Gov. Ted Strickland has appointed the first seven members of the Ohio Casino Control Commission.
Vanessa Whiting, a Cleveland Heights resident who is a partner with the Roetzel & Andress law firm, will join five downstaters and a Toledo-area man on the panel that will oversee the operation
Other members of the commission are Greta Russell, controller at Ohio State University; Joseph Rugola, executive director of the Ohio Association of Public School Employees; and attorney and former state Rep. Charles Saxbe, all of Columbus. Rounding out the commission are Michael Bolte of Harrison, a retired Cincinnati police officer; Jerry Chabler of Sylvania, a member of the board of directors for the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority; and William Kirkham, a Cincinnati attorney.
Four of the appointees are Democrats, three are Republicans.
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