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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.
However you decide to celebrate today I hope it’s a safe and enjoyable time. We’re off to celebrate with friends and family. I think this video from the History Channel is pretty neat, link. They have a variety of other videos and information on their website that I recommend… ...
Glass City Jungle - 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.
In 1776 it was taxation without representation. In 2009 it’s representation that is bought and paid for by special interests. Maybe it’s time to revolt once again? Where did it say we should be limited to two parties? And is it still protecting “free speech” if the cost of getting on a soapbox and running for any [...]...
DaytonOS - 6:27 a.m.
I'm blogging from an undisclosed location, but you might be able to figure out where we are..... Last night we watched fireworks from our hotel window. We saw fireworks in the city with the tallest building in the U.S., and the fireworks celebrations in the surrounding communities. It was beautiful. Sarah Palin is going to resign as the Governor of Alaska. Ho, hum. In my view, this is just ...
Stubbon Liberal - 5:38 a.m.
The President recounts America’s great history of overcoming seemingly insurmountable challenges, and pledges to lead America in continuing that tradition. Focusing on creating a clean energy economy, comprehensive health reform, and revitalizing an education system in need of change, the President pledges not to leave these decades-old problems to yet another generation to solve. Watch...
Progress Ohio - 5:38 a.m.
Green Energy Updates From Various States Environment and Renewable Energy: As the Vermont National Resources Council reports, lawmakers passed a far-reaching energy bill to stimulate renewable energy projects. By passing H446, the Council says Vermont is the first state in the nation to create a state program for the development of small-scale renewable energy products through a standard offer...
Progress Ohio - 5:38 a.m.
Five signers were captured by the British and brutally tortured as traitors. Nine fought in the War for Independence and died from wounds or from hardships they suffered. Two lost their sons in the Continental Army. Another two had sons captured. At least a dozen of the fifty-six had their homes pillaged and burned. What kind of men were they? Twenty-five were lawyers or jurists. Eleven were m...
Progress Ohio - 5:38 a.m.
Green Energy Updates From Various States Environment and Renewable Energy : As the Vermont National Resources Council reports, lawmakers passed a far-reaching energy bill to stimulate renewable energy projects. By passing H446, the Council says Vermont is the first state in the nation to create a state program for the development of small-scale renewable energy products th...
Thinking Green, Speaking Green - 4:38 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.
It’s a pretty old rule in the political playbook that whenever you have bad news, you announce it on the Friday before a holiday weekend. So when I saw that Sarah Palin was not only not running for reelection but stepping down, I instantly became suspicious. Turns out that suspicion may not have been off the mark. It’s now being reported that Palin may soon be tied up in a major corruption sc...
Buckeye State Blog - Fri 8:01 p.m.
It’s difficult for me to pick an absolute favorite part of today’s disaster of a speech by Sarah Palin. Sure, I’m extremely happy that she took CNN away from the all-Michael-Jackson-all-the-time news cycle of the past week. And yes, I found it amazingly hilarious that the state-owned Governor’s website published the full text of the her obviously [...]...
Plunderbund - Fri 6:23 p.m.
Here's the link . In short, people start feeling that Palin wasn't putting the State first. Palin's popularlity was slipping. Even among people with her own party. Her rambling announcement about loving Alaska so much that she wants to resign to spend more time out of it doesn't tell a credible story as much as this story does. People were souring on what some called a "...
Buckeye State Blog - Fri 5:17 p.m.
Oh my lord! What a way to start the holiday weekend. Sarah Palin has not only announced that she will NOT run for a second term as governor but also will resign in the midst of her current term, effective July 26. http://community.adn.com/adn/node/142175 Watch her announcement if you can without tearing your hair out, and see if you can figure out her motivations or her intentions. Of cours...
Ohio Daily Blog - Fri 4:40 p.m.
Suddenly, Mark Sanford is behind in the nuttiest '12 GOP Presidential candidate primary. Bobby Jindal is going to have to do something drastic to catch up. There's no way anyone buys that this is about stepping up her profile. Palin was only in her third year in office. When you resign because your can't handle the criticism and scrutiny of being a Governor of Alaska , a state ...
Buckeye State Blog - Fri 4:39 p.m.
