Wednesday, March 1, 2000

Hamilton Co. commissioner (Rep.)

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BY DAN KLEPAL
The Cincinnati Enquirer

        Roy McGrath will challenge John Dowlin in the primary election for the Republican Party nomination to the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners.

        The winner of the primary will take on Democrat and Colerain Township Trustee Joe Wolterman in the November general election.

        Mr. Dowlin, a long-time mayor of Sharonville, was appointed to the commission in 1992 to replace now Ohio Gov. Bob Taft. Mr. McGrath has run unsuccessfully for many local offices, most recently the Cincinnati Board of Education.

        Mr. Dowlin said he wants to be re-elected to continue his work against unfunded state mandates — when laws are made at the state level that cost counties money, but are not paid for by the state.

        “I think I represent the mainstream of Republican thought in Hamilton County,” said Mr. Dowlin, who has been opposed to using sales tax to finance riverfront development. “I have been the most conservative of the three county commissioners.”

        Mr. McGrath said if elected he will take the county out of the “horse and buggy” days. He said there are too many elected political offices on the county level and he would like to see them reduced to three: prosecutor, sheriff and commissioners.

        “We don't need a recorder, coroner or county engineer,” he said.

THE CANDIDATES
        John Dowlin

        Personal: 70, 4098 Mefford Lane, Sharonville. Retired Procter & Gamble executive. Bachelor's in chemistry, University of Pennsylvania. Family: Married, four children.

        Experience/qualifications: Mayor of Sharonville for 28 years; county commissioner since 1991.

        Roy McGrath

        Personal: 2147 Clifton Ave. #2, Clifton. Consultant. Master's of business administration, Xavier University. Single.

        Experience/qualifications: Recent graduate, Cincinnati Grassroots Leadership Academy.

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