During the November 3, 2015 election, Hardin County voters are being asked to consider the legalization of Marijuana (as defined in O.R.C. 2925.01(A)(A)). It is known as Issue 3. The procedure called for by Issue 3, is to amend our State Constitution to grant a monopoly to a private business enterprise, bypassing the State Legislature where most laws are passed. Myself and each of the undersigned individuals are united against Issue 3.

McGUFFEY — The mayor’s race in McGuffey will feature the acting mayor against two challengers. When Mayor Gary Conley resigned this summer, council president Greg Howard agreed to be acting mayor, while continuing to hold onto his council seat. Howard will seek election to the mayor’s chair in the Nov. 3 election. He is opposed by Terry Donnal and Aaron Huff.

McGUFFEY — Changes in local income tax regulations will require small municipalities such as McGuffey to pass legislation by the end of the year or risk losing that revenue. Jim Meyer, a consultant with the village of McGuffey, advised the town’s council on Monday night to draft legislation to meet the state’s demands as laid out in HB 5.

A group of Hardin County leaders stand behind State Rep. Robert Cole Sprague in support of his opposition to the marijuana legalization issue on the November general election ballot.

Several contested seats in Hardin County will be decided this fall in the general election. The deadline for filing non-partisan petitions to run in November was Wednesday at 4 p.m.

There are several openings for mayors, council members, board of education members, trustees and fiscal officers throughout Hardin County, but few taking steps to fill those spots in the fall election.

Another candidate will try the write-in route in the race for Kenton mayor in the November general election. Joe Hord, a former city councilman who last served in the 1980s, filed his candidacy with the Hardin County Board of Elections.

The one-vote victory of Kenton Mayor Randy Manns in the May 5 Republican primary was confirmed in a recount conducted Wednesday by the Hardin County Board of Elections.

By the narrowest of margins, Kenton Mayor Randy Manns appears to be on the way to another four years in office. Manns received two of the three provisional votes tabulated Wednes-day afternoon by the Hardin County Board of Elections to claim a 207-206 victory in the Republican primary over challenger Councilman Tom Taylor.

It will be an anxious next two weeks for Kenton mayoral candidates Randy Manns and Tom Taylor. After the votes were tallied in Tuesday’s Republican primary, Manns and Taylor were tied with 205 votes each.