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Know the Candidates
by David Quolke
Mark your calendars — NOVEMBER 7, 2006. That’s the day Ohio citizens can take back
their state government by electing new leadership. Stop the slide of corruption and catering
to big-money interests, and support candidates who support working people. It’s time to
change the embarrassing culture of corruption in Columbus.
You’ll be hearing a lot about our endorsed candidates as we get closer to Election Day. What do you know about
these seven candidates pictured here, who are all running in important races? Read the short bio on each one,
and check their websites where you can access additional information. Then take our candidates’ quiz.
Mail your completed quiz to Pam Hummer, Critique Editor, at the CTU Office, 1370 West Sixth Street, Fourth
Floor, Cleveland, OH 44113 by August 11, 2006. Five entries will be drawn on August 11 from the responses with
correct answers, to win selected CTU merchandise. Correct answers will be printed in the next Critique.
for Governor
Ted Strickland
Born in Lucasville,
Ohio, Ted
was always
active in church
and school life,
graduating with
degrees in
History, Divinity,
and Counseling Psychology. A minister,
psychologist and professor
before he was elected to Congress,
Ted is “ready to pour his heart and
soul into fighting for the dignity and
of families and all people in Ohio.”
He is known for being a principled
Democrat who unites folks from
both parties, and as a Congressman
has represented a huge swath of
Southern, Eastern and
Northeastern Ohio.
Ted served on the House Energy
and Commerce Committee, the
Congressional Steel Caucus, and
the House Committee on Veteran’s
Affairs. He helped author the
Children’s Health Insurance
Program (CHIP), a federal initiative
that provides health insurance to
millions of children of working parents,
and led the fight to protect
America’s veterans and ensure that
troops have life-saving armor and
equipment.
Ted’s wife, Frances, is an educational
psychologist and author of a
widely-used screening test for
kindergarten-age children.
Read more at www.tedstrickland.
com.
for U.S. Senate
Sherrod Brown
Since Ohio’s
13th Congressional
District
voters sent him
to DC in 1992,
Sherrod has
earned a reputation
as a respected
voice in health care, trade
policy, jobs, education, the environment,
energy policy, and other
issues important to working people.
He has wored to lower the cost of
prescription drugs and allow
imports. He also worked to improve
access and funding for international
health programs for TB and
HIV/ADIS. He has also worked to
protect Lake Erie, and fought for
universal health care and fair trade
policies.
Sherrod was born and raised in
Mansfield. He has several degrees,
including a Master’s in education
and public administration from The
Ohio State University. He served
two terms as Ohio’s Secretary of
State and four terms in the Ohio
House of Representatives prior to
being elected to Congress.
Ted lives in Avon with his wife,
Connie Schultz, the Plain Dealer’s
2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist.
They have three sons and a
daughter.
Read more at www.sherrod
brown.com.
for U.S. Congress (13th Dist)
Betty Sutton
Betty has a reputation
as a
tenacious advocate
for Ohioans
through her
experience as a
labor leader and
in three elected
offices: State Legislature, Summit
County Council and Barberton City
Council. She was born and raised
in Barberton. Her father worked in
the local boiler maker factory, and
her mother was a library clerk. In
law school at the University of
Akron, she earned the American
Jurisprudence Award and the
Federal Bar Association Award for
Outstanding Performance in
Constitutional Law.
Her work on economic development
issues while on City Council
helped rehabilitate downtown
Barberton. In the Ohio House of
Representatives, she fought for
working people on a wide range of
issues, including health care, pensions
and retirement, payment of
prevailing wages on public projects,
and workers compensation benefits.
When term limits prevented her
from seeking another term in the
Ohio House, she continued her
advocacy for workers in the
Cleveland law firm of Faulkner,
Muskovitz & Phillips LLP.
Read more at www.bettysuttonfor
congress.com.
President’s Report: A Year of Decisions and Changes
■ continued from page 12
Interest-Based Bargaining is
defined as a form of collaborative
bargaining, using a problem-solving
process conducted in a structured
way that creates effective solutions
while improving the parties’ relationship.
It focuses on interests,
since interests are the source of conflicts
and therefore are essential to
understanding the nature of any
dispute. When interests are met,
conflicts can be fully and durably
resolved.
By using this type of bargaining,
Mr. Buettner said, “I believe we
may have an opportunity to change
our history.” We are looking into
this opportunity as we prepare for
negotiations.
I am certain educational reform
issues will be major topics in these
negotiations. I remind everyone:
the teacher’s working conditions
are the students’ learning
conditions. A contract with fair,
adequate wages and benefits, working
conditions that dignify teaching,
and provisions that ensure safe,
positive learning conditions for our
students and staff, is a contract that
works for both CTU and CMSD.
for Auditor
Barbara Sykes
Barbara was the
first African-
American
woman elected
to Akron City
Council, and
served from
1983-1989. She
is the only candidate for auditor
with experience as an auditor, with
12 years as Summit County’s
Deputy Auditor. She is currently in
her third term as a State Representative,
where she also serves as
President of the Ohio Legislative
Black Caucus, Ranking Member of
the Ways & Means Committee,
Member of the Finance & Appropriations
Committee, and Ranking
Member of the Subcommittee on
Human Resources.
After dedicating over 25 years of
her life to protecting the fiscal interests
of Ohioans at local, county and
state levels, Barbara is concerned
about the millions of taxpayer dollars
and other resources that have
been lost or wasted due to lack of
leadership and competent fiscal
oversight by the current administration.
She is running for State
Auditor to restore trust in the government
by identifying problems
early on, ensuring transparency,
and rooting out fraud, waste and
abuse.
Barbara is married to former
State Representative Vernon Sykes.
They have two daughters and a
grandson.
Read more at www.sykesfor
auditor.com.
for Treasurer
Richard Cordray
Richard is currently
the
Franklin County
Auditor, and set
new records for
collecting delinquent
taxes for
schools, and distributing
tax revenues to the
schools faster than before. His government
experience includes State
Representative and Ohio’s first
State Solicitor. He taught for 15
years at Ohio State’s law school,
including classes on constitutional
issues around school funding.
Richard was named “County
Leader of the Year” nationally in
2005, mainly for his innovative programs
to collect delinquent taxes
and his extensive involvement with
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