{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = George Distel | image = | office = Executive Director of the Ohio Turnpike Commission | term_start = April 2, 2008 | term_end = April 1, 2011 | governor = Ted Strickland <br> John Kasich | predecessor = Gary C. Suhadolnik | successor = Richard A. Hodges | office1 = Member of the Ohio House of Representatives | constituency1 = 99th district | term_start1 = January 7, 2003 | term_end1 = March 31, 2008 | preceded1 = Charlie Wilson | succeeded1 = Deborah Newcomb | constituency2 = 5th district | term_start2 = March 1, 1999 | term_end2 = December 31, 2002 | preceded2 = Ross Boggs | succeeded2 = Tim Schaffer | birth_name = L. George Distel | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|5|11}} | birth_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | profession = | spouse = Dale Ann | children = 3 | party = Democratic }} '''George Distel''' is an American politician who served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1999 to 2008 and as executive director of the Ohio Turnpike Commission from 2008 to 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ohioturnpike.org/about/commission_members/ |title=The Ohio Turnpike Commission: L. George Distel |access-date=2011-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227135519/http://www.ohioturnpike.org/about/commission_members/ |archive-date=2010-12-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <!-- Executive Director George Distel, 58, of Conneaut, submitted his resignation to the commission board, effective April 1, 2011. Distel, a former Democratic member of the Ohio House, took the job in April 2008 under former Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat. Distel said he was not asked to leave. Nor did he ask the Kasich camp if he could stay on. He said he would stay for several months if needed "for a smooth transition." "In the end, I'm ready to retire," the former Ashtabula County commissioner said Friday from his home in Conneaut. "I've been away from home for a long time. I spent nine years in the legislature, three at the turnpike. I'm tired of packing a suitcase." Distel said he would often bunk at his son's home in Strongsville, rather than make the trek from turnpike headquarters in Berea to Conneaut. Distel earned $132,500 last year, along with a $6,000 car allowance. -->
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