Vive Le Tour! The 96th edition of the greatest of all bike races kicks off in Monte Carlo tomorrow. Free up space on your DVR and settle in for the next three weeks. This year's TDF offers a time trial in Monac o, a relapse of the notorious team time trial, a slew of classic climbs and of course the penultimate stage finish on Mt.Ventoux . That one will be epic. The smart money is on ...
briefcase radical - Fri 4:20 p.m.
Sarah Palin is stepping down as Governor of Al AS ka and the talking heads on CNN are actually trying to discern some logical rationale for the move. CNN also played the rambling ten minute speech given from the unofficial state capital of Al AS ka, the Palin residence. It went in more directions than a country crossroad at times sounding like a victory speech and then a polemic on Obamanom...
briefcase radical - Fri 1:59 p.m.
Politico is reporting that Governor Sarah Palin is resigning her office later this month. They are speculating this will allow her to move about the country more easily without the spectre of ethics complaints, setting up a run for President in 2012. There has got to be something more behind this. Her term would have ended in 2010, which would have allowed her plenty of time to campaign for...
The Nookular Option - Fri 1:24 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 
We'll be on the move for a short time and posting will be a little here and there. I wish you all a happy and safe holiday weekend!!!!! ...
Ohio15th District - Fri 12:51 p.m.
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 thought City Council--led by Laketa Cole--was off the mark with its mid-year budget correction. Some ideas (like having police park their cars an hour per shift) don't seem likely to save the city money, and others (like the new environmental bureaucracy, a first-of-its-kind proposal that adds to the city payroll when the city is furloughing its existing staff) simply prioritize the city's agend...
Cincinnati Blog - Fri 12:50 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
I can’t raise my rates 40% in a year. Yet, I’ve had incredible, wild swings from year to year for health insurance for my small business.. Reading this article about a former CIGNA exec’s testimony to Congress makes it real clear why. It’s worth a read of the full piece: Wendell Potter says he is finished defending [...]...
DaytonOS - Fri 10:16 a.m.
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
A new family moved in next door awhile back. That means adjusting to a whole new set of sounds. My neighborhood is very much working class bordering on scavenging class. There are plenty of families on the street. Their children contribute to the sounds of summer during the day. There is no convenient playground here, so the kids spend long hours rolling down the slope of th...
Long Live the Village Green - Fri 9:28 a.m.
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
If you're interested in such things, you can take a quiz here to determine how progressive you are. Apparently, I'm "extremely progressive". ...
The Nookular Option - Fri 8:56 a.m.
Kay Hagan (D-NC) joins Arlen Specter as yet another Senator who had been openly skeptical of including a public option in the health care reform bill and has now come to embrace it . In the latest proposal from the Senate's HELP committee, the public option has been rebranded the Community Health Insurance Option. Here are Sen. Hagan's remarks from yesterday about the plan: "My colleag...
Progress Ohio - Fri 8:56 a.m.
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
Linda Kersker passed away last evening in Cleveland Clinic after falling ill at a judicial fundraiser Tuesday night . I had gotten to know Linda when she was on the School Board and I was doing the public education advocacy thing. She could have given my little group of community advocates a cold shoulder -- after all she was a School Board member and a big firm partner. But she welcomed us...
Pho's Akron Pages - Fri 8:56 a.m.
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
Yesterday we looked over the so-called Marburger proposal to allow newspapers (and presumably other content providers) to sue news aggregators for unjust enrichment. Since that post I've seen a couple others talking about monopoly of information, so I say again -- the Marburger plan would only protect reporter work product, not the information itself. If a reporter can obtain the same informatio...
Pho's Akron Pages - Thu 8:22 p.m.
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
Szollosi, Waniewski, Webb, Brown, Collins, Craig, McNamara, and Sarantou were present, since there was no Council President and the pro-tem person was Shultz and she’s still out ill, Szollosi was voted on by those present to chair this meeting. The meeting today was to vote on the proposed contract [...]...
Glass City Jungle - Thu 8:21 p.m.
I would like to know if these scumbags are from say the East End or Linwood area or are they the usual crowd of asswipes from out towards Amelia? I am not going to find out because the couple of idiots leaving these fliers around are too chicken to make themselves known. ...
