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Friday, November 6, 2009
County commission race - The speeches
Below is the full text of the speeches given last night by Butler County Commissioner Gregory Jolivette and former West Chester Twp. trustee Jose Alvarez, as prepared for delivery. They were seeking the county GOP’s endorsement for commission next year, which no candidate secured.
Both have said they plan to run in the Republican primary in May.
Here is Jolivette’s speech:
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Here is Alvarez’s speech:
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What do you think?
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Tori’s Station update 8 - No endorsed candidate
There was no endorsement after the final round of voting by the Butler County GOP for endorsement for county commission next year.
I’m told there were 279 cast ballots in the final round, with 60 percent needed to win the endorsement:
The breakdown, I’m told, was:
- No endorsement - 69 votes
- Nancy Nix - 113 votes
- Jose Alvarez - 97 votes
What this means:
A contested Republican primary for Butler County commission lays ahead after the party failed to endorse any candidate for the race Thursday night, Nov. 5.
Embattled incumbent Commissioner Gregory Jolivette was eliminated in the second round of voting.
“We’ve allowed cliques and vendettas and power grabs to control the process, which is unfortunate,” he said, pledging to run in the May primary.
The other candidates were county Treasurer Nancy Nix, Clerk of Courts Cindy Carpenter, former West Chester Twp. Trustee Jose Alvarez and Hamilton resident Wes Retherford.
Carpenter and Nix said they’ll have to consider whether to stay in it, but the others plan to run.
Voting by more than 300 of the party’s Executive Committee took place behind closed doors at Tori’s Station in Fairfield.
There were five rounds of voting, with the lowest vote-getter eliminated after each round until Nix and Alvarez were left. Neither could get the 60 percent needed for party backing.
This means no candidate will get access to party coffers or resources during the primary, though party members will aid their chosen candidates. Whoever wins the primary, will automatically get the party support.
In his speech to the party, Jolivette touted his record, and defended himself against the nepotism allegations that brought a rush of big-name challengers from his own party.
Jolivette is under investigation by the Ohio Ethics Commission for voting on the hiring of his son and daughter in 2004 and 2005 as county employees.
“My counsel has cleared me to inform you that I confidently state that I expect to continue in my capacity as commissioner and will stay in my office as long as I am elected by the fine people of Butler County,” said a draft of his speech.
He went on to call for a return on the Butler County GOP of the past that was “the envy of the state.”
“We were united in purpose,” he said. “We did not have such split agendas, and such naked personal ambition.”
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