VIA COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Columbus will increase its income-tax rate for the first time in 27 years, according to final, unofficial returns.
The proposed increase was approved with 51.7 percent of the vote. More than 89,000 city residents voted, and the margin of victory was 3,050 votes.
“This was a coalition … coming together at a tough time in [...]
Posted on August 4th, 2009 by nvus
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VIA MUNIWIRELESS
Columbus, Ohio plans to apply for a $40M grant from the federal broadband stimulus program to deploy a citywide fiber optic network that would allow the city to terminate expensive contracts with phone companies and lease capacity to one or more (wired and wireless) Internet service providers to bring affordable, high-speed Internet [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2009 by nvus
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VIA CLEVELAND LEADER
President Barack Obama has invited COSE (Council of Smaller Enterprises) to participate in tomorrow’s Town Hall Meeting to discuss his health care reform plan. The event will take place tomorrow (July 23) around mid-day at Shaker Heights High School near Cleveland. The Obama camp has asked COSE to bring a contingent of small [...]
Posted on July 24th, 2009 by nvus
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POST by TCole
This evening President Barack Obama gave a national address to clarify his ideas for health care reform. After a lengthy monologue about his position, plan, and reasoning for his insistence for immediate health care reform with an August deadline.
He spoke of holding health care professionals to a higher standard by paying them [...]
Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by flytcole
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VIA CLEVELAND LEADER
Ohio’s biennium budget was due to be completed by the last day of June 2009, however state lawmakers and Governor Ted Strickland were unable to reach an agreement in time. So, twice the state legislature passed extensions funding the state government temporarily at 70%. On Friday, Strickland issued a statement stating that he [...]
Posted on July 11th, 2009 by nvus
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