Burnside ad may violate judicial code, judges say
The Ohio Republican Party has secured a hearing Wednesday Oct. 30 in Lima on a complaint filed against Judge Janet R. Burnside.
Yesterday, three appeals-court judges unanimously found that there is probable cause that one of Burnside's campaign ads violated the Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct.
Republican Party Chairman Robert T. Bennett alleged the Democratic Supreme Court candidate's first television ad leaves viewers guessing where she is serving on the bench by not clearly stating she is a Cuyahoga County Common Pleas judge.
In that ad and another that debuted yesterday, "Common Pleas Judge'' flashes on the screen. She is challenging incumbent Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton.
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An appeals-court panel in Lima is set to hear a separate complaint today, Oct. 29 against Lt. Gov. Maureen O'Connor. O'Connor is pitted against Hamilton County Municipal Judge Tim Black in a separate race for an open seat on the Supreme Court.
In yet another display of Democrat hypocracy, Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Denny White complained that O'Connor violated the Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct by knowingly misrepresenting her present position. She wore a judicial robe while sitting behind a courtroom bench in her television ad.
But O'Connor's lawyer, Charles Saxbe is expected to argue the ad clearly stated her terms of service as a judge in Summit County, as required by the Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct. This is in stark contrast to the Burnside ad.
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