When she applied to run for trustee in 1993, Catherine Stoker thought she was running in West Chester Township. The San Francisco Bay area native moved to the township in 1987. After she was elected, Union Township's new trustee learned about the official confusion. Ohio has 28 Union townships, including three in Greater Cincinnati. The state's various Union Townships mistakenly receive one another's mail, bills and lawsuits.
Police calls are often mixed up.
But it was from another Union Township. Pat Hoelscher works the polls on Election Day in Union Township. She's done this for 15 years. They don't have a clue where they live. Pat Hoelscher does.