(ill.it[' FA'ci ) . ^:C . r ) r `atl`T: 7.i.

C>!'Gt:,^til:. :a ... Mw[-r.lJq L..^7.i.. .^.,i,.

, I,a}.C A, ({,; ._ ^ .".

.. - 1'_ie5^.fSr Ci i:

.., .,. I. tAN 1 :. .jl-r^.. 1 ';rigl. 1l3c-r,.

t.!! i-.I J . L t ..'CI'Y. t It1`i I ' _..'

Wer,:It_': ... ;;f ']r:.(ti F. 11a!'`I .

,ilyrti,7c:Zilf LPvi' .'

_,4v .:'1]i...-1.,!. (rKr(0bY., " 1.

an v f naa rntrt(t:, . !"5c r, ) r! T.') Cs s,_ : r(a <(nd .. :=nt in f1t-. C:ltat t: i.rrue, w ia^'sur a pro czc: <-ci ::-1 t 1 - .._.. ._ri _I f titR: E:'; i na .

.,v..)J ..qllfntlf v motion w:is :1,-;;.ie tc _ ..... 1_.:d _._ _ iltrOt3il1;_ a- f,c_!f-j a.r. .)r the o'..ki ,; r .._ 'r" c'i';9

d Lrn r,ert' ,"t''^.:,t r,.l'k-= ;=1; a i n:; i.ve _ 'in(:: Cheq ;it.z., "uct.e.d to encl t c:v ;;< t ecasy- S.c:rn .,a;,i i-3•.

majority vote .: ..br,ra r l:, r _ Me"t tr}q ae,t, i._,. 1.w 1-=,:i (•;x.ti i l, i : ;x za,are c `,ca.. ,:c by - ,2e7.Y.ny ^^i.' 4.._a ...... villcdiry

lIF.7^t 1I1cj l.l!ji('dlir• I;rt4(. 3.`3fCIlA.y (?I TF-5.._ pf ;d1S,t YF t'..;.!- ! 11., i1t,Ata^ i'}l,i?-17<"ii .. ^ i^^(:1^5^.6' 2PC^_!1 !sL _._ :;Iac1'.1C.IIf.Fd !1

. . .CTd} f'f)t!V^i11C.1 . ..l t '.Y^? "lIf11lC.l::7 iTl

TI?I-:r: .AFFIAt7T .. A1r.':'it ..^....:H'C

^ ^. 1S 5,:.... C.o and Pres=:r."`Y .... a _11<;. .-n,.AriC.J ;?lI , 7C•'. - - ^Ill-C.

HEW l VASNNII(. rbtlely P. hufY^HiOer^„a -A Summe Ci.. JN90 nM VuR"(1R'vl :i• W, 3^wwrAukm Ex;un,,., . !a S . ewl Call il^,r 21 2,1^ I0 ^._^ M > -! 2006 Executive Committee 2i23-20C8

First Name Last Name Nomo Phone Work Phone Van Alexander 030) 666-4670

Drew Alexander (330) 644-1812 (330) 643-218 1

Hnnn ck Andreolr (330) 666-6128 (330) 861.-5024

VKrn, Arnoid

,^Alr-x Arshinkoff (3 30) 650-5055 (330) 434-9151 rChris Arshinkoff (330) 644-7423 (330) 643-2324

Howard Atwood (330) 633-5600

Gregory Bactiman (330) 864-2079 (330) 643-2850

Ra11ie Bauer (330) 688-8270 (330} 849-6532

Sara Benoit (330) 644-7273 (330) 643-2521

Maxine Blake; (330) 864-8359

Linda Lou Bowen (330) 467-8690 (216) 591--0006 v1Pat Boyle (330) 848-1630 (,330) 873-1322

/Margaret Arrne Brosnan (330) 865-9988 (330) 253-8178

(330) 670-5130 V/Cl teve Bnubaker

Fran F3ur:hhofzer ;30 8678397

^.-

^ri1^F'is c;hadsrry '^3i7) 714-1271 4 q4 1

r,h < 3

Ct+ates c:r 33L'; 4-5482

f',3ye 1 2006 Executive Comniittee 2%23121,1r)8

First Name Last Name fiorne Phone Work Phone lohn Cochran

Torn Cousineau ( 330) 864-8752

Christine Croce (330) 958-2903

Carol Curtis (330) 9221757

Brian Daley i330) 342-1115

Mark DeMarco

Gus Demaris (330) 836-1619

William Demas, MD (330) 659-3001 (330) 375-3557

Y Madge Doerler (330) 761-9447

Andrew Duff

/Tammy Erickson (330) 645-1639 (330) 3i'°3-2t3fi8

John Fink (330) 659-077$ (330) 43A-4145

,A/illrna Gnfta {:530)7246678

Jonathan C;roza

^ fi3ry t-1agt^n 13 30) 920-3694 13310i 1435325

Deidre Hanlon 1330) 665-9391 (330) 762-0933

nr1 i <,^(?) 83(j 2.364

t:1+rha

U-:wt)

, f=^i f.19l3.^ 12 1 G J il; Ir

r-'arye 3 2006 Executive Committee 2/23/2008

First Name Last Name Home Phone Work Phone Clifford Isroff i3301 659-3401 (330) 668-2522

^ Candace Jackson (330) 972-7074 Campbell ^ Mark Jenkins

^ Yvonne Jesser (330) 668-2124

Frances Kalapodis (330) 825-8190

Bud Kissel (330) 864-8344 (330) 798-9091

Les Knight (330) 633-2616

^ Ronald Koehter (330) 644-1438 (330) 644-3572

r Michael Kormushoft

Maria Kotsatos (330) 869-0399 (330) 643-5342

^ Steven Kotsatos (330) 338-4732 (330) 643-5367

Kristirta Kremer (330) 945-7308

Jirn Lana 11330) 836-6746 (330) ;375-22f3 i

^ Frank Larsc)n (330) 688-0756 (330) 688-7491

Kurt Lauhinger

Don Longshore (330) 733-7989

B6;lIl1E 1..Ui:iEi'11 f) ^ 0 2.j1118

`ed Mallo ?3n1 e72.:,!321

r 'airk^,

!:^asich ; 3•J1 8 -1 'r 5 ' 43-2230

11Cl9@ 5 2006 Executive Committee 2!23!2i108

First Name Last Name Home Phone Work Phone Joe Masrcti (330) 899-1529 (330) 643-2328

Adarn Meyerson (330) 665-3772

/Chander Mohan. M Q (330) 6227330 (330) 929-1262

^Jack Morri on (330) 929-2797 (330) 996-0209

Kamel Muakkassa (330) 252-0793 (330) 665-4100

Steve Murphy (330) 487-0865

W.F. Nemer, MD (330) 867-0321 (330) 773-4500

John D. Ong

Denny Parks (330) 375-2053

^ Rosemary Passeos (330) 864-8241 (330)535-9900

Jonathan -r I'civfoff 330-567-2955

Anthony Petrarra Jr. (330) 836-8860

Charles Pil6od Jr. t3301 8673183

Tim Powell (330) 753-4751

Rri(chael Pryce (33O) 673- )5 19

Roy L. Ray (3301666 7079 (330) 972-7308

Va lt rt:c'hl ;;I C,+3ri ^^i?3'i

i2ti rt 29 58'2

I^t1sc ;'e

f'lge 7 2006 kxecutive Coninnttee 212.3rTi)08

First Name Last Nam Home Phone Work Phone Bill Roth ;330) 867 4568 (330) 8679242

Matthew Schaad (330) 923-7606 ( 330)971-8240

Mrchael Seider, MD (330) 666-7258 (330) 375 3557

Scott Sigel 030) 665-4914 (330) 643-5335

/.Julia Sigel ?3301864-6169 r3301643-8168

3 James S. Simon (330) 256-3870 (330) 643-0251

/Marilyn Slaby (330) 665-5454

Peter Spitalieri (330) 650-9686 (330) 655-7202 jOO' Peggy Steen (330) 899-9737 (330) 643-5341

John Steinhauer (330) 864-3184 (330) 535-1010

Scot Stevenson (330) 745-6445 (330) 762-0765

VMichael Stith (330) 864-4589 vleMary Stc,rmr;r i330) 864-0782

/.la/ce Stuu (330) 773-6764 ( 330) 375-2009

Paul swan::on (330) 928-3122

Mary Taylor (330) 699-3031 (614) 466-17.90

n l ry^c,^ 30)5666688 13i01 6 5

Fi,,!en F fh!gPen ^ ?301 63446823

Jcnri!`r r (royr3r 44C157

i'ar^e 9 2006 Executive Convnittee ?;23;200Fi

First Name t.ast Name Horne Phone ' Work Phone vS(le 7ruby 3,30) 929-5928 '(330) 971-8142

Gene Waddell (330) 864-1422 (330) 867-1111

Arlene Wagner (330) 653-9500

Thornas Wattermire (216) 363-5425

Ray Weber (330) 666-0688 (330) 3 76-1242

Kathryn Wertzbaugher(330) 724-5249

,/John Widowfield (330) 928-3630 (614) 466-1177

J Helen Williams

Bryan C. Williams 330-670-0564 330-643-5301

Louis Wray ( 330) 633-0355

Frances Yates-Bittle (330) 686-6020 lAnn Young ( 330) 699-E3990 (330) 414-1690

I':rqe 1 i f.;^' ;r r ) ^ : q ; ,

SUMMIT COUNTY REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SUMMIT COUNTY REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS

520 S. MAIN STREET, SUITE 2437

AKRON, OHIO 44311-1071

FEBRUARY 26, 2008 6:00 PM

AGENDA

ARSHINKOFF Asks members to stand for the Invocation by Margaret Ann Brosnan and to rernain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance by John Widowfield.

f3rosnan Invocation

Widowfield Leads the Pledge of Allegiance

ARSHiNKOFF Thanks Margaret Arin Brosrian and John ,Nidowfield and asks rrembers to t;e seatei-J for dinner. DINNER IS SERVED

ARSHINKOFF Calls the meeting to order. Asks Jack Morrison, Jr., to read the roll call.

MORRISON Reads the roll call.

ARSHINKOFF Asks Jack Morrison, Jr. to read the meeting calf.

MORRISON Reads the meeting call.

ARSHINKOFF Entertains a motion that the order of business and agenda presented to the Committee be the official agenda of this evening's meeting.

So rnoved

Seconds the motion

ARSHINKOFF It Iras flaen rnoved arj(l .se;=c^.nrled lhafi ;l^F order of business anci agenria presented to the Committee be the official agenda of °his evening's meeting All those in favor of the motion, please si^onify+ by saying "aye". Those opposed, `ricay'. The "ayes" have it, motion carried.

ARSHINKOFF If ariy trietnber wotalct like to have the rruncrtes of the previocls meeting read, piease so indicate. If rtot, is there a motion to dispense with the-reading of the minutes?

So moved

Second

ARSHINKOFF lt has been moved and seconded that the reading of ttre minutes of tlie previous nleeting be dispensed with. All those in favor of the motion, please signify by saying .aye". Those oppo.sed. "nay.. The ayes ' havr it, motion carriec7.

^RSi-IIN%COFF Caiis :-ia Kirn Rrnold. i reasurer o( `hn Coumty Republican ExecUtive Cofnr7i: read ttie 'T-reasurers report ARNOLD The last Treasurer's repor# was orr ,1anu<:iry 29, 2008. At that tirne, the balance was $36. 363. 19.

Cor7tributions received as of f=ebruc^wy 26, 2008, are $50,010,00.

Expenditures as of February 26, 2008 are $43, 225. 93.

Leaving a balance as of February 26, 2008 of $43, 947.26.

ARSHINKOFF Are there any questions? lf not. /

wi// entertain a moti©n that we accept the Treasurer.s report

So moved

second ARSHINKOFF It has been moved and seconclad that we accept the Treasurer s report. All those in favor of the motion, please signify 6y saying

'aye ': Those opposed `nay. ° The

"ayes" have /t, n?otion carrles.

ARSHINKOFF Gives Chairrnan's report.

A. Review of Lincoln Day Dinner B. Review of the 2008 Republican Primary campaign C. Review of Secretary of State's Corresporidance

ARSHINKOFF Refers to the nieeting call.

{ecognizes

for tfie purpose of offeririg amct^o<< relating to the SUmmit County Board

of Elections. I

I move that Brian K. Daley, whose residence is 132 South Main Street. Hudson OH 44236, who is an elector , qualified to pen`orn7 the duties of Republican Member of the Summit County Board of Election.s, be recommended by this Comrnittee for appointrnent as a Member of the. Summit County Board of E/ections for the term commencing March 1. 2008 and ending Fe6ruary 20, 2 012. And BE /T FURTHER RESOL VED that the Chairman anc7 Secretr7rv ot said Executive C^^rriraittee, be

they Jre .herehv n.;thc:rL,^c-^d J;:>c:r

1I75tructeci to ser)d Io tf7&- `7c LJ'^^tc3^'i

Of State a CertI!fiC3t;017 Jf thc- 3ct,'On taken by said Executive Cornmittee, and said Brian K Daley is an elector qua/ified and contpetent to perform the duties of such office, and that this resolution was passed at a meeting of said Executive Committee by a rnajority vote of members thereof.

Seconds the motion

ARSHINKOFF It has been nioved and seconded that Brian K. Daley, whose residence is 132 South Main 5treet. Hudson OH 44236, who rs an e%ctor; qualified to perft7rni the duties of Repubiiean Member of Sumn7it Countv Bojrcr of ^i^C!;O"s,

jbe r'eco177117er7d^?cl !?y G171s C'o/I7r;'Tittc.^Ee for appoint,mert :9s ,:7 Member Or Ine Summit County Board of Elections tor the term commencing 1Vlarch 7, 2008 and ending Februarv 29., 2012 and that the Chairman and Secretary of said Executive Committee, be and they are hereby authorized and instructed to send to the Secretary of State a cer7ification of the action taken by said Executive Committee,- and said Brian K. Daley is an elector qualified and competent to perform the duties of such office. and that this resolution was passed at a meeting of said Executive Cornmittee by a majority vote ot trrernbeis thereof.

Ail thoc>e in fsvc7r af the n^o,700

10/edSe sh'Jnlfy bv ^c3l:ff7g _3Ve. rho,se opposed "nay. " 7he `i-iyes" have it, rnotion carried.

ARSHINKOFF Thanks everyone for attending the meeting. Asks if there is any other business to come before

the committee.

Entertains a motion to adjourn.

So moved

Second

ARSHINKOFF All t,^ose ir, Xawr. ple,3se sicJnifv s^^ying "aye. ° Al1 those opposed .nay. "

MEETING ADJOURNEQ AT Secretary Brunner, Z00B FEB - I Afa I I: 45

I am writing to you because I believe Alex Arshinkoff is incompetent to serve as Board Member on the Summit County Board of Elections. I believe Mr. Arshinkoff has abused his position of trust. Mr. Arshinkoff has developed a pattem of intimidation from common pleas judges to clerks at the Summit County Board of Elections. There are many issues that I am going to bring to your attention but I will divide it bet-ween the hardQf-Electionsand ather issues of moral turpitude.

Board Of Elections

Issue # 1- Recently the Summit County Republican Party was referred to the Ohio Elections Commission for failure to file an accurate and auditable report. This was the dual recommendation of the Democrat, Rose Debord and the Republican, Scott Sigel. Since the meeting when Scott recommended that Summit GOP be referred, Scott has been moved out of the campaign finance area and put in ballot layout. The move was made because he was told by Director Bryan Williams that he "was no longer a good republican." Due to the fact that it is so close to the election that moving inexperienced people into new very important positions has caused a undue burden on the BOE staff as they try to prepare for an election. Alex Arshinkoff ordered the move. (see exhibits #1, #2 & #3)

Issue # 2 - This the second time a Re}nrblican Campaign finance person has been summarily removed by Alex Arshinkoff for "dsllng theirjob". Lynn Hamilton was not rehired after she refused to alter her story regarding M^: Arshinkoff's order to have her tell the State Auditor what reports to look at. (see exhibits #4 & #5)

Issue # 3 - Heather Nagel, Republican board employee, quit recently (9/06/07) because she was required to circulate petitions and sell tickets for Alex Arshinkoff or lose her job. (see exhibits # 6 & # 7)

Issue # 4- Vondelise Jones and Bonnie Henderson, Republican part time board employees, filed Civil Rights Commission complaints (1-17-08) against Mr. Arshinkoff and Mr. Williams. (see exhibits # 8, # 9 & # 10)

Issue # 5 - Contrary to the SOS ethics policy, Mr. Arshinkoff had two republican board employees making calls from the board during work hours to promote his election to the chairmanship of the Summit County Republican party.

Issue # 6- The arrogance of Mr. Arshinkoff is further exemplified by the fact that he requires a Republican board employee to stand outside regardless of the weather to protect his parking space on board meeting days. This is done despite the fact that there are always more than enough spaces. Mr. Arshinkoff has the employee hold an umbrella for him when it is raining. In addition, Mr. Arshinkoff prohibits the republican board employees from talking or socializing with any democrats. In fact, he even prohibited them since 2005 from participating in the annual Christmas luncheon at the board because the democrats would be there. EXHIBIT a Issue # 7- Statement of Donald Longshore current Republican employee of the board. (see exhibit # 11)

Issue # 8- On January 10`h, 2008 there was a board meeting. Mr. Arshinkoff went into a rage and falsely accused fellow board member Wayne Jones of being behind a conspiracy to oust him as party chairman. This attack was started because Mr. Jones stated in the board meeting that all nominating petitions needed to be treated the same. Mr. Arshinkoff admitted that the petitions of pc's the New Republican Party were scrutinized at a much higher level than those petitions filed by the current leadership of the Summit GOP where Mr. Arshinkoff is the party chairman. (see exhibit # 12 ----a 9-minute tape ofineeting)

Alex Arshinkoff does not stop with his bully tactics at the Summit County Board of Elections. Below are more examples of intimidation and issues of moral turpitude.

OTHER ISSUES O/S the Board ofElectfons

Issue # 1- Intimidation of three Common Pleas Judges (2 Republicans and 1 Democrat). (see exhibits # 13 , #14 and #15-- affidavits from the Judges and exhibit # 16 - ABJ editorial)

Issue # 2- Threats and intimidation of a member of Hudson City Council (see exhibit # 17 ---two channe123 news stories)

Issue # 3 - Summit County Engineer quits because of Arshinkoff (see exhibits #18 & # 19)

Issue # 4- Arshinkoff attacks the Sunvrrit County United Way and the Akron Zoo (see exhibits #20 and #21)

Issue # 5- Police Report of Arshinkoff picking up a college student (see exhibit #22)

Issue # 6 - Scene Magazine article "Godfather in the closet" (see exhibit #23)

Issue # 7- Plain Dealer article "Summit County's Godfather of GOP" (see exhibit #24)

These are not isolated incidents. This is a pattern of behavior by an individual who doesn't care about the community. He lives by intimidation and retaliation. You are welcome to call any of these individuals including the Judges to verify their statements.

I ask that you send a strong message to all that serve the public that this type of behavior cannot be tolerated. Please deny Alex Arshinkoff's appointment to the Summit County Board of Elections. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely, • j! ohla►Cam

' ingle Page View) I Return to Paginated View ^istakes fill GOP finance reports 5ummit Republican books called 'impossible to audit'

I/ Stephanie Warsmith 3eacon Joumal staff writer lblished on Thursday, Dec 27, 2007

u^ith a battle raging for control of the Summit County Republican Party, the party's finances came under increasing scrutiny Wednesday with 3ooks that were said to be "impossible to audit." pplemental filings reviewed by the county Board of Elections were missing required information, staff members said during a Wednesday ..^ard meeting. ; Intil these items are resdved, they wAI not be in compliance," said Scott Sigel, the board's Republican administrative assistant for campaign 4ance. Rose DeBord, Sigel's Democratic counterpart with the board, termed the party's finance reports "impossible to audit." lie supplemental information the party provided was supposed to clear up questions that resufted in the board filing a complaint with the Ohio actions Commission this month. Instead, Sigel and DeBord gave board members a packet Wednesday with pages of errors and questions on the party's finance reports. These `luded missing receipts, incorrect dollar amounts, omitted addresses and discrepancies between different documents. _ destions on the party's finances come as state Sen. Kevin Coughlin, R-Cuyahoga Falls, mounts a campaign to unseat Alex Arshinkoff as chairman of the county Republican Party. hinkoff - who is also a member of the election board - has basically remained silent ^ng discussions of the party's finances at board meetings. Coughlin, meanwhile, is trying to recruit enough candidates for the party's central committee in the March primary to install a new, as-yet- jnamed chairman, and has been critical of the way the party's finances have been handled. iiis backdrop has made the probe into the party's filings particularly ugly, with Arshinkoff supporters claiming Sigel is in league with Coughlin. (Sigel denies this and says he's just doing his job.) the board's Dec. 7 meeting, Arshinkoff abstained from voting on the election commission complaint against the party.

