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Strahorn to interview for PUCO job
State Rep. Fred Strahorn, D-Dayton, is one of nine candidates being interviewed Wednesday by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio nominating council. The council will send four names to Gov. Ted Strickland to consider for the one position.
If Strahorn is appointed, he’ll be the second commissioner with Dayton ties. Former Dayton city manager Valerie Lemmie was appointed to the PUCO by Gov. Bob Taft.
The PUCO regulates electric, telephone and natural gas companies in Ohio and oversees hazardous-materials carriers and railroad crossings. A seat on the commission pays between $97,760 and $119,995 per year plus benefits, and commissioners have the power to review some business mergers, open the books of multimillion-dollar companies and make rules that affect every Ohioan.
State law requires a politically balanced PUCO. No more than three of the five commissioners can be from any one political party. Commissioner Don Mason, who is among the nine being interviewed, is a Republican seeking re-appointment.
With Mason, the PUCO currently has two Republicans, two independents and one Democrat.
Comments
By David Esrati
February 5, 2008 4:05 PM | Link to this
Shouldn’t that be the Patronage Utilities Commission of Ohio? It’s a raise for Strahorn, who is term limited out. There should be a rule prohibiting legislator to state employee for at least a year. Does Strahorn have any marketable skills? Being politically correct doesn’t count.