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The big recession and Michael Jackson’s recent passing brings to mind the 1980s, when there was another big recession and Jackson made it big, really big. And how did that decade play out in Dayton, economically speaking? Taking an Economic Pulse via Building Permits. One way to measure economic activity is by employment and unemployment. Another indirect way is to look at construction; ...
DaytonOS - 9:45 a.m.
Tuesday, July 14: Licking County Democratic Club meeting, 7 p.m. at the LC Administration Building on the Square (next to Wendy's). Saturday, July 18: Green Living Forum sponsored by the Licking County Democratic Women's Caucus, 1:30 p.m. at the Parker......
Licking County Pro-Active Citizens - 8:46 a.m.
Let's apply some pressure this weekend on the lazy GOP leadership to get to work and pass the state budget. You can do it quickly and spread the word at the same time by using Twitter. If you're on Twitter, copy and paste the following: RT this message and send to your Twitter list!! Tell @KevinDewine & @ohiogop to DO SOMETHING and #passthebudget NOW! as a "tweet" every day until the ...
Ohio Daily Blog - 6:43 a.m.
This in via e-mail from the Moody for Mayor campaign: Moody Wins WTOL Mayoral Poll 44% Would Vote For Him Today A recent poll taken by WTOL TV showed that if the mayoral election were held now, Mayoral candidate Jim Moody would win by nearly 7%. We are really excited that the voters of Toledo believe in [...]...
Glass City Jungle - Fri 8:45 p.m.
Normally it seems to take several weeks for the appointment process to begin through the system Governor Strickland has adopted for judicial vacancies, Ohio Judicial Appointments Recommendations Panel (OJARP) . At this point the vacancy has not been listed, so all we have is speculation. It is not uncommon that an appointment begins [...]...
Glass City Jungle - Fri 8:01 p.m.
The Toledo Free Press apparently has a plagiarism problem. The Toledo Blade highlights once such instance uncovered by a University of Toledo professor, Mary Linehan. Ms Linehan discovered some unattributed work in the Free Press and informed TFP's publisher and president Tom Pounds in a letter. The letter went unanswered by Mr Pounds, but instead found it's way into the hands of the author ...
The Nookular Option - Fri 12:52 p.m. - 3 clicks 
Kevin Boyce (Ohio Treasurer) Jennifer Brunner (Ohio Secretary of State) Richard Cordray (Ohio Attorney General) Lee Fisher (Ohio Lt. Governor) Ted Strickland (Ohio Governor) ...
Ohio Daily Blog - Fri 12:51 p.m. - 4 clicks
This in via e-mail from the Northwest Ohio Charter School Coalition (NWOCSC): Northwest Ohio Charter Schools Issue Statement of Support for Senator Wagoner (Toledo, OH) The Northwest Ohio Charter School Coalition gathered recently for a monthly coalition meeting where they agreed to issue a statement of support for Ohio Senator Mark Wagoner (R [...]...
Glass City Jungle - Fri 12:51 p.m.
I don't think David's post did the latest Quinny poll justice as how bad things look for Governor Strickland in this poll. He saw a double digit drop in his approval and favorability ratings . . . in a month. Both are now below 50%. Ohioans have declared the honeymoon is over with Strickland. They disapprove of his handling of the economy and the budget in particular. It's safe t...
Buckeye State Blog - Fri 12:50 p.m. - 4 clicks
This in via e-mail: Local State Legislators, Area Residents Ask Ohio Senate Not to Make Further Cuts to our Libraries Toledo – State Reps. Edna Brown(D-48 ) , Matt Szollosi (D-46) , Peter Ujvagi (D-47) , and Sen Teresa Fedor (D-11) and community members called on Senate Republicans to avoid making any deeper cuts to Ohio’s libraries. [...]...
Glass City Jungle - Fri 10:16 a.m.
There is a smell of desperation in the air. The desperation of how to "sell" a bland and generic place like Dayton as a place to do business. Dayton is the average mid-sized Midwest industrial city. In other words it is a commodity, since there are plenty of average mid-sized Midwest industrial cities out there. So how do the economic development people sell a commodity? By selling a com...
DaytonOS - Fri 10:16 a.m. - 2 clicks
The Obama Justice Department continues to use Bush administration excuses to block access to information surrounding the Valerie Plame leak scandal. This Washington Post article details the reasoning behind the current administration's attempts to block access to conversations between Vice President Dick Cheney and special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. A list of at least seven relat...
