his stock on April 8, 1973, for $14,600. The grand jury declined to indict Pokorny for accepting kickbacks from an architect who sought a county job. He was the first Cuyahoga County commissioner to be indicted in 44 years. Pokorny resigned as Cuyahoga County Commissioner on April 12, 1976. The following day, he pled guilty to the charge of misconduct in office. He paid a $400 fine and court costs, agreed to forfeit his office. Later career In April 1976, Pokorny took a position as a director of the United Labor Agency, a social welfare organization sponsored by the Ohio AFL-CIO, the Teamsters union, and the United Auto Workers. Since Pokorny's crime was merely a misdemeanor, he was not barred under Ohio law from seeking public office again. In 1978, he publicly announced he would run again for the Cuyahoga County Commission. But his announcement generated such extreme media criticism that he never formally filed for the race. In February 1980, he resigned from the United Labor Agency and took a job as a realtor and announced he would run for Cuyahoga County Commissioner. He lost the Democratic primary to Tim Hagan by 34,000 votes, coming in third. In 1982, Pokorny ran for Cuyahoga County Auditor, and lost the Democratic primary to incumbent Tim McCormack by 3,000 votes. Retirement and death Pokorny moved to Naples, Florida, in 1990. He suffered a stroke in late January 1999, and died at National Health Center on January 30, 1999. Personal life Pokorny married Dorothy Priscilla Redway of Cleveland on June 18, 1949. The couple had three children: Frank R. (born about 1950), Thomas J. (born about 1952), and Laura A. (born about 1954). Early in his legislative career, Pokorny lived in Shaker Heights, but by 1960 had moved to Independence, Ohio. His son, Thomas J. Pokorny, became a lawyer and served for many years as a judge on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. References Notes Citations Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives 1923 births 1999 deaths 20th-century American politicians John Carroll University alumni Cleveland–Marshall College of Law alumni Politicians from Shaker Heights, Ohio People from Independence, Ohio John Adams High School (Ohio) alumni United States Army personnel of World War II Politicians from Cleveland American people of Hungarian descent