Cincinnati Blog - Thu 5:00 p.m.
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
"But you don't have to take my word for it..." One of the news angles I promised Anthony I'd cover as a way to grab some of this prime blog real estate is the United States Supreme Court. I'd been worried all day that the GOP wouldn't provide me with an adequate foil before the day was out... ...and then came this . The Senate GOP, led by Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, is upset this aftern...
Ohio Daily Blog - Thu 1:06 p.m.
Given that Keno has failed to deliver the promised revenues, I cannot say I really blame the Republican Senate President from wanting to hold hearings testing the feasibility of slot machines at horse tracks in order to generate revenue. Is it political grandstanding? Sure, but maybe somebody should be asking how much revenue we can really expect from expanding gambling if the limited permitted...
Buckeye State Blog - Thu 12:27 p.m.
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
Promoted from the comments . -- David The budget is a difficult task at hand and unfortunately in the world of political reality, any solution will not make everyone happy...but everyone will have to live with the results of what is being compromised. The question is, how should our state budget reflect our priorities the next two years? Repeal tax cuts? yes; Cut spending? yes, but not fo...
Buckeye State Blog - Thu 11:47 a.m.
Well, the good news is that Connie claims that the Plain Dealer 's proposal wouldn't implicate yours truly, so I'm apparently free to discuss the web chat with Connie today without a fear of a frivolous lawsuit. Let's be clear what this was: a newspaper holding a web event in order to capture attention and traffic to its site due to a controversy brewing in the blogsphere. In...
Buckeye State Blog - Thu 11:47 a.m.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has come up with the best idea on how to handle Republican filibuster threats. The Democrats now have 60 Senators in their caucus, and if all 60 sign a pledge to invoke cloture, then legislation simply would need an up or down vote. Note--this "pledge" would not ask for specific votes ON legislation--it would simply allow the vote to occur. Sen. Bernie Sanders ...
The Nookular Option - Thu 10:06 a.m.
For decades, Washington has failed to act as health care costs continued to rise, crushing businesses, families and placing an unsustainable burden on governments. Today the Senate HELP committee has produced legislation that lowers costs, protects choice of doctors and plans and assures quality and affordable health care for Americans. The Congressional Budget Office has now issued a m...
Progress Ohio - Thu 10:05 a.m.
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
Revised Senate Health Bill Includes Employer Mandate, Public Plan Option Revised draft health care legislation would result in insurance coverage for 97 percent of Americans at a lower cost than expected — about $611 billion over 10 years, leaders of a key Senate committee say. The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee could resume work next week on the latest ver...
Progress Ohio - Thu 9:20 a.m.
The American Medical Association switched it's stance on a public healthcare option. After previous opposition , the new president of the AMA Dr. J. James Rohack told CNN that healthcare should include "a private system and a public system, working together.” Rohack, who recently became AMA president, suggested Wednesday that the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program available to Congre...
The Nookular Option - Thu 8:58 a.m.
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
CBS looks at Vanity Fair's article on Sarah Palin, and highlights an interesting tidbit--Palin tried to mislead her own campaign staff on husband Todd's involvement in the Alaskan Independence Party, a secessionist group. Palin blasted out an e-mail with the subject line "Todd" to [chief strategist Steve] Schmidt, campaign manager Rick Davis and senior advisor Nicolle Wallace, cop...
The Nookular Option - Thu 8:37 a.m. - 2 clicks
Renegade Republican Auto Dealer Tom Ganley yesterday launched his GOP Senate Primary campaign with a teleprompter, an amplifier, and some stories about his automotive beginnings as the owner of a Rambler dealership back in the day. For Democrats, this should be a dream come true. Ganley has some deep pockets, despite not receiving bailout dollars, a point he thunders home somewhere in the secon...
Ohio Daily Blog - Thu 8:37 a.m.
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.
With as political as the whole discussion of fire hydrants has become, it is nice to be able to point out that a local resident, Edward Howard made a suggestion that could solve the immediate problem. Citizen’s low-cost idea to add fire hydrants gets city’s notice: Mr. Howard said he looked at a neighborhood map [...]...
Glass City Jungle - Thu 8:36 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.