The Nookular Option - Fri 9:28 a.m. - 5 clicks
NEW BILL FOR SEN. BROWN’S COMMITTEE STEP TOWARD AFFORDABLE, GUARANTEED HEALTH CARE Columbus, Ohio — Healthcare workers in SEIU District 1199 today praised to Sen. Sherrod Brown for taking the lead to make healthcare affordable and guaranteed for working families. Sen. Brown is a member of the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, who’s newly announced bill on healthcar...
Progress Ohio - Fri 9:28 a.m. - 4 clicks
How will the Cincinnati Enquirer survive as a news outlet after laying off an additional 100 people ? It is possible this could be a huge restructuring effort, where base functions of the company are centralized. That would involve the business side (advertising, accounting, systems) and not reporters, but I would be surprised it would not affect the content side as well. If the content side (...
Cincinnati Blog - Fri 9:27 a.m. - 6 clicks
Lorraine Bieber, ProgressOhio, Anthony Caldwell and Bryce Stoepfe of SEIU1199 Two hundred and thirty three years ago, our countrymen declared their independence from the tyrannical British Empire. Today, will you declare your independence from the tyrannical insurance industry and demand the choice of a public health insurance option? Click here to sign the petition and declare your ind...
Progress Ohio - Fri 8:56 a.m.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a 4th of July message, which was given to U.S. Embassies worldwide to play at their 4th of July celebrations. Watch It: Hello everyone. I am delighted to welcome you on behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States as we celebrate our nation’s 233rd birthday. For Americans, the 4th of July is a day to...
Progress Ohio - Fri 8:56 a.m. - 2 clicks
As promised I've added a list of candidates with websites at left (third list down.) After my last post about the races I've been contacted by Will Padilla who is running in the crowded Ward 8 primary (site of the House of Pho) and Lisa Mansfield who is running for school board. Will Padilla has a nice site up and a fine looking resume. It will be hard to make headway in such a crowded field...
Pho's Akron Pages - Fri 8:56 a.m. - 2 clicks
We're adding something else to OhioDaily this week - a new feature called The OhioDaily 88. In it, we'll try to cover some of the top stories of the week in 88 seconds (give or take), or one second for each county. During the video, we'll highlight a Democrat running for office somewhere in the state of Ohio. All they need to do to be recognized is send us a T-Shirt (Large or XL)...
Ohio Daily Blog - Fri 8:56 a.m.
A new Quinnipiac poll shows Gov. Strickland has taken quite a hit in his favorability numbers, but Ohio supports adding slot machines to racetracks. He now has an approval rating of just 46-42, compared to 57-29 back in early May. Strickland isn’t alone, the lousy economy has caused low poll numbers for Governors nationwide according to Quinnipiac. The poll also shows Strickland with a fair le...
Buckeye State Blog - Fri 8:55 a.m.
Energy standard boosts rural Kansas, Why Not Ohio? BY CHUCK HASSEBROOK A proposal that would increase wind generation of electricity is the most significant legislation before Congress this year for bringing jobs and revitalization to rural Kansas. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., did the right thing last week by voting in support of a renewable electricity standard. It would require that a very mod...
Progress Ohio - Fri 4:37 a.m.
Energy standard boosts rural Kansas BY CHUCK HASSEBROOK A proposal that would increase wind generation of electricity is the most significant legislation before Congress this year for bringing jobs and revitalization to rural Kansas. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., did the right thing last week by voting in support of a renewable electricity standard. It would require that a very modest 11 pe...
Thinking Green, Speaking Green - Fri 3:25 a.m. - 2 clicks
The Tea Party folks produced one of the best-attended political events in recent memory back in the winter, and Daytonology was there . The organizers have continued on, hosting a website, and organizing community groups to further the cause. And they are trying for a reprise, a second Tea Party rally combined with a good old-fashioned Fourth of July fireworks. But this time it's in Brookvil...
DaytonOS - Thu 11:48 p.m. - 4 clicks
It has been a really rough time in the last year and a half for the Kucinich family of Cleveland, whose best known member is 10th district congressman Dennis Kucinich. Brother Perry died in December, 2007; sister Beth died last spring. I just meandered over to the blog I write for to post something, and found that a few minutes ago, our site's publisher posted a press release from the Kucin...
