Toledo Rotary 02132012February 13, 2012 Dr. Richard Ruppert & Tom Palmer- Better Government, Better Furture, Better Jobs. Dick is a retired President of the former Medical College of Ohio and before that was a distinguished professor of Medicine at OSU. Tom is a managing partner at Marshall & Melhorn. Both Tom and Dick have been on boards and in leadership positions in a number of civic organizations including the RGP and Toledo Lucas County Port Authority. They shared the key study recommendations of the Lucas County Citizen Review. They explainrf how the changes in the structure of Lucas County government will benefit Lucas County residents and NW Ohio. In additon, they described the necessary steps to secure a place for the Charter initiative on the 2012 November ballot.
