Stephen Michael Kellat

League of Women Voters Profile Finally Up

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Since I cannot directly link to it we have to improvise, adapt, and overcome.


First go to https://onyourballot.vote411.org/


When asked for an address enter "4717 Main Avenue, Ashtabula, OH, 44004". You may need to click the hamburger menu in the top right to change address to that. Don't worry about this particular address as it is not mine. It is city hall.


From there you will see the candidates in the two major party primaries. Under Ohio's restrictive ballot access laws there presently are no minor parties such as the Green Party or Libertarian Party with ballot access at this time. If you choose the Democratic Party you can see the two ladies running for that party's nomination. If you choose the other party you would see that I am unopposed and therefore am automatically on the November ballot. I just have to wait for the outcome of May's primary vote to see who my Democratic Party opponent is.


Please bear in mind that I am not really a Trump supporter. I am not Josh Mandel who apparently is trying for the high score on that front. I miss Dubya.


As to why I am so worried about the city finances you need merely visit the city finance department page, scroll down to the financial statements, and look at the end of month statement for February. That one shows four program accounts in major deficits. I don't know about you but having the sanitation division running a deficit is kinda sorta a big problem when you're two months into the year when it is funded by user fees rather than general fund tax dollars. American Rescue Plan Act money can't bail that out because it wasn't in the hole in January 2020.