Filings defended uk Morrison Jr., the other Republican member of the election board - who is also secretary of the party's executive committ ee, Arshinkofrs I'ryer, and a member of the party's finance committee - came to the defense of the filings during the finance discussions. But, he sided with the two Democratic board members in the vote on the election commission referral.

at complaint claims the party failed, after being given a final, 21-day notice, to file the required campaign finance documentation for several ctions in 2005 and 2006. Political parties, like candidates, are required under state law to file campaign finance reports.

The commission likely will address the complaint at its March meeting, said Philip Richter, executive director of the election commission. f!-hter said it is common for the election commission to decide complaints involving candidates failing to file - or submitting incomplete or late Qmpaign finance reports. He said referrals against county political parties are made less often "but it does happen."

T6e commission could find there is no violation, Richter said. If a violation is found, the commission could impose a fine, refer the matter for 4secution - a step seldom taken - or decide no action is warranted, he said.

)-hle election board will forward the additional - and apparently incomplete - campaign finance informalion provided by the party to the election mmission. A letter also wllf be sent to the party, asking that the missing documentation be submitted to the board.

estions still remain about whether the party properly reported in its finance reports loans from Arshinkoff to the party and if it was proper for he party to pay Arshinkoff interest on the loans.

khing illegal 1n3istant Summit County Prosecutor John Manley, who reviews legal matters for the board, told board members Wednesday there was nothing !Idgal about the interest Arshinkoff received. But Manley said he wants to look over documents pertaining to the loans and report back to the )oard at its next meeting on Jan. B. Aorrison stressed after the meeting that Manley found "no wrongdoing" on the party's part pertaining to the loans. n terms of the other Information missing from the party's campaign finance reports, he called it "administrative" and said the party will "find the receipts and produce them. can assure that the (party's) central committee will produce the copies for whatever is needed here," he said.

Jtephanie Warsmith can be reached ^t 330-996-3705 or wars m ith C^ thebeaconj o u rnal. com.

Fjnd this article at: ,p;//www.ohlo.com/newsttop_stories/12843697.htmi?page=all&c--y

Check the box to include the list of links referenced In the artlcle.

hpyright 02007 Ohio.com C^a^{

Blogs I thepnkp tchco NEWS aLOGS RESTAURANfS CALENDAR j MUSIC MOVIES j ARTS BEST OF

{ -_^_F,ii '*^ 11:-^: Fk'' 'j ?,118iH 'RHBAP,YFNTir]iE FB0511AEPABlS Gt 7AEBUSi BEt;.

EXHIBIT Something's amiss with the ain [.'R¢t¢¢ Snmmit Republican ParWs finances Wed Jan 23, 2o48 at o5: qq:xgAM % It'sNatinn_tPten ThvM SteeP' 5:8¢ When Scott Sigel made his presentation ea{ ci/a9 before the Summit County Board of 4 an1tAynipstAm0ioa6aPi "s CG!lelPerv Gnea Elections, he thought he was just doing rU 3:0 P1{, m/aa his job. Iiollvw¢¢d e]ehs,^e nl d do^a74 ^zgPM,ai/u . For fiqe years. Sigel, a Republican- "^'f^jgpa^e¢e3¢eeredl.n^RL ' B n•n¢ J¢mnL29 beLn-m b¢¢ld appointed board employee, had been in 2:23 Ea.d, m/ia { charge of filing and auditing oampaign But when he suggested the party resubmit its filings, Arsbinkofi finance reports. But in December, he threw a fit He accosed Sige1 of being on a personal and political found discrepancies with his orvn crusade against him. °I was juit doing my job,"Sigel says. 'I partYs finances. always thought my role was to be impartial and fair. Sure, I'm a AlaiAnhfokcHeLimahe political appointee, but while doing my job, there are no politics He told the Board that the Summit laa¢ed Me perly $75.noo, b^ invohred.e Caanty GOP bad failed to submit theee'a n¢ terord cf (t. receipts for numerous expenditures. Arshinkoff, a man Imown for his vendettas ["The Godfather in 'The numbers just didnt add up," he says. 'The records were the Closet," June n., 2003], wasn't seeing it that way. He had inauditable." Sigel reassigned to the ballot layout department ]sst week `I have no trainin in this type of work," Sigel says. °I don't really concerns... But that was the least of his think that's in the public's best interest It's less than 6o days

Sigel also said that Republican Chairman Alex A.shinknff claimed that he personaIIyloaned the party $75,ooo, and was now being repaid with interest. "Usually people don't charge interest on a loan b'ke that,' Sigel says.'But in this instance, [Arsbinkoff] was claiming he wanted interest. It sent up a red before a major presidential primary." flag.° Perhaps more alarmiag, Arsbinkoffreplaced him with Gary Even more alarming: The loan had supposedly been deposited Hagen, who has no training auditing campaign finance records. into a bank account that hadn't been previously reported by the "My view is that this is purely political retaliation," Sigel says. party. "We had no proof that the loan was even made," Sigel says. You could also caII it a cover-up.

Though Sigel says he's always been an Arshinkoff supporter, he's nowjoining a Republican insurrection to oust the chairman. "Most of the people in the party have been afraid of spealdng out against A1ea," says Kevin Coughlin, who's leading the rebeIlion. °They are afraid of his revenge. I don't give a shit. I decided I've had enough of this nonsense." - Denise Groilmus Category: News EXHIBIT

-3 Scott W. Sigel 1007 Bunker Drive ( Fairlawn, Ohio 44333 I 330-414-7729

January 22, 2008

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

I am writing you to relay information concerning my experiences at the Summit County Board of Elections. I have been an employee since September, 2002.

The Summit County Board of Elections, I believe, is the most negative, back-biting, unprofessional, juvenile, and hypocritical atmosphere I have ever worked in my seventeen- year work career. The prime management tool is to threaten an employee at every instance that they will lose their job if they do not cany out the whims of the Republican management.

The Republican administration of the Board, led by Alex Arshinkoff, sets the tone for the office. Some of the issues that I want to bring to light include the following:

I was transferred as retaliation for carrying out my duties by Director Williams for presenting to the Board damaging information about the Summit County Republican Party's fmance reports. Also, I allege that this transfer was because I testified on behalf of a fellow employee at an Unemployment Compensation hearing, divulging negative information about Board activities and the Republican Party operation, under oath. I also am running against Mr. Williams for Republican State Committeeman in March, 2008.

On more than one occasion I was required to clock out at lunch to circulate petitions. I was forced to take additional time in order to take a lunch period during those instances. I felt if I did not do this my job would have been jeopardized.

Alex Arshinkoff, in December 2005, called a special meeting at Republican HQ where he berated the staff and ordered them not to socialize or befriend any Democrat at the Summit County BOE. He had threatened to fire one employee at the Winter Conference that year, who happened to drive down with a Democratic co-worker. Republican staff had also been cautioned not visit the Bricco restaurant in downtown Akron-this restaurant is supposedly partially owned by Democratic Board member Wayne Jones. I have been required to attend numerous meetings at the Summit County Republican HQ. Republican staff members including Steve Kotsatos, Gary Hagen, Peggy Steen, Maria Kotsatos, and Amanda Hagen, and maybe once me, have gone around on county time to inform Republican staff to attend these meetings. Often, we were informed that Alex Arshinkoff had ordered us to do so.

I have witnessed Maria Kotsatos and Patrice Kormushoff in Alex Arshinkoff's board office making calls for recruiting PCs for the Arshinkoff reelection in December 2007 and January 2008. I asked their Democratic counterparts a couple of times where they were. They indicated in the Board office calling people to recruit for PC. Also, after there was public criticism of this, these ladies retumed to their posts and continued to make calls at their respective desks.

I am also aware of certain instances where Maria Kotsatos fired booth workers who had expressed criticism of Alex Arshinkoff. This is unfortunate since we suffer an acute lack of Republican workers.

In the summer of 2006, I witnessed workers being told they could not work overtime hours while others employees could because certain Republican staff had not reached their quota of 1000 signatures for two initiative petitions being circulated by the party.

Also in December 2005/January 2006 I recraited and circulated two petitions for PC in northem Summit County. One was for John Bolek, the other for Mike King. After completing their petitions, I was told they were unacceptable candidates. I was forced to fmd replacements and to circulate their petitions also. I am unaware as to what happened to these petitions. I am aware that the original gentlemen did not appear on the ballot.

I am also aware of the tactic used by Mr. Arshinkoff to harass and intimidate employees who are out of favor. He has repeatedly transferred employees from one position to another as a means to drive them out or as a means to ensure that they failed. Persons that are transferred never received any training upon being moved. Also, many times individuals with no experience or background in the position replaced someone with more seniority or expertise.

I attended two meetings in the summer of 2006 at Republican HQ. At one meeting, Maria Kotsatos indicated that if we didn't meet our quota we would be fired. She later tried to backtrack by saying she was merely joking. At another meeting, Pat Boyle, Heather Nagel, and Don Longshore were denounced by Bryan Williams as being lazy before fellow Republican staff members, since they were not meeting their signature goals for the petition drive that year. We were reminded that the Board members could use any criteria they wanted to determine who was rehired every two years.

In October 2007, 1 was called in Director William's office and told by Alex Arshinkoff not to associate with "that dog woman" [Heather Nagel]. He did so in front of other staff. I was embarrassed and found it very unprofessional. Later in October 2007, I again was berated by Alex Arshinkoff for questioning the right of Director Bryan Williams to rummage through our financial report cabinets atter hours. Mr. Williams had left two cabinets unlocked. I had not initiated the complaint but agreed with it, since up to that point only my Democratic co-worker and I had access to the reports. He also tried to intimate that I had not been doing my job.

Lastly, I met the Summit County Republican Party executive director on December 31, 2007 in my office to discuss problems with the Republican Party's fmance reports. At the conclusion of that meeting, Mrs. McMillen indicated that I should work to placate Mr. Arshinkoff and that if I"played ball", I might keep myjob. I was incensed.

Please feel free to contact me to discuss these items.

erely yours,

Scott W. Sigel 10/0/03 Tlmb, 3s09 PN T0# MIBIT $^ Akrm Papbs 002-004

OR'6'2083 19: 44 FROMc T0:3303764577 P.2

CHAIIiMAN ARSHIIdKOFF HAS REQUESIBD THAT YOUR OFFICE WOK AT TIiE FO1:I.OWIId(i CAMPALGN FIIVAN(M REPORTS:

Sfffit1FB DREW Ai.B7IIdADER 2000 SHHRIFF DICK WARRSN 2000

2002

JUDGE - JANf3 BONID JUDGB - BILL SPICffit COUNCII. -DAI^.+I. HORRIOAN COI3NCQ. - JOa FIINIIBY COUNCQ. - MARCO SOMMERVILi.E C.OLAdCII.-RENBB GR8mffi COUNCR.^;JIM SFIDATSY COUNCII,-TERRY ALSANESE COUNCII. -MARY ELLM MeAVOY COUNCQ.-BOB EBLTH COUNCII.-MIICE FREEWN COUNCII.- C3ARRY MONEYPE!`TNY COUNTY EXECWINB - 7AMBS McCARTHY MAYOR - DONAI.a PLUSQUEELidC ,JUDOE-JAMBS WIIJJAMS J[IDf'E -JAMBS MURPHY JUDGE - PATRICIA COSQROVE JUDGE - BRENDA BURNHAM UNRUS JUDCiE-MARY SPICER JUDC3S- JOHN ADAMS ](1D(iE-MARVIN SHAPIRO JUDGE - JUDY HLTNT'ER JIID[lS - T.l1JDA TUCCI TEODOSIO JUDGE - KlM HOOVER

I i9 r-zlc P.otlOt F-OI5 WiC OF ELiOtIqR ua-M-Un lo-IS-YS 1a:15AM pOqA-41110T COAIISY

On 1lusday. October 7, 2003, Edoa transAtzM a call m me: I spoke with Jobn O'Naq Chief of htvestigadons 5or the Spue of Obio. Mr. O'Nian mld me that be wa: doing an investipJUion ofOtimL House, e,ad thas he and Dea WuYtee, Crimiad Anaiy'r, would lilx pc look n CantpaiEa F'mmaa Ropotts and wraniag oopiea. lhey wmted tv sec tlu fdes Lon the judges, counell and maybe h2ayor Plusquellic. md apyntte else tbeitaty be helpfidlo thie mvestigadon, Iie told me that they would be tativing between 9:00ba aod 9:30om on Wedsaday, October 8, 2003.

I oall Republiean Headqutucdn and spoke widt K6u wnwld and told her about tAe invesdgatoss cougnLS+ad asked lkriftbCae weits atry cotmnltteea Mr. Atchinko8'would la7re thepeopic to look at. Sbe mid me sbe:wmM speak to wlec. Ittarthat attemoon, Me. Atshinlcof was at the 8oard and I atill hadn't hmd fifiem Kim Amold, so I asked Stevta if he Imew if Nex haa any ecmdntittas ho wanoed dte iuvestigators m loor at. He wrat imn Edaa'a ol^ce apo lake c^cc mu wi^ aome names on a poac it aote. Iie wenr over dw nawes and yean wGlf me ard told me m wiite it up so it w ould be rnore legible.

On Wodnatday motping, ootobeC S. 2003, I took die list thal steven gave me aad typed the foAowing headfnW '•Cinitmaa Azsbialooffhes requeeted that yot4r oiFux look at the fo)Iowing Ci^Nban flpllpti I^Ct^:a It has aiways beeu Homd PoJ(aq dat enytime attyonc seqttests cooes or looks at reporte. we are to write it up In ou book.l'he:easoa I ptu thslteadirtg on the liet was because 1 belicved the lf9t was per Alex's troquelt. Afler I ryped the Iitt, I gave it m Steven and atked that la and Edoa Ro ovet it m see if I+u^tdo atW typogtrpbicu enots. Steven camc iqw my office md hmded me the lin tod aaid it was okay.

Mr. O'Nan and ILdr. WLtrrur aurived tttnuad 10:00 am, I esvoited tbem back to my office. I showed them the list, and dvey bid dw tiuy wero going fo asic to see the ahocilrs and eouoty execotive'e reporta plus Merold Whita and Ted Sohnediaaua. ]'hoysdd they wished tbat Mr. Ar,binoWs rwne was not oo the list borauae they didn't kaow Mr. Atbhinkoffor huve eves apnkdt with hoa, rud that thia ie aa impatdal RtvMgation. At-- that dme L atlccdto be eucukd md lett and got John and Effita. 't'hey isid they waa:ed avery twne on that list plus otfias. Thay lookod at Judye Adarw md JudgC Bond's reporto and sinpped. 7heywet+e under tho itnpreseiat dw theycould take the:epotts and m+dce copiee of tbim MaryPat mdI told they dat the ttptttts att: Rat m leave our office and thatwe would frwka myeopies theywould wamt TLeyeeoaed offaU City Couecil, and siid they thopgbt this wes County Counctil, whicl► L whqt they wanted. Muy PaT and I went over a tuw Uat of repoLTS with dLe iuvrstigaton dw they wauted copies of. on Z6 Respeet6t11y nLbmiued, ^.. .^- ^ :r

•`AHdRAltltlDDYY :A9 :^uag Z/z aBed •`Ytdl4:t E0-9L-100 '•LOE84880EE EXHIBIT

Heather E. Nagel ' 648 Hollibaugh Ave. Akron, OH 44310 330.289.1386 f IeatherENaae l^hotmai I. com

January 22, 2008

To Whom It May Concem;

My name is Heather Nagel and I am a former Summit County Board of Elections

employee. I voluntarily quit my job at The Summit County Board of Elections August 13,

2007 after working there for almost two years, due to a hostile work environment created

by Republican Board Member Alex Arshinkoff, Director Bryan Williams, and his assistant

Steven Kotsatos. In sum, I was being required to politic on county time, spy on co-

workers, clock out during the work day to obtain signatures on petitions for Alex

Arhsinkoff, demanded to "donate" thousands of dollars a year to The Summit County

Republican Party, etc. I could no longer physically and morally tolerate working in such an

environment.

While employed at The Summit County Board of Elections, I was subject to hostile

working conditions in which my job was repeatedly threatened if I would not perform

duties outside of paid employment and perform the duties of supervisor Steven Kotsatos.

When I refused to cover up for Steven Kotsatos' errors, I was only retaliated more and

more. His refusal to do his job duties and blame his refusal on me made it very difficult to

effectively do my job. Numerous times I was required to work for Sununit County Board

of Elections Director Bryan Williams, under the direction of Summit County Board of

Elections Member Alex Arshinkoff at a rate of no pay outside of work hours in which if I

did not comply, I was told I would not be reappointed. When I was hired I agreed to work the job that was described to me during the working hours of Monday - Friday from

8:00am to 4:30pm. Not once did I ever agree to work for free for anyone. This was not only never explained to me at time of hire, the demands worsened and worsened

throughout my employment.

When I was hired, I was guaranteed $4,000+ overtime to supplement my hourly

wage, but when opportunities for overtime arose, I was denied overtime unless I performed

duties outside of my job pay and description. Unless I circulated petitions and obtained

thousands of signatures, or opted out by donating thousands of dollars in place of

circulating, I was denied overtime.

I was required to "donate" thousands of dollars to The Summit County Republican

Party. When I notified supervisor Bryan Williams I did not have the large amounts of

.money to "donate", I was told this would be remembered when reappointment of my job

was up. I was also told numerous times to clock out to obtain signatures for The Summit

County Republican Party when I was to be working for my hourly wage. This is not only

a violation of Federal Wage & Hour Division laws; this also created a fmancial hardship for

me.

Due to mounting harassment from supervisors because of not performing duties

above and beyond job pay and description, I was faced with a physical hardship. I was

treated by ER staff during work hours the moming of Febnxary 22, 2007 and further

testing was ordered by my physician. As a result, medications were prescribed to allow me

to handle the level of stress placed on me by Republican superiors.

My physical and fmancial hardship worsened as I discussed the situation

repeatedly with the Director of The Summit County Board of Elections. When discussed

with Mr. Williams, situations were not resolved or remedied, but worsened.

I had no other choice then to leave the Summit County Board Elections after the

retaliation against me significantly worsened when Bryan Williams advised me on August

7, 2007 that I was being transferred to the back room. I was given no reason and was being replaced by the wife of a large donor to the Summit County Republican Party. Not ornly was I replaced by someone who had no seniority, she had broken English and could not use a calculator! I was told that I had to train her and that if I did not train her as well as

they feel that I should, Alex would take issue to it. I did not want to be transferred, nor did

I do unsatisfactorily in my job performance. I know this was another form of harassment

and retaliation because on the afternoon of August 8, 2007 I spoke to Bryan Williams about

my refusal to be transferred into a lesser position. He advised me that I was once a rising

star and that at this point the party felt I was not committed to the cause and was not a team

player. I was told by Bryan Williams that I needed to quit my charitable work during my

personal time and commit my free time to the party. He also berated my family and used

explicatives when talking about them because they were not party loyalists.

The actions of Alex Arshinkoff and his staff are in violation on county policies,

federal wage & hour laws, and guidelines set forth by the Secretary of State. His bullying

tactics have demoralized the election process and have made it a deplorable place to work. I

have numerous upon numerous instances I could give about the Board that would appall

you. Instead of conducting elections and servicing the voters of Summit County,

Republican workers such as myself were made to be political slaves to Alex Arshinkoff's

personal vendettas and issues.

Please feel free to contact me at the above contact information.

