Posted January 24, 201411 yr Luken, Winkler to battle for probate court judgeship By HOWARD WILKINSON A showdown this fall between two of the most potent political names in Hamilton County is coming this fall when Democrat Charlie Luken takes on Repubican Ralph E. "Ted" Winkler for a probate court judgeship. Both come from families with decades-long track records of winning elections in Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Luken - a former Cincinnati mayor and one-term congressman - filed petitions with the Hamilton County Board of Elections Tuesday to run for the probate court seat of Judge James Cissell, who can't run for re-election because of Ohio's judicial age limit law. Winkler, a common pleas court judge with 15 years experience on the bench, hasn't filed his petitions yet. But Hamilton County Republican Party chairman Alex Triantafilou said Winkler has already been endorsed by the party for Cissell's seat. Cont "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
January 24, 201411 yr I mention this because Brian Thomas has had each candidate on his morning show recently and during the interview with Winkler, the common please judge mentioned that Charlie's 80+ year old father, Tom Luken, was hired by (current probate judge) Jim Cissell to conduct mental health hearings at Summit Behavioral Healthcare. Say wha?!? What business does Tom Luken have judging people's mental health?!? You can hear it at about the 3:30 mark here: 01/22/14 Hour 3 - Brian talks with Ralph Winkler who put his hat in the ring for a judgeship :drunk: "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
January 28, 201411 yr Say wha?!? What business does Tom Luken have judging people's mental health?!? Whoa, you can say that again.
