Thank you District 46 voters

I want to thank the voters of District 46 for their support in yesterday's election. Across Ohio, citizens sent a loud and clear message that they want change for our state. I congratulate my opponent and ask that Mr. Wagoner work with our new Governor Ted Strickland and the new general assembly on issues of importance to Ohioans including the creation of an equitable solution to our public school funding dilemma, restructuring of our state agencies, including the Bureau of Workers Compensation, to promote efficiency in the delivery of services to our citizens, and programs which work to better the lives of the middle class rather than a few special interests.

I would also like to congratulate the successful candidates for their wins and the unsuccessful candidates for their role in our democratic process. Your efforts are helping to drive the movement for positive change in our community.

My wife Heather, daughters Caitlin and Sophia, and I are grateful for the wonderful help of friends and family who came together to support our campaign and work for positive change in Western Lucas County. Renewing old relationships and forging new ones, we put forth a great grass roots effort and we have made a difference.

I would also like to thank my friends in the labor community for their support of my candidacy. I am proud to have received the endorsement of major players as the UAW, Teamsters, and AFL-CIO, the Ohio Federation of Teachers, the Northwest Ohio Building Trades and others . Please know that I will always work with you to continue to support the rights of hard working men and women who want nothing more than a chance to pursue the American Dream.

In closing, I want to again thank those who have stood with me through the past seven months. Against great odds, we were able to put forth an agenda for change, and we must continue to work to see that those who represent us do so with the common good in mind in order to make this state a better place for our children and grandchildren.

Thank you and god bless you and your families.

Mark Dansack

Reason # 5 to vote Dansack for District 46 State Rep.

Press Release, November 6 , 2006
For immediate release

Mark Dansack Stands for Change in Ohio, Mark Wagoner protects the status quo.

Beginning October 31, Mark Dansack will be recapping over the next week the reasons why residents of District 46 will be better served by electing a voice for positive change in Ohio rather than his opponent, who embraces the present "pay to play" dynamics now running rampant in Columbus.

Reason #5, It's (past) time for a change in Ohio

Tonight, all Ohioans from Lucas County to Hamilton County to Franklin County to Cuyahoga County and all points north and south and east and west stand at the gateway of change. Change to a government which stands for the common good rather than special interests; change which looks out for and assists the middle and lower class rather than the richest few; change which honestly attempts to solve problems such as our public school funding dilemma rather than to irresponsibly push these problems off into the future; change which will eliminate the "corruption tax" in Ohio and put those dollars to use for the public good rather than for a favored few.

My wife Heather, daughters Caitlin, Sophia and I are grateful for the wonderful help of friends and family who came together to support this movement for positive change in Western Lucas County. Renewing old relationships and forging new ones, we put forth a great grass roots effort to achieve positive change in Ohio and regardless of the outcome, we have made a difference.

I was reminded this evening by my older daughter of what is most important to me . Caitlin(age 5) has unfortunately gotten used to her Daddy leaving in the evenings for events and meetings throughout the past seven months, many times after grabbing a quick dinner. Tonight she asked me if I was staying home or if I had to go out to another meeting. When I told her I was staying home, her face lit up and she proclaimed, 'Yea! Daddy's staying home tonight'!

It is for our children, yours and mine, that we decide to become involved and try to make this world a better place in which to live. Whether you volunteer at a senior center, an elementary school, a soup kitchen, or in any other way, the positive difference that you make in someone's life can certainly affect the quality of life in your community.

I have had the great honor and priviledge to run on the same ticket with men like Ted Strickland and Lee Fisher, Marc Dann and Richard Cordray and women like Jennifer Brunner and Barbara Sykes, and distinguished candidates like Ben Espy and William O'Neill. We can and we will turn around Ohio and make it a better place for our children and grandchildren, where jobs are plentiful and every child has the opportunity for a first class education. We can eliminate the fraud and waste in our governmental agencies and funnel those funds toward the common good.

