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Coffee with the Candidate

by Loveland Local News

Conversations with those who are running for the Loveland, Ohio City Council or the Loveland City School District school board. Journalist Joe Wessels talks with each candidate to learn more about them ahead of Election Day 2021.

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Episodes

  1. ANALYSIS: Hart, Oury and Phelps: Loveland City Council “No Shows” Edition

    Published October 26, 2021. LOVELAND, Ohio — There are three candidates for Loveland City Council who chose not participate in the Coffee with the Candidate podcast, so we decided to invite a local political watcher to help analyze what's going on with their campaigns. Incumbents Neal Oury and…

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  2. Coffee with Elizabeth Mason: Loveland school board candidate, financial specialist

    Published October 24, 2021. LOVELAND, Ohio — Elizabeth Mason wants to be on the school board to get things back on track. Mason met with Loveland Local News Publisher Joe Wessels at the Loveland branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County to discuss why she is running, why she...

  3. Coffee with Kim Lukens: Loveland City Council candidate, counselor

    Published October 24, 2021. LOVELAND, Ohio — Kim Lukens would make a few changes if she were elected to the Loveland City Council. The first-time candidate and counselor told Loveland Local News she sees problems in the city and wants to be on City Council to make things right. One of her big...

  4. Coffee with Eileen Washburn: school board incumbent, teacher

    Published October 24, 2021. LOVELAND, Ohio — Eileen Washburn has education in her blood. The incumbent Loveland City School Board member, vying for her second term, is also a teacher in the Lakota school system. Loveland Local News publisher, Joe Wessels, talks to Washburn about her passion for...

  5. Coffee with Kip Ping: Loveland City Council candidate, engineer

    Published October 24, 2021. LOVELAND, Ohio — Kip Ping is making his first attempt at becoming a Loveland City Council member. Ping says being on City Council is about being responsive to the citizens and he sits down with Loveland Local News Publisher Joe Wessels to discuss how he'd do that. The...

  6. Coffee with Elliot Grossman: school board candidate, education communications consultant

    Published October 24, 2021. LOVELAND, Ohio — Elliot Grossman touts his communications and community engagement work with local school districts when he talks about why he should be elected to the Loveland school board. The former newspaperman who came to Cincinnati to work at The Enquirer as an...

  7. Coffee with Al Juram: Loveland school board candidate, business leader

    Published October 24, 2021. LOVELAND, Ohio — Al Juram has touched countless lives in and around Loveland as an active coach and board member of various sports leagues. Now the business leader wants to take his know-how and apply it and his love for working with area children to being a school…

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  8. Coffee with Jonathan Eilert: Loveland school board candidate, pastor

    Published October 24, 2021. LOVELAND, Ohio — Jonathan Eilert is a pastor with a passion - and he wants to take that to the Loveland school board. Eilert leads the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church at the corner of West Loveland Avenue and South Lebanon Road which has about 1,200 members. Even with...

  9. Coffee with Colette Boyko: Loveland school board candidate, software company associate

    Published October 24, 2021. LOVELAND, Ohio — Colette Boyko says the best part of running for the school board has been getting to know so many people in the community. The candidate for the Loveland City School District school board thinks her listening skills will be her key to success as a…

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  10. Coffee with Tim Butler: Loveland City Councilman, attorney…spinning instructor?

    Published October 24, 2021. LOVELAND, Ohio — Tim Butler is wrapping up his first term on Loveland City Council in a very different place from where he started. Having run with three other Council members last time, one, Vice Mayor Rob Weisgerber, isn't running after nearly 30 years on Council…

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  11. Coffee with Eric Schwetschenau: appointed Loveland school board and candidate Nov. 2

    Published October 24, 2021. LOVELAND, Ohio — Eric Schwetshenau never exactly envisioned a turn toward the political, but that's where he found himself in 2020 when a long-time school board member resigned. Schwetshenau, pronounced "Shhh-wet-shuh-now," who is a successful otolaryngologic surgeon...

  12. Coffee with Anna Bunker: Loveland school board candidate

    Published October 24, 2021. LOVELAND, Ohio — Anna Bunker is a mom and an active member of the Loveland community - including opposing the last two school levies in a big way. Now she's running to be a part of the school board she once opposed. Bunker sat down with Loveland Local News Publisher…

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  13. Coffee with incumbent Kevin Dougherty, Loveland school board candidate

    Published September 26, 2021. LOVELAND, Ohio — There's one person on the ballot this fall who isn't really too worried about how many votes he will need. And he's a guest on the inaugural "Coffee with the Candidate" podcast. Kevin Dougherty, an appointed incumbent Loveland City School District...

  14. PODCAST: “Coffee with the Candidate” interviews those seeking office in Loveland

    LOVELAND, Ohio — Loveland Local News brings you “Coffee with the Candidate,” a conversation with Editor Joe Wessels, focusing on the candidacy of 16 different people running to either be on the Loveland City Council or the Loveland City School District school board. We sit down with those who…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Conversations with those who are running for the Loveland, Ohio City Council or the Loveland City School District school board. Journalist Joe Wessels talks with each candidate to learn more about them ahead of Election Day 2021.

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Conversations with those who are running for the Loveland, Ohio City Council or the Loveland City School District school board. Journalist Joe Wessels talks with each candidate to learn more about them ahead of Election Day 2021.

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