DailyKos (Ohio) - Thu 10:14 p.m. - 3 clicks
An update of the Recession comes to Dayton post measuring how the Dayton metropolitan statistical area (or MSA) slipped into hard times. This time Daytonology investigates the past few months of job gains and losses and compares them with the last two "good" years, 2006 and 2007. The Bureau of Labor Statistics employment numbers are used instead of unemployment due to the funky way the unempl...
DaytonOS - Thu 9:11 p.m. - 2 clicks
NBC24 has the story: Shortly after the shooting, the Ottawa Hills Police Department contacted the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCII) to look into the incident. After processing of all evidence at the scene as well as analysis of all images recording by police vehicle cameras at the time of the incident, [...]...
Glass City Jungle - Thu 8:21 p.m. - 5 clicks
This in via e-mail from the Moody for Mayor campaign: TPPA and City Administration Have “Sold Out Toledoans” “According to all the reports I have seen, the biggest loser in the TPPA/City contract are the citizens of Toledo and the still laid off police officers,” said mayoral candidate Jim Moody. Adding, “This contract does little [...]...
Glass City Jungle - Thu 4:46 p.m. - 7 clicks
Some things are just too delicious not to share. This one's coming from the state in the union that has perhaps the highest per capta quota of the Crazy: Oklahoma. (A blog — I forget which one — took a poll a few years ago to learn which Senate delegation its readers thought was the worst. It had to disqualify Oklahoma because Inhofe and Coburn were swamping other deserving states). You may hav...
Ohio Daily Blog - Thu 4:16 p.m. - 4 clicks
Gov. Ted Strickland stepped things up this afternoon calling for the Statehouse to stay in Columbus until the budget is resolved. Gov. Strickland also acknowledged that he expects political attacks come campaign season over his decision to recommend racetrack video gamblingover further budget cuts. ...
Progress Ohio - Thu 1:06 p.m. - 2 clicks
Ohio blogger Tim Russo, who passed on the traditional filing deadline at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections last week, is apparently not finished sniffing around the Cleveand Ward 14 race. According to Russo, he is giving serious consideration to a write-in challenge to those candidates who made it onto the ballot including current Cleveland Councilmen Joe Santiago and Brian Cummins, former C...
Ohio Daily Blog - Thu 12:03 p.m. - 2 clicks
Columbus, Ohio - ProgressOhio a member of the Health Care for America Now (HCAN) coalition - the nation's largest health care campaign - released the following statement today in response to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee's legislation for health care reform: "We thank Senator Brown for his support of legislation that will gi...
Progress Ohio - Thu 11:48 a.m. - 6 clicks
This time of year, most of you leave the computer off on the weekend. However, for others, the weekends are the only time you've got to catch-up on the political happenings in Ohio. We here at OhioDaily understand the dilemma and are proud to roll out a solution that works for everyone. Starting next weekend, we'll be packaging and delivering content in extra format. Introducing : OhioDaily We...
Ohio Daily Blog - Thu 11:48 a.m. - 4 clicks
U.S. Senate Candidate Jennifer Brunner today called on Congressional leaders to stand behind supporters calling for a health care plan that includes a public option. Republican and select Democratic representatives have expressed concerns that a government managed, public option would hurt large insurance companies and weaken the economy. Brunner challenged that myth and restated the impact on th...
Ohio Daily Blog - Thu 11:48 a.m. - 5 clicks
Ohio First Lady Frances Strickland will be in the Queen City on Tuesday the 7th as the featured guest for a fundraising event for Cincinnati Council candidates Laketa Cole, Laure Quinlivan and Bernadette Watson. All three have an excellent chance to hold or take three of the city's "At Large" seats this fall, and are endorsed by the party. The event runs from 5-7pm at 600 Walnut (at the corner ...
Ohio Daily Blog - Thu 10:04 a.m. - 6 clicks
Christopher Celeste, who at one time explored a run for the U.S. Senate seat in Ohio, yesterday threw his support behind Jennifer Brunner in her race against Lee Fisher. In his letter, emailed at least twice to my inbox by the Brunner campaign, Celeste talks about the need for bold leaders and cites Brunner as someone poised to rise to the challenge. Again and again, we face changing realities...
