UAW Backs Smith - Keys in on Worker's Comp Issue

6 October 1997

    CLEVELAND, Oct. 6 -- The Cuyahoga-Medina UAW Community Action
Program Council, representing 40,000 UAW members and their families, today
announced its endorsements for the November 4, 1997, General Election.
    Chairman Bill Meany highlighted the UAW's position to VOTE NO on Issue 2,
the Workers' Compensation issue, calling Issue 2 the single most important
issue ever to appear on the ballot in Ohio.  Meany also stated that Helen
Smith, the UAW endorsed candidate for Mayor of Cleveland, agrees with the UAW
stance on Issue 2, as do all the other UAW endorsed candidates.

    For further information contact:
    Bill Meany, Chairman
    Cuyahoga & Medina CAP Council
    216-232-7190 or
    216-447-6080

    CLEVELAND
    MAYOR                  Helen Smith
    COUNCIL Ward 1:        Charles Patton, Jr.
        Ward 2:            Robert J. White
        Ward 3:            Odelia V. Robinson
        Ward 4:            Kenneth L. Johnson
        Ward 5:            Frank G. Jackson
        Ward 6:            Pat Britt
        Ward 7:            Fannie M. Lewis
        Ward 8:            Bill Patmon
        Ward 9:            Craig E. Willis
        Ward 10:           Roosevelt Coats
        Ward 11:           Michael D. Polensik
        Ward 12:           Edward W. Rybka
        Ward 13:           John Skrha
        Ward 14:           Nelson Cintron
        Ward 16:           Larry Moran
        Ward 18:           Jay Westbrook
        Ward 19:           Joseph Zone
        Ward 20:           Martin Sweeney
        Ward 21:           Michael Dolan
    JUDGE                  1/l/98 - Ralph J. Perk, Jr.
                           1/2/98 - C. Ellen Connally
                           1/3/98 - Sean C. Gallagher
                           1/4/98 - Colleen Conway Cooney

    CLERK OF COURT         Earle B. Turner
    BOARD OF EDUCATION     Michael DeBose
                           Shirley Hawk
                           Jacqueline Swails

                           BAY VILLAGE
    COUNCIL AT LARGE       Liz Schulte

                           BEDFORD
    JUDGE                  Peter J. Junkin
    BOARD OF EDUCATION     Kay Santangelo

                           BEDFORD HEIGHTS
    COUNCIL AT LARGE       Paul A. DeFrancisco
                           Wendolyn J. Grant
                           Gary G. Morth
    COUNCIL Ward 4         James R. Cody

                           BENTLEYVILLE
    MAYOR                  Carol J. Bevan

                           BEREA
    COUNCIL AT LARGE       Cynthia M. Brickner
                           Richard T. Malott
    COUNCIL Ward 2         Dan R. Folino
            Ward 4         I. Yvonne Fulimeni
            Ward 5         James M. Baker
    BOARD OF EDUCATION     Carl J. Burgio
                           David Thurau

                           BROADVIEW HEIGHTS
    COUNCIL AT LARGE       Shirley A. Almasy
                           Richard Golem
                           Bill A. Sidoti
                           Clayton P. Tober

    COUNCIL Ward 2         Raymond Blacksmith
            Ward 3         Barry R. Libby

                           BROOKLYN
    COUNCIL                Regis Barrett
                           Thomas E. Coyne
                           Gregory L. Frey
                           Kathleen M. Pucci
    BOARD OF EDUCATION     John L. Burda

                           BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
    COUNCIL                Jean Notarian
                           Kenneth L. Perry
                           Henry J. Stankiewicz, Jr.

                           BROOK PARK
    MAYOR                  Thomas J. Coyne, Jr.

    PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL   Michael D. Gammella
    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE    Gregory M. Cingle
    COUNCIL AT LARGE       Patrick J. McNeeley
                           Richard A. Salvatore
                           Bernardine C. Spina

    COUNCIL Ward 2         John Bernath
            Ward 3         Richard L. Zeiger
            Ward 4         Mark J. Elliott

                           CLEVELAND HEIGHTS
    COUNCIL                Ed Kelly
                           Bonnie Caplan

                           CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS
    MAYOR                  Louis J. Bacci
    COUNCIL                John J. Bohdan
                           Marilyn C. Duszyniski
                           Lois J. Henley
                           Irma Schab
                           George Suhy

                           EAST CLEVELAND
    MAYOR                  Emmanuel Onunwor
    COUNCIL                Saratha A. Goggins
                           Jeremiah Johnson
                           Isaac Jones, Jr.
                           Nathaniel Martin
                           H. Elizabeth Omar

                           EUCLID
    PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL   Bill Cervenik
    COUNCIL Slot A         D. Fay Miller
    AT LARGE Slot B        Tony Giunta, Jr.
    Slot C                 Daniel Flowers
    Slot D                 Richard A. Vadnal

    COUNCIL Ward 2         Meg McGarry
            Ward 3         John Korosec
            Ward 4         Joseph Dallos

                           FAIRVIEW PARK
    PRESIDENT COUNCIL      William Minek

    COUNCIL AT LARGE       Bill Gluvna
                           Theodore Kowalski
    COUNCIL Ward 1         Eileen Patton
            Ward 2         Jeanine Minek
            Ward 5         Peter DePolo

                           GARFIELD HEIGHTS
    MAYOR                  Thomas J. Longo
    COUNCIL Ward 1         Henry Warren, Jr.
            Ward 2         Janet Farr
            Ward 3         John A. Staraitis
            Ward 4         Debra Sarnowksi
            Ward 5         Joseph M. Suster
            Ward 6         Rose Marie Lovano
            Ward 7         Anthony Cosentino