Sincerely,

Heather E. Nagel OFFICE OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION EXHIBIT Job ^^ NOTICE THAT A RE QUEST FOR APPEAL HAS BEEN FILED ' & E^to[lY ® JFS-83110 04/25(2007 Claimant's Name BenefitYear Ending Date Soclal Security Number HEATHER E. NAGEL 08/09/2008 294-76-3682 Date Issued 09/I 1/2007 Return to:

SUMMIT COUNTY FISCAL REDETERMINATION UNIT 175 S MAIN ST PO BOX 182292 OHIO BLDG 4TH FL RM 400 OHIO DEPT OF JOB AND FAMILY AKRON, OH 44308 SERVICES I1I1 glrlarl.,111I1nrIulrllurllmllmllurllorlluoulll COLUMBUS, OH 43218-0000 Phone: (877) 574-0015 Fax: 614 752-4810 } Employer's Name UC Acceunt Numher SUMMIT COUNTY FISCAL 0802177004 IMPORTANT INFORMATION - DEADLINE FOR REPLY: 09/18/2007

A. A request for appeal of the initial determination # 214675221 mailed on 09/06/2007 has been filed by: HEATHER E. NAGEL

B. This party submitted the reason(s) given in Paragraph C, below, for requesting a change of the previously issued determination. If you disagree with the statement(s), submit your reply within five days of this notice's Date Issued to the address shown above. The lack of a reply could result in a redetermination based on the statement(s) in Paragraph C.

C. Reason(s) for filing the request for appeal: Hardship created by requiring unpaid acquisition of petition signatures for the Republican Party during lunch and evening hours. My Mother (Patricia A. Mihaly) is disabled (SSD) and requires assistance. This demand severely affected my caring for my disabled mother, creating a hardship for myself and severely affected the care of my disabled Mother. Threats were made by Director Brian Williams that when jobs would be reappointed in March (08), Alex Arshinkoff (Rep. Party Chairman) would review how many petition signatures were obtained and event tickets sold to determine if job would be reappointed. The demand for evening/weekend hours created a major hardship in caring for my disabled Mother. Demands were made to clock out during work day to obtain petition signatures. I informed Director Brian Williams that I need my wages. He told me that "you can't pay your bills if you don't have a job". Lost wages would have created a financial undue hardship. Physical deterioration, caused by ongoing threats, was creating an undue hardship. Continuing threats by Brian Williams and harassment by supervisor Steve Kotsatos required medical intervention by Hospital Emt!tgency Room treatment,

Si usted no puede leer esto, Ilame par favor a 1-877-644-6562 para una Iraduccion.

DSN: 013100 THIS SPACE FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY PSN:,0001806 Page 1 of 2 ID: 000000243430312 NOTICE: JIOSNI EXHIBIT For Immediate Releese-January 17,2008

Contaot for Additional rnformation:

Vondelise Jones, 330-631-7780 (cell)

Bonnie Henderson, 330-773-1231, 330-690-0833 (cell)

Vondelise Jones, a Republican part-time employee at the Summit County 13oard of Elections Hled a fonnal eomplaint with the OHIO CTVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION today against the Summit County Board of l;lections, ItepubIIcan e,mployee Maria Kotsatos and her supervisor-son Steven 1Cotsatos, Tlireotw Bryan Williams, and Republican Board member Alex Arshiakoff. Among her allegations are intimidation, harassment, work place bigotry, and a general hostile work environrment encouragad by the Republican Board adrninistration's refuaal to take corrective action or to address her complaints.

Ms. Jones provided detailed aqegations inchuling a reference to being spit at by lVlra. Kotsatos and other humiliating and degfad'eng actions by her and othcr Boatd er►iployces during her most tnaant tenure at the Boayrd of Elections.

Ms. Jones fitrtlter alleged that eaFforts to bring these incidents to the attention oflter supervisor and Diractor Williams met with indifterence and no action. Also, Ms. Jones and her aowarlter Ms. Handea.'twtt attempted repeatcdl.y to cnntact and set up a meedng with Board member and Republican chairman.A.lex Arshinkoff to no avail.

M's..lones also has not ruled out pursuing civil litigation against the Board and the lndividuals involved apact firam lm Civil Itights Commission complaint. Likewisez, she will consuit with eommunity civil rights leaders to present her complaint and to seek assistance in order to obtain redrm of her grievanoes at the Board of El.eetions, including the removal or discipline of the perpetrators of the actions against her at the Board of Elections. EXHIBIT

January 24, 2008

Vondelise Jones 765 Donald Ave Akron, OH 44306

To Whom It May Concern:

I have worked at the Sumrnit County Board of Elections as a part-time and intermittent clerical worker since 2005. I am writing to comment on the conduct of Board member Alex Arshinkoff and Director Bryan Williams.

While an employee of the Board of Elections, I have witnessed or experienced the following:

• I was spit on at work by coworker Maria Kotsatos.

• I asked Alex Arshinkoff and Bryan Williams to take disciplinary action. They declined and did nothing.

• I was ordered to attend mandatory Republican Party meetings at party headquarters by coworkers while we were all at work at the Board.

• I witnessed coworkers Cecilia Robart, Tina Alexander, Amanda Hagan, and Debbie Walsh scrutinizing Republican central conunittee candidate petitions without a Democratic staff inember present.

• I was asked to buy tickets to Republican Party events on county time on several occasions..

I was told by my supervisor, Steve Kotsatos, not to associate with Democratic c-workers or with coworkers Scott Sigel and Bonnie Henderson.

I was told by coworker Steve Kotsatos not to report complaints to Deputy Director Marijean Donofrio because she is a Democrat.

• Coworker Maria Kotsatos ordered me to clock out of work and circulate Republican ^ central conunittee petitions. My supervisor Steve Kotsatos refused to correct my time sheet, calling me "greedy."

• My supervisor, Steve Kotsatos, interrogated me about the fact that coworker Scott Sigel circulated a central committee petition for coworker Bonnie Henderson. I was asked if I supported Alex Arshinkoff for party chairman and feel my job was threatened. All of these actions were the result of orders handed down by Alex Arshinkoff and Bryan Williams. I believe they show a pattern of arbitrary and capricious decision making on the job.

Sincerely yours, EXHIBIT

January 25, 2008

Bonnie Henderson 1322 5th Ave Akron, OH 44306

To Whom It May Concern:

I have worked at the Summit County Board of Elections as a Registration Clerk since 2002. 1 am writing to comment on the conduct of Board member Alex Arshinkoff and Director Bryan Williams.

While an employee of the Board of Elections, I have witnessed or experienced the following:

• I recently filed to run for Sununit County Republican Central Committee. I was discouraged from mmning by coworker Patrice Kormushoff. Since then, I have suffered various forms of intimidation and hostility by Republican co- workers and superiors.

I was ordered to attend a mandatory Republican Party meeting at party headquarters by coworkers Gary Hagen and Andy Wright while we were all at work at the Board.

I was ordered to attend a mandatory Republican Party meeting at party headquarters regarding central committee petition circulation by coworker Andy Wright while we were at work at the Board.

• In 2006, Director Bryan Williams spoke at a meeting at Republican headquarters. The meeting was about gathering signatures for two county charter ballot issues. Williams told Board employees at the meeting that failure to meet a quota of signatures on these petitions would result in non-reappointment to our jobs at the Board of Elections.

• In 2006 during the same ballot initiative petition drive, I was told I could not work overtime because I was needed to circulate petitions. ,^}ev_ lCo{^s;afos `^^• ^T^a :• ---- informed me that I had to take a lunch break in order to circulate a candidate petition and that I would have to take personal time.

I was told by Maria Kotsatos and Steve Kotsatos not to associate with Democratic coworkers at the Board, even outside work.

I^3f'^- • l^eoptr A[ eR4 4-0 6c. r4AtA t,,,A-le-r^ r /l,! a' eAt ^. j' S .4-(o o v +^. -^-l1 t G• .9-4J •` D I All of these were the result of orders handed down by Alex Arshinkoff and Bryan Williams. I believe they show a pattem of arbitrary and capricious decision making on the job.

Sincerely, dxn4- e A"1144^ Bonnie Henderson January 25, 2008 EXHIBIT

Donald Longshore I J( 1834 Esther Avenue Akron, Ohio 44312

To Whom It May Concern:

I have worked at the Summit County Board of Elections as a Filed Operations Supervisor since March 2006. I am writing to comment on the conduct of Board member Alex Arshinkoff and Director Bryan Williams.

While an employee at the Board of Elections, I have witnessed or experienced the following:

• After the 2007 General Election, I became aware that Alex Arshinkoff and Bryan Williams accused me of speaking on the phone with Senator Kevin Coughlin. Since then, I have suffered various fonns of intimidation and hostility by Republican Co-workers and superiors.

• I was ordered to attend mandatory Republican Party meetings at party headquarters by coworkers Gary Hagen and Amanda Hagen while we were at work at the Board of Elections.

• Co-worker Maria Kotsatos informed me that "you will be fired if you didn't get enough signatures" on petitions I circulated for Republican candidates.

• Director Bryan Williams informed me that I had to take my lunch break in order to circulate a candidate petition. I was forced to use my personal time to take lunch as a result.

• I was told not to associate with Democratic co-workers at the Board.

• I was asked to put up yard signs by co-worker Gary Hagen, while we were working. He added that "Chairman Arshinkoff won't be happy if you don't do it."

• I have been solicited to attend Greater Akron Republican Club meetings while I worked at the Board.

• I was ordered to check petitions filed by Republican central committee candidates suspected of being against Alex Arshinkoff a third time-meaning after staff had already checked them for mistakes twice. Deputy Director Marrijean Donofrio asked why they were being overscrutinized. I was ordered to do so by my Republican superiors. All of these actions were the result of orders handed down by Alex Arshinkoff and Bryan Williams. I believe they show a pattern of arbitrary and capricious decision making on the job.

I I EXHIBIT State of Ohio AFFIDAVTT ) 1 /2 ) ss. County of Summit )

The undersigned, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and states from personal knowledge, information and belief, as follows:

1. I am currently a)udge in the general division of the Summit County Common Pleas Court and have held that position since 1991.

2. Pursuant to R.C. 2301.55, the Judicial Corrections Board ("JCB") has oversight authority over the Community Based Correction Facilities ("CBCF") in Sumnut County.

3, During my tenure on the bench, Oriana House, Inc. has professionally and competently operated the CBCF in Summit County through a professional services contract with the JCB.

4. Beginning in 2002, as I related in detail under oath in my deposition on August 9, 2004,. Alex Arshinkoff attempted to interfere with the discharge of my official judicial duties by attempting to intimidate me to take adverse actions against Oriana House, Inc. including terminating the Board's contract with Oriana House, Inc.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this ^? day of September 2005.

A`^-AY, m6ra.. Notary Public i,o

EXHIBIT EXHIBIT

State of Ohio ) AFFIDAVIT 1 14 ) ) U. County of Sununit )

The underalgned, having been duly swom according to law, deposes and states from personal knowledge, information and belief as follows:

1. I am currently retired from sitting as a Judge on the Summit County Common Pleas Bench. While aitting on the bench in Summit County, I served on the Judicial Correction Board ("JCB'I.

2. Pursuant to R.C. 2301.55, the Judicial Coaections Board ("7CB") has ovoreip,ltt authority over the Community Based Correction Facilities ("CBCF") in Summit County.

3. During my tenure on the bench, Oriana House, Inc. professionally and competently operated the CBCF in Spmmit County through a professional savicea conlxaot with the JCB.

4. Alex Arshinkoff attempted to interfere with the discharge of the official judicial duties of the Judges on the JCB by attempting to intimidate them to take adverae actions against Oriana House, Inc. including tcnninating the Board's coniract with Oriana Housa, Inc.

Sworn to and subsca'bed before mb tbis -J day ofSoptember 2005.

Public My Q,t^+'55;er. ka.s vt,o ^^,^a4ilvf

SEP 09,2005 13:26 EXHIBIT

4 I l State of Ohio ) AFFIDAVIT ) ss. County of Summit )

The undersigned, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and states from personal knowledge, information and belief, as follows:

1. I am currently a Judge in the general division of the Summit County Common Pleas Court and have held that position since January 3; 1985.

2. During the period of 1987-2002, I was the Chairperson of the Judicial Corrections Board ("JCB').

3. Pursuant to R.C. 2301.55, the JCB has oversight authority over the Community Based Correction Facilities ("CBCF") in Summit County.

4. Since 1987, Oriana House Inc. has professionally and competently operated the CBCF in Summit County through a professional services contract with the JCB.

5. Through his actions in the years 2001-2003, as I related in detail under oath in my deposition upon written questions on December 10, 2004, Alex Arshinkoff attempted to interfere with the discharge of my official judicial duties as Chairperson of the JCB and, being unsuccessful, thereafter attempted to intimidate me to take adverse actions against Oriana House, Inc. and terminate the Board's contract with Oriana House, Inc.

FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT.

Swpn^^t^l^ed before me this ^day of September 2005. etlr e j^^viago pAy ^^ptraWO. 03 C. Set NotaryPu lic

EXHIBI7 111G ALDfWMV1L G11GVl !'?tie J. oI !

EXHIBIT I tg

Posted on Frl, Sep. 30, 2005

The Arshinkoff effect The party boss has been accused of intimidating county judges. Anyone believe that sounds out of character7

f you're a judge, you would do well to stay away from Alex Arshinkoff, the Summit County Republican Party chairman and serial political bully. Ask 3udge Bill Spicer of the county probate court. The Arshinkoff machine orchestrated his re-election campaign in 2002, Including a television ad that recklessiy attacked his opponent. On Wednesday, the Ohio Supreme Court, all seven justices, six Republicans and one Democrat, issued a public reprimand of Spicer "for conduct arising from negative television advertising sponsored by his campaign committee."

The court spiit 5-2 on whether the ad consitituted an in-kind conbibution to the Spicer campaign. The majority awkwardly reasoned that enough distance existed between the judge and his campatgn team. Put aside, apparently, that his campaign manager was also the court administrator and a co-owner (with Arshinkoff) of the consulting firm that purchased the air time and produced the ad. Whatever the technicality at work, Spicer, a judge with an otherwise solid reputatlon, has been tamished by his reiationship with the local political boss.

Tellingly, in the very same week that the high court ruied, news reports surfaced about afRdavits from two common pleas judges (Mary Splcer, a Republican, and Jane Bond, a Democrat and the target of the vicious Spicer ad three years ago) stating that Arshinkoff sought to Interfere with theiriudicial duties. A third judge (Ted Schneiderman, a Republican and now retired) ciaimed In a swom statement that Arshinkoff attempted judicial interference.

Arshinkoff argues that Oriana House officials orchestrated the affidavits as part of his legal scrap with the aiternative sentendng operation. He insists on his right to speak freely (and exdtably). That said, iudges do not lightly sign affhlavRs, let alone engage in mere political stunts. It matters that judges of both parties have complained. They have asserted no less than the principie of judicial independence, something the rest of us should encourage and welcome, if Arshinkoff too often does not.

Of late, Arshinkoff has accused officials at the Board of Electfons af "fixing" a parking ticket, although the circumstances were cieariy extenuating. He has assailed two Hudson school distrtct employees for falsifying election petitions. (More than likely, they unintentionally erred.) Might Arshinkoff agree that his predsereading of the law apply to him and his alleged intimidation of Judges7

The law states that ''no person, In a wanton or reckless manner, shall attempt to influence, indmidate or hinder a public servant, party ofndai or witness in the discharge of the person's duty." A vioiatiqn amounts to felony of the third degree. Tlme for a special prosecutor7 Or is the Arshinkoff transgression of a larger and famiiiar concern, one that should embarrass those who contribute heavlly to the local Repubiican Party? He'll do just about anything to get his way, worrying Ilttfe, evidently, about the detrimental Impact on the community as a whole.

O 200513eacon 7omnal and wire serviea snurces. All Rights Resetvad http://www.ohio.cam

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/editoriaU12780648.htm7template=aontentModules/print... 9/30/05 Plain Dealer Date '1 -'03

E^gineer iri Suri"rilit quits, cit^s

went'into the private seotor so GOP heat we could make this change.' STSvB I:nTTMRX Arshinkoff said he did teli PlatiiDealerRePorter raoar Bl ^ Marquard that one employee; who eventueBy resigned, shouM As*abx - A top-nwking off- ErW11i:P.1 rCgigns be evaluated because that em- aial in the Summit tk,iirty.engi- CitBs GOP p1EsSpie ployee was aDemoctat, not aRe- publlcsn. He also said that Mfke n6er•s office said he, receirTly re- Marquard also said that-Ar- Weant, who was the office's di- signed becosabf preksuee.from shinkoff asked biarquard how Teetor of administration, should thr: county Repttblicsn Party for much money he could raise for 'also be re-evauiated. 12 VvoYlcers, in.the offic@ to be thecountyGOP. . WeantsaidMarquardtohlhim Sred because they were 'bad Re- Ansbinkbff safd.tLat there is no that he badto resign or be would publicans." Bat of 12 people he wants fired be fired. Weaat resigned, and " David Marquard; the county's and that he never asked Mar- Marquard said he felt awful chief deputy engineer, issued a quard to raise, money for the aboutthatafterward. I lengthy statement,this week de- county party. He aaid he did ask Ma.rqnard also said that Ar- teiling allegations of meddling in Marqusrd how much he thought shinkoff ivas upset with Esser be- the Opeeatfon of the engineer's he would have to spend to mount cause 8mer biredworkexs in the office by county GOP offieisls or acredibleelectioq. . engineer's office without noti- operatives. Arshinkoff said he didn't think fying the Republican Party: "It became apparentthat .the Marquard would be an ideal can- Ssser said yesterday that Ar- undue influence of the Republi- didate, -in' part beeause he bas a shinkoff never forced him to hire can Party makes ft Imposs,ible to difficuit-sounding ballot name. anybody. properly. serve the taxp8yers, Marquard h9.d wanted to be- Fsser recommended that Mar- fairly treat .employees. and per- come the next engineer after Es- quatd should become the nert form ethically as a manager," ser, a Republican, resigued from county engineer, saying he is a Idarquard, 51, sald. the job earlier thisyear. State lavq quality eug7neer who Is well-ie- -Alex Arshinkoff, ahairman of requlres that thecounty' Republi- spected. the 3ummit County GOP, issued can Party select a replacement, Esser also said that Weant was a thunderous denial,of of Mar- and the party picked former Kent an outstanding employee. . querd'scharges about GOP inter- city engineer Greg Bachman. Mike Stith; legal counsel to the Arsbinkoff said that the party+s engineer's office, said yesterday ferenee, duty to name a replacement for that the engineer's office is .. "It's craziness," Arshinkoff Esser allows the party to examine spending more money than it is said. the operation of the engineer's takiagin. , Marquard said he n;et with Ar- office. "We have to stop it," he se1d: s'hiinko,ff on June 13, shortly be- "It's poorly run," Arshinkoff fore Marquard was appointed ss said of the engineer's office. "We To reach this Plain Dealer reporter acting county engineer after the were given a blessing when Gene [email protected],1-800-628-6689 resignatiun of the fariper engi- neer, C,ene Esser. "During my conversation with Alex Arshinkoff, he said I needed: to get rid ofwhat he called'bad Repubiicans; " Marquard said In his statement. "Ones that did not 'do. much for' or 'give support to' the Re- publican Party." sEEQUIT162

3/^..^,roalG ^- BRIDE 06"- w c.com / GOP leader wants a United Way boycott

EXHIBIT

POP leader wants a United Way boycott ^ ZD

POSTED: Tuesday. September 28, 20D4 6:01:22 AM 'PDATED: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 8:55:34 AM

AKRON -- A Republican leader in Akron is calling for a boycott of the United Way of Summit County after a `^nd-raising scavenger hunt sent participants into the local office of Democratic presidential candidate John rerry.

lounty GOP Chairman Alex Arshinkoff says.he'II also seek to get United Way's federal tax-exempt status ^voked because of its partisan involvement.

""^e scavenger hunt sent participants to the Kerry-Edwards office in search of a piece of campaign literature , pout a Democratic candidate for common pleas judge.

,"^shinkoff called it, quote, "a classic example of the liberal bias of the social activists."

United Way officials Monday acknowledged that stop on the employer-sponsored scavenger hunt was a r'stake and said they hope Arshinkoff rethinks his position, which would damage not only the United Way It the many social service agencies it serves.

^ted Way is in the midst of its annual fund-raising drive.