Sorry for the short notice, but the Plain Dealer apparently realizes that they've got a controversy in which to get web traffic with. They've announced that in fifteen minutes, Connie will discuss: Connie Schultz will join us at 11 a.m. Thursday to talk about her Sunday column on newspapers getting credit and pay for their work. She'll also discuss handling haters, writing...
Buckeye State Blog - 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
Actor and writer Alec Baldwin, in the latest issue of Playboy (Editor's Note : Before you start, let me note that I neither read it for the articles or the photos. I was simply doing...ahem...research...based on a Cleveland Leader piece I somehow stumbled across today) ...anyway, as I was saying... Baldwin is asked about his interest in running for office once his contract with NBC and 30Rock...
Ohio Daily Blog - Thu 7:25 a.m.
From today's N.Y. Times: "All his life, Robert Bowman wanted to be a lawyer. He overcame a troubled childhood, a tragic accident that nearly cost him a leg and a debilitating Jet Ski collision. He put himself through community college, worked and borrowed heavily to help pay for college, graduate school and even law school. He took the New York bar examination not once, not twice, not three ti...
The Nookular Option - Thu 7:15 a.m.
It might be a generational thing, but I've had enough of the media coverage of the passing of Michael Jackson. As a faithful viewer of the Today Show, I've had to change the channel because of their overabundance of coverage of his death, his family, etc., etc., etc. Enough already. Here it is July 2nd, and Mark Sanford is still the Governor of South Carolina. If I lived in South Carolina,...
Stubbon Liberal - Thu 7:15 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 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.
I’m still not sure what I was thinking, or if I was thinking. But, it has me thinking (and writing in a stream of consciousness style- sorry). I was headed back from the Wesley Center on Delphos where I had met with Dr. Robert Walker and Shallom Coleman and others to discuss ways to stop gun [...]...
DaytonOS - Wed 9:47 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.
At the time, I tweeted that Mark Sanford was the GOP's Muskie. I thought I was being hyperbolic. I was wrong. Any guy who talks about his mistress being his "soul mate" while publicly profession to trying to "fall in love with his wife again" has a disconnect to reality. Here's a pro-tip: if your infidelity has caused problems in your marriage and you're tryin...
Buckeye State Blog - 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.
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 independence from the insurance industry! On July 4, with our friends at SEIU, we ...
Progress Ohio - Wed 1:04 p.m.
John Temple was editor and then publisher of the Rocky Mountain News, one of two Denver dailies. It shut down in February after publishing for 150 years. It was the paper from which I learned of Marilyn Monroe's death (my family spent every August in Colorado). Clearly, he has personal reasons to be deeply concerned and alarmed about the fate of daily newspapers. But in his blog, he makes it cl...
Ohio Daily Blog - Wed 1:04 p.m.
Robert Portman is the type of candidate that Democrats all over the country dream of having the Republicans run: a Bush alumni with little name recognition and direct ties with many unpopular issues. I won't lie, there are plenty of times where I just have to sit back and ask myself "what the hell are they thinking?" So in the spirit of knowing the enemy, I want to review Portman's s...
Buckeye State Blog - Wed 1:03 p.m.
Like a cat with a wounded mouse, I can't just let go. I'd link to Connie's column, but she, and her employer, apparently objects to bloggers linking to their website content without signing contracts and paying them money. But Connie's entire case as to the relevancy of her newspaper was to cite the work of one of its reporters (even for the Indians, that's a bad batting a...
Buckeye State Blog - Wed 10:46 a.m.
Senate President Bill Harris will hold hearings tomorrow on the Gov. Strickland's plan to allow video gambling at racetracks. Harris has many questions: How did the administration arrive at the $933 million estimate? What will happen to school funding if those revenues are not realized? Would the state and the schools realize more money if the licenses were competitively bid? Is the Lottery C...
Progress Ohio - Wed 10:10 a.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
Connie Schultz began what is rapidly becoming a national conversation about the economic future of newspapers with her Sunday column about a proposal by the brothers Marburger. Daniel is an economist at Arkansas State University, David is a partner at Baker Hostetler who represents newspapers, including the PD. You can find a pdf of the proposal on the "blog" version of the column . The def...