As this campaign comes to an end, it is merely the beginning of a new day in District 46 and the rest of Ohio. The farmer I met in Swanton, the auto workers I spoke with in Maumee and the teachers who helped me in Whitehouse all want the same things. They want good jobs, a chance for their children to get a great education, and like all the rest of us, they want their public officials to be held accountable to a higher standard. I absolutely ask that you hold me accountable when I am elected and I also ask that you are there with me in helping to address our concerns and issues that will shape our future.

In closing, I want to again thank those who have stood with me throughout the past seven months. Against great odds, we were able to put forth an agenda for change, and god willing, I will be there in January, 2007 to help Ted Strickland address our challenges in a straight-forward manner and help lead our state back to a role of prominence in our nation.

Thank you and god bless all of you who are working every day to make this world a better place for all of our children. Have a great evening.

Mark

Reason # 4 to vote Dansack for District 46 State Rep.

Press Release, November 5 , 2006

For immediate release
Mark Dansack Stands for Change in Ohio, Mark Wagoner protects the status quo.

Beginning October 31, Mark Dansack will be recapping over the next week the reasons why residents of District 46 will be better served by electing a voice for positive change in Ohio rather than his opponent, who embraces the present "pay to play" dynamics now running rampant in Columbus.

Reason #4, Honesty and Integrity

Mark Dansack has conducted his campaign with the highest degree of honesty and integrity. He has focused, from the infancy of his campaign as a write-in candidate to attempt to make the November ballot, on giving the citizens of District 46 a choice between positive change and the status quo in Ohio which has seen ethical lapses by our governor and others in state government, corruption running rampant within the Bureau of Workers Compensation resulting in the waste of billions of taxpayer dollars, no-bid contracts awarded to GOP contributors, jobs leaving our area at an alarming rate, and no progress being made on our public school funding dilemma.

Mark Dansack comments, "For most of the campaign, Mark Wagoner acquitted himself quite well with respect to his candidacy. However, for much of the last five to six weeks, he has innundated the District 46 residents with negative flyers and negative TV commercials, knowingly misrepresenting my position on taxes. I've heard from many citizens in the district who are sick of these tactics, not only locally, but at the state and national level as well".

"With respect to honesty, there are two key moments that come to mind for me in the campaign which call into question Mr. Wagoner's honesty and credibility. The first was a student forum at Anthony Wayne High School that we attended together on September 25, 2006. One of the questions from the student audience was asked of both myself and Mr. Wagoner. ' Have you ever received a $10,000 contribution from an individual?' My opponent and I answered no. The records, however, reflect that Mr. Wagoner accepted a $10,000 contribution from Wayne Boich of Miami Beach, Fla on September 19, 2006.

The second incident occurred when we met with the editors of The Blade for our endorsement interview. One of the editors asked Mr. Wagoner if, in fact, he believed that some of the flyers accusing me of wanting to raise taxes were "over the top". Mr Wagoner sheepishly admitted that they were "over the top", and his response has been to continue to mail, mail, and mail some more to the point that some of the letter carriers in Maumee are voting for me simply because my opponent is making their job so difficult with the additional weight of the trash Mr. Wagoner and the ORP is sending out on his behalf that they are being forced to carry. At least the mail carriers in Maumee and elsewhere don't have to tote his rancid TV commercials around in their mail bag!"

"Two situations, when given the choice between doing the honorable thing or not, and my opponent chose to do the wrong thing. Makes one wonder how many other situations may be out there that we don't know about in which the same course of action is being taken".

Dansack concludes, "No matter the outcome on November 7, I'll walk away knowing that I have conducted an issues oriented campaign, trying to encourage a dialogue about jobs, education funding, and cleaning up the mess which is our state government. I'll also walk away with my personal integrity, which is not for sale, no matter what the price".

Thank you and have a great evening,

Mark

Reason # 3 to vote Dansack for District 46 State Rep.

Press Release, November 3 , 2006

For immediate release
Mark Dansack Stands for Change in Ohio, Mark Wagoner protects the status quo.