® 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. EXHIBIT

Irony & Arshinkoff Summit County Republican Chairman lican coffers like his own personal trpst AlexArshinkoff has never been one to pick fund. And given the load of GOP scandals his-battles or his paramours wisely. Last statewide, it was akin to a crack whore month; the Akron Zoo mailed out free lecturing on safe sex. tickets to more than 1,000 community According to the Ohio Ethics Commis- leaders as..thanks for their suppoit.• sion, public officials are allowed to accept ArS$"d f#dii;lli' ^nd the gesture amusing smaIl gifts like an "inexpensive entertain- .qiq,returnAd= .ls two complimentary ment activity" - i.e., an $8 visit to the cvith a letter accusing zoo. They aren't allowed to receive items Simmons of an ethtcs of "substantial value" - like, say, the free board member who sits Audi Arshinkoff got from Republican of Akron Zoo filin¢s. vour sugar daddies. : tirketst mey berconsideired 90legal gra- tuity'," he wr'ote. T&c••ir`dny i^as ddlididus;.as deep guys like to say, since t>rrshinkoff treats Repub-

SCENE AUGUST 10-16, 2005 ' olevescene.com EXHIBIT

POLICE DEPT. - AKRON, OHIO FIELD REP 4.. .

( IF 1 wl FF R. LEI^ ^ot^L . St'iLEET R.O ,.s i ,, gao ^1•^ ^r

occoo a u.^.+at co.. EP^•^^'J.Icn" P00.-t

-t TT lOLP.A,

IL^ ^ S P1 CNGi^ 1AP ^1^1!] tlkerJ 9 CoGE H l6 Q 1^ I^r Z^2$C.^ Yt -fMilY W ^ ^ o(i^.^tau^ eM c, oc1^QP^NC u^wLGCC ea.l.^!rLLe+^ sP6{o,^_!

ocG. IV- csx'+c'a0 KS!. PL 4E1] ,3 uOliuc yE. unS tcaa OilKtiK toc M• Ot2n4us^ 11 R9 ^7p`+s^tµnJ 6CE ^/

;,. POLICE DEPT..- AKRON, OHIO FIELD REPORT V w M^ti / 6^tooc^.?•i 02 ' ^2-27^ ^

LeQ_ o^x.ru^a ^ -IcaZ T•a..^^.^ 3C. _ a.. , rro r;s,o ^T • p ^ o^anSOfa^'y, .

^ ^ l^ PfiSSbUcl^i ,.a a ^lE^i l^-L(c^17Fi1a162WraS /^1G1C 4ttSFi,^1.1(YF W^; wf..^W? ^ 3•4S^SZ-+-^TSI^.^ yrt^Cti^SU/^C4LE ^•:^7 PILM6o laP N Y O oJ? a^: o^'C c.,u6'a 3W- TQv6r*s Tn.tca.iQ6 K lw.C..

APM FII.E- N^,.9RR9 W i] W7 - _. . . _ _.-- i .... ^ Report number: Incident number: 2251476

Location ...... : S MILL ST/S BROADWAY ST Ant / lot ...... Building ...... : Nature ...... : 39-T?LUF'-C STOP Date ...... : 12/27/02 Time ...... : 02:27:14 Shift ...... S Phone ...... Priority ...... : 2 c-rid ...... 193 Method ...... Call taker ...... : Dispatcher ...... : KSD Disposition 1 ..... : 39 Disposition 2: W^Z CCL Primary unit ...... : .2-1-1 P=imaxy officer ... .: 687542 '?'ime disaatched . . : 02 : 27 :19 Time arrived ...... 02:27:19 Time cleared ...... : 02:52:39 Vehicle tac ...... : 1RA.1 Vehicle state ..... : OH Vehicle color ..... : BLK AUDI 9ackun units ...... Bacln:n oif:cers ... . i•Ti:ne d.ispatched ... . T_Ze arrived ...... - __.:^e• ^_^^ed ...... Comalainant name Complainant address Complainant phone . Location occurrence Suspects name ..... 'I,ocation name ...... Lccation name 2 ... ^s±try made ...... : E'_aASed time ...... Suspect description suspect number .... . SLspects vehicle .. . Suspects tag . . .. : ARAI ?i=ection travel .. . an:.mals r^enced ...... k molest ...... Z ans ...... Arvsicai/verbal ... Iatoxicated/dxugs . `thers ...... jus open/Res home . . Nuawer hostages ... a_id alaxm ...... j2,"Sries ...... O=__..ars name ...... '^y5cription ...... 'k..'_= door3 ...... Ac:_vitv ¢enera,1 Not®a :

^7otes

Zt Ali current locatioa: 9 RtiJB 'rO 767 INKM Tiiner reset on unit A1i at 02:52:04

P I The Godfather In the Closet "he Republican boss of Summit County revels in crushing his ;emies. Now his private life might crush him. y Sarah Fenske ^bllshed: June n, 2003

It was past 2 a.m. when the kid left the bar and headed for home. Back from college for Christmas, he'd met up with his high school buddies at Annabell's, a neighborhood watering hole in Akron. Frustrated for reasons that no longer seem important, the 21- year-old Kent State student had been too annoyed to wait for a ride.

It wasn't long before he wished he had. It had been a white Christrnas. The ground was still blanketed, early that morning of December 27, 2002; the air, frigid. Maybe a stranger would give him a lift.

As the kid would later explain in an interview with Scene, he tried to flag down the first car he spotted, a souped-up Mitsubishi, neon underbelly aglow. It didn't stop. But when the new Audi behind it did, the kid got in.

The driver was a middle-aged white man. Dark hair, well dressed. He asked the kid how he was doing; the kid said OK, then offered a few dollars for gas. The man said not to worry.

• -,Ibin^6.5o. h...m fm munar pu6d,9n Party for half hie lifL The kid told him to take a right at Main Street. But the man didn't. I'll get you home, don't worry about it, the kid remembers him saying. Then the man started rubbing his thigh. Are you gay? he asked. Are you bi? No? Are you sure?

The kid was trying not to freak out. He saw a red light ahead and clicked open his seatbelt, bracing himself for the jump out. But the light flicked to green.

What are you doing? The man asked. Are you nervous?

The kid said no, he was just trying to get comfortable. The man was caressing his thigh, grabbing at his crotch. "I didn't want to piss him off," he says. "He could just hit the gas, and I'd be stuck." r--iio mmtrryutJmlle Maey 4kw 1-•iblfmu Judge Mazy Spioc hdd Do you want to make some money? The man asked. The kid laughed weakly onm her see - despice oppmeao and said he had plenty. He was watching the light ahead, wiIling it to stay red. th party noes s ruem _. -^.. The Audi pulled to a stop, and the kid saw his chance. He took off running. The An4i.peeled off in a different direction.

Then the kid heard a siren. An Akron patrolman had witnessed his desperate departure, according to the police report. The cop stopped the car and questioned the driver. The man told him he'd picked the kid up, but he was too drunk and had hopped out.

But the kid, fearing trouble, doubled back to the cop car. Gasping for breath, he relayed his version. The man had tried to touch him, he said. He had to run. "You can arrest me for anything you want right now," he remembers saying.

'Jakvlvovdc _ tounry axecuA.2 Jeme. IdeCartla The cop took the driver's information and let him go. Then he told the Idd to ^ D^ae wvWd be'a0 over'the ^nua;namdayuu ng remide relax, something like "What are you doing getting into a stranger's car, anyway?" He offered to take the kid home. , Then a second black-and-white pulled up. The officer gestured at the departing •ldi with its ARA i vanity plate. "Do you know who that was?" the Idd heard him ask. 'That was Alex jshinkoff. He's the chair of the county Republican Party."

,ily stomach just dropped," the kid says.

t years, Alex Arshinkoff topped the scale at more than 400 pounds. He was a man of giant appetites: or politics, fbr conversation, and of course, for food. A former dining compaiiion says Arshinkoff would x•fer one entr6e, finish it, then order another. Sometimes he'd go for a third. i tianks to the Atkins diet, a personal trainer, and daily nine-mile walks, Arshinkoff has shed half of his ,^'^th. But he's still larger than life. Head of the Summit County GOP for 25 years, he seems to burnish a v^.utation as the county's Dark Lord, a man who consumes politics and plays to win. To many insiders, ie is Don Corleone in the flesh, with a dose of Machiavelli's Prince thrown in for good measure.

rough his assistant, Arshinkoff declined Scene's interview request.)

;_ -,ce two failed runs for city council more than two decades ago, Arshinkoff has never been the guy on 1 ballot. He's not a politician, as he'll tell anyone willing to listen.

1°;s far more powerful, and he knows it. He picks the candidates. He runs their campaigns. He tells f;'m what to do. Who to hire. Who to fire. If they don't play ball, they're out. Just like that. He's done it top Summit Republicans. He did it as a University of Akron trustee.

1{was on George W. Bush's campaign finance committee. Karl Rove is said to call him for advice. Vtien the first President Bush visited Akron in i99o, he started his speech by thanking Alex Arshinkoff.

I's a master of the nuts and bolts of politics," says state Senator Kevin Coughlin (R-Cuyahoga Falls). e is just one of these old-school political leaders."

hinkoff lives for the job, calling up candidates at all hours of the night with advice and exhortations. Then he's not being compared to Machiavelli, he gets Boss Tweed. 'Even those who don't like him have to admit he's as shrewd as they come," says Republican County 'I uncilman Mike Callahan.

3e's made himself wealthy. He's on Senator Mike DeWine's payroll as a consultant; he also began a ^bying business in 1997, harvesting the ties he developed as party chairman. He represents nine mpanies, from FirstEnergy to Playhouse Square, offering his advice and pushing their interests in olumbus. He has a$2oo,ooo home in Hudson, an antique Chevy Be] Air, and two Corvettes - in 4dition to the Audi paid for by the party.

3is family has done well too. One brother is a bailiff; so is a sister-in-law. One niece is Barberton's clerk r courts; another is the party's attorney; a third works for the county engineer. Until Republicans lost e judge's seat this January, his nephew-in-law worked for the Juvenile Court.

^ other counties, party chairs aren't so powerful, and there's little reason Summit County should be an Feption. Akron has long been heavily Democratic. Despite suburban growth, the county retains a hree-to-two Democratic edge.

you'd never know it, looldng at a list of Summit County officeholders. Under Arshinkoff, iepublicans have put practically every seat in play. They hold a majority of judgeships, the Probate '^urt, the sheriffs office, both Ohio House districts, and the state senate seat.

1-te has created the most effective county organization in the state," says Arshinkoffs Cuyahoga County --pnterpart, state Representative Jim Trakas. "Republicans in Summit County do better than they uuld. And state and national candidates do much better there than they should too."

^^elentless fund-raiser, Arshinkoff gets $ioo,ooo checks from lawyers and $i million donations from s. He also collects from the little guys: A list of campaign contributions shows bailiffs, magistrates, o^level county flunkies and their spouses -- all chipping in their $ibo or $i,ooo when asked.

)s a great motivator. "He has always kept the heat on, kept the pressure on," says state Representative ryan Willianis (R-Akron). "He keeps people prepared and primed and ready to go."

4zooo, the county party raised more than $2.19 million and spent $200,000 on TV ads, $300,000 on he sherifFs campaign, and $7oo,ooo in a failed bid for the county executive's office.

money doesn't just stay in Akron. In the last decade, the party gave $64,000 to , $46,500 0 5ecretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, and a whopping $339,000 to Ohio Auditor Betty Montgomery.

lArshinkoff, though, the local game is paramount. He's not so much interested in policy, though -.jnds insist he's a true right-wing believer. For him it's the power, and power is in the money: the alaries, retirement benefits, and perks intrinsic in several hundred county jobs. lt 01 has to do with raising money, contracts, pay-to-play," says County Executive James McCarthy, a iernocrat. "If you don't give money to his party, you're not going to get jobs from the county -- or state tracts."

^*pocrats point to lawyer Deidre Hanlon. From 1996 to 2001, she earned $1.69 million from Attorney ( lera] Betty Montgomery's office. Most of the money came from an exclusive contract, allowing . anlon to sell assets of deceased Summit County residents to pay off their Medicaid bills. As The Plain P7ler first reported, she was one of only two lawyers in the state to get such a contract. er luck may have followed the money trail: From 1996 to 2ooi, Hanlon donated $121,000 to the rmty GOP. Meanwhile, under Arshinkoff, the Summit GOP gave Montgomery $244,4oo during the ;ame period.

!emocrats say it's a system where those who play ball are rewarded; the recalcitrant are punished.

'onsider Saundra Robinson. She beat a Democrat for a Juvenile Courtjudgeship in i99o - a surprising pset and a major victory for a party that counts its suocess by the jobs it controls.

rshinkoff was in heaven. But Robinson was no pushover. "He made suggestions," she says. "Some of jem were good." She had no problem hiring loyal Republicans who were qualified, she says, but -efused to hire those who weren't.

Rat was her fatal mistake. When it came time for her reelection four years later, Arshinkoff ran another 2epublican in the primary - with the party's fiill support. Robinson lost. "If I wanted to stay there, there -ere rules to play by. I didnt," she says. "I know I could have gone the other way and still be sitting ere today." rjm Hoover, then a Cuyahoga Falls councilman, found himself in a similar position in 1994. The county f}osecutor's s seat opened up when its longtime holder was appointed a judge; Hoover was widely onsidered the Republican Party's top choice.

first Arshinkoff wanted to talk. The day before the appointment was to be announced, Arshinkoff ^ormed him of the people to be fired his first day, Hoover says. One was Fred Zuch, chief of the "iminal division, a widely respected bulldog who paid no mind to the orders of party bosses. lrshinkofPs reasons seemed nebulous at best, Hoover says. He refused. i didn't take long for Arshinkoff to find another candidate: Maureen O'Connor, then a common pleas adge. She took the job.

bonnor didn't have to fire Zuch; Hoover s plight was leaked to the newspapers, and even Arshinkoff rasn't bold enough to order Zuch's termination after that. But the opportunity Hoover missed is clear. tiye years later, O'Connor was elected lieutenant . She now sits on the Ohio Supreme Court. oday Hoover is a Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Courtjudge. He hears traffic violations, DiIIs, and minor r?g busts. iJ has no regrets. "I know who and what I am," he says. "Alex can say to me, 'If you'd listened to me, v could be lieutenant governor, you could be a Supreme Courtjustice.' Well, I have no interest in ^se types of things. And he can't beat me here in my own town - and that's a source of great u'stration to him." st election, Hoover faced a challenger in the Republican primary. He beat her handily. Soon after, rshinkoff appointed her to an open Municipal Court seat. She'd done her job by challenging the rogue Paublican; she'd earned it. I

people talldng about Arshinkoff, and soon enough they'll mention the incident involving the Kent ate student. "You've heard about that report, right?" they'll ask. Feign ignorance, and they'll offer you -?py tiie six months since that night, the police report has been circulated among politicos, pushed at •-^spaper reporters, and whispered about wherever Democrats gather. The kid got a call from someone vho works for Summit County and someone at The Plain Dealer. The first wanted to know if he thought ;shinkoff was dangerous; he didn't call the second back. ) Che kid isn't exactly basking in the attention. He doesn't want his name used; he has no intention of ng suit. "It's water under the bridge to me," he says. But he can't help but wonder: "What is a public :-_ cial going and picking up people like that?"

g official became of the report. The kid says the police never talked to him again. He didn't press matter, either. Akron Deputy Police Chief Mike Madden says the cops generally don't investigate field reports," which are generated by traffic stops rather than official complaints. -^ , 6u've got a he said/she said situation, or in this case, he said/he said," Madden says. "There's no way br me to make a case off of that." Sure, if the kid is telling the truth, the incident could be a case of tual imposition, Madden says. But who's to say? There are no witnesses, no physical evidence.

'I don't know that anyone even took cognizance of this report when it came in," Madden says. "If it I n't that particular name on it, no one would even care."

3ut it is that name. And people do care. For a Republican who touts "family values," there's a question iypocrisy. There's also the antagonism factor: Arshinkoff has made so many enemies, they're ictically a political party of their own. Even people who say positive things about him are glad to mark when they know it won't get back to him.

:!course, every powerful man has enemies, but the hatred Arshinkoff engenders goes beyond that. +Tow, perhaps emboldened by the report, many people who've felt his lash are breaking their silence for I i first time.

'ete Kostoff, the mayor of suburban Fairlawn for ii years, was a loyal party man who shared i ,hinkoffs Macedonian heritage. Their fathers were friends, and they'd attended the same Eastern yhodox church for years. Kostoff was considered one of Arshinkoffs top lieutenants.

" lt meant little when Kostoff endorsed a Democrat in the Cuyahoga Falls mayoral race. It wasn't just Democrat - it was his law partner and close friend, Wayne Jones. Kostoff thought it would be OK, ecause Jones was taldng on Don Robart, a Republican known to be on the outs with Arshinkoff. r)eed, Kostoff thought he had Arshinkoffs blessing. "He told me I'd have to sit out for a period of time, at then I'd be brought back to the party," Kostoff says. Like a good soldier, he agreed to step down , - m the party's central and executive committees, presuming it was temporary. Arshinkoff told him t he would also be supporting Jones, however quietly.

as the campaign heated up, it became apparent that Arshinkoff was doing no such thing. Robart's f paign literature was vintage Arshinkoff. It showed an aerial view of Jones's five-acre spread, calling im out for supporting low-income housing because he didn't have to live by it.

er Jones lost and it came time for Kostoffs promised rehabilitation, he and Arshinkoff met for lunch. l'ou'll have to buy a little time," Kostoff remembers his friend saying.

:^r six months, Kostoff could read the writing on the wall. 'There are a lot of people pissed off at you," rshinkoff told him.

Vas hoping you'd help explain this to them," Kostoff protested.

uch luck. "It became convenient for me to be expendable," Kostoff says. Ayithin the next three years, Kostoffs uncle was fired from the Board of Elections - just one year before 17 could retire with a decent pension, Kostoff says. His brother was fired from the engineer's office. His ^ter-in-law, the chief magistrate at Juvenile Court, returned from a week's vacation to find a letter acked to her front door. She, too, had been sacked.

^tt the end of the day," Kostoff says, "people can say it's just politics, but I don't think you use politics to iurt people. He and his gang seem to enjoy inflicting hurt on people."

^stoff gives money to Republicans he thinks are independent. He considers himself part of the tepublican Party. But he won't give it money, not as long as Arshinkoff is around. "Sooner or later, *^er people of conviclion are going to stand up and tell him it's time to move on."

mon Pleas Judge Mary Spicer had always been a good Republican, though she was occasionally uinoyed by Arshinkoffs directives. He'd summon the Republican judges to lunch at Tangier or the rtage Country Club, then tell them who to hire, she says. She resented it.

>picer was the court's point woman for Oriana House, a halfway house the county used as a sentencing il*ernative to hard time. Though Spicer did the nitty-gritty supervision work, all eight judges signed off .^decisions and appointments. They were, technically, a"judicial corrections board," she says, though n y didn't officiaIly meet or take minutes.

9^h leadership may have seemed lackadaisical, but no one considered it a problem. The county was iappy with Oriana, says County Executive McCarthy. So were the judges.

jso they thought. nFebruary 2002, it was Spicer's task to get the other judges to sign off on appointments to Oriana's zens' advisory board. Most were reappointments -- people involved with the issues at hand, such as ,ex6tional training and rehab programs. I

^that wasn't what her fellow Republican, John Adams, noticed when Spicer gave him the papers to .

]^ese are all Democrats," he told her. piFer was surprised. She'd never thought of party affiliation as an issue. StiIl, she agreed to let Adams 3- the appointment papers and think it over. She couldn't formalize the appointments until another iuje returned from vacation anyway.

!ams says he "may have issue" with Spicer's recollections, but would prefer not to revisit "these xiiigs.")

1^n Spicer's phone rang. It was her cousin, Probate Court Judge Bill Spicer. He reminded her that the I^ g deadline for their reelection campaigns was a week away. He also asked her to hold off on the nana appointments. "These are our last bargaining chips," he said. (Bill Spicer declined comment for ^story.)

[ary Spicer knew that Adams, Arshinkoff, and her cousin were tight. She also knew that another Ymon Pleas judge, Democrat Jane Bond, was planning to challenge her cousin for his seat. The link as'clear, she says: The GOP would approve the appointments only if Bond got out of the race. picer thought it ridiculous. Then she got a call from Arshinkoff.

was irate, Spicer says, and launched into a rant about Oriana House. "He said there was all this fraud md theft and corruption," she recalls, still amazed. But he offered no evidence, no specifics. Yelling, he id he was only telling her because he had to protect "his" judges.

