Summit County Republican Chairman Alex Arshinkoff (never any love lost between Coughlin and Alex) has convinced others in his grasp that if Democrats take over the majority of the trustees, "everybody gets fired - including Ted Mallo [UA vice president and general counsel] and Ted Curtis [vice president of capital planning, architect]. Coughlin further maintains that if the full Senate votes on it, Morrison loses. His prediction: The issue will be resolved by Dec. 1.
Although Morrison is Arshinkoff's lawyer, Alex has repeatedly told me that he is a mere bystander in the Morrison case, but he has acknowledged that it would be a setback for the party if Republican Morrison left a vacancy that would permit the governor to appoint a Democrat. Coughlin agrees that Arshinkoff isn't in the driver's seat on this one. On the other hand, Coughlin sees a greater setback for the party if the issue drags on. "The Democrats will have a big issue to use against the Republicans, just as they did with Tom Noe." Noe, you may remember, was the powerhouse Ohio Republican fund-raiser who was convicted in the so-called coin-gate scandal of several corruption charges in 2006 and sent off to prison.
Unlike old soldiers, funny how these matters neither die NOR fade away at election time.
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If Arshinkoff thinks Ted Mallo deserves to stay, he is more mentally gone than I originally thought.
DNA testing, it's okay for Morrison to abstain from voting on acquiring his son's property without telling the Board that he has a financial interest, it's okay simply to ask the Ohio Ethics Commission. . . and who acted as the chief legal advisor to the UA trustees in these matters? Perhaps Coughlin is right in predicting the dismissal of two UA veeps if Morrison goes.
Coughlin thinks Mallo and Curtis are gone when Morrison is replaced. What about "the best university president in the U.S.," as Arshinkoff hailed his political ally at the last finance dinner?
Arshinkoff has others believing that others will be fired if the Democrats take over? This is the guy who has no problem cutting people off at the knees when he has a chance. I am just wondering how many is going to get thrown out at the Clerks office in Barberton? If anyone believes Alex is all about “Good Government” I have a bridge in Manhattan I can sell you. The only reason he wants his people in these offices in my opinion is (1) they donate to him and (2) at the University the Trustee’s decides who receives the abundance of the contracts and everything that goes with it. You can call or think me wrong on this Abe but that is my gut felling.
Also on another note Abe, do you believe the President of the University of Akron is worth a base salary of $535,000 a year? If you don’t want to comment on it no problem, but to me that chunk of change is a little too high.
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