Saturday, December 04, 1999
Parties submit PVA candidates to Patton
BY PATRICK CROWLEY
The Cincinnati Enquirer
BURLINGTON — The Boone County Democratic and Republican parties have given Gov. Paul Patton their lists of candidates to fill the vacancy in the county's Property Value Administrator's office.
Mr. Patton will choose an interim PVA who will serve until November. Then, county voters will choose a PVA to complete the remaining two years on the term of former Republican PVA David Turner.
Mr. Turner was sentenced in October to five years probation, a year in jail and restitution for theft. He admitted taking $45,000 in office funds to feed a gambling habit.
The PVA is charged with setting property values in the county for the purpose of taxation.
Mr. Patton, a Democrat, has not said when he will make the appointment, but he is expected to do so before the Jan. 31 deadline for filing to run in the November election.
Democrats expect Mr. Patton to appoint a Democrat to the office, party chairwoman Kristi Nelson said.
The Boone County Democratic Party submitted three names to Mr. Patton. They are:
• Arlene Aiken Jones-
Singletary, a Realtor who previously served on the Boone County Board of Education
and was deputy county judge-executive under former Judge-executive Terry Roberts.
• Shelli Allen, a bank employee. She is Mrs. Jones-Singletary's daughter.
• Paula Goff, who previously worked in the office of U.S. Rep. Ken Lucas, D-Richwood.
“I have no idea who will be select ed,” Ms. Nelson said. “But all of these people passed the state PVA test, meet the statutory requirement for serving in office and said they are interested in running for the office in the fall.”
Republican Party Chairman Ed Moore said the candidates sent to the governor by the GOP are:
• Ron Burch, an insurance salesman.
• Mel Carroll, principal at Ockerman Middle School and a former Florence councilman.
• John Shelton, a party activist.
• Shawn Staggs, a Boone County magistrate.
For now, John Peters, a Kentucky Revenue Cabinet employee from Greenup County, is running the county PVA office.
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