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Trump rejects polls, insists ‘we are winning’

By Steve Peoples
and Jonathan Lemire
Associated Press
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP)
— A defiant Donald Trump
blamed his campaign struggles
on “phony polls” from the “dis-
gusting” media on Monday,
fighting to energize his most
loyal supporters as his path to
the presidency shrinks.
With just 14 days until
the election, the Republican
nominee campaigned in battle-
ground Florida as his team
conceded publicly as well as
AP Photo | Evan Vucci privately that crucial Pennsyl-
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks at the crowd as he vania may be slipping away
arrives to speak to a campaign rally Monday in Tampa, Fla. to Democrat Hillary Clinton.
That would leave him only a
razor-thin pathway to the 270
electoral votes needed to win
the White House on Nov. 8.
Despite continued difficulties
with women and minorities,
Trump refuses to soften his
message in the campaign’s final
days to broaden his coalition.
Yet he offered an optimistic
front in the midst of a three-
day tour through Florida as
thousands began voting there
in person.
“I believe we’re actually win-
ning,” Trump declared during
a round table discussion with
farmers gathered next to a local
pumpkin patch.
A day after suggesting the
First Amendment to the Con-
stitution may give journalists
too much freedom, he insisted
that the media are promoting
biased polls to discourage his
supporters from voting.
“The media isn’t just against
me. They’re against all of you,”
Trump told cheering support-
ers later in St. Augustine.
“They’re against what we rep-
resent.”
In more bad news for Trump,
a new poll shows young voters
turning to Clinton now that the
race has settled down to two
main candidates. Clinton now
leads among likely voters 18 to
See POLLS | 8A

