BlacKKKwell makes time to campaign

[Schmajo]

7/30/06
http://www.dispatch.com/news/news.php?story=dispatch/2006/07/30/20060730-A1-01.html

“Since Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell kicked his Republican gubernatorial campaign into high gear five months ago, his top lieutenant has assumed some of the key duties of the elected office.

Assistant Secretary of State Monty Lobb, not Blackwell, has signed all of the directives and advisories to county boards of elections sent from Blackwell’s office since March.
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Blackwell spokesman Carlo LoParo said Blackwell remains responsible for the office and keeps in close contact with the staff, but during the campaign, he decided to delegate those duties to Lobb under a state law that says, ‘The general duties of the assistant secretary shall be such as the secretary of state assigns him.’
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But some critics say Blackwell can’t have it both ways: Either he’s fulfilling the responsib- ilities of the $105,185-a-year job or not. ‘I don’t believe our constitution or the statute anticipates allowing the secretary of state to dodge his responsibilities,’ said Christopher B. McNeil, an adjunct professor at Capital University Law School and an expert on administrative law.
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