Ohio Daily Blog - Thu 8:57 a.m. - 4 clicks
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows. In Ohio, it's increasingly looking like economics makes dysfunctional marriages. Gov. Ted Strickland ( yep, that one...the Methodist minister ) is standing behind a plan to place slot machines at all Ohio horse racing venues as a way to generate revenue for our increasingly crippled economy. According to the Administration, that proposal would ...
Ohio Daily Blog - Thu 8:37 a.m.
This in via e-mail from the Brunner for Senate campaign: U.S. Senate Candidate Jennifer Brunner: The Public Option isn’t Optional in Health Care Reform While President Barack Obama’s administration and states across the nation champion health care reform, U.S. Senate Candidate Jennifer Brunner called on Republican and Democratic members of both houses of Congress to join [...]...
Glass City Jungle - Thu 8:36 a.m.
OhioDaily is proud to announce a new addition to our staff. At some point today, after his cable internet is installed, Brad Cromes will be on board and contributing to OhioDaily. Brad joins us from his own blog, Buckeye Punditeers , which he founded a little over a year ago as a way to offer a point-counter-point look at Ohio and national politics with a conservative offering an opposing view. ...
Ohio Daily Blog - Thu 7:25 a.m. - 5 clicks
American Clean Energy and Security Act and the importance of agriculture’s inclusion in forthcoming climate legislation. There were several key components of the American Clean Energy and Security Act that are critical to ensuring that agriculture will be a strong contributor to curbing the impacts of climate change including: o A robust offset trading market will be widely available to p...
Progress Ohio - Thu 4:05 a.m.
American Clean Energy and Security Act and the importance of agriculture’s inclusion in forthcoming climate legislation. There were several key components of the American Clean Energy and Security Act that are critical...
Thinking Green, Speaking Green - Thu 3:47 a.m. - 3 clicks
Editor's note: We don't normally post press releases word-for-word, but thought we'd pass this along to our readers from Congressman Kucinich's office... Washington D.C. (July 1, 2009) -- The distinguished veteran, Frank Kucinich, beloved brother of Congressman Dennis Kucinich, died suddenly yesterday, June 30, at the Ohio Veterans Home, where had been a resident for many years. He was 60 yea...
Ohio Daily Blog - Wed 10:02 p.m.
Count City Council at-large candidate (and Citizens for Akron Treasurer) Jeff Fusco among those getting a jump on the very very crowded field for Council this year. I didn't see him in my neighborhood but got a flier stuck in my door. Fusco is one of three at-large candidates, along with Terry Albanese and Jim Shealey, whom Mayor Plusquellic is endorsing in the race. I've been scrying the inter...
Pho's Akron Pages - Wed 8:23 p.m. - 5 clicks
Last week former Republican Mayor Buck Rinehart came out in support of the .05 percent tax increase for Columbus. Now six other influential members of the GOP have followed suit. Franklin County Engineer, Dean C. Ringle Former Franklin County Commissioner, Dewey Stokes Former Columbus School Board member, Terry Boyd Former Columbus School Board member, Jeff Cabot Former Columbus School Board [......
The Madrigal Maniac - Wed 6:43 p.m. - 2 clicks
Akron METRO had unleashed new purple buses on the highways traversing the Akron-Cleveland highway corridor. The local transit authority has revamped the express bus fleet with newer more colorful rides. Not only was the nearly $3 million cost of new buses covered with ARRA dollars but the purple machines come with bike drawers and will soon be WiFi equipped. Yet another move towards public in...
briefcase radical - Wed 6:33 p.m. - 8 clicks
I saw a snippet of this over at Eschatonblog.com and thought I'd explore the Census Bureau site to see how Columbus, Ohio was doing. Here is some information from the U.S. Census Bureau Press Release: The City of Columbus, Ohio has seen a 1.1% increase in population from 2007 to 2008, from 746,861 to 754,885 (population estimate), making Columbus the 14th largest city in the U.S. Aweso...
Ohio15th District - Wed 4:15 p.m.
If you are a man or want to know what these men are writing about , then The Cincinnati Man may be a website worth checking out. It comes from a group of mostly Northern Kentuckians, so we are very glad they think in the broader "Cincinnati" area vision. It also gives a counter weight to the mostly female bloggers around town, who lend the most cultural critique of the City and its happenings. ...
