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Web site directs viewers to two campaign pages
By Rick Armon
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Wednesday, Oct 15, 2008
The Summit County Prosecutor's Office is investigating whether any laws were violated after learning that the county- run Web sites for two County Council members linked to their campaign Web pages.
The links for Councilman Nick Kostandaras, a Democrat, and Councilwoman Louise Heydorn, a Republican, were removed Tuesday.
''We're looking to see if there are any violations of the law,'' said Brad Gessner of the prosecutor's office, which began investigating after being contacted by the Beacon Journal.
Both Kostandaras and Heydorn said they were unaware the links existed, and they didn't know who put them on their official county Web pages.
Kostandaras' county site linked with his site http://www.weallpicknick.com, which urges voters to ''Pick Nick.'' Heydorn's official site linked to a page that was deleted Tuesday.
Heydorn, who lost a primary race earlier this year, said she's no longer running for another term and she thought her campaign page had expired. She added that the link wasn't there during the primary.
''This is somebody's bad joke,'' she said.
She said no one at the county seems to know how the link was added to her county page.
''Quite frankly, I don't even know how to use a computer,'' Kostandaras added.
''I don't want to violate any laws,'' he said.
He is running against Republican Bill Roemer for a district seat that represents portions of northern Summit County.
Kevin Kidder, a spokesman for the Ohio Elections Commission, said that state elections law doesn't address the issue of whether the links were improper.
''It's a very valid question to be asked but not a question that this commission has the ability to deal with at all,'' he said.
He and the Ohio Ethics Commission referred questions to the county prosecutor.
Rick Armon can be reached at 330-996-3569 or rarmon@thebeaconjournal.com.
The Summit County Prosecutor's Office is investigating whether any laws were violated after learning that the county- run Web sites for two County Council members linked to their campaign Web pages.
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Posted 06:45 AM, 10/15/2008
Heydorn, who lost a primary race earlier this year, said she's no longer running for another term and she thought her campaign page had expired. She added that the link wasn't there during the primary.
''This is somebody's bad joke,'' she said.
She said no one at the county seems to know how the link was added to her county page.
Heydorn's website specifically asked visitors to "write-in" Heydorn a couple spots throughout the site. This would have been done AFTER Heydorn lost her primary election.
In addition, she was soliciting campaign money on the website.
These things do not magically happen. Somebody knowingly did this and various laws were clearly broken.
First rule is deny deny deny, and that appears to be what Heydorn is doing.