No consensus on
Lima mayoral
salary issue
By Craig Kelly
ckelly@civitasmedia.com

LIMA — An ordinance that would freeze the

current salary for the mayor of Lima failed to gain
the two-thirds majority needed to pass on its first
reading at Monday’s Lima City Council meeting,
forcing the measure to go to a second reading Nov.
7.
With six votes required to pass on first reading,
the ordinance received five, with 2nd Ward Coun-
cilman Sam McLean, 3rd Ward Councilman Jesse
Lowe II and 4th Ward Councilwoman Rebecca
Kreher voting against it. If passed, the ordinance
would keep the salary for the mayor at just over
$135,000, with no cost-of-living increase for the
next four-year term beginning in December 2017.
Currently, the mayoral salary is frozen for the first
two years of the term.
David Trinko | The Lima News
For proponents of the ordinance, this mea- The Rev. Matthew Jozefiak, left, pastor of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and a Chicago Cubs fan, has a World Series bet with his
sure acts as a stopgap so that the issue can be roommate at the church rectory, the Rev. Rick Friebel, a lifelong Cleveland Indians fan.
addressed more comprehensively when the city
charter comes up for review next year.
“I am hoping at that point that language can be
developed to put this in the hands of the voters,”
5th Ward Councilwoman Teresa Adams said. “I
feel the freeze is appropriate going forward to
Rivalry in the Ottawa rectory
allow the discussion to occur in the city charter,
where a more permanent, fair solution can be World Series matchup pits priests’ favorite teams The native of the south
side of Chicago and a
resolved.” former White Sox fan
Adams emphasized that this salary increase is By David Trinko its first title since 1908. Series, starting Tuesday converted to the Cubs
not related to Mayor David Berger’s longevity in dtrinko@civitasmedia.com By Monday afternoon, in Cleveland. when he attended his first
the office. a second flagpole existed, It’s a lesson in patience game at Wrigley Field as
“I have stressed at numerous meetings that we OTTAWA — On with banners for both for each team’s fans. The a teen. “They’ve disap-
are talking about the position and not the person Thursday, the flag out- teams competing for Cubs haven’t been back pointed us year after year,
who holds the position,” she said. “We could have side the rectory door at Major League Baseball’s to the World Series since yet we have the best and
had three mayors over this time and we would still SS. Peter and Paul Catho- championship waving in 1945, and the Indians most loyal fans. They are
be at this amount of $135,000.” lic Church celebrated the the wind. haven’t been there since a people of hope, who one
For Kreher, her vote reflected a sense of dissat- Cleveland Indians getting The two Catholic 1997. day are going to be very
isfaction on the part of residents who have spoken a chance to win their first priests at the residence “I’ve been telling happy.”
with her on this issue. World Series title since share a love of the Lord people the Cubs are a That day won’t be
“In the 10 months I have been on council, this 1948. and baseball. They’re great example of faith in the next two weeks,
is the No. 1 issue that residents have asked me On Sunday morning, decidedly at odds this and hope,” said the Rev. quipped the Rev. Rick
about over and over again,” she said. “I voted ‘no’ a Chicago Cubs banner week as their teams, the Matthew Jozefiak, 58, the Friebel, a parochial vicar
tonight because I’ve heard so many ‘noes’ from the flew instead, cheering the Cubs and Indians, play pastor at SS. Peter and
residents. This is not a vendetta. I’m not voting team’s opportunity to win one another in the World Paul Catholic Church. See RECTORY | 8A
‘no’ because of a person, but because I’ve heard
from voters.”
Kreher said that while the median income of
the city is $24,000, the total compensation for the
mayor, including benefits, is about $213,000, and Clinton campaign measures diversity among staff
that number should be more “reasonable.” Keep-
ing it at its current level does not do enough to By Mary Clare Jalonick her bid, according to Woman.” They eventually is a white woman’ and six
address this issue, she said. Associated Press hacked emails from the hired Amanda Renteria, white men.” So, the email
“A stopgap measure is not what residents are personal account of a top who is Latina. says, that is “33% diverse,
looking for,” she said. “Even if we get a new mayor WASHINGTON (AP) campaign official. Mills sends “Robby’s 33% women, 50% white
or keep the current mayor, they want something — Senior staff members In February 2015, List of the top 10 or so men.”
that’s more palatable for the people of the city.” on Hillary Clinton’s Clinton lawyer and chief positions,” referring to The email was among
With a second reading coming, Kreher encour- nascent campaign were of staff Cheryl Mills sent Clinton campaign man- more than 3,000 released
ages residents who want to provide input to conscious about diver- a list of potential hires ager Robby Mook. by the anti-secrecy group
contact their council member ahead of the Nov. 7 sity in the top ranks two to campaign chairman The email breaks it WikiLeaks on Monday
meeting. months before the Demo- John Podesta. Among the down: “four ‘POC,’ or and is just one of the
cratic presidential candi- suggestions was “Politi- people of color, four
See SALARY | 8A date formally announced cal Director-Hispanic women ‘assuming COO See DIVERSITY | 8A

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From page 1A
30 years in age by 60
percent to 19 percent,
according to a new
GenForward survey.
Young black voters
already were solidly in
her corner, and now
young whites are mov-
ing her way, according
to the survey by the
the University of Chica-
go with the Associated
Press-NORC Center for
Public Affairs Research.
With Trump on the
defensive, Democrat
Clinton worked to
slam the door on his
candidacy in swing
state New Hampshire
while eyeing a possible
Democratic majority in
the Senate.
The former secretary
of state campaigned
alongside New Hamp-
shire Gov. Maggie Has-
san, who is running for
the Senate, and Mas-
sachusetts Sen. Eliza-
beth Warren, who was
merciless as she seized
on recent revelations
of Trump’s predatory
sexual language and
several allegations of
sexual assault.
“He thinks that
because he has a mouth
full of Tic Tacs, he can
force himself on any
woman within grop-
ing distance,” Warren
charged. “I’ve got news
for you Donald: Women
have had it with guys
like you.”
Trump has denied all
the recent allegations,
and he addressed a new
one Monday in an inter-
view with WGIR radio
in New Hampshire. Craig Kelly | The Lima News
Teresa Adams, left, 5th Ward Councilwoman and chair of the Lima
City Council Finance Committee, discussed an ordinance to freeze
the mayoral salary during the Lima City Council meeting Monday.

