OHIO ELECTIONS COMMISSION
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CASE NO.2009E-001
COMPLAINANT: FRED KOHLER
1482 LEXSPRINGMILL ROAD
MANSFIELD, OH 44906
419 747-2836
PAUL KNOCZAK
598 ROCK ROAD NORTH
MANSFIELD, OH 44903
419 529-9877
LINDA STOODT, TREASURER
RESPONDENT: THE CITIZENS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT
708 VILLA DR,
MANSFIELD, OH 44906
419 529-3925
ALLEGATIONS: 3517.22(B) (FALSE STATEMENT)
OFFICE: ONTARIO CHARTER
ELECTION: MAY 5, 2009
PRIORS:
DISPOSITION: 4/28/2009 THE PROBABLE CAUSE PANEL FOUND THAT THERE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE OF A VIOLATION OF R.C. §3517.22(B)(2) CONCERNING THE STATEMENTS, "IT GRANTS POWER TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPOINT THE LAW DIRECTOR AND A FINANCE DIRECTOR AND ELIMINATES THE TREASURER." AND "COUNCIL INTERPRETS THE CHARTER THEN HAS THE POWER TO ADD NEW CHARTER POWERS WITHOUT APPROVAL BY THE PEOPLE". THE PROBABLE CAUSE PANEL DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO PROBABLE CAUSE OF A VIOLATION AS TO THE STATEMENT, "THE CHARTER CANNOT BE REVIEWED FOR CHANGE UNTIL 2014. "UNBELIEVABLE"!" AS WELL AS ANY OTHER STATEMENT ALLEGED TO BE MISLEADING BY THE COMPLAINANT.
OHIO ELECTIONS COMMISSION
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CASE NO.2009G-002
COMPLAINANT: DAVE YOST
ATHENS COUNTY SPECIAL PROSECUTOR
140 N. SANDUSKY ST.
DELAWARE, OH 43015
(740) 833-2694
RESPONDENT: SUSAN GWINN COUNSEL: DENNIS W MCNAMARA
7501 N. BLACKBURN RD. 88 E. BROAD ST.
ATHENS, OH 45701 SUITE 1350
COLS., OH 43215
THE COMMITTEE TO ELECT SUSAN GWINN
C/O SHERRY D. COOLEY COON, TREASURER
86 COLUMBUS RD. STE. 101
ATHENS, OH 45701
ALLEGATIONS: 3517.13(G)(1) (CONCEALING/MISREPRESENTING CONTRIBUTIONS
AND/OR EXPENDITURES)
OFFICE: ATHENS CO. PROSEC ATTY.
ELECTION: MARCH 4, 2008
PRIORS:
DISPOSITION: 6/11/2009 THE COMMISSION FOUND A VIOLATION OF R.C. §3517.13(G)(1) AND REFERRED THE MATTER TO THE ATHENS COUNTY PROSECUTOR FOR FURTHER PROSECUTION.