Cincinnati Blog - Wed 3:18 p.m. - 2 clicks
Much has been made of the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute's charge that the EPA "suppressed" scientific analysis that conflicted with climate change science. Conservatives are wetting themselves over the politics behind this " Orwellian " plot. Only...not so much. TPM interviewed the science-denying economist, Al Carlin. And as it turns out, Mr Carlin works on global warmi...
The Nookular Option - Wed 2:56 p.m.
U.S. Sen. George Voinovich’s decision to drop an f-bomb in a private conversation with Karl Rove inspired a 2007 trivia quiz. His recent off-color assessment of the new climate change bill prompted us to update the survey. As long-time Georgiephiles know, Ohio's senior senator has a temper than can be real hot. Take the Temper Trivia Test to see just how hot...
Progress Ohio - Wed 2:56 p.m. - 3 clicks
Christopher Celeste, who had previously explored a possible U.S. Senate run for 2010, has endorsed Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner for the seat over her primary opponent, Lee Fisher. In his May announcement that he would not seek the seat, Celeste had hinted at his support for Brunner . Celeste's full endorsement: To My Friends & Other Ohioans Interested in Ohio's Future: As some o...
Progress Ohio - Wed 2:56 p.m. - 3 clicks
Chris Celeste, who once held Senate aspirations of his own, has endorsed Jennifer Brunner in her bid to become Ohio’s next Senator. The full endorsement: To My Friends & Other Ohioans Interested in Ohio's Future: As some of you know, for the past six months I actively explored entering the Democratic primary for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Senator George Voin...
Buckeye State Blog - Wed 2:55 p.m. - 4 clicks
Gordie over at Taxmanblog uses an absurd argument that monthly temperatures from this year somehow debunk global warming science. Of course, when you're looking at warming trends you need to look at a much larger picture. To better understand the absurdity of looking at temps from one year, take a look at the graph below & see how the average global temperature is unmistakably rising. ...
The Nookular Option - Wed 1:05 p.m.
We've been busy while the batteries have been charging. You've probably noticed we've been writing a little less over the past couple of weeks. Some of it is due to the season, but some of it has been directly related to some next steps for OhioDaily. Tomorrow, we're rolling out two announcements that will (hopefully) make your OhioDaily experience even better. While the print dailies are sca...
Ohio Daily Blog - Wed 9:28 a.m. - 2 clicks
Oh man, you can’t make this stuff up. Pennsylvania State Senator John Eichelberger is taking a lot of flack after stating “we’re allowing them to exist” in a radio debate on gay rights. As if that wasn’t bad enough, he’s still refusing to apologize for his remark. So, is that compassionate conservatism or what? ...
Buckeye State Blog - Wed 9:27 a.m. - 7 clicks
Two reproductive right decisions were issued by the Ohio Supreme Court earlier this morning. In one, Planned Parenthood of SW Ohio was barred from being forced to hand over confidential medical records as part of a lawsuit. In the other, the court ruled 4-3 that state law requires RU-486 be dispensed consistent with national FDA guidelines. More on these later. ...
Progress Ohio - Wed 7:53 a.m. - 6 clicks
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $83,484,547 to jump start affordable housing programs in Ohio that are currently stalled due to the current economic recession. Funded through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), HUD’s new Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) will allow the Ohio Housing Finance Agency...
Progress Ohio - Wed 7:53 a.m. - 4 clicks
The state government is deadlocked because the Republicans in the state senate are hoping and praying that the entire state of Ohio goes down the tubes. Instead of working and cooperating with Gov. Ted Strickland to fix things and get people back to work, the elected GOPers are just sitting on their fat behinds waiting for the entire state to implode. While the Ohio Republicans drag their feet a...
Ohio15th District - Wed 7:10 a.m. - 6 clicks
While there are people dancing in the streets about Madoff getting 150 years (they are now homeless, because of this cretin who stole their life savings) we haven’t yet seen one regulator nailed to the same cross. Why not? Herein lies the fundamental problem with our current financial system: it’s all one big con game. Without putting some [...]...
DaytonOS - Tue 9:30 p.m. - 4 clicks
For the nonce 't'would seem that this blog has gone to the dogs. The blogger is writing other non-bloggy things this summer, and when she is not writing, she is definitely out playing with the dog. Last night, we tried agility training for the first time -- what fun! There is a place in Sharon township (Medina County) on Route 94 called the Medina Swarm Agility Club . They have two co...
