Ohio House 63rd: Schindel (R) Campaign Manager & "Menace to Sobriety"

Incumbent Tim Cassell (D-Madison) has been ruthlessly targeted by the Republican caucus and his opponent over Cassell's DUI conviction earler this year. This is concededly a matter for voters to consider, but the constant lambasting of Cassell by challenger Carol-Ann Schindel (R-Painesville) for this mistake seems excessive in light of the serious substantive issues facing the state.

Reader John R., a lifelong Lake County resident, wrote to bloggers over the weekend to report that the endless harping on the DUI episode also seems very hypocritical when you take into account the recent history of Schindel's campaign manager, 2005 OSU political science grad Troy Judy. Judy's profile at Facebook.com is clean now, but the reader provided me with images from how it was just a few days ago. Judy is identified as a member of groups called "Menace to Sobriety" and "Sleaze Anonymous," and his profile included these pictures:





This apparent hypocrisy is too much for my reader, who asks:

[H]ow can a woman who constantly lambasts her opponent for a drunk driving violation hire and stand beside a man who seems to be a strong proponent of alcohol abuse? The simple fact of the matter is most alcoholic behaviour is formed during ones college years. Thus, this guy is setting one of the worst examples possible for our youth by further entrenching the mindset of "alcohol abuse is cool" that is all to apparent in our youth today.