Commissioner chides Lt. Gov., uh, commissioner
Democratic Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune didn't pass up an opportunity today to tease Republican Commissioner Phil Heimlich.
"I'd like to congratulate Phil on his win yesterday," Portune said at today's commission meeting.
Heimlich wasn't there because he was in secret talks with city officials trying to settle complaints that will help the Banks development project proceed. Heimlich was on Tuesday's ballot as an unopposed Republican candidate to retain his commission seat, getting 41,950 votes.
Todd, though, started smiling and explained he wasn't referring to Heimlich's primary win.
"His win happened several months earlier when apparently he had the clairvoyance to get out" as the lieutenant governor candidate for Republican gubernatorial hopeful Jim Petro, Portune said with a big smile.
Petro and Heimlich's replacement as lieutenant governor on Perto's slate were trounced Tuesday by J. Kenneth Blackwell, a Hamilton County resident. Blackwell beat Petro 3-1 in Hamilton County.
Blackwell now squares off against Democrat Ted Strickland for Ohio's governor's seat.
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at 11:46 AM, May 03, 2006 
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Post a Comment*When is the Enquirer going to report what the Business Courier reported last week about the Banks project? That the project has doubled in size, that it's now tipping towards $480K condos, and that Commissioner Heimlich actually claims to have been out of the loop? From that article:
Hamilton County Commission President Phil Heimlich said he did not recall discussing the change in scope detailed by the PFM analysis. He referred questions to attorney Tom Gabelman and Deputy Administrator Ron Roberts. Neither returned calls.
And why isn't the Enquirer protesting that the current county-city Banks talks are being held in secret? How does this serve the public interest?
Thank goodness David Mann and Bobbie Sterne filed their lawsuit against the county. When is the Enquirer going to dig into this attempted $600 million rip off by Heimlich and his cronies?
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