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Sign up en-us jsweigart@coxohio.com 2009-11-20T08:57:48-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/entries/2009/11/20/dems_name_new_leader.html Fellow reporter Tiffany Latta covered the meeting and updated this story for me last night: A new leader has taken the reins of the Butler County Democratic Party. Frank Cloud, business manager for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local... 15784803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/ Democratic Party 2009-11-20T08:57:48-04:00 jsweigart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/entries/2009/11/19/democrats_to_name_new_leader_o.html Far from mounting a united challenge against a county commission seat seen as vulnerable, the Butler County Democratic Party has broken out into a struggle for control of the party. The party’s executive committee will meet tonight, Nov. 19, to... 15776003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/ Democratic Party 2009-11-19T15:43:44-04:00 jsweigart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/entries/2009/11/19/furmon_questions_county_paymen.html Butler County Commissioner Charles Furmon is concerned that the county has been paying a company for employee benefits for almost a year without proper approval. That company is Performance Benefits Solutions, owned by West Chester Twp. Trustee George Lang. Furmon... 15774403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/ County Commission 2009-11-19T14:30:47-04:00 jsweigart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/entries/2009/11/18/county_administrator_to_resign.html Butler County Administrator Tim Williams is leaving his job next month, as the county struggles to stave off fiscal emergency. Williams said he’s leaving to take an executive position with an undisclosed private sector retail business north of Dayton. “If... 15760103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/ County Commission 2009-11-18T16:38:43-04:00 jsweigart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/entries/2009/11/18/county_commission_agenda_21.html Below is the agenda for Thursday’s Butler County commission meeting. Anything look interesting to you? (Click on the top right corner to enlarge) County 111909... 15759403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/ County Commission 2009-11-18T16:07:21-04:00 jsweigart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/entries/2009/11/13/carpenter_accuses_nix_of_false.html Butler County Clerk of Courts Cindy Carpenter says county Treasurer Nancy Nix crossed the line in her campaign for county commission. Carpenter filed an Ohio Elections Commission complaint against Nix Friday, Nov. 13, claiming Nix violated campaign law by making... 15698403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/ 2009-11-13T18:05:35-04:00 jsweigart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/entries/2009/11/13/dewine_campaign_responds_to_lo.html Following the Butler County Republican Party’s vote last night endorsing Delaware County Prosecutor Dave Yost for Ohio Attorney General, former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine issued this statement: “We are confident that Republican voters in Ohio will nominate Mike DeWine to... 15694703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/ 2009-11-13T15:11:50-04:00 jsweigart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/entries/2009/11/13/local_party_endorses_yost_over.html Press release from Dave Yost for Attorney General:   First County Republican Party Endorsement for Attorney General Goes to Yost Defeats Mike DeWine for Butler County Endorsement, calls victory a “game-changer” Delaware County Prosecutor Dave Yost last night secured the... 15690303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/ 2009-11-13T09:55:52-04:00 jsweigart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/entries/2009/11/12/trial_date_set_in_fox_schuler.html A long-time Butler County politician and a Columbus-area attorney both pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday, Nov. 12, to charges U.S. authorities are calling “public corruption.” Michael Fox — former state lawmaker, Butler County commissioner and Children Services director... 15682303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/ NORMAP 2009-11-12T15:47:21-04:00 jsweigart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/entries/2009/11/12/fox_to_plead_not_guilty_throug.html Longtime Butler County politician Michael A. Fox appears poised to fight federal corruption charges, according to court records. And he’s doing so with an attorney who is a heavy hitter in both legal and political circles. Fox — former state... 15675403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/ NORMAP 2009-11-12T09:10:41-04:00 jsweigart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/entries/2009/11/10/more_than_1_in_10_butler_count.html From today’s paper: More than one of every 10 people in Butler County have turned to food stamps to weather the recession this year, according to the county’s Department of Job and Family Services. On average, 38,309 people have been... 15647903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/ Economy 2009-11-10T13:27:23-04:00 jsweigart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/entries/2009/11/09/carpenter_confirms_commission.html Butler County Clerk of Courts Cindy Carpenter is going for it. She is done with ambiguity, I’m told, and preparing to make a run for county commission. Carpenter said she would have to think about it after the Butler County... 15635203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/ County Commission 2009-11-09T16:50:32-04:00 jsweigart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/entries/2009/11/06/county_commission_race_the_spe.html 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,... 15585103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/ 2009-11-06T11:40:58-04:00 jsweigart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/entries/2009/11/06/toris_station_update_8_no_endo.html 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... 15578903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/ Republican Party 2009-11-06T00:02:04-04:00 jsweigart@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/entries/2009/11/05/toris_station_update_7_fourth.html There was no endorsement after the fourth round of voting by the Butler County GOP for endorsement for county commission next year. One more runoff vote to go. I’m told there were 290 cast ballots in the fourth round, with... 15578703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/butlercountynews/ Republican Party 2009-11-05T23:26:50-04:00 jsweigart@coxohio.com