3picer yelled back, finally shouting that she wasn't going to talk about it anymore. Then she hung up.

J short order, she got a visit from her cousin and his bailiff, Chris Masich. They asked her to get Bond :o drop out of the Probate Court race, she says. They told her she could promise Bond that she'd never `.,e an opponent again.

3picer resisted. She saw the party boss's hand. "This is how Alex Arshinkoff works," Spicer says. "He ^ds other people with messages, so he can say, 'I never said that"'

ihortly thereafter, Masich sent Spicer a note telling her to forget the whole thing. Judge Adams started bldng a stink to the papers about problems with Oriana House's leadership, using buzzwords of L,aud" and "corruption."

^e only judge to second him was another Republican running for reelection; after that judge nourtced her concerns, her challenger, another Republican, decided not to run after all.

'siders believe Arshinkoff wanted control of the jobs at Oriana. If the organization could be proved rrupt, the county could take it over - meaning direct oversight by Republican judges, meaning more obs for the GOP to fdl. , ^ex likes any place that has people," McCarthy says, "because that becomes patronage, contributors, ampaigners."

I, ^► Lawrence, Oriana's executive director, would accuse Arshinkoff of "running a political operation out )f Common Pleas Court." But it was effective: State Auditor agreed to do an audit.

I len Adams -- despite only four years' experience as a Common Pleas judge - was appointed to a ederal judgeship. And Arshinkoffs niece, attorney Betty Konen, announced that she was running r^inst Mary Spicer as an independent. lrshinkoff pushed an unprecedented amendment through the GOP's executive committee: From then the party could give support -- and cash - to independents, even those challenging Republicans. ipicer won her reelection, despite not getting a penny from the party or use of its in-house i munications firm. She was also barred from using the party's bulk-rate postage unless Arshinkoff i,t approved her mailers. (She declined.)

'^1, Arshinkoff had his own interpretation of Spicer's victory. He noted to a friend that Spicer had been iced to spend $70,000 of her own money on the campaign.

cer isn't bitter. "I'm still here," she says. "And I have a new birth of freedom. I don't get calls nmoning me to lunch." She doesn't get told who to hire, either. She just gets ignored.

s Oriana House fallout continues. Montgomery, one of the largest recipients of Arshinkoffs largesse, :!k the auditor's position in January. A month later, she announced that the ongoing performance udit would be teamed with a more extensive "special audit." aue to Montgomery's ties to Arshinkoff, Oriana's attorney asked her for an independent, outside review. "e refused.

Four months later, she has yet to announce any major findings or problems, or complete the first audit. ¢e's still looking.

th Arshinkoff, politics always comes first. Callahan, the county councilman, remembers Arshinkoff aaying at a late-night poker game, "I've got a lot of friends in this business, but I'm in the business of itting people elected. That comes fust. The job comes fust." Good government can finish no better `an a distant second.

` f 1999, two Common Pleas judges completed a study showing that the Court needed two more judges. Ite recommendation was approved by the county and the Ohio Supreme Court. The biIl was written.

Id then it died. rhe reason? State Senator Roy Ray, an Akron Republican and Arshinkoff ally, lobbied fellow legislators : i ll it. His official reason: The courthouse didn't have room for two more judges.

But Judge Mary Spicer says word drifted back from Columbus that Arshinkoff had stopped it. After all, 7- are judges meant more openings for Democrats, in years when Arshinkoff already had several ^,uensive races to run.

C'-e same fate befell plans to add a second Juvenile Court judge. For years, court workers had pushed another judge as well as building renovations.

talks between County Executive McCarthy, a Democrat, and Juvenile Court Judge Judy Hunter, a s publican, reached a stalemate in 2001. So Hunter asked Kostoff to run interference.

" Kostoff plan, recorded in a letter signed by Hunter in February 20oi, agreed to details of building c^ansion and signed off on adding a second judge once renovations were complete.

T•^p month later, McCarthy got a terse, one-paragraph letter from Hunter. She wrote that she "must and I( hereby rescind" her previous statements. She gave no explanation.

;^ toff says Arshinkoff caught wind of the plan and stopped it. He was afraid Democrats would win the r^nd judgeship and wrest partial control of the Juvenile Court, which Republicans then held.

I••nter denies this, although she offers no explanation. "There were a whole lot of dynamics at work that whole scenario, including other issues beside court expansion," she says. As for Arshinkoff's ivolvement, "You would have to talk to him about that."

bfnkoffs goal might be protecting his party, but it's irritated his opponents to the point of open )ntempt. "I have no respect for him, for a lot of reasons," says Jones, now the county Democratic ; ty's finance chairman. "He's been in powerful positions, and he's used that position in no way to help county. It's all for his personal gain." r hinkoffs power plays extend beyond government. He sat on the University of Akron Board of rstees for nine years and was its chairman from 1997 to 2001. t ler his watch, the board drummed out university President Peggy Gordon Elliott, after Ammissioning a report from then-Attorney General Montgomery on Elliott's hiring practices. ` ontgomery's report finished with "no recommendations or ultimate conclusions," but it was enough r the trustees to send Elliott packing, settlement agreement in hand. The trustees who supported her )uster were Republicans; Democrats were irate, but outnumbered.

9hn Wray was the university's treasurer when he drew Arshinkoffs ire. Wray says he's stiII not sure Nhat happened, though he won't dispute that politics played a role. William Beyer, then the associate r.e president of administrative support services and Wray's boss, is more outspoken. { 'John's work was outstanding," he says. "But you could see what was going on. There was talk for a -?uple years that they weren't happy with him, because he did a lot of work for [then-Democratic ngressman] Tom Sawyer. That's the way things were up there."

'jray, whose contract wasn't renewed, headed off to Walsh University in Canton.

[tlwas hard to fight. Trustees are appointed by the governor, and for years, Ohio's governor has been "1^publican. Akron's board is stacked with big Republican contributors: Of the nine members currently Tving, eight have contributed more than $7,ooo to county party coffers in the last four years, iccording to records. As for the ninth, her husband provided the money.

^shinkoff may be gone from the university, but his relatives are still making money there. The .uuversity began using the firm Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs for substantial amounts of legal °?rk in 1999• In 2001, the firm's workload dropped precipitously, and the university took on a new p, Amer Cunningham Co., according to financial records.

What happened? Konen, Arshinkoffs beloved niece, left Bucldngham, Doolittle in August 2001. She ^ded at - where else? - Amer Cunningham.

Eiardball campaign ads have become Arshinkoffs signature. He uses TV extensively, even for judicial ,-^ts, though Summit County is dependent on costly Cleveland airtime. Every penny seems to bring 7ents of mud.

[.- one ad, Judge Bond - who lost a tight Probate Court race last year - was accused of being under estigation by the Ohio Supreme Court because her husband did work for Oriana House, while she supposedly supervised it.

^ver mind that she hadn't actively supervised the program. Or that her husband earned a total of $z,ooo. Or that the Supreme Court had received a complaint from one of Arshinkoffs buddies, but w-^sn't necessarily investigating.

resumably, a man who plays this brand of hardball should know the ball will eventually be fired back.

chael Curry believes so. In the summer of 2001, Curry, who works for the Summit County Board of slections, spotted Arshinkoff at the Leather Stallion, a gay bar on St. Clair. The Democrat made a point F„reeting Arshinkoff "just to freak him out," he says.

hirty minutes later, Arshinkoff came over and asked him to stay quiet about seeing him there, Curry s. Curry replied that it wasn't his style to out people. "It's just not my belief system," he says. i rshinkoff seemed relieved. "If there's anything I can do for you, I'd be happy to do it," he said, - ording to Curry. Ibking, Curry seized the gambit He named two friends, both Democratic judges. "I want to see that the of them never have any opponents," he said.

'I can do that," Arshinkoff responded.

`was shocked at the transference of power," Curry says. He'd been joking, after all. But when he ran :nto Arshinkoff several months later, at a gay dance club called The Grid, Arshinkoff waved him over. "Ae said he'd live up to his end of the bargain," Curry recalls.

,u rry decided not to live up to his. "I've just decided he's a hypocrite about it," he says. "He's gone out --id recraited candidates who are homophobic and anti-gay." Also, it's tempting to envision the fallout: If he ever openly admitted he was gay, I think a lot of the money would dry up."

^e pyre is growing. The newest memo circulating among the anti-Arshinkoff crowd is a complaint oned in to the board of elections. In the conversation, a former Municipal Court employee claims 4rshinkoffsexually harassed him.

public record, duly noted by a deputy clerk. Coupled with the police report, it's led to talk of an werthrow.

it Democrats aren't sure how to play it. "We're a party that supports gay rights," says county Chairman [iuss Pry. "We don't believe in outing people. But we don't believe in being hypocrites, either. We don't - I lieve in condemning someone's lifestyle - and then secretly living it." kdds McCarthy, "If this was an elected official who had picked up a young girl, I think people would ^ ve been all over that. And if Alex is a cruiser, if that's his M.O. ... I'm sure there are people within his -ety that would be upset."

'^ris Bleuenstein, who recently quit the Republican central and executive committees, says he thinks gay issue may be the straw that finally breaks Arshinkoff s back. "Most people are aware of it," he iays. "Stupid him - he just keeps getting caught."

e party, Bleuenstein believes, is probably "not enlightened enough" to deal with a gay leader. "I would nvision a coup," he says, adding, "He is not going to step down."

tdden, the Akron police deputy, says the whole thing doesn't seem fair. Arshinkoff hasn't been narged with anything, and homosexual acts - Rick Santorum's views aside - are perfectly legal in )hio. '"fhere's crime, and then there's embarrassment," Madden says. tut this is politics. And Alex Arshinkoff would be the first to explain: In politics, embarrassment is often nough. Cleveland.com's Printer-Friendly Page

' I I Etrerythln' Clevelaed

THE PLAIN DEALER Summit County's godfather of GOP Alex Arshinkoff: adored, feared, effective Wednesday, MarrJb 22, 2006 Mlchaei O'tllaitey Plain Dealer Reportw

President Bush called him the most effective county dhairman In America, praise that a good number of Akron Republicans would merrily second with a hearty "Hear, hear!"

But behind the poildcal scenes, whispers abound about Alex R. Arshinkoff, a mercurial firebrand who has maintained a tight gdp on Republlcan money and patronage in Summit County for nearly 30 years.

To Democrats, the Summit County Republican Party chairman is the devil himself. To Republicans, he is a briifiant tadiaen, raising milgons of doffars to batge Denapats in a Demoaatic-heavy county, though he is not wfthout enemies in his own party as well.

Arshinkofrs crflics Iiken him to Tammany Hall's Boss Tweed or teievision's Tony Soprano.

The Summit County godfather, they say, denutnds loyalty and cash or else you can't play in his game.

Pete Kostoff, a long-time loyal Repubiiean and fonner mayor of suburban Fairlawn, got kk:ked out of the game a few years ago when he made a mistake of baddng a Democrat in a Cuyahoga Falls mayoral race.

Kostoif said tlie revengeful Arshinkoff used his power to have three Kostoff famgy merrdiem fired from govemment Jobs, induding his sister-in-law, who was chief magisbate of JuvenNe CourL

"They duct-taped the termination notice to the door of her house," he said. "Alex attempts to hurt you by remote ¢ontrol."

Some Republicans keep their distance from Arshinkoff, whispedng that his oid-style bullying Is no longer effective and that the big man - he has weighed as much as 400 pounds and as Iitlle as 20g - is losing his dout and control.

OtheB are not bothered by Arshinkoffs heavy hand, saying a strong leader is nscessary In a county where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1.

"I would hate to think what would happen to the Summd County Republican Party If he were gone," said Republican Mayor Don Robartof Cuyahoga Falls. "He keeps the party hi line. There are always going to be mak:ontents."

One malcontent Is Cuyahoga Faiis Munk:ipal Judge Kim Hoover. He said he was picked by Arshinkoff about 12 years ago for Summit County prosecutor, a vacant position that was to be fllied by a GOP appointment.

Hoover said that after a party meeting, Arshinkoff puped him aside and said the job was his. A condltion was that on Hoovers flrst day, he had to flre a couple of people. http://www.cleveland.com/printer/printer.ssP?/base/summit/114302025883700.xm1&co11=2 3/22/06 Cleveland.com's Printer-Friendly Page Page 2 of 4

"1 told him, Thafs ugy. I won't do it,' " Hoover said.

Hoover bst the appointment.

Arshhkoff dec8ned to be kderviawed for this story. "Pm not looking for a pumpe"p story or a hatchet job; he seid in a phone message. "I would rather not paAiGpate "

One of his party Iieutenants, Mike Kormushof►, said, "He's been In the news enough and wants to stay out Of it"

Arshinkoff is in the news mostly In the Akren area, where the daily newspaper, the Beacon Joumal, regulary beats hkn up in edilorlals, ca8ing him names 8ke "po88cal daddy" and "serial pol8ioel bu8y."

But in recent weeks, Arshinkoff caught the attention of newspapers across Ohio by batging state Attomey General Jim Petro, a fellow Republican who is running for govemor.

The two have been foes for years, but recenty, ArshinkoRs IawyerJack Mon9son accused Petro of shaking down lawyers for campaign contributions In exchange for state legal work.

Morrison daims that he and other Akron-area lawyers lost work assigned to them by the attomey generars office because they backed candidates running against Petro or did not contribute to Petro's campaign.

Petro, who denies the daim, wrote an opinion piece last month In The Plain Dealer saying he pu7ed the work because, "I befieve that these lawyers were part of Arshinkofrs Tammany Hali-styAe opera8on ... lawyers who ... were dirergly a8gned with the Arshinkoff money machine."

That machine is regarded as the most well-oiled, highly productive poli8cel organization In the state. R Is unique in its ability to raise big money and keep control of power and patronage. , Candidates taday tend to rely on thek own fund-raising, which can weaken a party organtcafion. But Arshinkoff has nraintained a pip®rme of donors, ranging from workingclass people on the pubiic payroll to corporate exeadhres.

"He built the oiganiza8on during the Bme when the rubber companies were s811 booming In this town," said polf8cs writer Abe Zakian, who spent most of his career wri8ng for the Beacon Joumal before re8ring in 1998 from The Plain Dealer.

"He had the CEOs Ake John Ong at Goodrich and Eddie Thomas at Goodyear. He used that base of corporate power and went from there.

"Nothing happens unless money changes hands with Alex," Zaidan said. "You want to be judge? Fine. This is what IYII cost you."

Z2idan, 74, who once described ArshlnkofF, 51, in print as a"quick-witted sumo wres0er with inexhaustibie energy," remembers Arshinkoff just beginning In politics, in the eariy 1970s,

Arshinkoff was a coliege student who had a job deaning toilets at the courthouse when he walked into the Beacon Joumal newsroom and met Zaidan.

'This massive kki with bushy hair comes up to me and says, 'I'm running for council in Akron's fifth ward; " Zaidan remembered.

Arshinkoff, of course, lost his bid in a ward that was 5-1 Democratic. But by age 23, the co8ege dropout who would later becorne chairman of the board of trustees at the Universily of Akron, was the head of the county's RepubBean Party.

Today, the job pays i60,0o0 a year, pius a car and expenses. Arshinkofl, who is also a lobbyist, gets an addigonel $18,000 a year as a member of the Summit County Board of Elections. http://www.cleveiand.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/summit/114302025883700.xm1&coll=2 3/22/06 Cleveland.com's Printer-Friendly Page Page 3 of 4

"He's a guy who iives and breathes politics 24 hours a day," Zaidan said. "And that's why he's so effecbve."

In the 2000 presidential eiectlon year, ArshinkoRralced more than $4.8 mlglon forcandkiates, kicluding $2.5 mglion for President Bush, said Monison, a member of the count.y's GOP Executive Commktee.

For compartson, Cktveland lawyer Mike Wiae, who was chairman of Cuyahoga CourMys Republicen E)cecu8ve CommifESe between 2000 and 2005, said the Cuyahoga County GOP during that time never raised more than $ti00,000 a year for candklmes.

State Rep. Jlm Trakas, fomier chairman of the Cuyahoga County Repub6can Party, said Arshinkoffs model Is "politlcs the okl-fashloned way."

"Every oounty chainnen would like to run a party like that," he said.

Trakas, who Is running for Ohio secretary of state, seld he has a deep respect for Arahinkoff, even though ihe Summit County boss Is endorsing Trakas' opponent. "I'm not going to say a cross word about him," he said. "I'm not going to make the same misfake others have mada.`

Lawyer Tom Watkins, a forrner state representative, made the mistake of crossing Arshinkoff 14 years ago by ques8oning the party's pdmary endorsements.

Watkins, an opera singer who for 20 years seng the national anthem at the Repubecans' annual Lincoln Day fund-raising dinner, said he was told he could no longer sing at the dinners and was dropped from the Summ@ County Repub6can execu8ve board.

"If you cross him, you're excommunicated," said Watkins, who quft the party and became a Democrat

Watkins, who Is gay, said it was an8-gay posltions of Chairman Arshinkoff and the Republican Parly's right wing that drove him to the Democrats.

In the govemor•s race, ArshinkoB backs Ohio Seoretary of State , a strong opponent of same- sex marriage, who onoe told the Columbus Dispatch: "Fanoers know if you want eggs to eat you don4 produce them whh two roosters or two hens. You need a rooster and a Iren."

Watlckrs said some people in the gay community ara upset wMh Arshinkoff because he befdends gay men yet supports an an8-M agenda, induding the state const8ulional amendment that detines maniage as a union only belween a man and a woman.

Aishinkoff, who is married, has never pubildy discussed his sexualhy, even after a Cleveland weekly newspaper, ihe Scene, pubfished a story three years ago thted "The Godfather in the Closet," saying Arshinkoff frequented gay bais in Cleveland.

"It's weg known In the gay communiryr," Watkins said. "And it doesn't matter that he is or is not gay - obviousiy, a lot of people begeve he is. IPs the hypoaisy."

Judge Hoover said: "I've heard and seen enough that I think i's true. ifs laughable. Here's Blackwell comparing gays to banqrard animals and here's Alex runnfng around wlfh his band of gay cabaiieros: Politics makes strange bedfeliows."

Morrison, Arshinkoffs lawyer, emphatically denied Arshinkoff is gay. He said the Scene story was a pack of Ges aYned atdestroying the county du3irman.

"We undeistand, and we can't prove this, that his enemies went to the Scene and paid them to wrtte the arfide," he sald.

"ff Alex was gay and hanging out at gay bars, we would have seen pictuies in the newspaper. H was made up. And that's pre8y fow."

Asked why Arshinkoff did not sue the Scene for Gbel, Morrison said he and ArshinkofF discussed suing the http://www.cleveland.com/printer/printer. ssf7/base/sttnunit/114302025883700.xm1&coll=2 3/22/06 Cleveland.com's Printer-Friendly Page Page 4 of 4

newspaper, but decided R wasnY worth the time or money.

Pete Kotz, editor of Scene, said he stands by the story and laughed at the aliegalion that the newspaper was paid to wrRe 2 9 only wish they paid us; he said. Tve got ihre kids and I need a coAege fund. Teg whoever was supposed to pay us to bdng the money by."

Some Msklers say the Soene story dealt a staggedng bbw to NsMnkoff, mndering him less effective In poiitlcal cirdes, but Mortison said it only emboldened him to fight harder against his enemies.

"He Is more eHedve raw than he's ever been," Mordson said. "Big-money Repubecans are coming forward srying, 'Alex, we're not go'sng to let the Beacon Joumal and the Demoaatie Party tum this town into a one- partyllorM.,.

To reach this Plain Dealer reporter

[email protected], 216-999-4893

O 2006 The PtaIn Dealer ® 2006 deveiand.com AII Rights Reserved.

http://www.cleveland.com/printer/printer.sst7/base/summit/114302025883700.aun18tcoll-2 3/22/06 Cleveland.com's Printer-Friendly Page Page 1 of I

%

Everythirtq Cltavdraed THE PLAIN DEALER His recent batties Wednesday. March 22,2006

Alex Arshinkoff, Summit County's tough Republican Party boss, has spent three decades battiing in the pollHcal trenohes, taking on some tough opponents. Here are high8ghts of some recent batges:

He forced United Way to pubticly apologize for a scavenger hunt fund-raiser that sent scavengers to a Democratic campaign office but not the Republicans'. Arshlnkoff called it "a classic example of the liberal bias of social activists."

