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I have met him, and he was just a typical pol. My son had a run in with him at a golf course a few years ago, over what would be a long story, but the bottom line is, yes, he is a nasty jerk. He got a speeding ticket shortly after he got elected, or maybe before, not sure, but he called the Trooper a moron, or some other derogatory name, publicly, and had to apologize. That is what I know personally. I have heard other stories but that is my personal knowledge. People are still mad about the Medicaid thing.

I lived in Cbus for 25 years. We raised our kids there. We had a job change a few years, so had to move, but still feel a strong connection to Ohio. Our daughter worked as a waitress after college for six months before she found her career job (she’s a neurophysiologist), and she had an interaction with him which took place while he was running for governor. She waitressed at The Columbus Club, where all the movers and shakers in town belong or are frequent guests. He was there for a luncheon and fundraising. I believe she told me it was several hundred dollars a plate.

He arrived late, made several specific requests that weren’t on the menu, and they had to scramble around to fulfill his request. He was rude to the waitstaff, including her, and to the other guests who had paid handsomely for a few minutes of his time. Apparently he talked nonstop, and didn’t take any questions. To top it off, he took not one bite of the food they had made especially for him.

She has worked as a waitress at other country clubs before that job, and said she had never run across anyone as self-important as he was, and she has waited on some pretty high-maintenance men and women.

I wrote him a letter after that, but I’m sure it went right into the circular file.