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Pauline seeks political changes
By Kevin Carr
Contributing Writer
Columbus Post
Eddie Pauline believes it’s time to make some changes in Columbus politics specifically on city council.
“The one-party rule that exists downtown is not healthy,” Pauline, a city council candidate, told the Columbus Post. “We need a diversity of opinion. We need a check, and that’s what I’ll provide.”
Originally from Mentor, Pauline earned a bachelor of science degree in geology from The Ohio State University, where he was twice elected Student Body President.
Pauline currently serves as special assistant to the chairman of Scout Media, a $12 million sports magazine publishing house co-owned by former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar. Prior to joining the company, Pauline helped teach math and science at Kenwood Elementary School in Columbus.
During this election year, Pauline plans to focus on three key issues including crime. He points to the city’s homicide rate, which recently exceeded 100 deaths for the year.
“The keys for me are really focusing a lot on crime first, which is a huge thing we’re ignoring as a city,” Pauline said. “The city is continuing to grow, and we’re not keeping up with the safety force.”
Pauline also sees a lack of neighborhood pride as a breeding ground for crime. He encourages residents in communities to take steps to protect themselves and cites the Community Ambassador program he helped initiate at OSU as one of his successes. The program offered incentives to leaders in various communities to encourage them to police themselves.
Pauline believes a failure to build neighborhoods in Columbus will hurt the city. “There seems to be no sense of community, and that’s something that we need to get away from,” Pauline said.
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