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CANTON — Stark County Recorder Jamie Walters accused his predecessor Rick Campbell of failing to make a required third-quarter $500,000 payment to the state's housing trust fund by the required deadline, costing the county about $5,000. Walters' remarks came Tuesday during an update to the county commissioners about his first few months since he was sworn in on Jan. 4. Commissioner Janet Weir Creighton, a Republican, asked whether the missed payment was due to the election in November, change of staff when Walters took over the office or incompetence. “Commissioner, your guess is as g...

Setting up a national railway safety team By Robert Wang 魯伯非 Within a few short years, the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) has experienced two major train crashes — the 2018 derailment of a Puyuma Express train and that of a Taroko Express train on April 2. These two crashes killed a total of 68 people. Putting aside the question of who should resign, the Executive Yuan should quickly establish a “national TRA safety team” along the lines of the “national mask team” that was set up last year to supply the public with masks. Minister Without Portfolio Chang Jing-sen (張�...

The elections board indicated it is considering legal action against commissioners' decision on Wednesday. The Board of Elections announced Friday it will meet in a closed-door session at 2:30 p.m. Monday apparently to discuss whether it will ask a judge to reverse the decision. In a statement issued in response Friday afternoon, the Stark County commissioners office, said, "It is disappointing that anyone is threatening lawsuits that waste taxpayer money. It is also unfortunate that the Board of Elections misrepresented to the public and the commissioners the true cost difference separ...

Stark County commissioners reject Dominion voting machine purchase CANTON  The Stark County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to reject funding the purchase of 1,450 new Dominion touch-screen voting machines. Commissioners Bill Smith, Richard Regula and Janet Weir Creighton, all Republicans, voted against accepting a recommendation by the Stark County Board of Elections to fund the purchase. None of them commented during the teleconference meeting. All of them said from December to February that dozens to hundreds of Trump's supporters in Stark County contacted the commis...

Stark County commissioners expect to make a decision by March 15 on whether to approve buying Dominion voting machines for the general election in November, said Commissioner Bill Smith. A vote could take place on Wednesday at the three-member board's weekly teleconference meeting, he said. It would be up to Stark County Administrator Brant Luther by Tuesday whether to put the item on the Wednesday agenda. Smith said he has not yet decided if he'll vote to approve the purchase. Commissioners have met a few times in closed-door sessions to discuss the purchase of public property and met wi...