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31 applicants seek spot on PUCO after Randazzo resignation


31 applicants seek spot on PUCO after Randazzo resignation
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The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio attracted 31 applicants who are vying for a position on its board after Sam Randazzo, the organization s chair, resigned in the wake of the House Bill 6 scandal.
Included in the list of applicants, who would serve for three years of the five-year term, are Northeast Ohioans including Jade Davis, vice president of external affairs for Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority; James Pawlik, a Cleveland State University adjunct instructor; and Andrew W. Smyser, director of energy services for the Greater Cleveland Partnership.
A number of outgoing or former politicians have also thrown their hat into the ring. Two of the applicants, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judith French and Ohio Sen. Sean O Brien (D-Cortland), lost their seats this November, while others including two former members of the Ohio House of Representatives, William Schuck (35th District) and Mike ....

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Outgoing Ohio Supreme Court justice, state rep among 31 applicants for utility regulator job


Outgoing Ohio Supreme Court justice, state rep among 31 applicants for utility regulator job
Jackie Borchardt, Cincinnati Enquirer
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Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judith French, a Republican.
COLUMBUS – Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judith French and state Sen. Sean O Brien, who lost re-election bids in November, are among 31 applicants for a seat on a panel that regulates utilities in Ohio.
French, O Brien and others are vying for a spot vacated last month by Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Chairman Sam Randazzo. Randazzo resigned after the FBI searched his Columbus house and Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. disclosed a $4 million payment was made to an entity meeting the description of one owned by Randazzo as part of its internal investigation into the House Bill 6 bribery scandal. ....

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