Bernie Kosar, Republican slate impresses crowd at bus tour

A confident slate of eight Republicans and one former Cleveland Browns quarterbackstopped at the soon-to-open Wood and Wine restaurant in Avon yesterday to urge a packed house to make a change in Ohio.

Jim Andrews, who said the Wood and Wine on Chester Road should open next week, said Republicans understood the need to support small business owners. He introduced Dave Yost, candidate for Ohio auditor who in turn introduced Judith Lanzinger (Supreme Court Justice), Maureen O’Connor (Supreme Court Chief Justice,) former Senator and Ohio Attorney General candidate Mike DeWine, Secretary of State candidate Jon Husted, Lt. Governor candidate Mary Taylor, Congressman Rob Portman (Senator) and the Republican candidate for governor, John Kasich.

The forum was part of a statewide bus tour. The Avon stop was orchestrated by Avon Lake Councilwoman Jennifer Fenderbosch.

Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar addressed the crowd as a Rob Portman supporter, leading Mary Taylor to gush that days after meeting California Gov. Arnold Schwartzenegger, it wasn’t as much as a thrill as sitting next to Kosar.

Portman, currently an Ohio Congressman, said Ohio’s unemployment rate is in the top 10 bracket in the United States.

That’s not a top 10 you want to be in, he said.

Candidates took the opportunity to tout change in Ohio and the United States should Republicans get elected.

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(avonlakeledger.com)