                           LAKEWOOD
    JUDGE                  Patrick Carroll

    COUNCIL AT LARGE       Bryan Flannery
                           Joseph Mazzarella
                           Michael J. Skindell

    BOARD OF EDUCATION     Edward Favre

                           LYNDHURST
    COUNCIL Ward 1         Martin B. Puin

                           MAPLE HEIGHTS
    PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL   Jeffrey Lansky
    COUNCIL District 1     John Joseph Montello
            District 3     Frank C. Artino, Jr.
            District 4     Christine B. Kubec
            District 5     Timothy John Lelii
            District 6     Richard J. DiTurno, Jr.
    BOARD OF EDUCATION     Gregory Mauriocourt
                           Phillip Balamenti

                           MAYFIELD HEIGHTS
    BOARD OF EDUCATION     Joanne Laurie-Alexander

                           MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS
    MAYOR                  Gary Starr
    PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL   Alan C. Budney
    COUNCIL AT LARGE       Michael G. Oros
    COUNCIL Ward 1         Tim Ali
            Ward 2         Barbara A. Becker
            Ward 3         Joseph W. Caterini
            Ward 4         Raymond G. Guttmann

                           NORTH OLMSTED
    MAYOR                  Ed Boyle

    PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL   Janet A. Saringer
    DIRECTOR OF LAW        Michael R. Gareau
    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE    Michael Albanese
    COUNCIL Ward 1         James A. Burns
            Ward 2         Michael R. Gareau, Jr.
            Ward 3         George M. Nashar
            Ward 4         Dean McKay
    BOARD OF EDUCATION     Thomas Herbster

                           NORTH ROYALTON
    COUNCIL Ward 2         Neil E. Price
            Ward 3         Sandra Neubauer
            Ward 4         Vic Monteleone
            Ward 6         Cathy Luks

                           OLMSTED FALLS
    MAYOR                  Tom Jones
    COUNCIL AT LARGE       Beverly Smith

                           OLMSTED TOWNSHIP
    TRUSTEE                Karen R. Straka
    CLERK                  Annette Wey

                           PARMA
    JUDGE                  Timothy P. Gilligan
    PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL   Charles M. Germana
    TREASURER              Jack C. Krise, Jr.
    COUNCIL Ward 1         Susan M. Straub
            Ward 2         Deborah A. Lime
            Ward 3         Sam C. Bonanno
            Ward 4         Dean E. DePiero
            Ward 5         Paul T. Kirner
            Ward 6         Kevin Kelley
            Ward 7         John R. Stover
            Ward 8         Anthony C. Zielinski
            Ward 9         Roy J. Jech
    CLERK                  Marty Vittardi

                           PARMA HEIGHTS
    MAYOR COUNCIL          Paul W. Cassidy
                           Nick Radlick
                           Robert Spada
                           Robert Verdile
                           Martin K. Zanotti

                           SEVEN HILLS
    MAYOR                  Gerald A. Trafis
    COUNCIL AT LARGE       Frank J. Petro

                           SHAKER HEIGHTS
    COUNCIL                Al Foster
                           Deborah Levine Herman

                           SOUTH EUCLID
    COUNCIL AT LARGE       Katherine Rochelle Tufts

                           STRONGSVILLE
    COUNCIL AT LARGE       Patrick J. Coyne
                           Joseph C. DeMio
                           Edward D. Stryker

                           UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS
    MAYOR                  Beryl Rothschild
    COUNCIL                Adele Zucker
                           David Mitchell

                           VALLEYVIEW
    COUNCIL                Randall A. Westfall
                           Jeffrey 0. Wyatt
                           Thomas Perk
                           Mary Ann Drobnick

                           WALTON HILLS
    TREASURER              Carol M. Cerny
    COUNCIL                Marlene B. Anielski
                           Richard Charsanko
                           Joseph J. Tomcik, Jr.
                           Anthony J. Tranchito

                           WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS
    COUNCIL                Don Bolden
                           James Mitchell
                           Levi Mosely
                           Christine Young

                           MEDINA COUNTY OFFICIALS

                           BRUNSWICK CITY
    MAYOR                  Franklin C. Tibbitts
    COUNCIL AT LARGE       Thomas P. Miller
    COUNCIL Ward 4         John R. Rocha
    TRUSTEE                Brian D. Fallon

                           BRUNSWICK HILLS TOWNSHIP
    TRUSTEE                Elizabeth A. Sherlock

                           MEDINA CITY
    MAYOR                  Timothy B. Feron
    COUNCIL AT LARGE       Pamela B. Miller
    TRUSTEE                William P. Carangio
                           Rita M. Holt

                           SEVILLE VILLAGE
    COUNCIL                Sue A. Hewit

                           SHARON TOWNSHIP
    TRUSTEE                Raymond A. Lurtz

                           WADSWORTH
    JUDGE                  12/31/99 - Julia A. Cain
    PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL   Lynda Carrino
    COUNCIL AT LARGE       Loa M. Gerberich
                           Joseph J. Platek
                           Gwendolyn M. Rivers
    COUNCIL Ward 1         Kevin A. Straub
            Ward 2         Michael E. Tehi
            Ward 4         Donald L. Baker

                           YORK TOWNSHIP
    TRUSTEE                Colene S. Conley

SOURCE  UAW Community Action Program Council