It's hard to believe we even need legislation like this in 2009, but tonight, Cleveland City Council reaffirmed the words of our founders that all men are created equal by voting 21-0 to extend protections against discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations based on gender identity and expression.
Kudos to [...]
I'm excited to introduce all of you to our newest Guest Columnist Savage Henry. Savage has a little bit of an affinity for the Columbus Dispatch in case you can't tell. Savage Henry is an Ohio native who finds himself living outside of the greatest state in the union, looking [...]
On Oct. 30, John Kasich took part in a fascinating discussion at Regent University about free markets and economic liberalism. Click here to watch. (Not sure why they didn’t bring in a translator for Arianna.)
Not only does John Kasich embody the same optimistic spirit of Ronald Reagan and explains [...]
has been indicted on two more charges for her illegal scheme to pay $5/voter via the Ohio University College Democrats.
She was already indicted for laundering more than $27,000 in campaign contributions through personal bank accounts during her race for county prosecutor.
Ted Strickland has remained silent throughout these ongoing scandals.
As an update to my post on the Ohio House Democrat’s questionable numbers the supposed benefits of the 3rd Frontier corporate welfare scheme, Minority Leader Bill Batchelder is pissed:
“It has come to our attention that for more than half a year the House Democrats have been drafting, working and [...]
When we got to church safely this weekend, my son said "Dad, I bet that's the first time you out drove Tiger Woods." [...] 
Or at least, that's what the EnviroNazis think you should think.I doubt that General Stanley McChrystal is the leader whose advice we should follow without significant validation of his recommendations. Gen. McChrystal recommended the deployment of additional troops in a “surge” modeled after the one in Iraq. Also, General McChrystal’s previous association with the abuse [...]
The national Republicans today assailed Democratic Senate candidate Jennifer Brunner for what they described as her inflammatory and baseless attacks against General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Jennifer Brunner should immediately apologize not only to General McChrystal, but to all American troops, for her inflammatory [...]
Hamilton County Commissioner David Pepper, candidate for Ohio Auditor, lied to voters and cast a lone vote for higher property taxes.
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Today, while Jennifer Brunner was making her case for dramatically rethinking the U.S. commitment to the war in Afghanistan, her U.S. Senate opponent, Lee Fisher was announcing a another wave of regional endorsements, this time focusing on Lucas County and the Metro Toledo area.
In his release today, Fisher accepted [...]
It's not much of a secret that the establishment of the Democratic Party wants Lee Fisher to be the 2010 U.S. Senate race candidate, not Jennifer Brunner . But there is fresh evidence in an invitation for a Fisher fundraiser next week in Washington hosted by none other than [...]
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Program has created over 40K jobs and provided a 10 to 1 return for taxpayers
COLUMBUS – Citing an impressive job-creation performance and a strong return on investment for taxpayers, State Reps. Sandra Williams and Jay Goyal joined business leaders in growing high-tech industries from across the state to [...]
"If you won't gamble enough to hurt you, it won't do you any good to win." -- Bill Lear
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The New York Times’s Jason DeParle and Robert Gebeloff published a long Saturday report on the Food Stamp program that went into print on Sunday.
This is the second of three posts on their coverage; the first went up earlier today at NewsBusters and BizzyBlog. It [...]
Only two of the seven Ohio horsetracks were able to come up with license fees for slot machines in September -- and that was before voters approved full-blown casinos that would compete with the tracks.
But that doesn't mean the idea of slot machines -- officially known as' [...]
Thanks to a loyal reader for bringing this to our attention on the heels of the post I did about Strickland's health issues and how it might affect his race for Governor.
[blog.cleveland.com]Did Keith Dailey knowingly lie on behalf of governor Strickland or not?
Heck, even if he [...]
With billions of dollars up for grabs, it's perhaps no surprise that lobbyists have gotten to work trying to influence which states the Obama administration gives money for high-speed passenger rail.
The federal government's $8 billion allocation for rail projects around the country "is poised to become Washington's latest" [...]
Now that Gov. Mike Huckabee’s presidential aspirations are sunk with his own version of Willie Horton, I wonder how comfortable Gov. Ted Strickland feels about recently releasing 78 convicts from prison?
