prior to DEMOCRAT COLEMAN was REPUBLICAN LASHUTKA who built the 60 million rainy day fund and who had a budget deficit of 500 thousand his last year in office.
Actually, prior to Greg Lashutka, Columbus' mayor office was occupied by Rs all the way back to the late 60s. Dana (Buck - outta my way, I'm gonna use this dozer to know down that wall) Rinehart and Tom Moody. Now, they can't even field a viable candidate. Never understood that. Lashutka retired in 1999, (actually, he's working for Nationwide Insurance now) in good graces with the public. Now, there's nothing.