This weekend Sidney City Schools Superintendent Pat O’Donnell squeaked past former Shelby County Sheriff Kevin O’Leary as the most hated local official in what could only be described as a major upset.
“Used to be we would just bag on O’Leary, but here lately we can’t get over how big of [...]
Breaking a three-day stalemate, the Senate approved an amendment to its health care legislation that would require insurance companies to offer free mammograms and other preventive services to women.
The vote was 61 to 39, with three Republicans joining 56 Democrats and the two independents [...]
Assessing the damage after being exposed as frauds Obama's nuts at ACORN are weighing the options of a possible name change.Politico.com writes about a memo that will be released Tuesday at the Republican Congressional hearings investigating ACORN over massive voter registration fraud of an organized [...]
From Politically Incorrect Gazette --Steaming Loads of the Week Award: This week, at least two titanic turds floated to the surface.
Turd 1: Globally Warmed assholes with a political agenda pervert science by deliberately faking global warming data.
Rational adults had already [...]
It’s with a sigh, that I share this from FOX Toledo:
DOWNTOWN TOLEDO – UPDATE 4:48 p.m. EST: By a 10-2 count, Toledo City Council voted to ban texting while driving in the city of Toledo. The measure will go into effect Jan. 1.
The only two council members to vote [...]
From Dan Balz in the Washington Post:
That issue flared briefly during the opening day of the Republican Governors Association annual conference here Wednesday. Former Ohio representative John Kasich offered a provocative assessment of his party’s failures on that front when he complained about the lack of success of [...]
This in via e-mail from State Representative Matt Patten, I’m sharing it since it impacts some of the townships in our area:
State Rep. Patten’s Fire Fighters Equality Bill Passes Out of Committee
House Bill 271 Promotes Public Safety
COLUMBUS – House Bill 271, sponsored by State Representatives Matt Patten (D-Strongsville) and [...]
My students in one of my courses kept bugging me the last two classes about the semester evaluation, and it was not until after they finished that I learned the reason for their interest. You see, I have a self-deprecating comment when I mis-speak or say [...] This in via e-mail from the office of Ohio House Representative and Speaker Pro Tempore, Matt Szollosi:
Rep. Szollosi, Ohio House Pass Comprehensive Election Reform Legislation
Key Changes Focus on Modernizing Elections System and Improving the Voter Registration Process
COLUMBUS – Speaker Pro Tempore Matthew A. Szollosi and the Ohio House of [...]
The Ohio House passed a bill today over Republican objections to make sweeping changes to how elections are run in Ohio, including expanding the number of sites a county can offer for early-absentee voting.
House Bill 260 passed the Democrat-controlled House 52-46 with a straight party-line vote, and the [...]
WASHINGTON- The Strengthening and Updating Resources and Equipment (SURE) Act, which was introduced by Congresswoman Kilroy on October 16th, was passed today by the House Committee on Homeland Security.
The SURE Act, which will allow first responders to maintain the capabilities necessary to prepare and protect [...]
PDF of the decision by the Ohio Court of Appeals, 6th Appellate District, the basics:
The trial court rejected appellant’s argument, ruling that, in Ohio law, a “fee,” although legally distinguishable from a tax, is encompassed in the words “taxes or assessments” found in R.C. 2723.03. Consequently, the court denied [...]
If I am not mistaken Downtown has entered their first renewal of the Special Improvement District (SID) assessment. The nearly $100,000 per year collected from building owners is spent on an office in the Chamber building and a director of the Main Street program all in an attempt to improve [...]
Since 1943 when Rep. John Dingell, Sr. first introduced a national Health Care bill, powerful interests have held our nation back.Here’s the roll call.
I didn’t live-blog the vote because my instincts told me it would work out similarly to cap and trade, where Nancy Pelosi’s biggest decision was who to allow to vote “no” in the interest of protecting her party’s electoral majority.
In terms of Ohio, she must think [...]
The vote was 220-215.
Both our Blue Dogs, Charlie Wilson (Oh-06) and Zack Space (Oh-18), voted for it. If you are in their districts, call and thank them. Wilson: 202-225-5705. Space: 202-225-6265.
Unfortunately, we had two less predictable "no" votes in our Ohio delegation: John Boccieri (Oh-16) and Dennis Kucinich (Oh-10). Kucinich [...]
The House just passed the health care reform bill. The final tally was 220-215, with one GOP member voting for the bill (Rep. Joseph Cao from Louisiana). Can't wait to hear how the wingnuts handle him.
