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(updated) Another County Exec candidate: Ken Lanci


Never heard of him, had to read his bio to learn that it sounds like he’s a successful businessman.  

Feel free to tell me/us more.

The only thing that’s curious to me is that he mentions support of/working with labor in the past (“Has Successfully Worked with Labor” section), but the campaign lit I received from his campaign today doesn’t have a union bug.  Lanci’s website says that he isn’t running as a member of any party” and

I have the skills and experience to turn around County Government. It’s what I’ve done for more than 40 years, and together, we can do it for Cuyahoga County.

When elected, I will work for $1 a year.
I won’t be aligned with any political party—this is no time for partisan politics.
I will refuse donations from Political Action Committees and County Employees.
I will not accept more than $250 from an individual campaign donor.

Could be a totally great or totally lame candidate – I have no idea.  But this, folks, is why, I learned myself, money does help – especially for people who have zero name recognition.  Working your butt off to get known is critical and does work, but when you have a name known to voters already, it’s just one less thing you have to focus on as you try to convince people as to why you’re qualified and that your vision and plans are worth backing.

Update: Looks like he expects to use some socmedia – a UStream channel.

Updatex2: He’s a donor to the 2008 Ohio 10th Congressional District’s Democratic primary campaign of Cleveland City Councilman, Joe Cimperman (the seat was then held by Dennis Kucinich, who was nominated in the primary and won the general in 2008 for that seat).

Updatex3: And he lives in Gates Mills? Practically next door, and I never heard the name before. Again, I can only think of just how much work these candidates have ahead of them re: seeking county-wide office – and name recognition at a minimum.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:41 pm December 30th, 2009 in Cleveland+, democracy, Government, Ohio, Politics, Primary 

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10 Responses to “(updated) Another County Exec candidate: Ken Lanci”

  1. 1 Anthony Fossaceca on December 31st, 2009 12:14 am

    Just wrote about it. Terrible mailer.
    http://www.ohiodailyblog.com/content/worst-campaign-direct-mail-2010

  2. 2 Tim Russo on December 31st, 2009 8:28 am

    he’s not a donor to councilman cimperman. he’s a donor to councilman cimperman’s primary against Dennis Kucinich.

    http://www.plunderbund.com/2009/12/31/major-mccain-palin-donor-ken-lanci-jumps-into-cuyahoga-county-exec-race-hilariously/

    and he’s a mccain palin donor. big time.

  3. 3 Jill Miller Zimon on December 31st, 2009 11:32 am

    @Tim So noted. Thank you.

  4. 4 Jill Miller Zimon on January 7th, 2010 12:28 pm

    I’ve placed a comment from “Tattler” in moderation because it is replete with allegations about Mr. Lanci but provides no links to help check out the veracity. I’ve emailed “Tattler” to let him/her know this and await a modified comment with links.

  5. 5 tattler on January 7th, 2010 8:39 pm

    http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/birns_greene/31.html

    there is one article, google tom lanci and find more.

  6. 6 Jill Miller Zimon on January 7th, 2010 9:43 pm

    @#5 Thanks for the link. My point wasn’t about me Googling – I can do plenty of that and before I wrote the post, I did some. Nothing that you mentioned came up – and no one else who has written about Lanci has written about what you alleged. Since you made the allegations, it’s not up to me to prove or disprove. This is blog – we bring to it our opinions based on what we’ve learned – if you don’t have back up for your assertions, then you need to just say, “It’s my opinion that…” But instead you launched into all kinds of stuff as if they were all fact. If you’re confident of what you know, that make your case. I am not going to make your case for you. But I will examine what you offer – as with the link. Thanks.

  7. 7 tattler on January 8th, 2010 12:42 pm

    Jill,
    I can only say that if you cannot handle the truth you received, perhaps you ought not have posed the question in the first place. Go ahead and Google it again and do not be so quick to reject what you find.

  8. 8 Jill Miller Zimon on January 8th, 2010 12:47 pm

    Tattle – this is not about me or what I can handle or not handle. I haven’t gone further than the first time I wrote this post. That’s by choice. You offered up info, I didn’t find it even sufficient to look at until you offered some back up. Don’t you think you should be taking this to places like the PD, local newspaper, television and so on given the seriousness of your feelings? I don’t really understand why you’re working so hard on me. I’m flattered, I guess – but having just run a campaign myself, I’m not sure I get your strategy.

  9. 9 Steve Tunder on January 16th, 2010 5:40 pm

    I worked for Ken Lanci for a few years and my family has known the Lanci family for decades.

    Ken is an upstanding business executive and I would like to tell everyone that he would be a fantastic county executive. He is a no nonsense businessman that would do well for the county.

    He does have some family members with problems but he steered clear of those and worked hard to get done what he has accomplished.

    Cuyahoga county needs someone with business experience to turn the economic problems around and I could not think of anyone more able to do so than Ken Lanci.

    I am not being paid or part of the Ken Lanci election committee.

  10. 10 Rick Tenbusch on January 16th, 2010 8:00 pm

    Hi Steve…I currently work for Ken Lanci and I can tell you that he’s a fine individual known for his generousity and benevolence. He’s a person who has given back to the community in ways few of us could afford with his time and money. I don’t know if he’s the answer to Cuyahoga’s problems, but he’s a man who’s created good paying jobs for many in this community

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