Speaking to public officials about fracking
Cross posted from Pruning Shears.Following a recent meeting with a representative, here are some thoughts for how to approach them on the issue.
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Fight back in the War on Voting: Daily Kos endorses Nina Turner for Ohio...
Ohio is the center of the political universe every four years. So naturally the Buckeye State has been front and center in the Republican War on Voting.Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted, swept...
View ArticleJohn Crawford Murdered, family says after seeing Walmart video.
On August 5th, John Crawford III was fatally shot by police while carrying Walmart merchandise (an airgun) inside a Walmart in Beavercreek, OH.News coverage in the initial days after the shooting...
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Want to make sure every vote counts? Get involved in these key races for...
Ohio's Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted made it as hard as possible for Democrats to vote in 2012. Now Democrats can beat him. You often don't know how important a secretary of state election...
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Patrick Johnson Of Personhood Ohio: Ban All Public Nudity Including...
Patrick Johnson, director of Personhood Ohio, is just sick to death of having to look at topless women in public, even if they are only breastfeeding their babies. Topless women are immoral! And,...
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Abortion clinics forced to keep standards that the states don't keep themselves
Ohio's Republican governor has been working feverishly to outlaw abortions. The trick has been to create laws that make it almost impossible for clinics to get licenses.Current Ohio law requires an...
View ArticleWalmart Video Shows John Crawford Was Shot on Sight By Cops With No Warning,...
John Crawford was the unfortunate black man holding a BB gun in the toy section of a Walmart Store in Beavercreek, OH, when police, in response to several 911 calls, shot and killed him on August 5,...
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Improving Transgender Health Care
There has been a slew of stories lately on the medical front concerning treatment of transgender people by medical professionals, emanating from Ohio, Washington, Oregon, California and...
View ArticleSherrod Brown votes for lung cancer and big tobacco
Sorry about the incendiary title. Obviously Brown and other democrats don't intentionally advocate for big tobacco, and they mean well here. But I want them to think about what they're asking for.I...
View ArticleFederal Judge Restores Early Voting in Ohio
Suck it, Jon Husted. From ACLU.org:COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal judge today ruled that cuts to early voting in Ohio must be restored in time for the November election. The American Civil Liberties Union...
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Judge sets back Republican Jon Husted by barring cuts in early voting in Ohio
Democrat Nina Turner is seeking to make Jon Husted a one-term secretary of state in Ohio. Federal District Judge Peter C. Economus ruled Thursday that Ohio cannot eliminate or restrict early voting on...
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15-year-old boy with autism was the target of cruel ice bucket challenge prank
Teenagers are often cruel to one another, but some kids in Ohio took things to a disgusting and gut-wrenching extreme when they tricked a 15-year-old boy into take the ALS ice bucket challenge....
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A Love Letter from the Ohio Secretary of State
Even if I had miraculously managed to avoid the non-stop sleazery of political ads, I'd know it's voting season in Ohio when I found a double-sided valentine from Secretary of State Jon Husted in my...
View ArticleGuardian Reports Damning New Facts Re: White Cop's Murder of Black Wal-Mart...
Sunday’s Guardian story on the Beavercreek, Ohio police murder killing of 22-year-old Wal-Mart shopper John Crawford, on August 5th, brings to light new facts about the case which should make any...
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After earthquake, Ohio suspends fracking at two wells
It's only temporary, but the Ohio Department of Natural Resources has suspended fracking operations at two wells:State regulators suspended operations at two deep-injection wells for fracking...
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Water and Human Sustainability
I got up this morning in my Atlanta hotel and grabbed a newspaper as I got my blog together. As I flipped through it with my coffee and cereal, I was very heartened to read a column written by a self...
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OH-Sen: NRSC Chairman Portman (R) Says Obamacare Repeal Will Be A Priority If...
No, he's not up for re-election until 2016 and of course I'll be writing about this race once the midterms are over. But Senator Rob Portman (R. OH) let the cat out of the bag on what a GOP controlled...
View ArticleNew York Times visits Youngstown, discovers huge and nonexistent transformation
Monday's article advertised a big economic benefit from fracking, but delivered a far more modest assessment.Cross posted from Pruning Shears.
View ArticleFederal judge keeps state government out of deciding political truth
A federal judge issued an important First Amendment decision on Thursday that prevents state governments from regulating campaign advertisements on the basis of truthfulness.
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The Wilds of Suburbia
My in-laws think I live in the South Bronx. I don't even know what the South Bronx looks like today but when I was a kid it was considered to be a rough neighborhood. Allow me to clarify. My in-laws,...
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