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FD-350(Rev. 5-8-81) Judicial race (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) NEws yeRAD unites former Date: y]/7/93 Edition: political foes Title: Pamesvile By Phil Trexter Character: News-Herald Staff Writer 10 The last time Steven C Classification: SubomittingOttice:19y-y13 Tourette and Michael A. Cic. conetti shared the sanie plat- form,"LaTourette called his Indexing: then-political opponent a "It's been apparent for some- "DWI time now that there's a small attorney" who "wouldn't recognize a plea group of individuals trying to bargain if it were to come up manipulate the campaign for their own purposes, Wilson and slap him in the face.'. LaTourette But time and a new election Cicconetti Said. "I think it's strictly politics, apparently have ways of changing things. Nowadays "First of all, LaTourette Ybut strange politics. I think, the two share a platform with said of his support, *we were frankly, the voters are smarter a common goal: seeing Paines unable to field a Republican than my opponent gives them ville Municipal Court Judge candidate in the Painesville: credit for.(Having LaTou- Neil R. Wilson become a one- Municipal Court race, so like rette) is no benefit to him. I President Bush once said, we don't know if it will backfire. I term justice. "I think it shows that when didn't have a dog in the fight. , just know the voters are smart you run a good, clean cam- This caused me to examine enough to see through this." paign and the other person 'who was running in the pri-. LaTourette said he has not wins, it doesn't mean you mary and most importantly, been criticized by other GOr can't work together," Cicco- who is most likely to cooperate leaders for supporting a Dem- netti said Tuesday. with others in order to help ocrat. He likens the Republi- "I hope it's. a compliment to the public. All this wasteful can support for Cicconetti to have such a person involved in bickering causes gridlock." the same stream of bi-partisan my campaign. But he's not the He added, *In 1988, we both support that coalesced to put only one. Others have come ran a hard campaign and I was Republican Lake County Sher- out and gotten involved. If iff Daniel A.Dunlap into the ,office held by Republican in- people want a choice for judge, this is probably the last oppor- fortunate to come out ahead (cumbent Sheriff Patrick Boop I nean nueeon a nnn Walsh. tunity they'll have for the next respect him as a man or an "The days voting straight six years. attorney and our past race party lines are over," LaTou- Because no Republican has surfaced in the judicial race, doesn't mean I ~question rette said. 'If you look at the the Cicconetti-wilson winner whether he'll be a good judge. past several elections, voters will likely go unopposed in I think he'll make a fine are looking for the best candi- November and win the bench. judge.' date, regardless of party affili- LaTourette, a Republican As a Republican, LaTourette ation.' who whipped Cicconetti five is not alone in jumping party lines in support of Cicconetti. SEARCHED_ NDEXED years ago in the 1988 race for Lake County prosecutor, is Also spotted sharing the cam- SERIALIZED FILED pictured shaking hands with era lense in a group photo with Cicconetti inside the Demo- Cicconetti are Andy Totin, MAY 3 1993 cratic Iawyer's recently re- Lake County clerk of courts; b6 leased campaign literature. Wendall Walker, Painesville FBICLEVELAND b7C In the pamphlet, LaTourette City Council's president; John does not come out and en- F. Clair, a Painesville council- dorse Cicconetti. In fact, all ,man, and Phil Haskell, a Perry voters,get is the photo with a Township trustee. All are Re- nearby caption reading, "We : publicans. need a system that works to- Wilson said he is neither sur- gether.' LaTourette is not prised nor impressed with the 194 -413-Su54 - quoted in any of the pam- party crossovers. phlet's four pages. fei/dOJ