Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
COLUMBUS — Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor has asked the Ohio Ethics Commission to rule whether Portage County Commissioner Christopher Smeiles violated state law when he approved changes to a job-training program that benefited his daughter. Read More
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Cleveland — Tracy BoulianSteel plates on an arch of the Main Avenue Bridge, stretching over the Cuyahoga River, were so corroded that one had a four-inch hole in 2007. The span serves about 35,000 vehicles a day.
Two steel plates along the bottom of a truss arch on the Main Avenue Bridge had rusted so thin in September 2007 that one had a four-inch hole — leading transportation officials to worry privately that the span was in danger of collapsing. But no one warned the public about those fears. Read More
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
CLEVELAND — When a Cleveland bridge that carries 35,000 vehicles a day has a problem, Ohio Department of Transportation Deputy Director Bonnie Teeuwen has to make calculations that are a lot less cut and dried than figuring structural stresses or materials strength: How much should she say to whom, and in what sort of tone? Read More
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Constitution is not the appropriate vehicle for determining how the state should regulate the care of livestock. Yet political interests continue to try to try to amend that venerable document to push their agendas. The agriculture lobby, with a proposed constitutional amendment to create a statewide board to set care standards for livestock, is just the latest. Read More
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
COLUMBUS — Three cheers for Rep. Ted Celeste of suburban Columbus and three House Democratic allies (Mike Foley, Robert F. Hagan and Dan Stewart) for saying last week what needed to be said: Ohio can’t provide services by cutting them, so yes, Ohio may require a tax increase. Read More
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