Pho's Akron Pages - Wed 8:26 a.m.
I think I'm warming to this God character. Joe the Plumber has spoken to God and received some good advice : Asked if he has plans to run for public office, he replied, “I hope not. You know, I talked to God about that and he was like, ‘No.’” He continued, “I believe he’s gotten me on this grassroots movement. If I can encourage leaders to step up, that’s what I would like to do. Tha...
The Nookular Option - Wed 8:17 a.m.
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
Apparently, the future of manufacturing in the US looks very bright---as long as we're talking about military weapons. Frida Berrigan has written a highly- recommended column on the Foreign Policy in Focus blog. By all accounts, the sale of weapons looks to top $40 billion this year alone. But last year, the United States sold arms or military services to well over 100 nations. Can they...
The Nookular Option - Wed 7:45 a.m.
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
Congratulations to Senator-elect Al Franken!!!! > Vanity Fair has an interesting article about Gov. Sarah Palin. My favorite quote from the article is this: .... One longtime McCain friend and frequent companion on the trail was heard to refer to Palin as “Little Shop of Horrors.”..... It appears that things were very, very tense between Palin, McCain, and the McCain staff. Could ...
Stubbon Liberal - Wed 6:34 a.m.
Healthcare for All It is immoral for a country as wealthy as ours to have 45 million people with no health coverage, and tens of millions more with inadequate or overly expensive coverage. It also makes no economic sense; despite spending twice as much as other industrialized nations on healthcare, our system performs poorly because the private U. S. insurance bureaucracy soaks up nearly one-thir...
Progress Ohio - Wed 6:17 a.m.
It's being said by Republicans, Democrats, Charterites, and every other logical thinking person, but Don Mooney Jr. lays out the reasons why the anti-rail ballot issue is shortsighted and something that will hurt the city now and later. This once again exposes the ignorance of Chris Smitherman for not understanding what COAST is trying to do, stop any and all rail project. COAST pretends to on...
Cincinnati Blog - Wed 6:16 a.m.
Healthcare for All It is immoral for a country as wealthy as ours to have 45 million people with no health coverage, and tens of millions more with inadequate or overly expensive coverage. It also makes no economic sense; despite spending twice as much as other industrialized nations on healthcare, our system performs poorly because the private U. S. insurance bureaucracy soaks up nearly on...
Thinking Green, Speaking Green - Wed 4:04 a.m.
Yeah, um...could there be a slight problem with the leadership at the Contemporary Arts Center? When I say leadership, I'm talking the top of the ticket, accent and all. ...
Cincinnati Blog - Wed 2:59 a.m.
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
Councilmember Chris Bortz needs to learn something about dealing with the media. If you wave a big piece of candy in front of them, they are going reach out and grab it like a seven year grabbing for a candy bar. In this case the mere mentioning of Chris Smitherman's name will generate a story, and more importantly, a headline. ...
Cincinnati Blog - Tue 7:09 p.m.
This session, which is also one of six break-out sessions, runs from 3:45-5pm and features Blake Rutherford, Jason Barnett, Steven Clift, Cyrus Krohn (moderator). PdF09: State/Local Online Politicking: How Community Hubs Can Change the Scene ...
Writes Like She Talks - Tue 2:38 p.m.
This session runs from 5:15-6:15pm and features A Conversation With Rep. Steve Israel, Jack Dorsey, Clay Shirky, Ellen Miller, and Joe Trippi. PdF09: Final Plenary: Can We.gov? How? ...
Writes Like She Talks - Tue 2:38 p.m.
This session runs from 5:00-5:15pm and will feature Andrew Hoppin of NYSenate.gov, David Moore of OpenCongress, Benjamin Stein of MobileCommons and Tristan Harris of Apture. PdF09: Politech Demos ...
Writes Like She Talks - Tue 2:38 p.m.
First thoughts on Al Franken's victory --now that the Dems have 60 votes, I think it is high time to pursue a progressive agenda and pressure the Blue Dogs to fall in line---rather than pursue a weak bipartisan agenda and pressure the progressives to play along. ...
The Nookular Option - Tue 2:38 p.m.
