Anthony Sinagra Explained

Anthony Sinagra
State Senate:	Ohio
State:	Ohio
District:	23rd
Term:	January 3, 1991 – December 31, 1994
Preceded:	Chuck Butts
Succeeded:	Dennis Kucinich
Party:	Republican

Anthony Sinagra (born 1940) is an American Republican politician in Cuyahoga County. He was the city prosecutor and mayor of Lakewood, Ohio, and member of the Ohio Senate. He served in the 23rd District, which represented the western suburbs of Cuyahoga County, from 1991 until 1994, when he lost to Dennis Kucinich in an electoral upset.^[1] He was also mayor of Lakewood from 1978 to 1990.

In 2009, he was accused of paying bribes to obtain a consulting job for which he did little or no work.^[2] On September 1, 2009, he pleaded guilty to the charges and was subsequently fined.^[3]

Notes and References

1. https://archive.today/20130131150231/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/101852167.html?dids=101852167:101852167&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+07,+1994&author=Kevin+O'Brien.+Kevin+O'Brien+is+the+deputy+editorial&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=LETTER+FROM+CLEVELAND+Boy+Mayor+Campaigns+Again;+His+Town+Makes+a+Sport+of+It&pqatl=google "Boy Mayor Campaigns Again; His Town Makes a Sport of It"
2. http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2009/08/anthony_sinagra_former_state_s_1.html "Anthony Sinagra, former state senator and Lakewood mayor, charged in Cuyahoga County corruption investigation"
3. http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1251793844126180.xml&coll=2 "Lakewood ex-Mayor Anthony Sinagra pleads guilty to bribery, fraud charges"