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THIS AND THAT FROM THE WORLD OF VALLEY POLITICS.
SEEKING RE-ELECTION: THE MAHONING COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS SATURDAY TO SELECT SOMEONE TO FILL A FOUR-YEAR TERM ON THE COUNTY'S BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THE POST IS CURRENTLY HELD BY MARK MUNROE, THE ELECTIONS BOARD'S AND REPUBLICAN PARTY'S VICE CHAIRMAN, WHO IS EXPECTED TO BE RE-ELECTED WITHOUT OPPOSITION. MUNROE HAS SERVED 13 YEARS ON THE ELECTIONS BOARD.
ALSO, ROBERT WASKO, THE BOARD'S CHAIRMAN AND A DEMOCRAT, SAID HE PLANS TO SEEK A SECOND FOUR-YEAR TERM FROM HIS PARTY'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE HASN'T SCHEDULED A MEETING YET, BUT WASKO IS EXPECTED TO GET THE NOD.
FACING HER CRITICS: MAHONING COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CHAIRWOMAN LISA ANTONINI IS TO SPEAK AT 7 P.M. TUESDAY AT THE DEMOCRATS OF THE 17TH AND 6TH DISTRICTS MEETING AT THE POLAND BASEBALL ASSOCIATION HALL ON SHERIDAN ROAD.
THE POLITICAL GROUP AND ANTONINI HAVE EXCHANGED SOME CRITICAL COMMENTS SINCE HER ELECTION IN 2002, AND THE GROUP RECENTLY FORMED A COMMITTEE TO FIND SOMEONE TO CHALLENGE HER THIS YEAR. THE COMMITTEE IS CONSIDERING ATTY. ALAN KRETZER AND SAM MATHENY. BUT THE OBSTACLE OF ELECTING ENOUGH PRECINCT COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WHO VOTE FOR THE CHAIR, APPEARS TOO GREAT TO OVERCOME. SOME MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH COUNTY DEMOCRATS, ANOTHER LOCAL POLITICAL GROUP, ARE ALSO LOOKING TO BACK A CANDIDATE AGAINST ANTONINI.
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