OHIO ELECTIONS COMMISSION
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CASE NO.2009E-003
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COMPLAINANT: JEAN SCHMIDT COUNSEL: DONALD BREY
SCHMIDT FOR CONGRESS 65 E STATE ST
8280 MONTGOMERY RD. SUITE 1000
SUITE 204 COLS., OH 43215
CINCINNATI, OH 45236 614-221-4000
FAX: 614 221-4012
CO-COUNSEL: BRUCE FEIN CO-COUNSEL: DAVID SALTZMAN
BRUCE FEIN & ASSOCIATES, INC. SALTZMAN & EVINCH PC
1025 CONNECTICUT AVE. 655 15TH ST., NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20036 SUITE 225-F
WASHINGTON DC 20005
202 637-9877
FAX: 202 637-9876
RESPONDENT: DAVID KRIKORIAN COUNSEL: CHRISTOPHER P FINNEY, ESQ
8132 CAMARGO WOODS COURT JOSHUA B BOLINGER, ESQ
CINCINNATI, OH 45243 SABA & PATTERSON CO LPA
2623 ERIE AVE
CINCINNATI, OH 45208
513 533-2980
(FAX) 513 533-2990
CO COUNSEL: VICKEN SONENTZ PAPAZIAN
517 EAST WILSON AVE. STE. 105
GLENDALE, CA 91206
(818) 956-7577
(FAX) (818) 956-7573
CO COUNSEL: MARK J. GERAGOS
644 S. FIGUEROA ST.
LOS ANGELES, CA 90017
(213) 625-3900
(FAX) (213) 625-1600
CO COUNSEL: CURT C. HARTMAN
3749 FOX POINT COURT
AMELIA, OH 45102
(513) 752-8800
(513) 943-0142
2009E-003 SCHMIDT V. KRIKORIAN
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ALLEGATIONS: 3517.21(A)(10) (FALSE STATEMENTS)
OFFICE: U S CONGRES 2ND DISTRICT
ELECTION: NOVEMBER 4, 2008
PRIORS:
DISPOSITION: 10/1/09 THE COMMISSION ALLOWED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS TO BE WITHDRAWN BY THE COMPLAINANT:
1.) “Representative Jean Schmidt has taken $30,000 in blood money to deny the Genocide of Christian Armenians by Muslim Turks.
2.) I demand her [Jean Schmidt] immediate withdrawal from this race and her apology to the people of the United States of America for the crime she has committed against our American soldiers and humanity by denying the undisputed facts of the Armenian Genocide.
3.) … Jean Schmidt’s denial of the Armenian Genocide …
4.) … Jean Schmidt’s insane denial of the Christian Armenian Genocide at the hands of the Muslim Ottoman Empire.
6.) The facts of the Armenian Genocide are universally accepted by nations around the world, prominent scholars and statesmen and 40 U.S. states including Ohio. The only deniers of this great tragedy which led to the Holocaust of the Jews by Nazi Germany are the Turkish Government and certain member of the United States Congress including Jean Schmidt.
THE COMMISSION FOUND NO VIOLATION OF R.C. §3517.21(B)(10) AS TO THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE REFERENCE IN THIS STATEMENT TO THE ASSERTION THAT “Turkish people gave $30,000 TO Jean Schmidt and or to Schmidt for Congress campaign committee”:
8.) This information is public record and can be found on the Federal Elections Commission database at http://www.FEC.gov. (as this statement references facts that support the statements that Turkish people donated $30,000.)
AN ADMINISTRATIVE DISMISSAL WAS DECLARED AS TO THE STATEMENT:
7.) ”Jean Schmidt has taken $30,000 in blood money from Turkish government sponsored political action committees and Turkish people in 2008 in exchange for helping them to cover-up the mass murder of 1.5 million Christians.”
2009E-003 SCHMIDT V. KRIKORIAN
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DISPOSITION: THE COMMISSION FOUND A VIOLATION OF R.C. §3517.21(B)(10) BY (continued) CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE AS TO THE STATEMENT:
5.) “Jean Schmidt has taken $30,000 in blood money from Turkish government sponsored political action committees to deny the slaughter of 1.5 million Armenian men, women and children by the Ottoman Turkish Government during World War I.”
THE COMMISSION FOUND A VIOLATION OF R.C. §3517.21(B)(10) BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE AS TO THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE REFERENCE IN THIS STATEMENT TO THE ASSERTION THAT “Turkish government sponsored political action committees gave $30,000 to Jean Schmidt and or to Schmidt for Congress campaign committee”:
8.) This information is public record and can be found on the Federal Elections Commission database at http://www.FEC.gov. (as this statement references facts that support the statements that Turkish government sponsored political action committees donated $30,000.)
AS A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATIONS FOUND BY THE COMMISSION IN THIS CASE, THE COMMISSION DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS GOOD CAUSE PRESENT NOT TO REFER THE MATTER FOR FURTHER PROSECUTION BUT INSTEAD TO ISSUE A LETTER OF PUBLIC REPRIMAND.
OHIO ELECTIONS COMMISSION
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CASE NO.2009E-004
COMPLAINANT: MICHAEL J. DAVALA
3330 RIVER PLACE
COLUMBUS, OH 43221-4802
(614) 316-3563
RESPONDENT: FRIENDS OF METRO PARKS
J.B. HADDEN, TREASURER
41 S. HIGH ST.
COLUMBUS, OH 43215
ADDL ADD: HTTP://WWW.VOTE4METROPARKS.COM./CONTACT.HTML
FRIENDS OF METRO PARKS
P.O. BOX 681
WESTERVILLE, OH 43086
(614) 325-0531
ALLEGATIONS: 3517.22 (FALSE STATEMENTS)
ISSUE: ISSUE 1
ELECTION: MAY 5, 2009
PRIORS:
DISPOSITION: 5/4/2009 THE PROBABLE CAUSE PANEL DETERMINED THAT THERE
WAS NO PROBABLE CAUSE OF A VIOLATION AND DISMISSED THE COMPLAINT.
