Politics & Government
Watch: Ohio Rep. Lorraine Fende Criticizes State Budget
Fende says Ohio's budget just passed state-level problems to the local government
The Lake County Development Council held its annual legislative breakfast Monday at .
U.S. Rep. Steven LaTourette, Ohio State Sen. John Eklund, Ohio Reps. Ron Young and Lorraine Fende, Lake County Commissioner Dan Troy and Max Blachman, a representative for U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, spoke at the breakfast and answered questions from the audience.
Fende touched on several topics during her talk, including , and .
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Fende said the Ohio budget -- with its cuts to the local government fund -- simply passed the state's problems to the local level.
In addition to being a state legislator, Fende is running in the primary to be the . Her opponents are Mentor-on-the-Lake Mayor John Rogers and Perry Township Fiscal Officer Christine Page.
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One of them will face the winner of the Republican primary -- either Riverside Board of Education Member Belinda Grassi or attorney Bob Patterson in November.
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