Barberton Municipal Court, which serves the communities of Copley Township, Norton, Barberton, Clinton, New Franklin, Coventry Township and Green

On Nov. 8, vote for the candidate who is

Accomplished

Fair

Tough

ENDORSED BY

the Area's Largest Labor Organization!

Tri-County Regional Labor Council

Also Endorsed by

AFSCME Council 8, AFL-CIO

National Association of Letter Carriers-Branch 148

United Steel Workers, Local 2L AFL-CIO-CLC

Vote

Stephen Dyer

for Barberton Municipal Court Judge

An Extraordinary Lawmaker

will make

An Extraordinary Judge

I have already met and spoken with many of you throughout the district, and look forward to meeting many more of you. I want to hear your ideas and concerns about the Barberton Municipal Court so we can make it the best Court in the state.

Just a little about me.

As an Award-Wining Lawmaker, I spent the last four years writing many of the laws I would be interpreting as Barberton's next Municipal Court Judge, including those protecting us from multiple DUI offenders, sex offenders with the Adam Walsh Act, and unscrupulous lenders by helping to reign in Pay Day lenders.

I had the honor and distinction of serving on the House Criminal Justice, Judiciary and Civil and Commercial Law committees. In addition, I served on the Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission and worked to reform the state's criminal sentencing structure. 

My work reforming the laws governing Debt Settlement Companies earned me the honor of teaching a Continuing Legal Education class on the subject to other lawyers.

In addition, my work that created a new school funding system in Ohio (it would have reduced the need for property taxes to pay for schools by an average of about $400 per $100,000 home) received a national award for being the country's most "bold, courageous, non-partisan" education reform of 2009.

Prior to becoming a lawyer and lawmaker, I was an award-winning journalist at the Akron Beacon Journal and received a Pulitzer Prize nomination in 2003.

I have the experience and temperament to make the Barberton Municipal Court the most professional, effective and innovative Municipal Court in the State of Ohio. For such a court best ensures the protection of its citizens -- and that's the most important thing Judges do -- Keep Us Safe. As a victim of a violent crime myself, I understand how important it is to keep our communities safe.

I have also practiced law in Barberton Municipal Court.

I have never run for an office while holding another. I pledge to you, the residents of the Barberton Municipal Court District, that I will not run for another office while I sit on the Barberton Court. Serving you will be the honor of my life!

Sincerely,

Stephen Dyer