He used his inguenoe to block the addibon of judges to the SummB County Common Pleas Court, even after the Ohio Supreme Court approved adding two seats.

He battled Common Pleas judges to force open the finandal books of Odana House, a nonpro6t agency that runs a county cortections faca7ity. Two of the judges. Induding a Republican, signed afridavits stating that Arshinkoff attempted to interfere wigi thekjudkial duties during the spat.

0 2005 The Plaiq Dealer ® 2006 cieveiand.com AII Rights Reserved.

http://www.cieveland.com/printer/printer.ssfl/base/snmmit/1143034225324940.xrtil&co11=2 3/22/06 -,) KmW4i1^ G1uAltf

ey*1 961 ^ ,214^ ^ ^^^ ^^l ^ 8

^^Mwuf lo^ ^^o^ AxxoN

Akron Bearon )oumai * Wednesday. January 23, 2008 PAR1Y LINE DIVIDE "7bia is very cku in tLe coue R"oYYeaaa bmaerab - e txn aud t^t a dee^ B fmte," be said. "Chatp ls what w did.lLis imw is a aauiteue." Ohio secretary of state David Langdon and Robert wiA break Summit tie Heydorn, the attoraeys told board mmnbeea rhat - ba^ their <:ontliWad aao Ps^s AZ olieah been required to testify - this would have been a violation control o(tbe eoaaty &epubliran of their consdtuptieaEopleal riahte. ^Coughh'a, R-Cuyahoga Falla, subpoeaaed to testltyshowcd iw up is trylug to umeat Atshiakoff by at the board meeting. Carol gaining the majoritp on the 1Vtav14 acmdate for the central county parti+s cenhal commit- committee, end Cris Canute, tee in the Mareh 4 etectioo.'Citat who circulated the petition for comm)ttee will meet 60 days af- Ronald Dale Lieving, aaother ter the yIl^A1'^ to decide the co,nmittee candidate, answered party's leadwrahiy T'ha board board memb'ers questioos about plaoaed to bold neanngs Tues- the petitions. day m quettioas am Board membem uoanimously of 16 caadidates f w voted to ailow Matb and Lieviog for the mromittee. to be on the belloR Sumnut Beard mambers argoed about Atetther of these candidates whetlter the hmt'iagt were ,rec- wsn 61ed by Cougfilia, essaty^ coasideri that the •f•he boatd voted to dismiss a dmdDoe fo< dyua^yt^'og aaodi- ^ Cougbtia Lled involv- political dates front the which lug the petition of Bryan Wil- was Imt Monday - has namsm. baou fa^r the pattty+s State Cea_ Wa7me oaea aad im G°r' tral Committee. Coughlin squabble bach'Democratic the c^^ W^, the gepubli- ^^^^ can director of the elections shinko@' aad Morrimu said the board, had board employea sign boardstlllbedadutytolook)nto hkpetidoowhileoatbeclo& heats;up alleged .^" ^^ A hmring was scheduled thiv p Tuesday but the board opted EleCaorls boBld argues muffideW sgaiost having it because Cottgb- `BrNch of IeW Im wasnR pneseat. after Coughtin declines C,oughlin said he was not told ArsLin►io6and Morrisan said to show up at meeting it ap ^ra cthat some ^ other that this beaciag bad been sched- thafk these aled. a^set^ai candidates' petitiond made Clash over desision ^mems. A^is i^nkoff^i'alkdtorthi^s a 8oard members clashed over Macdow desdlodmd TundeY serious breach of law" that wllliams' receat decision to woald be referred ta the eouaty move Scott Sigel - a RepublirJn mamowetbataooW rauhina board employee whowas crititai owumr sberiBand prosecutor. Sm savm Cmd gtirm^ state Morrieon ammed the board's of the Republican Party's fl- move him?" he asked board aancess - to a difereat membe®. Caagblhb wLo ia leading an Demoeeatic members of "mal- effoat to aat Stmmit Couotl feasance" for trying to mvent Si®el sent out a leter ra^g for "We are the board. You are cbabmm bad the heariags and caRed this a Arshinkoff to be replaced aad an employee:' Mortison replied Hail Mary attempt to iater- ^^psring Sigel to Fidel to St^el, adding that tViltiams baatd mec^g bpt didn't show. fere.". hav t5e authority to traasfer em- Williaau thesaid dtai blcenaed AsLm- Gorbach and Jonet said they l was tmas- ployees. Ih abama dida4 think the yuestions on the ferred to ballot layout - a job ^^ the kod and arJs Mprrisan Jc the nadidates' pefitwns rose to tbo wlth the seme pay - to proteM p^e on Frida Ohio Su- bosWi y to inter- level to wamnt hearings. Sigei and the board from "aay vene in the ongoing £ight' over ^itd to eaPlain The board tied 2-2 - along political shenanigans" and re- central committee candidates. periy baes - about wheflter to al- move "any appearance of con- He asked the court to prevent 1>i>^ low the 16 eandidates who wece '7bis hss notbing to do wNh oaes uestioaedthis rsoa- thehearingsinvolviaghis16can- suppoaed to have hearings to ap- ^s^ ^ ^close ^ didates from happentug and to what aide youlo tn," Matnaau pear oa the ballot. (Jones and said. '7f you chdote not to a^ the electioa.b 'I want to 0 on ^ow these ca°didates to appear Gorbach were in favor of this.) t's on ^^• He also requested pear,y ou^Naunting dua Ohio Seaetary of State Jenni- rerord: I w=oa8 " he said. 6oar8^ that 'the court reinstate seven fer Bruaner will deade both is- S Ag' el, seated in the audieoce, other candidates who the bnard ^ dhe boan$y tWiD Demo- sues that rettdted in tie votes, as : , told board members that he discJualified because of alleged ca^ptic tmoben^4ted the prescn'bad under state law. hadn't been the oppo '- p^ttlcai problems. Tho^ Coughlin and the fartlt^ seitio^a - thi aeoood um ffuLhtaMd othets w'ho were subpoenaed H° h^ The court has not yet takea ercittige dto^a beard meet- datrdnne'ty sappear, they did betrc at- w^uh h^u ab>7ty ^ to ^ tis Bna^t aay actEoa ing doocoaYi baitle tbs tnt' job. Sigel said Wiltiams has a>ade warmm ras ee ^esaea spm^ t them. Coughlin^sa,d by tele, statemente on behalf of Arshin- sge 3ts5 a Pkeaeese9aNYrA!0 aweting the.rthat koff. "Where are you going to saesubiueb^.am. ha'^mv ^g pa^ ^l«[auw^gtyer a_e th dau tied the zequiiu e^fsua^^-y state law. > EgiH 1qJf jfl . ^

$ ^p a^ r ^^•^ .^ ^ ^ I rr 4 m W, ^o ^o'fi

^^^ ,.^,^^ ^ F•Q ^^^^G.iA^O ^ ^ q^ ,^.^^, ^^ I M. ii 1 qfl I I I ^$ ^ & Ia. R- P" rr^ jJ!1J ^^ 1IIti11^7^:^ ^ i fl ^ fi^ a I.^^^s^^ •^^.^ 1}J J 1 j4jtiI tg n14.

^ ^ r--+ s w ^ • °^^ . g ^^ °^ ' ^ ^ ^ ^ the road." race at ameeting this morning. Arshinkoff said the Summit Clerk CountyDemocratic Party goc ^^ ^^ toft independent candidate, Dianm e ^ board wtll^l wtd two hear- Guzzo, to run for Barbertnn Mu- ^ today on other issues related One independent isn't nicipal Cottrt jnage to take away to the clerk's raoe. one concerns votes from Diana Stevenson, the whether Goodrich,.one of the part ofthe challenge R^epublican c^aadt'date in the ^didates, asked for a Republi- Cathmd trom PaP A1 "^ reaIly learned a leseon fivm can bai1M for the Septemberpri- ^ then had an electtons the Democrats," be said. "Whenboard ^ employee^^ait to an vember election, party affIlia- they ran Diane Guzzoag^t^u^„^ tioqs won't appear on the baIIot. Diaoe Stevenson, I wat+ched tbat must be made in person ^ Carano and Widowfield will and said, 'I oouki emulate their voter. face seven independent candi- brilliaace.• . dates. One, Robin Michelle Arshinltoff said the Demo- T^ ^ond heanng is about Hutchinson, doesn't a,ppear to "divide whether Matthew Schaad, who have ties to the other sut. crats want to up the circulated petitions for five of •Diane vote.' the six indepehdent candidates, . The six candidates whose in- There are six candidates in actuuy wimessed au of the sig- dependent status is at issue are Anne-Mat1e Hretzitt, Amy Grace the Barberton race seekiag to re- natures. (Even if the petitions he Goodrich, Carol A. Gosthn, Ruth place Judge Michael Weigand, drculated are thrown out, the Ann Mundp,Kimberly Stein- who is not seeking re-election. candidates sdll are expected to The other candidates are John bave the required SO signatures.) wedel and ICrisa Marie Sykora. Casalinuovo, David Fish, Todd ^Mclkenney and William Sre- Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Independent advisary Court has iurisdiction in 16 com- In Moran's complaint, he re- Wayne Jones, Summit Coun- munities fiom Taltmadge to the fers to a U.S. 6th Circuit Court of ty s Democratic Party futance north in Summit County, Appeaas decisian that said "an cha'uman, said the party had no 'I'he winner of the Nov. 6 aspumg independent candidate- involvement in gett^t^g Guzzo to election will fill the last two must actually be independent, run, "uqth'ke the Repu bl ican par. years of the term of former Cle'rk rather thaa merely claim it." ty, which orchestrated" the inde- Eric Cu.kli, a Detnocrat who re- Based on this conrt deciaon, pendents running in the Falis signed to become deputy direc- Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer clerk race. tor of the Ohio Department of Bruner sent an advisory to elec- "I think it's a mockery of the Transportation's District 4. tion boards in June detailing system," 7ones said. "It's clear to widowfield, who has been a ways independent candidates me that they're all Republicans." state p^atative since 2001, can be disqualified, ,including Jones said eight of the peop^e said be badnoshing to do with voting in a party's prpr^ e/ec- who circulated petit9mts for ^e getting the independent candi- don or servu^g on a s cen- six independent candidates ia date.s to run. tral or executive committee after the clerk's race are Republican ",p,g I do is concentrate on my filing as an indepeadent. em^pl^oyees of the elections mce; " ^^, ^^^^^ party "Ohioans are freely entitled politics wants to do; that's up to to change or revoke their party Guzzo, contacted at home ffie party,- affiliation at any time;" Bruner Monday evening, said that, Carai;o, who worked in Sum- wrote, "However, voting histo- though she is a 17emocrat, she 6t Caunty juvenile Court for 12 ry, together with other facts was not apProached by the party years before being appointed tending to indicateyarty affilia- tion, may be sufficient grounds about rummng. clerk of the Falls court, cailed the "I looked at the field ofcandi- recruitment of the Independent to disqualify an independatt " dates and thought that I was just candidates "a sign of despera- as q Clerk race different ualified to run for that seat, " tion " She is concerned voters said Guzzo, a former Akmn and will be confused when they see Alex Arshinkoff, Summit Stow assistant prosecutor who the long list of female candidates County's Republican Party has been a lawyer since 1989. on the ballot but tiunks they chairman, said the Falis clerk's Guzzo said she also didn't '•won't be fooled." race is different from the appeaLs take into account that someone "As hard as rve been work- court case because it is nonparti- wi san. He said anyone is free to run th She called this "a coinci- ^^ they know who I atn," she for this post as an mdependent. said. "There's no doubt in my "We encoura people to The six independent caadi- teniind ^ I'll be the top vote get- get involved,'• he said. "There's dates for the clerk's race could an advantage to the Republican not be reached for comment. stepAanb wnrsmtM can be ronGsed at 330- for The elections board is 996-3705 or awarsmftht^tbebeaeonJour• posiu anc^dida downt t^ ed to set a hearing on the^s 1121AOm. 6 ^ R p•^ ^^^^ $^^^^q^^ ^(^ ^ ^;

}1! fl flf

^ ^€^ ^^5 ^^3 ^^^ ^^^9 ^ y ^^^^^^^^^^ $^^^^^ a^ ^`^ ^ E^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^ • ^ ,^^-^ ^P ^ ^g ^^ ^^ i..^+ ^^1F lflff rD ^ ^

Q

f FC ^ ^. [^jiijj ig ^1 ^ E• ^ ^ ^ THE PLAIN DEALER

Plain Dealer J Wednesday, Soember 26, 2007 Are 6 independents or Republicans?

TERRYQBLANDER dent filings, the only two candi- pendents. Clerks are court Ann Mundy, Kimberly Steinwe- PlainDEUlerRepnrter dates were Carano and Republi- officials, he argues. del and Hristi Marle Sykora. can John Widowfield. Ohio Seeretary of State Jenni- Candidate Robin Michelle AKRON - The Ohio secretary Republican Party Chairman fer Brunner, a Democrat, will Hutchinson was anopposed by of state wt1€ decide whetber six Alex Arshinkoff admits that GOP cast the deciding vote after the Democrats, but her name was candidates for Cuyahoga Falls workers prepared the nominat- elections board members Tues- sent to Brunner's office at the Municipal Court clerk can ap- ing petitions for the six candi- day split 2-2 along party lines on Republicaas' insistence. pear on the November baIIot. dates at the party headquarters. a vote to certify the candidates Board members also split 2-2 Summit County Democrats Like the Democratic incumbent, to the ballot. Republicans fa• along party lines about certify- say the six, running as indepen- all of the disputed six are vored putting the six on the bal- ing Edna Boyle, an independent dents, are really Republicans women. Most use a three-word lot, while Democrats voted candidate for Barberton law di- trying to siphon votes from name. against. rector. Democratic incumbent Lisa But, Arshinkoff says, the clerk Elections board Chairman Boyle, a Republican activist, Zeno Carano. The move is illegal candidates should have the same Wayne Jones said Democrats ran in a 2006 Republican pri- and all should be kept off the exemption that judges have want the secretary of state to mary to retain a judicial seat on November ballot, Democrats from a 2006 federal court deci- scrutinize the cattdidacies of An- the 9th Ohio District Court of say sion that prohibits partisaa can- ne-Marie Bretzin, Amy Grace Appeals, to which she had been Before the flurry of indepen- didates from running as inde- Goodrich, Carol Gostlin, Ruth appointed by Gov. Bob'Paft.

.1 ,40 4 .8 11 1 JAn14 ^^^ I I IP,'h'L ^ ^• ^ , ^ ^ ^ 0;^ O E^^• g^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ t^q >. y^

^ri^ -R ^^^^ ^ ^• ^• ^^ ^ "' ^ i^ •

^ ..` .^1 -^^ ^H C v •^ ^•a^ \M ^M ^I O i •^,' ^^ ^. ^• ^. ^:^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ 8 ^. ^^ .. ^^ .6!^ ^ Qp pp s^^ ^^^ ^i7 ^ `^ "' • ^^ .^ ^^^ .^H .^_^•"^ '^ $ ^^ ^-^ ^^i• .^ ^^^^. ^^ -^ ^ ^ ititiYif ^• ^ a•^ ^ • .^ $ ^ ^ ^ .^-^^^, ^^+ ^ ^,^^ a ^^^•- ^ ^ ^^^ INV ,_,,,,,•-" ^ •^ ,^- ^ ^ , 1 r cT3 i hZ-+flhJJ ^^R4JI I fliL I4I . ^JLW ll f o fl u-11g4A b ^^^^^ ^ ^^'^ ^ iiJiii ^, ^ ^^ •^ IiiiIi1 1111i^ ^^ • •^.e .®^.^^ ^^ iiIiIf s^ Ifl il ^ fIIff ab8!1 ! A ^ . ^•t^ ^^ ^ O^c3^p ^ D^•^^•H ^ ?^ 11t ^^ '7^Nti ^^.9•,y a^ ;^^

^ ^ ^ a. ^' ^^•-^^^

^ ^ flI ^^^^ ^B^^^S^•r^ ^^^e ^^^ 8^ ^^ ^^^^^^ a : "^^^^ A^. ^ sl J. J .^ ^^ /05(^;^^

alcdo,r, 69A.^ -Wa96

January 31, 2008

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner Attn: David FarreII ` 180 E Broad St Columbus, OH 43215

Dear Secretary Brunner:

It is my understanding that you are currently considering the appointment of Alex R. Arshinkoff to a seat on the Summit County Board of Elections. I write today to comment on his conduct as it relates. to direct threats and intimidation against me and tlie City of. . Hudson, where I live and serve on city counciL

You may be aware that in 2004, the City of Hudson cited KWn Arshinkoff,.. owner of tTi:^e Arshinkoff residence, for displaying a political yar4 sign that . exceeded the. tize allowed by our city ordinances. T received a phone call frbm Alex Arshinkoff to my home on the subject. The answering machine picked up the call and, unbeknownst to me, recorded most of the conversation that followed.

In his phone call, Mr. Arshinkoff insisted that the City of Hudson drop it's charge against his wife and that failure to do so would have consequences. Mr. Arshinkoff threatened to fully engage in Hudson local politics to defeat incumbent council members and the mayor with large amounts of money. In addition, Mr. Arshinkoff threatened to halt the State of Ohio from moving forward on an additjpl]al.intPrchanga on State Ronte•$ dtatwill benefit-HudsolT gi'eatty.`TI'i`e Seasons Road interchange is vital to our economic development efforts in Hudson. Mr. Arshinkoff vowed to use his influence in Columbus and "control" of the regional ODOT director to squash the project.

WKYC in Cleveland reported twice on this intimidation and aired portions of the call. The stories they aired can be viewed here: r

http://www.youtube. com/watch?v= W EJbH WF qOco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cycrn[NoS5NI

, I am equally concerned about the poor judgment Mr. Arshinkoff has displayed lately as a member of the Summit County Board of Elections. Specifically, Mr. Arshinkoff appears to be ordering Republican employees at the Board to break the law.

Recently, the Beacon Journal reported that a public records request had uncovered a pattern of phone calls made by BOE staff from the Board office phones assigned to Alex Arshinkoff and Jack Morrison. These calls were made to prospective candidates for Republican Central Committee to recruit them to run and to poll their support of Arshinkoff as chairman of the county Republican Party.

One of our staff members at Hudson City Hall, Elizabeth Sheeter reported to me that she received a call from the Board of Elections from staff member Patrice Kormushoff on December 10, 2007. A voicemail was left and she called Ms. Kormushoff back at the Board of Elections. Ms. Sheeter was asked if she would run for central committee, told that the party would help get her on the ballot, and was asked if she supported the current chairman. She declined and that was the end of the conversation.

This is just one of the many troubling reports coming out of the Board of Elections involving Mr. Arshinkoff ordering staff to do questionable and possibly illegal things to achieve his ends. Other media reports detail his retaliation against a whistle blower who pointed out errors in the party's campaign finance reports. All this leaves the public with the impression that Mr. Arshinkoff cannot be trusted to run a fair election. If he is willing to bend or break he rules recruiting candidates, scrutinizing candidate petitions, and denying due process to employees and citizens, will he taint election results if given the chance?

