Governor Ted Strickland has named his seven-person Ohio Gaming Control Board. Each member will receive $60,000 for their part-time jobs of introducing rules and regulations and overseeing track racinos and casinos

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All face confirmation by the state senate and the results of next month’s gubernatorial election.

The seven individuals are listed below.

• (Chairman) Charles Saxbe (a Columbus attorney and member of a distinguished legal family which includes a former U.S. Attorney General)
• William Kirkham (an attorney)
• Michael Bolte (former Cincinnati police captain)
• Greta Russell (Ohio State University controller)
• Vanessa Whiting (an attorney)
• Jerry Chabler (former racing commissioner)
• Joseph Rugola (executive director of Ohio’s Assn. of Public School Employees)

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