Press Release Covey Campaign for Stark County Treasurer
July 4, 2020 For
Immediate Release
Re: Craig Covey for
Stark County Treasurer Campaign
Candidate Not Seeking Campaign Contributions For
Election
Any contributions to be distributed to local charities
(Canton) Craig Covey, Democratic candidate for Stark County Treasurer,
is announcing that he will not be seeking or using any monetary donations or
contributions from PACS, political organizations, or individuals in his efforts
to become the next Stark County Treasurer. He is paying for campaign costs with
his own resources. Any funds received by the campaign committee – Friends of
Craig Covey, will be donated to Stark County based charities, with an emphasis
on groups helping residents during the current economic and pandemic
crisis.
He has also decided that the campaign will be as green as possible,
with printing only done with recycled materials.
Covey is also announcing that should the voters of Stark County decide
to elect him to this office, he will be donating ten percent of the treasurer
salary to local charities as well.
“I’m declaring this campaign and my efforts
independent of any and all influences based on donations or funding from any
sources or special interests,” says Covey.
“I want to make Stark County a better place to live and work. For too long our region has suffered from a
stasis that is reluctant to try new ideas and use creativity and best practices
to solve problems and bring us to a brighter, modern and enlightened future,”
he added.
The campaign is seeking endorsements and will accept in-kind support
such as get out the vote efforts and voter outreach. Most of the election
efforts will focus on traditional media, newspapers and radio, electronic communication
and social platforms.
Covey was born and raised in Stark County and attended Plain Local
Schools, then received his degree from The Ohio State University in
Columbus. During the 80’s he founded and
directed civil rights and advocacy organizations in Ohio and Michigan. In the
90’s he founded and ran organizations developing health education and disease
prevention programs statewide in Michigan around the HIV/AIDS pandemic. He was also
a city councilman and mayor in Ferndale Michigan from 2000 to 2010 and then was
elected to the Oakland County Michigan Board of Commissioners until 2013. He
was appointed community liaison and communications director for the Oakland
County Water Resources Commissioner. He retired in 2017 and returned home to
Canton where much of his family still reside.