Alex Arshinkoffs pattern of intimidation and arbitrary and capricious conduct in his role as a member of the Summit County Board of Elections should be reviewed. I respectfully urge you to not appoint him to the Board for a new term. Kindest regards,

George Roth Kevin Coughtin 2324 Iota Avenue Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44223

February 1, 2008 Attn:Secretary David ofFarrell State Jennifer Brunner RECEIVED 180 E Broad St Columbus, OH 43215 FEB 0 5.120 Dear Secretary Brunner: ^. ..^_ _ I am requesting that you investigate the arbitrary and capricious conduct of Summit County Board of Elections member Alex Arshinkoff and Director Bryan C. Williams. As you are aware, I am part of an effort to change the leadership of the Summit County Republican Party. In that role, I have had a fair amount of interaction with the Board of Elections. My experiences in recent months have left me with the impression that neither Mr. Arshinkoff nor Mr. Williams can be trusted to administer a free and fair eiection on March 4th. At best, Arshinkoff and Williams have harassed or delayed our efforts to obtain public records from the Board. At worst, they have vlolated the law and ordered Board staff to do the same. I have collected information from the Board of Elections for over a decade and have never had the kind of experience we are currently having. • Brian Juiiao, a candidate for Republican central committee, visited the Board in November to pick up a petition of candidacy to run. He was'toid that he could not have one and that he should call Republican Headquarters. • Clara Gillen, an incumbent Republican central committee member, had her petition for candidacy circulated by the party. When they discovered she was not supportive of Mr. Arshinkoff's leadership the petition disappeared and was never filed. Another candidate was recruited and filed by the party. Several BOE employees reported to me that Director Bryan Williams circulated his petition for Republican state central committee among Board employees at work. The petition, signed by the employees on November 21, 2007 seems to back up the witnesses. • I requested a BOE hearing into the matter of the Williams petition. The Ohio Revised Code requires that I be notified of the hearing if one is scheduled. I was not. The hearing was held and the complaint dismissed. Mr. Williams is quoted in the Beacon Journal and on WAKR radio saying the complaint was dismissed because I failed to attend the hearing. This is a vioiation of due process. • Numerous media reports and the audio from the December 10, 2007 Board of Eiections meeting detail how Republican BOE staff were ordered to scrutinize candidate petitions submitted by our group three times as much as petitions submitted by Mr. Arshinkoff's group. As a resuft, several of our petitions were red-flagged by staff for invaiidation that had absolutely no problem. Numerous petkions submitted by Mr. Arshinkoff's group were allowed to be certified, without red-fiagging by the staff; despite serious deficiencies inciuding not having enough vafid signatures. (Board staff even noted in their check that the petitions had fewer than five valid names AND they initialed the notes). • A public records request has uncovered a pattern of phone calls made by BOE staff from the Board office phones assigned to Alex Arshinkoff, Jack Morrison, Bryan Williams, Maria Kotsatos„ Steve Kotsatos, and Patrice Kormushoff. These calls were made to prospective candidates for Republican Central Committee to recruit them to run and to poll their support of Arshinkoff as chairman of the county Republican Party. This is a clear vioiation of the law and your instructions. We are preparing a detailed brief for you on this matter and will forward it shortly. This will include the phone logs, statements from several people who were called, and statements from BOE employees who witnessed the calls being made. • I am personally aware of intimidation of BOE employees by Alex Arshinkoff and Bryan Williams regarding their allegiances in the party leadership contest. Employees have had their jobs explicitly threatened if they interact with me or my associates in any way. If Arshinkoff and Williams are willing break the rules recruiting candidates, scrutinizing candidate petitions, and denying due process to employees and citizens, will they taint election results rf^iven' the chance? Can I trust that they will comply with my request for absentee labels? Alex Arshinkoff and Bryan Williams do not conduct themselves in their roles at the Board as objective elections officials. They conduct themselves as partisans desperate to save their political positions. I urge that you look further into these and other matters and to remove them from their positions at the Board so the general pubfic can be confident of free and fair elections.

Kindest regards, Fax Transmission

Date: February 29, 2008 To: David Farrell, Ohio Secretary of State's Office 614 485-7060 From: Kevin Coughlin Pages: 23

EXHIBIT rrurn. J.]UNL.7o ro/ rage. L/LM IJ'al!!. L/LMI'4IlU0 [.AU.90 rm ., r • S^'/I^ ^osiw^rj SU1vIIvtIT COtJNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION MEETING June 14, 2006 6:30 P.M.

Crown Plaza Hotel 135 S. Broadway St. A.kroa, OH

Chawman, Joe Jiutcliinso$'esked the aud{ence to etand for the invocation by Dr. Deborah Owens Fink and the Pledge of Allegiance by Clerk of Courts, James Lac{a.

Dr. Daboreh Owens Fink.gave the invooadon.

Clerk of Courts, Jannes Lsria led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Dinner was servod.

Chaumen Josepb"P. Hutchinson, Jr. cel{ed the meetiug to order.

Sccrebary Robort Linton read the meet{ag call.

Secretary L{nton moved thef " door c7ieck be ecceptecl'-. ln i{eu ofa roll ca11.

The following members were present:

Akron 1-A Jean Coleman Akron 1-B Cad W 6uder Akron 1-D James S Simon Akron 1-J Loretta M Fiaugh Akron 1-0 Jkn Laria Akron 1-P Ralph Stamer Akron 2-A Mary Azar Akron.2-D Anthony Daniels Akron 2-F Osry Fagen Akron 2-1 Janet Ksy Flsher Akron 2-K Janet Fisher Akron 2-L Chrlatcpher Drugan Akron 3-F Maftle McDonald Akron 3-I Vera Lonsbury a38 n„&rt K Akron 3-L LamarSweiks Jr Akron 4-A Ohta Evera®e Akron 48 Teddy Marsha Marks Akron 4-E Michael R Stitlf Akron 4-F Sheridan Shropehtre Akron 4-0 Mary E. Stewart Akron 4-K Madpe Doerbr Akron 4-N Mike Hoover Akron 4-P Arthur Coates Sr. Akron 4-0 Maxine Slake t y

1 Akron 5-B Carol Brown Akron 5-d Ronald Lieving Akron 54 John Cooley Akron 6-K Padioia Ann Lance Akwn 8-C RobeR Smyth Akron 8-D Anne Nixon Akron e.1 Gus Chames Akron B-K Raymond Soott Mtlhoan Akron B-L Don Longshore Akron 6-M Beatrice Lahr Akron 8-P Terri Lynn Barsuskas Akron 7-A Cynthia H. Low Akron 7-D Joyce Btuli Akron 7.0 David Mark Caesy Akron 7-H JW Flagg Akmn 7-! JeanefM D. Sullivan Akron 7-0 Kim Amold Akron 8-8 John Stelnhauar Akron B-F Charke Ashcroft Akron 6-0 Bob Ha(fam Akfon 8-H Ann Mede Komtusholf Akron 8-I Iwe Hany Akron 8-L Edward H 6ollinger Akron 8-M Richad J Humphriae Akron B-N Robe>i Unton Akron 8-0 Howard Calhoun Akron 8-R Jonathan T Pavloll: Akron 8-U Jane T. Sanders Akron g ,4 Donna Wolfe Akron 9-B Dawn M Stead Akron g-D Pabide Nap Akron O-E Joanne Marie Angelettl Akron g-L Bstqr J Bisckbum Akron 10-C Debonah Key C+abome Akron 10-K Cathy Sua Struble Akron 10-M Bestrloe Klein Barberton 2-B Ken Mssich Barbarton 2-C Scot Stevanson seftftn Wayna AIEon Ault Bath'fwp A 8 Ralph Rohner Bath Twp 8 Ray'Weber Balh Twp D Sean Qaffney Dath Twp N Rlchani E, Suthedand Copley Twp 8 Albert Shalton Copiey twp C Judith Lee Otienneyer Copley Twp F Raehael Day Copley Twp M Michael Mardis Coventry A Raymond Alexoff Covenhy E Pamela Wayland Coventry F Chris Mollis Cuy Falls 2-B MOtthew $ohaad Cuy Falls 2-D Tamara Hcftnova Cuy Falls 2-E Richard KNnger Guy Falls 3-B Don Robart CUy Faile 3-D Terry A C3ahring Cuy Falls 3-E Karsn Foley Cuy Falls 9-A Helen Stnlheaker Cuy Falls 6•B Mary Louise Brannan Cuy Falls b-C JennHar Syx Cuy Falls &F Daniel T Conrad Cuy Falls 8-D Grace Ellen Jensen Cuy Falla 7-A Chriaty Lynn opritza Cuy Falis $-A Lynne Eltrabelh Haas Cuy Falls 8-B Mallasa NliAcineon Fairlawn 8-A VWian Zook Franklln Twp A Sandra Dlmsacio Franklin Twp K Cheryl MIRer Grean 2-B Suem Llnpar Green 3-A John Allen Spinelli Green 3-C Carl Mickeleon Green 3-E Peggy Stean Green 4-A Jannifar Troyer Green 4•B Ina Fairohiki Hudson 1-C Alex R ArahlnkoR Hudson 30 James Pullea Macedonle A Thomne eurroughe Maxdonls C Paul FaAey Macedonia E Gmgory P Harrfs Macedonia F Kurt laubinger Mscmdonia H Lom Ash Mogsdore'B Charlas Steve Merlrs Munroa FaRs C James lona Munroe Falls D Suean Howard Munroe Falls F Willfem J Matdngly New FnankBn E Ektanor Bigham New Frenklkf I VloEoria Made Murdocco Norton 1-B Mary Ann Isk Norion 2-A Karen Elizabeth Stavarz Norton 2-8 Robert J CaRary Norton 3-B Judy Fosbyr Norton 4-C Mary Rose Halght Remindervllle B Patrlak T. •McCarthy Sagamons'HINe B Agnad Armatrong Sagamore HINe K Joe Masich Silver Lake B Jack Monison SpringAold B Judy Ann Howard Springilekt E Tammy Erickson Springlleld J Mary Lou Dodson SpringfMid M Ronald Koehler Stow 1-A Lynn Slaby, Sr. Staw 1-E Malt Rlshl Stow 2-C Richard A. Wtllis Stow 2aD Mike Chadaey Stow 3-B Kamn Spoemdie Stow 3•D Scott Bookbrader Stow 4-D Joyce Ann Amlung Telimadge 1-C Leslie H Knight Talimedge 2-A Howard Atwood Tallmadge 2-C JoAnn M Wood Tallmadge 3-B Tracl Cirulio Tallmadge 3-C Lawrence Clarke Talimadge 4-B John F Cochran 3 !-rom: J:iUFl13tl1tl/ Page: 5f24 uate: 'LllilrlUUtf l:bll:4a rM

i Tatlmadg® 4-0 Louis Wray Twineburg 2-B Mary Roso Oemlich Twinsburg 2-C Jamae Ramsey Twlnaburo 3-B Steve Murphy Twinsburg Twp B Lucy Dooley

The motion was aeconded.

Chairman Hutehinson placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Iiutchinson explained the effort by many volunteers in successtWly filling the lnot committee positions. He thanked all of the volunteers tiat made this flling a and congratulated the newly elected precinct cwmm4tteemen on their eleotiob.

Chairman Hutohinson explained that precinot committeetnen who for reasons of death, illness, relocation, or disquali5oation, are unable to serve their tern,ts, therefore cxeating vacancies on the eomtnittee. He noted that due to those vacencies, it beaomes necessary to appoint precinct eommitteemen in those precincts, and that in the past, the Central Committee has customarily approved the new appoiatees to fdl suah vacancies by a motion. He indicated that some of the newly appointed members may be present and if so, they should be able to participate in the organizBdonal meeting.

Chairauan Hutobinson asked Bryan Williams. Director of the Sununit County Board of Elections, to read the names along with the appropriate precinct designation of thosc who have agreed to serve as ptxciuot comm.itteemen by appointment, if thcy am formally approved by the Committee.

Bryan Williams reported that the fnIIowing ittdividuals have agreed to servo as precinct committeemen.

Juanita K.1.abeIle Akron 5-D Sandra Vober Akron 7-N Domta J. Mallory Akron 10-E Carolyn Ann SimpsonAkron 104 Patricia Ann l:.ey Cnyahoga Falls 4E Richerd Sistek Stow 4-E Wanda Steiner Copley Townshlp I Joni Murgatroyd Coventry I Rita Dufala Northficld Center Township A F'carl Saihany Springfield N 10

Bryan Williams moved that "the aforementioned persons be appoiated to the Summit County Republican Central Committee, and that they be pemiiited to parttcipate in this oeganizational meeting."

The motion was seconded. rrom: a,wa-.wioi rage: a'eµ uace: ditarIduuo 'Cou:au rm

Chairman Hutchinson placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Chairman Hutohinson explained, for the beneflt of the members, the generel procedure in organizing the Central Committee. He announoed that the Committee would be electing temporary offloers pursuant to Ohio law and then petnaanent offtcars to serve the t'Iill term (2006-2008). He also announced tbat the Committee would be passing necessary resolutions for the operation of the conmmittee. He sttessed that he would be happy to ans'wer any clucstions that members had reladve to those motions.

Joe Ma9ich moved that Jonathan T. Pavloff serve as temporary Chairman and Robert Linton, serve as temporery 3eeretary for the purpose of electing permanent offlcers.

'>C'tte motion was seconded.

Clxalrmaa Hutchinson placed the motion to a vote. The motlon passed unanimously.

A motion was made noting the Ohio Revised Code provides for the election of a permanent Chaimen, a penmanent Secretary, a Vice-Chairman, and Treasurer, and such other oH'icers as the zules of the Comnnittee may provide.

A motion was made that "ia addition to the officers provided for by law, the Summit County Republican Cantral Committee name one Executlve Vice-Cltairmtan, thtee additional Vice-Cha{rnten, an Assistant Secretery, and an Assistant Tneasuter.,'

The motlon was seconded.

Chairman Pavloffplaced the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Alex Ars.hinkoffnominated Jonathan T. Pavlof.f for the office of permanent Cheirman.

The motion was aeconded.

A motion was made tlut the nominations be closed at thet the Seoretary be instnrnted to cast a unanimous ballot for Jonathan T. Pavloff for the office of Chaimtsa.

The motion was seconded

Alex Arshinkoff staled that since the question dealt with tJte presiding officer and because he offered tlte m.otiozt, therefore, pursuant to Robert's Rules of Order, he would place the question to a vote.

Alex Arshinkoff plaeed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Jonathan T. Pavloff resumed the chair.

5 ^.uu^. Jwasww^ raae. fI64 VOIC. uce^LVwc.w.w rrv,

Mayor Don Robart nominated Robert Linton for the office of permanent Secretary.

The motion was seconded.

A motion was made that nominations be closed at that the secretary.by instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Robert Linton for the office of permanent Secretary,

Chairman Pavloff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

A motion was made that nominated Joseph Masich for the office of Executive Vioe- Cheirman.

The motion was seconded.

A motion was made that the nominations be closed and that the Seoretary be inaqncted to cast a uruutimous ballot for Joseph Masieh for the office of Sxecutive Vice-Chairman.

The motion was saconded.

Chairman Pavloffplaced the moGion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

A motion was made that nominated Kurt Laubinger for the oiffice of Vice-Chairman.

The motion was seconded.

A motion was made that the nominations be closed and that the Secrotary be instcvated to cast a nnanimous ballot for Kurt Laubinger for the office of Vico-Chaitman.

The motion was seconded.

Chairman Pavloff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

A motion was made that nominated Madge Doerler for the office of Viee-Chairman.

The motion was seconded.

A motion was made that nominations be closed at that the $ecrotary be insttucted to cast a unanimous ballot for Madge Doerler for the office of Vice-Chairman.

The motion was seconded.

Chairman Pavloff placed the motion to a vote. 'The motion passed unanimously.

A motion was made that nominated Lea Knight for the office of VieerChairman.

The motion was seconded.

fi rrom: awataoI of rage: a.Cq uaae: uzww%o e:ou:ou rm

A motion was made that nominations be olosed and that tha Secretary be insnvated to cast a unanimous ballot for Les Knight for the o#ice of Vice-Chaiuman.

The motion was seconded.

Chairman Pavloff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

A motion was mada t,hat nominated Joyce Stull for the office of VicaCheirman.

The motion was seconded.

Chairman Pavloff moved that norninations be closed and that the Secrotary be instructed to cast a usanirnous baflot for Joyce Stall for the office of Vice-Chairman.

The motlon was seaonded.

Cbairman Hutchinson placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

A motion was made that nominated James Simon for the office of Treasmer.

The motion was seconded.

A motion was made that nominations be closed and that the Seoretaty be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for James Simon for the office of Treasurer.

Cbairman Pavloff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimoualy.

A motion was made that nominated Tammy Erickson for the ofFice of Assistant Secretary.

The motion was seconded.

A motion was made that nominations be closed and that the Seeretary be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Taminy Erickson for the. office of Aasistaat Secretary.

Chairman Pavloffplaced the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Chairman Pavloff explained that after the Prinaary Election results were oertiiied for the Precinct Committeemen, C.bairtnan Arshi•niwff and he appointed six mem.bers of the Summit County Republican Centml Committee - three men and three women. These individuals were: Kitn Arnold, Akron, 7-0 Peggy Steen, Green 3- E James I:.aria, Akron, 1-0 Robert Linton, Akron, 8-N Kristina Kremer. Cuyahoga Patls, B-D

7 riuuw..^wac.wiur ruye.wcY uaw.acw4uuu c..iu.o i rno

Bryan C. Williams, Fairlawn 1-A

Tbese six individuals served as a nominating committee to preseat a report of their recommendation of persens to constitute the 2006-2008 Sumnnit County Republican Bxecative Com mittee, with Bryan C. Williams serving as Chairnian of the nominating committce.

Chairman Hutohinson esked Bryan Williams to give a report of the nominating committee.

Bryan Williems announced that the notainatiag committee met on June 14, 2006 and read the following namea:

Drew Alexaader• Van Atemder Rennick Andreoli Kim Amotd Alex R Arshinkoff Chris Arshinkoff Howard Atwood Gregory Bachman Craig Bara 'Rollie Bauer Sata Benoit Maxine Blake Linda Lou Howen Pst Boyle Denqy Bmdshaw Steve Bnibaker Frances S. Buchhoizer Howard Calhoan Mictasal CLedsey Wiliiatn Cbris Arthur Coates Sr. Frances Cochran Jan Cook Kevin Coughlin Mikc Curtin Car.ol Curtis Brian Deeken Mark DeMarco Gus Demaiis WIIGam Demas Mary Lou Dodson

9 riVl1L JWOLJV Illf rawa. lwc9 walO. u

Madge Doerler And;tow R Duf.f Fred Eastrnan Tanuny Erickson Otha Everage Diane Fisher Hbward Flood Wihna C3riffa Jonathaa (iro7e. C3ery Hagen EGzebeth Harnlin Deidre Hanlon Bob Heffern Julia Hochechweader Michael Hoover Elisabeth Fiurley Joseph HuEchinson, Jr- Ciifford Isroff Candace Catnpbell Jacksoa Mark D Jenkins Yvonne Jesser Frances Kalapodis Leslie H Knight Ronald ICoeMer Maria Kotaatos Steven Kotsatos Kristina Kremer Jim Laria Kurt Laubinget Earlenc Laynaon Robert Linton Lynn LoRus Bonnie Lucien Ted Mallo Joe Mesich Ken Masich Adam Meyetson Barbara Miller Chander Mohan Jack Morrison Kamel Muakkassa W.F. Nemer Denny Farksa q3J

9 Rosemary Paswws Michael Pavick Jonathon T Pavloff Charles Pilliod, Jr. Tim Powell Bill Price Michael Pryce Roy Ray Matt Rlehl Don Robsrt Gloria Rodgers Twyla Roman Nancy Rosche Biil Roth George W Roth Matihew Sohaad Julia sigel Scott Sigel James S Simon Marilyn Slaby Peter Spitalieri Peggy Steen John Steinhauer ScotStevensort Michael R Stith Mary Stormer Joyce Stvtll Paul Swanson (iary Taylor Mary Taylor Helen F Thigpen Phil Thomas Jennifer Tmyer Sue Truby Jeaa Unger (iene Waddell Arlene Wagner 'fhomas Wnltermire Ray Weber Cathy Wegrniller Rathryn Wertzbaugher . John Widowfield Bryan C Williams Helen Williams Louis Wray (u s) 10 I luuM JWOCw.vl rauc. ^u6Y LJale. tlaaILVUH c.JV.JC riri

Frances Yates-Hittle r^^

Bryan Williams moved that "the aforementioned individuals constitute the Summit County Republican Executive Committee far the enauing two year term, 2006-2008 "

The motion was secortded.

Chainnan Pavloff placed the motion to a vote. The tnotion passed unanimously.

Chairman Pavloff expleined that a series of organizational motions are necessary so tbat the Committee can conform to the applicable statues of the Ohio Revised Code and tbat he would recoguiza persons that would offer those motions. Ha stressed that after the motions wero made and duly seconded he would be happy to anawer any quesdons that the membcra may have relativa to the motions.

A motion was mtde that "any member of the Summit County Republican Central Committee and/or the Summit County Republican Eacecatlve Committee who votes in a pertisan perty primary other than a Republican primaty, autotnatically eeaees to be a mcmber of the Summit County Repubilcaa Central Conunittee and/or the Summit County Republican Exectrtive Cotnumittee."

The motion was seoonded.

Chainman Pavloff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unsnimously.

