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Jan Scotland Sets His Sights on a County Commissioner Seat
By Fletcher Word
Sojourner’s Truth Editor
Jan Scotland, State Farm Insurance Agency owner and one-time
member of Toledo City Council, has decided to run for the
Lucas County Board of Commissioners, the longtime Republican
told The Truth this week.
Scotland, also a contributor to this newspaper in the recent
past, was asked by newly-elected head of the Lucas County
Republican Party, Jon Stainbrook, to consider a campaign for
the seat currently held by Democrat Tina Skeldon Wozniak.
That seat will be in play in the November 2008 general
election.
Scotland was appointed by the Republican Party to serve on
Toledo City Council in 1987 and subsequently lost an
election bid the following year. Jack Ford finished ahead of
Scotland in that contest and started his career as an
elected official.
Scotland ran for office on two later occasions – against
June Boyd for a district council seat and against Ford for a
state representative position – losing both times.
For the past 10 years, Scotland has run the Sleepy Hollow
Athletic League offering over 2,000 youths from around the
city an opportunity to compete in sports such as golf,
soccer, baseball and softball. “The idea is for kids around
the city to get to know one another,” he said. “The league
teaches respect for authority as well as the games
themselves.”
Scotland has also served on a host of boards over the years
such as the Frederick Douglass Community Center, the NAACP
Freedom Fund Banquet, the Civil Service Commission. He is
chairman of the UT/MUO President’s Council for the
Recruitment and Retention of African American Students. |