Beginning October 31, Mark Dansack will be recapping over the next several days the reasons why residents of District 46 will be better served by electing a voice for positive change in Ohio rather than his opponent, who embraces the present "pay to play" dynamics now running rampant in Columbus.

Reason #3, Life experiences

Mark Dansack has long been involved in the Northwest Ohio community. From his early years on, Dansack has been working in his community for positive change. As a teenager, he served as a volunteer athletic coach in his community giving back to his hometown. As a young adult, Dansack became involved in campaigns of Democratic candidates who stood for positive change and also volunteered for the American Heart Association and American Leukemia Society.


Dansack paid his way through college, earning a degree in Engineering and worked for 18 years in manufacturing in Toledo with General Mills, Inc. While at General Mills, while working 50-60 hour weeks, he pursued his Master's degree in Public Administration at the University of Toledo, earning the prestigious McNamara Award in 1996. He completed an internship at the Urban Affairs Center, participating in a landmark study on insurance redlining in the Toledo area with the Fair Housing Center.

In 2001, Dansack learned that General Mills, Inc would cease operations in 2002 as the corporation had become too productive across the country, making necessary the closure of the Toledo Plant.

Dansack comments on the meeting where he and nearly 500 co-workers learned they would lose their jobs, " I looked around at these proud, productive workers who had met every goal the company had set for the previous 24 months, and could see the fear in their eyes that life as they knew it was about to change. Unfortunately, we're seeing more of the same in the Northwest Ohio region, with the Maumee Stamping Plant and ConAgra announcing future closures of their facilities".

"We have the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) at the Federal level to assist these workers in seeking education and training for a new career, but we don't have compatible programs at the state level to complement WIA. One of my goals is to establish programs to help retrain these displaced workers, who have in most cases done nothing wrong, but become too productive, making their positions obsolete".

Dansack moved on after General Mills left town, and has worked an a legal aid with Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault & Schaffer for the past three years. In working with workers compensation clients of limited means , Dansack is reminded every day of the failures of the broken system the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation has become.

"What was begun as an insurance system to protect the rights of injured workers has become a mass of bureaucratic red tape that often finds injured workers waiting weeks and even months to get basic treatment and testing they need to get better. The system is broken, and my opponent voted for Senate Bill 7, which is basically a bandaid on a surgical wound. I have called for a complete overhaul of the system, as it is simply not working for Ohioans and results in the waste of billions of taxpayer dollars".

Dansack is also concerned about school funding, as he is well aware of the Ohio Supreme Court decision that the way we fund our schools in Ohio is unconstitutional. "Ted Strickland is on record for wanting to address this dilemma and I will support our next Governor to tackle this situation that the current administration and legislature hasn't had the courage to confront. My opponent supports the status quo for education funding".

Dansack and his wife, Heather, are the parents of two young daughters and they are concerned about the cost of higher education in Ohio. "We're pricing our children out of a college education in Ohio, and we need to make education a priority that it hasn't been in Ohio in the past 16 years".

"I bring a wealth of experiences to the table that cannot be taught in a classroom. I have empathy for citizens who are going through similar situations as I have and can better understand the plight of displaced workers at Ford, ConAgra and elsewhere, because I've lived it. Hopefully, this insight will enable me to work toward solutions that work for these hard-working men and women as they re-establish themselves in the workforce".

Mark Dansack will be a voice for positive change in Ohio as he understands the plight and challenges of middle class citizens in District 46. By comparison, Dansack's opponent is a lawyer and a first-term state representative who can't even tell the truth in his campaign advertisements.

Residents of District 46, the choice is simple. Elect a representative whose real life experiences will assist him in formulating policies that work for middle class Ohioans, who want nothing more than the opportunity to pursue the American Dream for themselves and their children. Or re-elect a first term legislator who surely is sufficiently ambitious, but whose ambition has overwhelmed his integrity as he conducts his campaign for re-election.