A motion was made that "the Summit County Republicaa Executive Committee be authorized to llll any vacancies that may occur on either the Summit County Republican CQttta( Committee or the Summit County Republicau Patecutive Committee, and liuther, that the Summit County Republican Central Cotnmittee attthorizes and delegatos to the Summit CountyRepubllcan ExeeuHve Comanittee the authority to fill any vecattcies that may occur ea to Republican caadidatas and/or oPficeholders aa permitted by law."

The motion was seconded.

Chairman Pavloff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

A motion was made that "the Summit County Republican Executive Committee and its officers be authorized to oonduct and manage all Republican campaign efforts and do all things necessary for the opera4ton of said campaigns, including, but not limited to, operate a full-time headquatbprs and any other necessary auxiliary offices; conduct fimdraising programs; expend rnonies for the conduct of campaign effort9 and the operation of Republican Headquarters including any related activities thereto; and execute any and all necessary contracts and agreemenls. The Summit County Republican Executive Committee, by and through its duly authorized officers, shall further be and is

11 . -.,. ,,,,.,...... , y.. ...,^^

hareby authorized to ertgage in all necessary actions required to conduct Repubticnn election campaigns, and to promote Republican Party success." I

The motion was seeonded.

Chairman Pavloff plaoed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimousiy.

A motion was made that "the 2008-2010 Summit County Republican Centrai Committee consist of one member fi-om eaoh precinot in the County who files their Declaration of Cartdidacy and petidon with the Summit County Board of Elections and is duly eleeted for a two year-term."

The motion was seeonded.

Chairman Pavloff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

A motion was made that "the Summit County Republican Centtel Committoe pledge its support to only those state and local candidates who were duly nominated at the Maroh 2, 2006 Republiean Prim.ary eloction and any additional candidates who are ondorsed by the Summit County Republican Central Committee or the Summit County Repablican Execudve Conunittee to fill vacancies on the ticket."

The motion was seconded.

Chairman Pavloff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

A motion was made that "the ofl'icers of the Sununit County Republican Central Commitiae in coqjuttetioa with the offloers of the Summit County Republican Executive Co;mmittee continue to hold the annuai Z.incoln Day Dinner, If In their jud8ment •it is desitable to hold such an aflair, and to do such other aets as will promote Republicaa Party success."

'rhe motion was seconded.

Chairman Pavloff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

A resolution was offered that "any member of the Summit County Republican Central Committee and/or the SumnWt County Republican Executive Committee who permits his or her name to be used, or his or ber campaign committee to be used in behalf of orsolicits or gives support to or for any candidate other than a Republican candidate in any primary, or who permits his or her name to be used, or his or her campaign wmmittee to be used in behalf of, or solicits or gives support to or for a candidate other than a regularly nominated, appointed, or endorsed Republican candidate in any special or gemeral election shall automatically cease to be a member of the Summit County Republican Central Committee and/or the Suatrnit County Republican Executive Committee."

12 rrorrl. JOUilLJO I of r8gn, m

The motion was seconded.

Cheirpzan Pavioffplaced the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimonsly.

Chairman Pavloff caawaarr)ated the following newly eleeted offmrs of the Summit County RepublieanCentrel Committce: Jonathen T. Pavloff Chairman Joseph Masich Executive Vice-Chairman Kiat Laubinger VicaChattman Madge Doeler Vice-Chaimaan I,es Knight Viee-Chairme:n Joyce Stu1l Vice-Chaicrnea Robert Unton Seorotary Tammy Eriekson Aasiatant 5ecretary James Simon Treasurer

Cheitmen Pavloff thanked everyone for their eont;qtued aupport and intavduced Alex Arshinkoff. Chaitman of the Sumatit County Republican Executive Comoulttee.

Chairmen Arshinkoff made romarks about the upcoming eleation.

Chairman Pavioff ant►ounced that if there was liuther business to come before the Committee he would entettain amotdon to adjourn.

A motion was made to adjourn.

The motion wes seconded.

The meeting was adjouwtted.

Tamm^ E616on, Assistant Secretary Summit County Republican Central Committee

13 ^ ...... ^...... m.. ... ^^ ...... ^^.^...... ^ ......

Cmf .3-- Aaa,;6 .U-6 pm I;AMM"^ritat,.

Summk County Execative Committee Organhationrl Meeting

U.S. Senator Charles Dick Volunteer Center

Tueaday, June 27, 2006

6:30 PM

Robert Linton, Secretary of the Sumtnit County Republican Party. asked the members to stand while Judge Brenda Burnhara Uruuh gave the invocation and to remain standing while Mayor Don L. Robart led the Pledge to the Flag.

Judge Brenda BmnhaRt Unruh gave the invocation.

Mayor Don L. Robart led the Pledge to the Flag.

Sooretary Robert Linton asked the members to be seatod and to enjoy their dinner.

Dlaaer was served

Secn:tary Linton calls the naeetittg to arder and explained that Chaitman Jonatban Pavloff is out of town on business and can not prcside and that be would be serving as temporary Cheirman for the purpose of electing pertnanent officers according to the O{sio revised code section 3517.04. While serving as temporary Chairnnan he explained the Assistant Secretary of the Sununait County Republican Central Committee Tammy Erickson would be serving as Ses-retary.

Secnnary Linton asked Tammy 8rickson, Assiatant Secsetary of the Summit County Republican Centrai Committee, serving as the Secretary to read the meeting call.

1'ammy Erickson read the meeting call.

Seczetary Linton asked Tammy Erickson to read the roll eatl.

Tammy Erickson read the roll call and the following members were present:

AlexArshfnkoff Chris Arshinkoff Sara Benoit Maxine Blake Howard Calhoun Margrat Brosnan

JackrCoco hsan ^^4dJ^f t'( i^FlvluJ`. Tom Cousincau Pat Boyle ^ ^..^^1...... ^....^.,. 1 y.. ^..,^^ ..^.....,^..,...... ",

Carol Curtis Brian Daley Gus Demaris Tammy Erickson Otha Everage Wilma Ciriffa Gary Hagen Dpe Hanlan Mike Hoover Yvonne Jesser Bud Kissel Les Knight Ron Kor.hler Mike Kotmushoff Maria lCobatos Steve ICotsatas Jim Laria Frank Larsoh Kurt Laubinger Robert Linton Don Loagshoi+e Stevc Marks Joe Masich Ken Masich Barb Miller Dr. Chander Mohan Jack Morrison Denny Parks Rose Mary Poseeos Anthony Petraoe Matt Riehl Don L. Robart Matt Schaad Dr. Michael Baider Julia Sigei Jim Simon Peggy $teen Scot Stevensott Joyce Stull Paul Swanson Jenny Troyer Sue Truby Gene Waddell Ray Weber John Widowficld Bryan Williams wG riurri.awalxiar rage. i^r^a uaur. u^ar^wo e.ou.arr•m

Lou Wray Ann Young

Tammy Erickson reported the roll had been called and a quorum is present.

Secretary Linton announoed that James Simon will serve as Pariiamentarian for the meeting.

Seeretary Linton recognized Scott Sigel for the purpose of making a motion.

Scott Sigel moved that the following offices be created within the Summit County Republican Executive Committee to constitute the duly elected offices for 2006 and for a term of two years: Chairman, an Execudve Vice Chairman, five Vice Chainnan, a Sacretary, A Treasurer end a Assistant Secretary, and further, thet the Chainnan receive a salary of $6,000 a month.

Yvonne Jesser aeoonded the motion.

Secretary Linton placed the motion to a vote. The motlon passed unanimously.

Secretary Linton recognized Don L. Robart, Mayor of the City of Cuyahoga Falls for the purpose of nominating a Chaumaa

Don L. Robart nominated ,A1ex Arshinkoff for the oiiCce of Chairnoan.

Bryan C. Williams seconded the nomination.

Yvonne Jesser moved that the nomina6ion.s be closed and that the secretery be instncted to cast unanitnous ballot for Alex Arshinkoff for the office of Chairman.

Jack Cochran seaonded the motion.

Secretary Linton placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Secretary Linton congwutated Chaiiman Alex .Arshinlcoff and tumed the meeting over to him.

Chairmatt Arshinkoff thanked the membetship for his re-election.

Chairman Arshinkoff recognized Les Knight for the purpose of making nominating an Exccutive Vicc Chairman.

Les Knight nominated Bryan Williams for the office of Executive Vice Chairman.

Don Longshore seconded the nomination.

Pat Boyle moved the nominations be closed and the secretary be inatructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Bryan Williams for the office of Executive Vice Chairman. . , . . ^ ,,. ^, ..., . ^ ...... ,,,,.,,. .

Lou Wray Ann Young ^ - ^

Tammy Erickson reported the roll had been called and a quorum Is present

Secretary Linton announced that James Simon wiU serve as Parliamentarian fnr the meeting.

Secretary Linton recognized Scott Sigel for the purpose of makiag a motion.

Scott Sigel moved that the following offwe,v be created within the Summit County Rapublicaa Executive Committee to consdtnte the duly olected offices for 2006 and for a term of two years: Chairman, an Execut3ve Vice Chairman, five Vice Chainman, a Secretary, A'I'reasurer and a Assistant Secretaiy, and further, that the Chaffrman receive a salary of $6,000 a month.

Yvonne Jesscr scconded the motion.

Sectetary Linton placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Secretary Linton reoognized Don L. Robart, Mayor of the City of Cuyahoga Falls far the purpose of nominatYng a Chainnen.

Don L. Robart nominated Alex Arshinkoff for the ofFtce of Chairman.

Bryan C. Williams sooonded the nomination.

Yvonne Jesser moved that the nominattons be closed and that the secretary be instracted to cast unanimous ballot for Alex Arshinkoff for the office of Clu►irman.

Jack Cochran seconded the motion.

Secretary 1.inton plaead the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Secrotary Linton conFatalated C6sinman Alex Arshinlcoffand tumed the meeting over to him.

Chairman Arshinkoff thaniced the metnberahip for his re-election.

Chairman Arshinkoff recognized Les Knight for the purpose of making nominating an Executive Vice Chairman.

Les Knight nominated Bryan Williams for the office of Execudve Vice Chairman.

Don Longshore seconded the nomination.

Pat Boyle moved the nominations be closed and the secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Bryan Williams for the office of Executive Vice Chairman. . ...^.^. ....,...^...... ^ ..y.. ... ^...... ^.,.^...... ^...... ,^ . ^..

Steve Kotsams seconded the motion.

Chairtnan Arshinkoff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Chairman Arshinkoff recognized Jack Cochran for the purpose of notninadng a Vice Chaittnan.

Jack Cochran nominated Dr. Williams Demas for the office of Vice Chairman.

C)ary Hagen seconded the motion.

Ron Koehler moved that the nominations be closed and that the Secretaty be ittstructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Dr. William Dernas for the oftioe of Vice Chairman.

Les Knight seconded the motion.

Chaiaman Arshinkoff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously. . Chaittnan Arshinkoff mcognized Kim Arnold for the purpose of nominating a Vice Chairmar ► Kim Arnold nominated Barb Miller far the Office of Vice Chaimian.

John Widowfield seconded the motion.

Peggy Steen moved that the nominations be closed and that the sacretary be instructed to case a unanimous ballot for Barb Milter for the Office of Vice Cheirmen.

Maria Kotsatos seconded the motion.

Chairman Arshi.nkoffplaced the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimousiy.

Cbairman. Arshinkoff recognized Gary Hagen for the putpose of nontinacittg a Vice Chairman.

Gary Hagen nominated Carol Curtis for the Office of Vice Chainman.

John Widow6cid seconded the oomination

Don Longshore moved that nominations be closed and that the secretary be instntcted to cast a unanimous ballot fbr Carol Curtis for the office of Vice Chairman.

Don L. Robart seconded the motion.

Chairman Arshinkoff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Chairtnan Arshinkoff recognized Maria Kotsatos for the purpose of nominating a Vice Chaitman. rrom: s"4a01oi , rape: Awea uate: aIdaieuuo e:ou:oo rm

Maria Kotsatos nominated Deidre Haatan for the ofiiae of Vice Chehman.

Dr. Chander Mohan seeonded the motion.

James Simon moved that the nominations be closed and that the secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Deidre Hailon for the office of Vice Chairman.

Kim Arnold seconded the motion.

Chaimtan Arshinkoffplaeed the motion to a vote. The motion pessed unanimously.

Chaienan Arshinkoff recognized Lou Wray for the purpose of nominating a Vice Chairman.

Lou Wray nominated Paul Swanson for the office of Vice Cbairman.

Anthony Periraca seconded ihe motion.

C}us Dematis moved that that nominations be closed and that

Lea ICmght seconded the motion.

Chainnan Arshinico8'placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Chairman Arshinkoff recognized Btysn C. Williams for the pnrpose of nominating a Seoretary.

Bryan C. Williams nominated Jack tvforrison Jr. for the office of Secremry.

Steve ICotsatos seconded the motion.

Khn Arnold moved that the nominations be olosed and that the searetary be inattucted to cast a unanimous ballot for Jack Morrison Jr. for the office of Secretary.

James Simon seconded the modon.

Chairman Arshinkoff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Chairman Arshinkoff recognized Pat Boyle f'or the purpose of nominating an Assistant Secretary.

Pat Boyle nominated Steven ICotsatos for the office of Assistant Secretary.

Mike Chadsey seconded the nomination.

Peggy Steen moved that the nominations be closed and that the secretary be instructed to cast a unanimous ballot for Stevan Kotsatos fbr the office of Assistant Secretary.

Scott Sigel seconded the motion. rrom: .xwadao i o i rage: cuzr uaro: a[ai[uuo 14:ou:00 rm

Chairman Arshinkoffplaced the modon to a vota, The motion passcd unanimously.

Chairman Arshinkoff recognized Don Longahore for the purposa of nominating a Treasurer. Don Longshore nominated ICirn Arnold for the office of Treasurat,

Mike Chadsey secwnded the nominated,

Scott Sigel moved that the nominations be closed and that the sec+etary be insttuoted to cast a unanimous ballot for Kim Arnold for the office of Tneasurer.

Peggy Steen seconded the motion.

Chairman Arshinkoff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Chairman Arshinkoff congratulated the newly electcd oft'icers of the Republican Executive Committee.

Chairman Alex Arshinkoff Executive Vice Chairnuo,n Bryan Williarns Vice Chairmen Dr. Williams Demas Vice Chairman Barbara Miller Vice Chainnan Carol Curtis Vice Chairman Deadra Hanlon Vice Chairman Paul Swanson Secretary Jack Morrison 7r. Assistant Secretary Stsvem Kotsatos Treasurer Kim Arnold

Chairman Arshinkoff introduces the new tnembers of the Summit Couaty ltepublican Executive Conunittee:

Drew Alexander Tom Cousineau Christine Croce Brian Daley Dr. John Fink Bud Kissel Frank Larson Don Longshore Steve Marks Steve Murphy Jolin Ong Michael Oravecz Anthony Petrarca Jr. , rrom: s.wa4501of rage: wIZa vace: o,,aruuuo e:ou:sa rnn

Dr. Michael Seider Ann Young

Chairmen Arshinkoff recognized Mike Chadsey for the purpose of making a motion.

Mike Chadsey moved that the Sununit County Republican Executive Committee affirm the action of the Summit County Republican Central Committee on June 14, 2006 in that any member of the Summit County Republican Central Committee and/or the Summit County Republican Executive Committee who votes in a partisan perty primary other than a Republican primary automatically ceeses to be a member of the Summit Cotuny Republican Central Cotttmittee and/or the Suromit County Republican Executive Committee. The motion was seconded

Chaitman Arahinkoffplaced the motion to a vote. The motion pessed uneuimously.

Chaitman Arshinkoffnecognized Lou Wray for the purpose of making a motion.

Lou Wrny moved that the Summit County Republican Executive Committee atlirtn the action of the Summit County Republican Centrel Committee on June 14, 2006 in that the 9ummit County Republican Executive Conmmittee be authorized to fill any vacattcies that may occur on either the Sutnmit County Republican Centtal Committee or the Summit County Republican Executive Committee and :bttther that the Summit County Republicatn Central Committee autltorized and delegated to the Summit County Republican Exacutive Cotnmittee the authority to fill any vacancies that may occur as to Republican caedidates and/or officeholders a permitted by law.

Les Knight seconded the motion.

Chairman Arshinlcoff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimoualy.

Chainnan Arshinko(t'recognized Gary Hagen for the purpose of making a motion.

Gary Hagen moved ahat the Summit County Republican Executive Committee affirm the action of the Summit County Republican Centtat Committee on June 14, 2006 in that the Summit County Republican Executive Committee and its officers be authorized to conduct and manage atl Republican campaign efforts and do atl things necessary for the operation of said campaigns, including, but no limited to, opemte a fiill-tinne headquarters and any other neeessary auxiliary offices; conduct fundraising programs; expend monies for the conduct of campalgm efforts and the operation of Republican Headquartcrs including any related activities thereto; and execute any and alt necessary contracts and agteetnents. The Summit County Republican Executivc Committee, by and through its duly authorized officers, shall finther be and is hereby authorized to engage in all neces9ary actions required to conduct Republican election campaigns, and to promote Republican Party success.

Maria Kotsatos seconded the motion.

Chairman Arshinkoff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously. rrom: asuatsn'ioi rage: [vta uate: ataituun t:au:oo rm

Chainnan Arshinkofftecognized Jack Cochren for the purpose ofmaking a motion.

Jack,Cochran moved that that Summit County Republiean Executive Committee pledge its support to only those state and local c®ndidates who wero duiy notttineted at the May 2, 2006 Republican Primary election, and any additional candidates who are endorsed by the Summit County Republican Central Committee or the Summit County Republican Executive Conunittee to fill vacencies on the tieket.

Kim Arnold seconded the motion.

Chaitman Arshinkoff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Chairman Arshinkoff recognized Ron Koehler for the purpose of making a modon.

Ron Roehler moved that the Summit County Republican Executive Committee affirm the action of the Summit County Republican Central Committee on June 14, 2006 in that the o:fficers of the Summit County Republican Central Committee in cotgunction with the officers of the Summit County Republican Executive Committee continue to hold the annual Lincoln Day Dinner, if in their judgment it is desirable to hold such an affair, and to do such other acts as will promote Republican Party succcas.

Dr. Chandler Mohan seconded the motion.

Chaitman Arshinkoff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimousiy.

Chaitman Arshinkoff recognized Tammy Erickson for the purposa of making a motion.

Tammy Erickson moved that the Stunmit County Republican Executive Committee affirm the action of the Summit County Republican Central Comntittee June 14, 2006 in that any member of the Summit County Republican Central Committee and/or the Summit County Republican Executive Committee who permits his or her name to be used, or his or her campaign committee to be used in behaif of or solicits or gives support to or for any cendidate other than a Republican candidate in any primary, or who permits his or her name to be ttaed, or his or her campaign committee to be used In behalf of, or solicits or gives support for an candidate other thaa a regularly nominated, appointed, or endorsed Republican candidate in any special or general election shall automatically cease to be a member of the Summit County Republican Central Committee and/or the Summit County Republican Executive Committee.

James Simon seconded the motion.

Chairman Arshinkot'fplaced the motion to a vote. 'rhe motion passed unanimously.

Chairman Arshinkoff refers to vacancies on the Summit County Rapublican Central Committcc. Pursuant to the rules adopted by the Summit County Republican Central Committee at is organizational meeting on June 14, 2006 the Committee has the authority to fili those vacancies. rfVRI. OJVatJO101 ragtl. Lw[V vaa0. aLaltwo [..7V.0O rivi

Chairman Arshiakoff recognized Bryan C. Williams, Executive Vice Chairman of the Summit County Republican Executive Committee and Director of the Summit County Board of Elections for a motion.

Vice Chairman WiIIiams moved that:

John R. Hudak of Richfield Village D Thomas Pinto of Akron 8-E

Be appointed to the Summit County Republican Central Committee

Don L.ongshore seoonded the motion.

Chairman Arshinkoff placed the motion to a vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Chainnan Arshinkoffgave his Chainqan's report oa the 2006 C}eneral Election and the 2006 Finance Dltmer.

Chainnan Arshinkoff asked for a motion to adjourn.

Scott Sigel moved to adjourn.

Tom Cousineau seconded the motion. p Meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM

RespectfWly submitted,

ck Morrlson ecxeffY Summit Copublican Executive Comnaittee