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Our choice: Kirk Schuring in the 16th District
Published on Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008
Schuring served as a state representative from 1993 through 2002, when he won election to the Ohio Senate. Most appealing are his broad and deeper grasp of the state's problems and his eagerness to find pragmatic solutions.
We recommend the election of Kirk Schuring on Nov. 4.
While hardly an incandescent campaigner, Schuring has shown independent-mindedness on many issues, bucking party support for charter schools, for example. He also is willing to tackle big problems such as school funding, his own plan containing features the governor's office has been noodling.
To be sure, this editorial page disagrees sharply with Schuring, especially his willingness to consider privatizing a portion of Social Security and his devotion to the market as the route to repair the health-care system. He argues that drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would yield a significant benefit for the country. Schuring seems obsessed with Boccieri living in the district since the end of the school year, knowing that his opponent's Senate turf includes part of the U.S. House district and that there is no residency requirement.
Still, in this race, Schuring has demonstrated a greater understanding of the issues and, just as important, an ability to think for himself.
Boccieri appears to have the right stuff. He won election to the Ohio House in 2000, and then to the state Senate six years later. He offers a compelling narrative, whether in his immigrant grandparents seeking the American dream or his own military service. Boccieri is a U.S. Air Force veteran, reserve officer and pilot who served several tours overseas, including in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is energetic and earnest. He places the right emphasis on ''green energy'' and expanding health coverage.
That said, Boccieri has squandered an opportunity to show leadership. His record in office is thin, his campaign little more than a collection of pre-packaged talking points. He has pounded on Schuring on a number of tax votes, especially a 2003 increase in the state's gas tax. Boccieri is proud of his ''no'' vote, yet Schuring made the right, and tough, decision to invest in necessary infrastructure and, in the process, to help push the state forward.
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Posted 03:45 AM, 10/21/2008
I think this is a wise choice. My only fear is that with the Democrats holding the Presidency and an overwhelming majority of Congress that they may become drunk with power.
In the 16th District there is a choice that can be made to help resolve this conflict. The Washington Elite have selected someone from Youngstown to represent the 16th District in the person of John Boccieri. Although there are many capable Democrats within the District that could have been outstanding Representatives, there is no one the Elite felt they could control so they went to Youngstown and selected Boccieri.
The Elite is headed by a ruthless politician named Rahm Emanual. Emanual and his group have spent literally hundreds of thousands of dollars in negative advertisements slandering Boccieri’s opponent and the Honorable Ralph Regula. When push comes to shove and Boccieri is faced with voting on an issue that is in conflict with the people of the District and Washington Elite, he is going to side with the Elite – the people that brought him to power.
John Boccieri is using this Office as a stepping stone. A vote for Obama and a vote against Boccieri is the right combination.
