Monthly Archives: September 2012

Spend Ohio’s Budget Surplus On Schools / Local Govt, Or, Reduce State Income Taxes? — Assembly Candidates Should Answer

Should Ohio’s surplus revenue be used to restore funding cuts to schools and local governments or should the surplus revenue be used to make across the board reductions to the Ohio income tax? In a functioning democracy, any candidate seeking … Continue reading

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The OSBA Argument Against Issue 2 — An Analogy To NFL Referees — Amounts To Pure Misinformation.

Instead of allowing politicians, every ten years, to gerrymander the districts in which they will seek re-election, Ohio’s Issue 2 empowers a 12 member committee of citizens to, every ten years, redraw the lines. Describing who should be eligible to … Continue reading

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Are Kettering’s Mayor And City Council Members Paid Too Much? Kettering Voters Will Decide On November 6

I’m glad to live in Kettering, Ohio — a great community with a democracy that seems to be coming to life.  An article in today’s DDN, “Council Members’ Pay At Issue,” written by Terry Morris, tells about, “a grassroots effort … Continue reading

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