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Welcome to our web site!
I am running for state representative because I believe we must sent a representative to Columbus who will address
the issues facing regular citizens.
My campaign will focus on the issues that Ohioans care about: affordable health care, economic fairness, quality
public education, and bringing renewable energy manufacturing jobs to the valley. I am not afraid to call for Health Care
for All Ohioans, economic justice, and nothing less than a renewal of America's sense of community and promise of equal opportunity
for all citizens.
There was a time when the 60th District of Ohio was the most progressive area in the state. However, one-party
rule has stopped progress in our valley. I am the progressive candidate who can restore progress to the 60th district
of Youngstown, Struthers, Campbell, Lowellville, Coitsville Township, and Austintown Township.
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We'd like to thank everyone we met at the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Boardman on Sunday, March 16, 2008! It
was a pleasure to to talk to you and explain our platform as we make this grassroots campaign for state representative. It's
time we elect a state representative who will listen to the people of the valley, instead of the over 100 lobbyists and PACS
that current State Representative Bob Hagan listens too!
See you down the road as our campaign continues!!!
Running a campaign is a significant challenge. It is difficult to get a message out to as many people as possible in a short
time. This web site is a great way to quickly introduce ourselves and educate visitors on the key issues of the campaign.
We hope you'll find the information you need on this site to make an informed decision. We look forward to hearing
from you if you have any questions or need further information.
Ohio Green Party 10 Key Values
TEN KEY VALUES
1. Ecological Wisdom
How can we operate human societies with the understanding that we are part of nature, not on top of it?
2. Grassroots Democracy
How can we develop systems that allow and encourage us to control the decisions that affect our lives?
3. Social Justice
How can we respond to human suffering in ways that promote dignity?
4. Non-violence
How can we, as a society, develop effective alternatives to our current patterns of violence, at all levels,
from the family and the street to nations and the world?
5. Decentralization
How can we restore power and responsibility to individuals, institutions, communities, and regions?
6. Community-Based Economics
How can we redesign our work structures to encourage employee ownership and workplace democracy?
7. Feminism
How can we replace the cultural ethics of dominance and control with more cooperative ways of interacting?
8. Respect for Diversity
How can we honor cultural, ethnic, racial, sexual, religious and spiritual diversity within the context of individual
responsibility to all beings?
9. Global Responsibility
How can we be of genuine assistance to grassroots groups in the Third World?
10. Future Focus
How can we induce people and institutions to think in terms of the long-range future, and not just in terms
of their short-range selfish interest?
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My Progessive Core Values- Family Values I Believe Help Raise a Responsible, Caring Family.
Caring and responsibility , carried with our strength.
Protection, fulfillment in life, fairness.
Freedom, opportunity, prosperity.
Community service, cooperation.
Trust, honesty, open communication.
Our Candidate-Dennis Spisak
Dennis was one of the first Green Party Candidates to be elected in Ohio back in 2005 when he was elected to
the Board of Education for the Struthers City School System.
As a Board of Education member, he was able to help take the district out of state fiscal control and debt and return
the system to financial health in 2 years with the help of his fellow board members.
Also as a Struthers Board of Education member, he worked with the Save our Stadium Committee and the Board of Education
to tear down and rebuild the football stadium without using additional taxpayer money.
As principal of Southern Local High School in Coulmbiana County, his school
was named a “School of Promise” by the Ohio Department
of Education for 2003/2004 school year. He also received a State Improvement Incentive Award for $50,000 for an 83% improvement
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state proficiency tests.
Dennis is married to his wife Molly, who teaches special needs children at
Lynn Kirk School. Their oldest child is a 2007 graduate of Struthers High School who now attends
Youngstown State University. They have two children in the Struthers City Schools with autism.
Dennis is a 1977 graduate of Struthers High School. He received his Bachelor's Degree
from Ohio University and his Masters Degree from The Ohio State University. He received his principal certification from the
University of Dayton and his superintendent certification from Ashland University.
Dennis Spisak has 23 years of experience in the field of education. He was a
classroom teacher at Centerville High School and served as an Assistant Principal for a combined
7 years at Genoa High School, Fairless High School, and Struthers High School. While at Genoa High School he also served as
the District's Athletic Director. Dennis was head principal at Southern Local High School in Coulmbiana
County for 7 years and also served as assistant principal at Indian River High School, a Department of Youth Services for
the state of Ohio that housed 350 youth prisioners.
Currently Dennis is principal at Brookfield Middle School in Trumbull County.
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