Green Party of Ohio
www.ohiogreens.org
December 28,2005
Posted January 02, 2006
Green Party of Ohio Makes Initial Electoral Gains in Ohio in 2005
The Green Party of Ohio realized the election of the first two Green Party members during this past year.
The first two elected Greens in Ohio are:
1. Brian Cummins, elected to Cleveland City Council from Ward 15
http://www.cumminsforcouncil.org/
2. Dennis Spisak, elected to the Struthers Board of Education in Northeast Ohio
http://www.spisakforschoolboard.org/id20.htm
At its post-election meeting in December the Green Party of Ohio
Coordinating Committee sent formal congratulations to the first two
elected Greens in Ohio (text of letter reproduced below).
*Brian's candidacy* was endorsed by the Cuyahoga Green Party and was an
active leader in the Central Ohio Green Party when he lived in Columbus
in 2000-2001. Brian was a Co-Convener of the Central Ohio Green Party
and a representative to the State Coordinating Committee at that time.
He was Executive Director, Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation
before resigning to run for council.
*Cummins platform* for the council election is to improve and strengthen
neighborhood safety, code enforcement and property conditions, delivery
of core city services, education, to include a technology and job training/placement center in
the Ward, and promoting business investment, economic development and jobs creation.
* *
*Dennis Spisak* is a school principal and has been a member of the Green
Party of Ohio since 2003. He campaigned on fiscal responsibility and innovative funding ideas. /He advocated, "//The reconstruction of the
football stadium must be done through private funds and not through bond
issues or levies."
Text of Congratulatory Letter: (Below)
The Green Party of Ohio Coordinating Committee Congratulates you on your
recent election to public office.
We Congratulate you on becoming one of the first of two Green
Party Members elected to public office in the State of Ohio.Running for public office is a major personal commitment and we thank you
for making the effort. Many Green Party Members have run for office in Ohio but you are one of the first to successfully make the transition
to elected office holder.
As you learn the requirements of your office please contact the Green
Party of Ohio Coordinating Committee if you believe there is anything we can do to help in your success. You can
reach us by contacting Tim Kettler, Secretary of the Green Party of Ohio, at 740-824-3828 or Paul Dumouchelle, Treasurer of the Green Party
of Ohio, at 614-563-9449 or any other official listed on the ohiogreens.org website.
Please consider meeting with any local Green Party organizations in your
area to discuss issues.
Signed: Tim Kettler, Secretary, Green Party of Ohio, on behalf of the
Ohio Green Party Coordinating Committee.
Contact: Paul Dumouchelle, Treasurer, Green Party of Ohio,
614-563-9449, pauld@columbus.rr.com
Media Contact Russell Buckbee, 330-562-4637 russbuckbee@adelphia.net
