LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) — Democratic candidate for Ohio attorney general John Kulewicz visited Lima on Saturday, telling supporters that his more than 40 years of legal experience has prepared him to serve as the state's top law enforcement officer.
Kulewicz said his decades as an attorney have equipped him to make the split-second decisions required of the attorney general. He also called for greater transparency at JobsOhio, the private nonprofit organization that receives state funding to attract businesses to Ohio.
After traveling to all 88 counties, Kulewicz said Ohioans are working hard, and he wants to work just as hard on their behalf.
“The main thing that I want people to know is that I care about how the economy of Ohio affects all of us. I want to do everything the Attorney General can do to make the economy of Ohio work better for everybody. And that starts with fighting consumer fraud, wage theft, monopolies, exorbitant utility rates, just making sure that we have somebody there fighting for us to keep life affordable for everybody,” says John Kulewicz, Democratic Candidate for Ohio Attorney General.
Kulewicz also said the next attorney general should continue pusing for the trial against former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and former Senior Vice President Michael Dowling, who are accused of participating in a $60 million bribery scheme to secure the passage of a more than $1 billion FirstEnergy bailout by the Ohio General Assembly in 2019.
Jury selection in the case is scheduled to begin in late January, with testimony expected to start in early February in Summit County Common Pleas Court in Akron.
“The company, First Energy, has pleaded guilty to bribery. The two top executives are on and will be going to trial in January on charges of corruption. As I have made a commitment that as the next Attorney General, I will move forward with that trial. We awaited too long for justice to be rendered in the state of Ohio. My opponent will not make that commitment. He is laying the groundwork, I believe, for a dismissal of the charges once he's elected. He will not tell us his position until after the election,” adds Kulewicz.
Kulewicz is facing Republican Keith Faber, Ohio's current state auditor, in the Nov. 5 general election.