Diversity officials say were

From page 1A
tens of thousands
posted over the last
two weeks. The notes
were stolen from
the email account of
Podesta as part of a
series of high-profile
computer hacks of
Democratic targets
that U.S. intelligence
orchestrated by Russia,
with the intent to
influence the Nov. 8
election. Russia has
denied the allegations.
The campaign offi-
cials’ focus on diver-
sity came in the same
month that Clinton’s
advisers circulated
data collected from
her family’s foundation
that found only three
of the foundation’s 11
highest paid employees
were women — and a
Democratic consultant
expressed concern
about the political fall-
out from the gender
discrepancy.
Emails released last
week about the Clinton
Foundation highlighted
a large disparity in
the median salaries of
the top-paid men and
woman working for the
organization.
According to the
emails, the median sal-
ary of the highest paid
Salary tors.”
In other business, the
Buttonbush Trail project
men at the foundation From page 1A ordinance was passed
was $346,106, while by a 6-2 vote on its third
the median salary of “You can find our reading, allowing the
the highest paid women contact information on mayor to enter into con-
was $185,386 — the city website under tract for recreation trails
roughly a $160,000 dif- the city council tab,” to be constructed in the
ference. The numbers she said. “This is an Buttonbush wetland pre-
came from the founda- important conversa- serve in Central Point
tion’s 990 tax forms for tion because it directly Business Park.
2013, according to the affects the residents.
emails. This is their tax dollars Reach Craig Kelly at 567-242-0390
or on Twitter @Lima_CKelly.
going to administra-

Rectory when the Cavs won the

From page 1A
serving at four Putnam
County parishes for the
past three years. He is a
lifelong Indians fan who
grew up in Shelby near
Cleveland, saying the
Tribe’s route reminded
him of the “remnant
people in the desert” like
the Israelites.
“I started to dream
NBA championship,” the
66-year-old Friebel said.
“I said, ‘Father Matt, this
might be the year,’ but we
won’t go there yet.”
Now he will.
He consistently “pokes”
at Ottawa’s pastor of
the past eight and a half
years, leading up to and
following their morn-
ing prayers together.
The two members of the
Missionaries of the Pre-
cious Blood don’t ask
God to choose a side,
though they’re not above
mentioning their teams’
successes during Sunday
Mass.
Friebel said the Indi-
ans will win Sunday in
the fifth game. Jozefiak
was extremely specific,
predicting a Cubs win in
the seventh game Nov. 2
thanks to a grand slam by
Kris Bryant.
They’ve even wagered
a bet on it. The loser has
to buy a championship
cap for the winner, even
though the oddsmakers in
Las Vegas have the Cubs
favored.
The pupils at SS. Peter
and Paul Catholic School
got into the bet too,
collecting donations in
buckets to support the
Cubs and the Indians,
with the proceeds going
to the Cancer Assistance
Program.
“The Indians have been
the underdog all along,”
Friebel said. “They’ve
risen to the occasion
every time.”
Given the history of the
Cubs, Jozefiak couched
his answers with plenty of
room for disappointment.
“They broke my heart
last season,” Jozefiak
said. “They’d broken my
heart every season of my
life, until this season. My
heart has not yet been
broken.”
The duo plan to watch
some of the games
together on the television
in Friebel’s room, because
it’s bigger. They can only
dream of going to a game.
“We’d love to have two
tickets donated,” Jozefiak
said. “We’re two poor
priests, so right or wrong,
we’re not too shy to beg.”
Friebel added, “We
have the bread of life but
not the bread of cash to
buy these tickets.”
Reach David Trinko at 567-242-
0467, by email at dtrinko@
limanews.com or on Twitter @
Lima_Trinko.