If Ted takes the vetting process as serious as he did his appointment of a trustee to [...]
With that initial editorial, the Dispatch was merely warming to the fight. The Sunday after the election, the newspaper’s first-rate senior editor, Joe Hallett, piled on, arguing in a column, “Like strip clubs, casinos should be put to a test of acceptance from the communities where they [...]
Sen. George V. Voinovich of Ohio agrees with those who say the United States should get more help from allies in the war in Afghanistan. But while Voinovich is awaiting details of President Obama's policy tomorrow, the Ohio Republican seems supportive of Obama's decision to send more troops to [...]
This came in via e-mail referencing two Ohio House members that do not live in our general area, but the information shared is relevant to several discussions on the blog, which is why it’s included, if other similar releases follow, I’ll update:
Ohio House Pushes for Renewal, Expansion of Third [...]
Tuesday, December 1 at 11pm
Federal Building, 200 N. High, at Spring and High Streets
Please join us at the federal building for a half hour to protest the escalation of the war.
Also, Mark Stanbery has written a draft letter to the editor on the subject. Please [...]
Have a good day. [...] I'm sorry but I didn't vote for middle ground compromise. I voted [...]
Two Franklin County wind and solar energy savings projects are among 25 statewide to share more than $13 million in federal stimulus funds. (See entire list here).
Gov. Ted Strickland, joined by other elected and state officials, announced the grants today in Cleveland at Lincoln Electric, which will receive [...]
Watch this video about health care from the Ted Strickland campaign:
Did you get the idea that many children without health insurance now have it, thanks to Gov. Strickland? After all, it did say “He’s passed legislation guaranteeing health-care access for all Ohio children, and he’s working to make that [...]
Hundreds of Thousands of Low-Income Ohioans to Benefit
Cleveland, OH--Low-income Ohio citizens will be ensured access to voter registration at Ohio public assistance offices as a result of a settlement agreement submitted to Federal District Court Judge Patricia A. Gaughan over this past holiday weekend.
The settlement successfully [...]
Super Weed Can’t Be Killed: Thanks Monsanto; The Scarecrow Chronicles
It was bound to happen. The first weed to develop a resistance to chemicals has shown itself. Pigweed is invulnerable to man-made herbicides. Monsanto says it’s the farmers’ fault. Corporate farms are in huge trouble because they can’t [...]
This in via e-mail from the Lee Fisher for Senate campaign:
Lucas County Leaders Endorse Fisher for U.S. Senate
(Toledo) – Leaders from across Lucas County endorsed Lt. Governor Lee Fisher for U.S. Senate today, citing his determination to make Ohio a national leader in clean energy and green job creation.
“Lee [...]
His union masters will be pleased:
WASHINGTON Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams is scheduled to appear 9 a.m. today on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal.”
Williams is expected to discuss the success of stimulus funding to the city of Youngstown and will point out the the city received $350,000 in Recovery Act funding that [...]
Twelve elected Democrats from Lucas County today endorsed Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher for the party's nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2010.
The officials, including seven countywide officeholders and Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, opted to endorse Fisher rather than his opponent for the Democratic nomination, Secretary of State Jennifer [...]
This in via e-mail from the office of Ohio Representative Peter Ujvagi, a later e-mail from the office of Governor Ted Strickland lists all of the projects in Ohio, it’s included below as well:
Rep. Ujvagi Announces Green Energy Grants for Toledo Area
Approximately $1 Million Will Promote Jobs, Energy [...]
Forget "Cyber Monday." More importantly, forget buying a bunch of garbage made in China and sold at Wal-Mart. The bargains we think we're getting by purchasing cheap, foreign-made goods, are really nothing more than long term investments in the decline of our national economy. Instead of buying lots of' [...]
Ahead of President Barack Obama's speech Tuesday when the president is expected to outline plans to send another 30,000 or more troops to Afghanistan, Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio says he remains "very skeptical" about such a move by his fellow Democrat in the White House.
It's' [...]
But a bigger indicator of peril comes from a new survey question' [...]
You'll recall that last year my Mom and her team of school bus drivers at the Wilmington City Schools in Clinton County created the most amazing representation of Santa's workshop I've ever seen: a school bus decorated with a million twinkling lights.