Finally, I think we're starting to see a more balanced reporting on judicial activism that points out that conservative jurist also "legislate from the bench." In fact, one of the defenses against Sotomayor over this case is that the U.S. Supreme Court had to announce new law to reach its conclusion-- an act heavily criticized by Justice Ginsberg's dissent. A dissent in which the Republi...
Buckeye State Blog - Tue 2:37 p.m.
This session runs from 2-3:15pm and is one of six break-out sessions that will be going on simultaneously. As much as I can be in many places at once, I can only live-blog one session at a time. The session features Frank Rich, Karen Tumulty, Dan Gillmor, Scott Simon, Clay Shirky, Andrew Rasiej (moderator). PdF09: [...]...
Writes Like She Talks - Tue 11:32 a.m.
This session runs from 11:35am-12:10pm and features Michael Wesch. PdF09: The Machine is (Changing) Us: YouTube Culture and the Politics of Authenticity ...
Writes Like She Talks - Tue 9:52 a.m.
Senator Roland Burris came out against gay marriage at a gay pride parade. Senator Roland Burris was at Chicago's Gay Pride Parade yesterday, declaring his support for civil unions but saying marriage is for "perpetuation of the species." I guess all of them married folk without kids will have to get an annulment. ...
The Nookular Option - Tue 9:52 a.m. - 2 clicks
This session runs from 11:05am through 11:35am and features Alec Ross. PdF09: 21st Century Statecraft: Fostering Citizen-Centered Diplomacy and Development ...
Writes Like She Talks - Tue 8:23 a.m.
In light of the AMA coming out against a public option for health care reform, this AMA report from earlier this year is worth looking at. "The vast majority of health insurance markets in the U.S. are dominated by one or two health insurers, according to a new study by the American Medical Association (AMA) that examined insurer competition in markets across the country. Most alarmingly, i...
The Nookular Option - Tue 8:22 a.m.
This has got to be the silliest suggestion I've heard for deciding NFL games in overtime. "Each coach writes down a yard-line at which they would elect to start their offense. The numbers are given to the referee in sealed envelopes; whichever coach picked the lower yard-line wins the auction and get the ball first. The game plays out in sudden death." "Name that yard line"? Come...
The Nookular Option - Tue 8:22 a.m.
Paul Krugman makes the case that the energy bill provision to penalize global warming pollutors is based on sound economics . Pat Boone is a " birther " It Came from Wasilla-- Vanity Fair article on Sarah Palin "The pattern is inescapable: she takes disagreements personally, and swiftly deals vengeance on enemies, real or perceived. " The return of Ned Lamont ? Clarence T...
The Nookular Option - Tue 7:21 a.m. - 2 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
When I read this, I thought this guy is lucky he is not my husband. AJC : South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford sat in her oceanfront living room Friday, recalling how her husband repeatedly asked permission to visit his lover in the months after she discovered his affair. “I said absolutely not. It’s one thing to forgive adultery; it’s another thing to condone it,” Jenny Sanford told Th...
Stubbon Liberal - Tue 6:42 a.m.
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
Daily newspapers see their longtime business model crumbling, and they are desperate. But their hunger to find a revenue source somewhere — anywhere — has led to some ideas that border on thievery and self-destruction. And it’s sad to see a normally level-headed columnist like the Plain Dealer’s Connie Schultz buy into and become a mouthpiece for the deceptive spin being put out by traditional ...
Ohio Daily Blog - Mon 9:21 p.m.
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
An interesting dichotomy is emerging in the banking industry as of late. Large money center banks are bowing out of the Treasury capital assistance program affectionately know as TARP . At the same time smaller regional banks are more than willing to hold on to the capital and are not concerned about blemishing their reputations. Big banks are doing their best to jettison TARP dollars and repu...
briefcase radical - Mon 3:20 p.m.
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
I haven't posted anything here in awhile; summer, new smoker, learning about Twitter, reading, avoiding grading, watching Pujols, catching up with a long-lost friend: many distractions. But I popped over to Ann Coulter's page the other day. I don't have TV any more, and I miss her insights. I have a sneaking suspicion that there are some really good lawyers (my long-lost friend is probably one o...
DaytonOS - Mon 3:19 p.m. - 3 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.
