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Lemmie nominated as PUCO chair
Former Dayton City Manager Valerie Lemmie is among four nominees recommended to Gov. John Kasich to lead the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
Lemmie was first appointed to the PUCO in 2006 to a five-year term.
Also nominated for the chairman post: Jack Michael Biddison, a gas field developer and former PUCO member; Columbus area attorney Andre Porter; and state Rep. Todd Snitchler, R-Uniontown.
Kasich has two appointments to make to the PUCO, which regulates utilities in Ohio.
The PUCO nominating council recommended the three who are not appointed chairman, plus former PUCO commissioner William Newcomb, be considered for the second slot.
Kasich may pick from the list supplied by the nominating committee or ask for a new list.
PUCO commissioners are paid a range between $73,715 and $157,955.
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By jimmie
February 4, 2011 12:15 PM | Link to this
@pleasenotlemmie has it right. Why do these incompetent folks just bounce from one public job to another?
By PleaseNotLemmie
February 4, 2011 9:49 AM | Link to this
Dayton didn’t want Lemmie…Cincinnati got rid of her…why would anyone think we would want her on PUCO????
By Hence the phrase
February 4, 2011 9:12 AM | Link to this
Lemmie at ‘em
By Rob Schain, President, Regulatory Research Associates, Inc.
February 4, 2011 8:34 AM | Link to this
This article is wrong. Lemmie and the other 3 are being considered to serve the remainder of a term expiring in April 2014. It just so happens to be the term held by Chmn. Schriber, who resigned. After the governor chooses one from this list, the nominating council will give him another list of 4 from which he will choose one for the remaining vacancy. The governor can chosse any of the commissioners to be chairman, regardless of the term!
By James Mark
February 4, 2011 7:20 AM | Link to this
I hope that Lemmie thinks carefully about the need to keep costs low for the public with difficult times out here. Gee, Mr. Ardenellitini went way out on the Federal stuff. I do agree that we are losing some freedom of speech on this journal web site opinion page possibly due to the net neutrality thing. It is a way to silence the conservatives and we must continue any way we can to tell our communities what we stand to lose if this socialist agenda is successful. The great America that lives were given for, lost through a presidency that should have never been. The people didn’t see it coming. Obama, nice on the outside, a socialist- big government tell you how you will live your life and when it will end. I vote the opposite, for the conservative side to keep our freedom. Christ is my God and I have no regard for the Muslim faith.
By John Ardenellitini
February 4, 2011 7:05 AM | Link to this
If the guy is conservative and not ready to jump the gun on investments. Keep the little guy in mind. On a Federal level, Obama has Cass Sunstein, a radical, liberal anti-gun man, he has Van Jones, an extremist, liberal, George Soros, not appointed but certainly influential, a bad influence with vast wealth and strong supporter of socialism. Obama has people on the FCC that are enacting that terrible Net Neutrality thing that will control versus free capitalism, limit free speech if you are conservative. Then you have the Muslim agenda with Obama. I say NO mosque near the World Trade Center site and all communities keep watch on these mosques and their real intent.
By Jack Handy
February 4, 2011 4:08 AM | Link to this
I would think a guy named Snitchler would be more suited for some type of law enforcement cabinet position.
By Independent Voter
February 4, 2011 1:41 AM | Link to this
Doesn’t a gas field developer have a conflict of interest being on the PUCO Board? No wonder I have had a 12.5 % increase on my electric rate in January 2011. And I get a 3 % break after 750 kwh usage because I’m a total electric household.