OHIO ELECTIONS COMMISSION
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CASE NO.2009G-005
COMPLAINANT: STEVEN W. SCHIERHOLT COUNSEL: RON O’BRIEN
FRANKLIN COUNTY FRANLIN CO PROSECUTOR
ASSISTANT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY 373 S. HIGH ST. 14TH FLOOR
373 S HIGH ST 14TH FLOOR COLUMBUS, OH 43215
COLUMBUS, OH 43215
614 462-6639
RESPONDENT: MONTFORD S WILL COUNSEL: H. RITHCHEY HOLLENBAUGH
MIN CHA LEE 366 E BROAD ST
KRISTOPHER KUTY COLS., OH 43215
LINDSEY R KUTY 614 228-6135
7712 CHARLOTTE HULL CT FAX: 614 221-0216
NEW ALBANY, OH 43054
ALLEGATIONS: 3517.13(G)(2)(a) (CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS MADE IN THE NAME OF
ANOTHER PERSON)
OFFICES: CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY
AND VARIOUS CANDIDATES
ELECTION: 2006 - 2008
PRIORS: 2008G-059
DISPOSITION: 5/28/2009 THE COMMISSION FOUND A VIOLATION OF R.C. §3517.13(G)(2)(a) AND IMPOSED A FINE OF $10,000 AGAINST EACH OF THE RESPECTTIVE RESPONDENTS, KRISTOPHER KUTY, LINDSEY KUTY, AND MIN CHA LEE. THE COMMISSION ALSO FOUND A VIOLATION OF R.C. §3517.13(G)(2)(a) AGAINST MONTFORD WILL AND IMPOSED A FINE OF $5,000 PER ALLEGED VIOLATION FOR A TOTAL OF 19 COUNTS, EQUAL TO A TOTAL FINE OF $95,000.
7/13/2009 RECEIVED CHECK #1829 IN THE AMMOUNT OF $10,000 FROM MIN CHA LEE FOR PAYMENT OF FINE.
7/13/2009 RECEIVED CHECK #196 IN THE AMMOUNT OF $10,000 FROM KRISTOPHER KUTY FOR PAYMENT OF FINE.
7/13/2009 RECEIVED CHECK #1017 IN THE AMMOUNT OF $10,000 FROM LINDSEY R.
KUTY FOR PAYMENT OF FINE.
7/20/2010 RECEIVED CHECK #2423 IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 FROM MONTFORD WILL.
1/20/2011 RECEIVED CHECK #2492 IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 FROM MONTFORD WILL
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CASE NO.2009D-006
COMPLAINANT: STEPHEN A. MARCUM
105 MILTON BLVD.
NEWTON FALLS, OH 44444
330 872-7755
RESPONDENT: RICHARD MONTEVILLE
1025 PAIGE COURT
NEWTON FALLS, OH 44444
ALLEGATIONS: 3517.20 (INCOMPLETE DISCLAIMER)
OFFICE: NEWTON FALLS 3RD WARD COUNCILMAN
ELECTION: MAY 5, 2009
PRIORS:
DISPOSITION: 6/25/2009 THE COMMISSION FOUND A VIOLATION OF R.C. §3517.20 BUT FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN DID NOT IMPOSE A FINE OR REFER THE MATTER FOR FURTHER PROSECUTION.
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CASE NO.2009G-007
COMPLAINANT: OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY COUNSEL: MARIA J. ARMSTRONG
211 SOUTH FIFTH STREET MIRANDA MOTTER
COLUMBUS, OH 43215 BRICKER & ECKLER
100 SOUTH THIRD ST.
COLUMBUS, OH 43215-4291
OHIO REPUBLICAN PARTY
JASON MAUK
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
211 SOUTH FIFTH STREET
COLUMBUS, OH 43215
ALLEGATIONS: 3517.13(T)
ELECTION: VARIOUS
PRIORS: 2008S-290, 2008S-291, 2008S-292, ET AL
DISPOSITION: 7/16/2009 THE COMMISSION FOUND A VIOLATION OF R.C. §3517.13(T) BUT FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN DID NOT IMPOSE A FINE OR REFER THE MATTER FOR FURTHER PROSECUTION.