Long Live the Village Green - Tue 7:21 a.m. - 5 clicks
When was the last time you heard the City Manager asking the City Commission a question at a Commission meeting? A real question? When was the last time you heard an active discussion about different ways to approach a problem, out in public? That’s the beginning of the reason Dayton is failing to instill confidence in business. [...]...
DaytonOS - Tue 7:20 a.m.
Last Thursday the latest salvo in the battle for the soul of Akron began as Joe Finley announced his slate for City Council. Finley is styling his slate "Democrats for Reform," though as the ABJ points ou t, he hasn't been specific about what needs reform and what these guys plan to do about it. Here's the Finley slate: Ward 2: Bruce Kilby (incumbent)Ward 3: Jan David (vs. Marco Summervill...
Pho's Akron Pages - Tue 7:05 a.m. - 3 clicks
There was finally a second ruling from the Montgomery County Board of Elections on the residency of Republican State Sen. Jon Husted. The Dayton Daily News reports that the BOE voted along party lines, just like the last time. Now the case goes back to Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. The state of Ohio has adopted a temporary budget until a final budget can be hammered out by all. ...
Ohio15th District - Tue 5:47 a.m. - 4 clicks
If the Cincinnati Police Department wants to play games in the media, then at least they could put their name behind their action like Greg Harris has done. The rumor leaked by "someone" in the police department that 200 layoffs await was anonymous political move that lacked class and honesty. I don't believe this is a serious plan. This is just Greg talking to Leis about what it would entai...
Cincinnati Blog - Tue 5:46 a.m. - 5 clicks
Ohio High court: Prevailing-wage law has limits Business First of Columbus The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday shortened the reach of state’s prevailing wage law, ruling it applies only to companies working directly on public-improvement project sites. The court in a 6-1 decision reinstated a Medina County trial court’s ruling in favor of Gene’s Refrigeration Heating...
Thinking Green, Speaking Green - Tue 3:24 a.m. - 9 clicks
On Friday evening, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill intended to be a first step in tackling global warming and energy independence. The bill, called the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (or, more familiarly, ACES), is intended to "create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy,” according...
Ohio Daily Blog - Mon 5:02 p.m. - 5 clicks
In May 2007, Senate President Bill Harris and Ohio Senate Republicans voted for “video racing terminals” (VRTs) at racetracks across the state. The legislation was S.B. 125. It passed the Senate 25-8, but wasn’t taken up by the House. The bill would have instituted video gambling at Ohio racetacks without a vote of the people. Now, [...]...
Ohio Democratic Party Blog - Mon 3:20 p.m. - 2 clicks
The Brady Campaign blog reports that the NRA and other gun lobby organizations are pursuing a "two-faced" strategy in opposing Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court. While the NRA proper is quietly expressing "concern" about her nomination, certain NRA-affiliated individuals are bringing out the long knives. Among them is spectacularly unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate J....
Pho's Akron Pages - Mon 11:48 a.m. - 4 clicks
The Business Courier is reporting that 7 employees of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce are being laid off. No detail on what positions were affected. ...
Cincinnati Blog - Mon 11:47 a.m.
Stanford University recently tracked charter school performance in 16 states, including Ohio. The study found that most charter schools performed no better or significantly worse than public schools. [A] decent fraction of charter schools, 17 percent, provide superior education opportunities for their students. Nearly half of the charter schools nationwide have results that are no different f...
The Nookular Option - Mon 6:54 a.m. - 4 clicks
> Republican Rep. John Boehner had a few words about the new climate bill. Business Insider : John Boehner tells the Hill that he spent over an hour reading excerpts of the massive climate bill during Friday's debate because " people deserve to know what's in this pile of sht ." (Note: He said the word, but I've just altered it.) Isn't it nice to know that Boehner doesn't care about our...
Ohio15th District - Mon 5:48 a.m. - 2 clicks
There's been oodles of attention paid to the failed recall attempt of Don Plusquellic but another Mayor Don has escaped recent notoriety from critics. The chatter amongst the Dems and political elite in Cuyahoga Falls that Mayor Don Robart was looking vulnerable to a challenge from a Democrat. Abe Zaidan had written about the waning of the Robart's power back in January. The local oppositio...
briefcase radical - Mon 3:47 a.m. - 3 clicks
We will be live tweeting the Ohio Democratic Party’s Annual State Dinner starting around 6pm. Join us on our twitter page to see updates on all of the night’s events! http://twitter.com/ohiodems ...