This year, their entry in the town's "Hollidazzle" [...]
The Supreme Court today threw out a ruling of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that had ordered the government to disclose photographs of detainees being abused by U.S. officials. The ruling was widely expected, given that Congress had recently changed the Freedom of Information [...]
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: A party both united and divided
The Republican rank and file is largely in sync with GOP lawmakers in their staunch opposition to efforts by President Obama and Democrats to enact major health-care legislation, but a new Washington Post poll also [...]
It looks like I will be defending my dissertation this Wednesday, which represents the last hurdle in my quest for a PhD. I now get to spend the next 48 hours or so of my life preparing for the academic inquisition, so I suspect I will [...] Barack Hussein Obama is now faltering on Afghanistan after his dithering performance for months pretending to be working on a “strategy” that would only consider the request of General McChrystal to add at least 40,000 troops, increase the size of the Afghan police and army and surge against terrorist elements.
At [...]
The Toledo Public School Board had offered current Superintendent John Foley a one year contract. This morning he announced he was not interested in accepting the one year contract, this means he will resign at the end of his contract, which expires July 31, 2010. Foley is the 28th Superintendent [...]
Amanda Wurst preparing to speak to the Statehouse Press CorpsAfter a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend of friends (thanks to my neighbors for a great meal), family (thanks to them for great food, games & camaraderie) and fun (which I know I'm getting old when laying around for the entire' [...]
U.S. Senate candidate Jennifer Brunner doesn't have a vote, of course, but the Ohio Democrat seems to typify the intra-party problem facing President Obama Tuesday night when he reportedly will announce that he will send another 30,000 or so U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan.
Brunner says in a release this' [...]
Senate Democrats will return to Washington Monday to begin a long-awaited floor debate on the health-reform bill they hope to pass before Christmas. But it’s hardly the last battle they’ll be forced to wage on the health-care front.
As tough as the upper-chamber debate promises to be, [...]
In a long Saturday report on the Food Stamp program that went into print on Sunday, the New York Times’s Jason DeParle and Robert Gebeloff:
Almost seemed to celebrate the program’s explosive growth. Bemoaned the fact that many who could participate do not. Both in their title (”Food Stamp [...]
to eternity and a knowledge of God. (Funny this piece talks about the same Scriptural passages I mentioned yesterday here. Coincidence? Nah, God-incidence.) [...] Okay, so I'm a little late to the party, but I just saw this 2002 Superbowl Ad for the first time. The genius ad men at Annheuser Busch produced this tribute to the victims of 9/11 and aired it during the Superbowl. I just saw it for the first time' [...]
Promoted from the forums. -- David
President Obama is scheduled to address the American people tomorrow about his plans for dealing with the war in Afghanistan, a war he—and our nation—inherited from former President George W. Bush. Neither President Obama nor the American public knew the extent to which [...]
Jennifer Brunner is the Ohio Secretary of State and a candidate for the U.S. Senate. Have a comment or question for Brunner? Leave it here at OhioDaily, or go to DailyKos where this piece is cross-posted
President Obama is scheduled to address the American people tomorrow about his plans for [...]
OK, say you bought a house. It is in good shape and in a decent area with good schools, lots of churches and good neighbors. Like a responsibile adult you pay your mortgage on time all the time.
The years go by and all of your namby pamby keep up with [...]
The BBC has become tangled in the row over the alleged manipulation of scientific data on global warming.
One of its reporters has revealed he was sent some of the leaked emails from [...]
In a broadcast from nationalized farmland' [...]
Nov 29, 2009 / 08:55 pm (CNA).- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has created an Advent and Christmas website with suggestions for daily prayers, readings, reflection and action. A collection of Lessons and Carols is also provided for live listening or download.
Printable calendars in English [...]
Maurice Clemmons, the 37-year-old man wanted for questioning in the killing of four Lakewood police officers Sunday morning, has a long criminal record punctuated by violence, erratic [...]
Human societies must operate with the understanding that we are part of nature, not separate from nature. We must maintain an ecological balance and live within the ecological and resource limits of our communities and our planet. Dennis Spisak supports a sustainable society which utilizes resources in such a way that future [...]
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