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CASE NO. 2009E-008
COMPLAINANT: WARNER MENDENHALL COUNSEL: DONALD GALLICK
430 WOODLAND AVE 190 N UNION ST #201
AKRON, OH 44304 AKRON, OH 44304
330 631-6892
FAX: 330 762-9743
RESPONDENT: JEFF FUSCO
CITIZENS FOR AKRON
2117 FOREST OAK DR
AKRON, OH 44312
WAYNE M JONES
C/O ROETZEL AND ANDRESS, LPA
222 S MAIN ST
AKRON, OH 44308
FAX: (330) 376-4577
ALLEGATIONS: 3517.22(B) (FALSE STATEMENT)
ELECTION: JUNE 23, 2009
PRIORS:
DISPOSITION: 06/04/09 THE COMMISSION FOUND NO PROBABLE CAUSE AND
DISMISSED THE MATTER.
OHIO ELECTIONS COMMISSION
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CASE NO. 2009E-009
COMPLAINANT: MICHAEL C. BOCK
3808 LEFEVRE DR
KETTERING, OH 45429
937 298-8703
RESPONDENT: DR. ROBERT MENGERINK COUNSEL: MIRANDA MOTTER
SUPERINTENDENT OF KETTERING SCHOOLS BRICKER & ECKLER
3750 FAR HILLS AVE 100 S. THIRD ST.
KETTERING, OH 45429 COLS., OH
937 499-1430
ALLEGATIONS: 3517.22(B) (2)(FALSE STATEMENT)
ISSUE: 2009 RENEWAL 6.9 MILL LEVY
ELECTION: MAY 5, 2009
PRIORS:
DISPOSITION: 7/16/09 THE COMMISSION FOUND NO PROBABLE CAUSE AND
DISMISSED.
OHIO ELECTIONS COMMISSION
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CASE NO. 2009G-010
COMPLAINANT: NICK LINK, TREASURER
CHANGE NCH
6407 MEIS AVE.
NORTH COLLEGE HILL, OH 45224
(513) 931 6944
MATTHEW MILLER-NOVAK
DEPUTY TREASURER OF CHANGE NCH
1806 SUNDALE AVE
NORTH COLLEGE HILL, OH 45239
(513) 763-9125
RESPONDENT: ALBERT LONG
7024 CLOVERNOOK AVE
NORTH COLLEGE HILL, OH 45231
(513) 485-0655
ALLEGATIONS: 3517.09(B) (THREATEN BODILY AND FINANCIAL HARM/COERCION
FOR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS)
OFFICE: NORTH COLLEGE HILL COUNCIL
ELECTION:
PRIORS:
DISPOSITION: 8/13/2009 THE COMMISSION FOUND A VIOLATION OF
R.C. §3517.09(B) AND IMPOSED A FINE OF $250.
2/18/2010 RECEIVED MONEY ORDER #16633945146 IN THE AMOUNT OF $250 FROM ALBERT LONG FOR PAYMENT OF THE FINE IMPOSED.
CASE CLOSED
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CASE NO. 2009E-011
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COMPLAINANT: STOW MONROE COUNCIL: DONALD J MCTIGUE
FALLS LEVY COMMITTEE 550 E WALNUT ST.
DR. RUSSELL JONES, SUPERINTENDENT COLUMBUS, OH 43215
. 2713 CALAIS DR
STOW, OH 44224
RESPONDENT: STOW CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE GOV’T COUNSEL:
C. AULT, TREASURER WARNER MENDENHALL
4155 OSAGE ST. 190 NORTH UNION ST.
STOW, OH 44224 SUITE 201
AKRON, OH 44304
330 535-9160
Fax 330 762-9743
INTERESTED SEND NOTICE: RONALD E ALEXANDER
44 MUNROE FALLS AVE
MONROE FALLS, OH 44262
330 688-8820
FAX: 330 688-9234
ALLEGATIONS: §3517.10(D) (FAILURE TO FILE A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE REPORT)
§3517.13(A) (FAILURE TO FILE A PRE-SPECIAL ELECTION REPORT)
§3517.13(C) (FAILURE TO FILE A POST-SPECIAL ELECTION REPORT)
§3517.22(B) (FALSE STATEMENTS)
ISSUE: LEVY
ELECTION: 8/5/08 & 11/4/08
PRIORS:
DISPOSITION: 03/18/2010 THE COMMISSION ACCEPTED THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
ENTERED INTO THE RECORD BY COUNSEL AS FOLLOWS:
PART I : 1.) THE COMMISSION FOUND A VIOLATION OF R.C. §3517.10(A) AND §3517.13(A) AGAINST THE STOW CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE GOV’T FOR A LATE FILING OF THE 2008 POST SPECIAL ELECTION REPORT.