Ohio Democratic Party Blog - Mon 3:47 a.m. - 2 clicks
Governor Ted Strickland has spent months trying to put together a budget that won’t require a tax increase for Ohioans. He’s cut millions and millions of dollars across the board including huge cuts from programs that Republicans hate: libraries, health care for the poor, etc. And still all I hear is bitching and moaning [...]...
Plunderbund - Mon 3:46 a.m. - 2 clicks
If you aren't in Columbus tonight, but still want to catch live coverage of the ODP State Dinner, the Party will be Tweeting the event live here. ...
Ohio Daily Blog - Mon 3:46 a.m. - 5 clicks
Lost in the avalanche of grief and gossip over the death of pop idol Michael Jackson was House passage yesterday (219-212) of the omnibus energy and environmental bill by a narrow 7-vote margin. And Licking County progressives should note -......
Licking County Pro-Active Citizens - Mon 3:46 a.m. - 2 clicks
As expected Steve Austria congressman from the 7th district in Ohio, walked in lock step with his fellow RepubOILcans and voted against the Energy Bill on Friday. He put the interests of Big Oil fat cats that contribute to his campaigns such as Marathon, ConocoPhillips, Ashland Oil, and American Gas Association above the interests of both his constituents and the world. He voted no to take steps...
Fundamental Truths - Mon 3:45 a.m. - 4 clicks
On Thursday June 25, 2009 several bloggers (including myself) were invited to Sandbox Columbus to meet with Mayor Coleman to discuss the Issue 1 income tax increase. I’m going to link up Walker Evans recording of this meeting because I think it is well worth the listen if you really want to hear exactly what is [...]...
Elephants on Bicycles - Mon 3:45 a.m. - 4 clicks
This morning, Cincinnati Beacon blogger Jason Haap appeared on Newsmakers . At the end of the interview, the following exchange occurred: Hurley: What are you in this for? Are you in this to win, are you in this to educate, what are you in this for? Haap : I think I'm probably in this to educate. In other words, Haap is running for mayor, but has absolutely no intention of becoming the m...
Cincinnati Blog - Mon 3:45 a.m.
As Griff notes, the Cincinnati Police Division's administration is suggesting that it may be forced to lay off up to 200 officers over the next six months. With $40 million to cut from next year's budget, it's unrealistic to believe that CPD's budget will be untouched. But all of us (including City Council) need to keep in mind that Cincinnati is not Hamilton County. Last year, Hamilton Count...
Cincinnati Blog - Mon 3:45 a.m. - 3 clicks
The US Department of Health and Human Services has a website called healthreform.gov, which has a wealth of information about how stressed people in this country are to pay for health care. It's got a little map of the U.S., and if you click on your state, you can get statsistics on how many unisured there are, how many have coverage from their employer, what competiton among insurance providers ...
Ohio Daily Blog - Jun 26 - 5 clicks
It takes a lot of work but Chris Mathews gets Ken Blackwell to admit that Republicans are not morally superior to Democrats. No shit, Ken. If anything, the opposite is true. Republicans like to talk about defending marriage and being the party of “traditional values” but at the end of the day they cheat on their spouses almost [...]...
Plunderbund - Jun 26 - 6 clicks
I can only consider Council Member Leslie Ghiz's "Twitter behavior" to be nothing short of childish. The tone she expressed toward fellow Council Member Laketa Cole was something one might hear in the head of a Student Council Member, not City Council. Instead we got an open display of what Leslie's teenage years may have been like. Here is a series of posts to her account made during Wednesday's...
Cincinnati Blog - Jun 26 - 2 clicks
As a dog owner, I was horrified when I read about this story. Dispatch : A Columbus firefighter admits that he took his two dogs to the basement, tied them up and blasted them with a rifle so he and a girlfriend could vacation without paying to board the animals..... ...Firefighter David P. Santuomo, 43, pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of animal cruelty and one count ...
Stubbon Liberal - Jun 26 - 3 clicks
Some video of a rally at the statehouse yesterday objecting to cuts in treatment for mental and alcohol and drug addiction. Source: The Columbus Dispatch ...
The Madrigal Maniac - Jun 25 - 6 clicks
