Newark Advocate October 21, 2023
Etna administrator’s husband urges vote for Trent Stepp
Will Etna Township voters empower two more years of circus-style meetings and lawsuits — or begin to clean up the mess? Residents mostly blame Mark Evans or Rozland McKee for the in-fighting. These two are voted on in 2025. The matter at hand is whether we elect twice-defeated Gary Burkholder to embolden Evans’ written threats, or elect the only candidate that is not a known associate of the Burkholder-Evans cabal, Trent Stepp.
Until the political targeting of my wife by Burkholder and Evans, threatening to fire her, I was content to sit out. With the release of the Burkholder-Evans plans via Evans’ Facebook messages, attacking my wife, I must comment.
Nita Hanson, my wife, of 40 years (2 children, 5 grands and recent cancer survivor), became the Etna Township administrator about six months ago. I married a waitress that became a paralegal for 25 years and went to Capital University Law School in her 40s while working. Before coming to Etna, she was a corporate litigator for Dinsmore in Columbus. Anything good in me comes from her. She has shown remarkable restraint, calmly answering Mr. Evans’ rantings.
Evans (through Burkholder) simply wants to control the board again and get the township to fund his lawsuits. Citizens of Etna and East Reynoldsburg will decide the Evans vs McKee debate in 2025. Don’t get distracted by the sideshow. Vote for Trent Stepp for Etna Township trustee.
Jon Hanson, Etna Township