2009E-011
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DISPOSITION: PART 1 (CONT)
2.) THE COMMISSION FOUND A VIOLATION OF R.C. §3517.10(D)(4) AND §3517.13(E) FOR NOT TIMELY FILING RECEIPTS TO THE 2008 POST GENERAL ELECTION REPORT. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE RESPONDENTS AGREE TO FILE THESE RECEIPTS IF THERE ARE ANY RECEIPTS STILL OUTSTANDING.
3.) PARTIES AGREE AND JOINTLY REQUEST THAT AS A PENALTY FOR THESE STIPULATED VIOALTIONS OF R.C.§3517.10(D) AND §3517.13(E), THAT THE COMMISSION FIND A VIOLATION BUT FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN NOT TO IMPOSE A FINE OR REFER THE MATTER FOR FURTHER PROSECUTION.
PART II 1.) RESPONDENT’S STIPULATE TO A VIOLATION BY THE STOW CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE GOV’T OF R.C.§3517.22(B)(2) BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE AS TO THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS:
“SNOW DAYS IN THE WINTER COST APPROXIMATELY $200,000 PER DAY OFF. A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS SYSTEM’S EMPLOYEES ARE PAID FOR THE SNOW DAY, THEN PAID AGAIN IF THE DAY IS MADE UP LATER IN THE YEAR.”
“PLEASE CONSIDER A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TO OUR ORGANIZATION (A REGISTERED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PAC) IN THE STATE OF OHIO). WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE NOT HIGH ON ANYONE’S LIST OF FAVORITE CHARITIES, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.”
“THE TAX WOULD BE PERMANENT”
PART III 1.) THE COMPLAINANT AGREES TO DISMISS ALL REMAINING ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED IN THE COMPLAINT.
THE COMMISSION ACCEPTED THE AGREED SETTLMENT
OHIO ELECTIONS COMMISSION
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CASE NO. 2009E-012
COMPLAINANT: JEAN SCHMIDT COUNSEL: DONALD BREY
SCHMIDT FOR CONGRESS 65 E STATE ST
8280 MONTGOMERY ROAD SUITE 1000
CINCINNATI, OH 45236 COLUMBUS, OH 43215
614 221-4000
FAX: 614 221-4012
CO-COUNSEL: BRUCE FEIN CO-COUNSEL: DAVID SALTZMAN
BRUCE FEIN & ASSOCIATES, INC. SALTZMAN & EVINCH PC
1025 CONNECTICUT AVE. 655 15TH ST., NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20036 SUITE 225-F
WASHINGTON DC 20005
202 637-9877
FAX: 202 637-9876
RESPONDENT: DAVID KRIKORIAN COUNSEL: CHRISTOPHER P FINNEY, ESQ
8132 CAMARGO WOOD S CT JOSHUA B BOLINGER, ESQ
CINCINNATI, OH 45243 SABA & PATTERSON CO LPA
2623 ERIE AVE
CINCINNATI, OH 45208
513 533-2980
(FAX) 513 533-2990
CO COUNSEL: MARK J. GERAGOS
644 S. FIGUEROA ST.
LOS ANGELES, CA 90017
(213) 625-3900
(FAX) (213) 625-1600
CO COUNSEL: CURT C. HARTMAN
3749 FOX POINT COURT
AMELIA, OH 45102
(513) 752-8800
(513) 943-0142
ALLEGATIONS: §3517.21(B)(10) (FALSE STATEMENTS)
OFFICE: 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
ELECTION: NOVEMBER 4, 2008
PRIORS:
DISPOSITION: 10/1/09 THE COMMISSION FOUND A VIOLATION OF R.C. §3517.21(B)(10) BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE AS TO THE STATEMENT:
“I ask the people of Ohio’s second congressional district to ask themselves if our Representative should be taking money from a foreign government that is killing our soldiers?”
AS A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION FOUND BY THE COMMISSION IN THIS CASE, THE COMMISSION DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS GOOD CAUSE PRESENT NOT TO REFER THE MATTER FOR FURTHER PROSECUTION BUT INSTEAD TO ISSUE A LETTER OF PUBLIC REPRIMAND.
OHIO ELECTIONS COMMISSION
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CASE NO. 2009E-013
COMPLAINANT: CARROLL COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY COUNSEL:
GEORGE KEYSER, CHAIRMAN ROBERT J. TSCHOLL
147 AIRPORT RD. S.E. 220 MARKET AVE SOUTH
CARROLLTON, OH 44615 SUITE 1120
CANTON, OH 44702