MORE PEOPLE HAVE FILED TO ENTER POLITICAL RACES

I understand that Mike Logsdon, a Republican, has entered the race for the eighth district magisterial seat. He will be facing incumbent Bob Diebel. Logsdon, who is a local realtor should be a formidable opponent for Diebel. However, his ties to developer Bob Jones may cause some people to be leery of him. Only time will tell if he tries to distance himself from Bob Jones or if he is a supporter of Jones.

Apparently Bob Dye has made it official - he will challenge Rick Rash for the Republican nomination for the seventh district magisterial seat. As I previously said, Rash only defeated Dye by sixteen votes in 2006. At that time Dye carried the Glen Oaks area but Rash carried the Briar Hill and the Spring Hill neighborhoods. However, a lot has happened since the last election. The most notable thing is the lawsuit filed by the people in Spring Hill and Briar Hill over the proposed Brentwood subdivision.

My sources tell me that many people in Briar Hill and Spring Hill are very unhappy with Rick Rash as he has supported development, appointments of pro-development members to the Planning and Zoning Commission, and has received political contributions from developers. Rash has also voted YES on every tax and fee increase this term and has been a puppet for Judge-Executive Duane Murner to use as needed in accomplishing his missions.

If my calculations are correcet he has easily lost enough votes in those subdivisions to allow Dye to win the nomination. Rash has been campaigning hard as he knows that he is in trouble. However, it is difficult to cover up your record and to convince people that you will be any different in the future than you have been for the past sixteen years.

I have also heard that there may be an opponent for Julie Barr. Thus, I am anxiously awaiting the filing deadline for people to file for different races. Again, stay tuned!