I can already hear the wingnuts howling over this . The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that New Haven, Connecticut, discriminated against a mostly white group of firefighters who were denied promotions, overturning a decision by high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor . By a 5-4 vote and splitting along conservative and liberal lines, the justices overturned a ruling for the city by...
The Nookular Option - Mon 10:19 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
Coal Has Peaked: Will This Impact The American Clean Energy And Security Act? Written by Fred Etcheverry Published on June 26th, 2009 Oil peaked several years ago. Now coal has peaked. The Costs of their production will soar when the global economy recovers and demand returns. Some say that this is a bad time to launch an ambitious energy policy as that envisioned by...
Thinking Green, Speaking Green - Mon 3:47 a.m.
Republicans Call For 100 New Nuclear Plants Written by Ruedigar Matthes Published on June 25th, 2009 “We all remember this time last year,” said Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., at a hearing on Capitol Hill on Monday. “We were in the midst of an energy crisis, paying $4 for a gallon of gasoline, and Americans were seeing their utility bills ...
Thinking Green, Speaking Green - Mon 3:47 a.m.
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
The NY Times is reporting that thousands of Iranians are still protesting possible election fraud. This is an amazing occurrence if you listen to conservative commentators . The audacity of these protesters---still fighting for what they believe is right, despite President Obama "limp-wristed" response and perceived lack of support. How dare they endanger their lives like this, without rece...
The Nookular Option - Mon 3:46 a.m.
President Barack Obama trotted out a tired old idea-- warnings of "protectionist signals" --in speaking out against a provision in the energy bill that would penalize countries that fail to limit global warming pollution. A day after strongly praising energy legislation passed by the House, President Obama on Sunday spoke out against a provision in the bill that would impose trade penalties on...
The Nookular Option - Mon 3:46 a.m.
I’m sitting here wondering why a “Christian owned and operated organization” that promises the “highest level of integrity” is selling crap like this: According to their website, the Michigan Fund Raising company is supposed to be helping soccer teams sell candy bars to raise funds for new shin guards. But instead they are pushing a political agenda [...]...
Plunderbund - Mon 3:46 a.m.
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
Ok, does the Dear Maija column in CityBeat work? I understand and actually like the tone, but is this what is right for CityBeat, as opposed to more hard news stories? ...
Cincinnati Blog - Mon 3:45 a.m.
Well, "someone" is doing their best to scare the public as means to position the CPD into avoiding any pain from the impending Budget Cuts. I laugh when the word "could" is used 5 times. That makes this article generate the smell that accompanies a leak from the CPD that was on purpose, all the way from the top. ...
Cincinnati Blog - Mon 3:45 a.m.
Thanks to Mother Jones for this, but I think it originates from this site The Modern Voice. Some may find this funny. But suggesting that young women ought to believe that oral sex is like eating a hamburger demeans all of us. I think it represents the thinking of a 16 year old boy. Sorry [...]...
The Madrigal Maniac - Jun 26 - 11 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
Matthew Yglesias responds to a Cato blogger's claim that the Michael Jackson's success "makes the case for capitalism". "It’s unquestionably true that central planning’s record in pop music is extremely poor, though they did okay in film, but this seems to have limited relevance to our current policy debates. Suppose that Jackson had paid somewhat higher taxes over the course of his career...
The Nookular Option - Jun 26
Protect Higher Education Save Library Funding Add Slot Machines Protect Early Childhood Education Protect Mental-Health Services Funding Raise Taxes Other ...
Ohio Daily Blog - Jun 26
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
Many of us have uttered those words while listening to the latest statement coming from the overtanned talking head of John Boehnhead (Oh-Unlucky 08). So maybe he should be careful about uttering them himself — don't remind us, Boehnhead! http://republicanleader.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?D This man, with the temerity to host a site called Republican "leader," is cond...
Ohio Daily Blog - Jun 26 - 2 clicks
Model Green Jobs Legislation With increased focus on the environment, and in the aftermath of the ARRA, hundreds of green jobs bills were introduced in the states this legislative session. Below is a sampling of some model bills introduced in 2008 and 2009. · Washington has been a leader in the green jobs arena for ...
Thinking Green, Speaking Green - Jun 26
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
