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Today’s full page plus story in the Columbus Dispatch titled, “Group: Road done for developer not safety” reveals the never ending unethical, underhanded unbridled perpetual deal making that goes on in Columbus City Hall.
Former Columbus City Council candidate Joe Motil says, “Like Centerplate, Redflex and Colemans house sale to a Chinese businesswoman, the Little Turtle road project reeks of political corruption that runs rampant through the Public Service Department, City Attorney’s office and exposes Coleman's reign over City Council President Shannon Hardin and other City Council members.”
David Pepper is keeping the Ohio Democratic Party alive, single-handedly, even though his six years as the party's chair came to an end a year ago.
Quick. Name the current chair. You can't because the new chair is largely invisible as is the party apparatus.
Quick. Name a Democrat who can keep Mike DeWine from being re-elected governor in 2022. You can't because the two announced combatants are largely unknown outside of their home areas.
Quick. Name the Ohio Democrat who has kept the Ohio Republican establishment's feet to the fire during the redistricting and reapportionment machinations the past few weeks and who is leading the charge to get the Ohio Supreme Court to overturn the horribly Republican biased, profoundly disrespectful to Ohio citizens gerrymander/remap.
Two Hints: It is not the virtually anonymous chair of the Ohio Democratic Party and it is not the Democratic candidates for governor or any other statewide office in 2022, the latter of which are few and far between.
Friday, November 26, 2021, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
For a brighter Thanksgiving in our troubled times, I share my carefully chosen, over a number of months, roster of diverse age and origins Young Heroes. They give me hope and cheer. I hope they will do that for you and your families too . Enjoy.
Zaila Avant-garde, 14 year old first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. She also holds three Guinness World Records for basketball dribbling. Zaila Avant-garde Talks About How She Came To Her Spelling Success : NPR
Tani Adewumi, 10 year old Nigerian immigrant to New York City, youngest in history chess master. Meet America's Newest Chess Master. He's 10 : NPR
Tucson, Arizona (AZ) — On the morning of November 23, 2021, Hia Ced, Tohono, and Akimel O’odham peoples and local community members held a press conference in front of the AZ State Office Building in support of Hia Ced and Tohono O’odham land and water protector, Amber Lee Ortega. The community denounced the recent ruling by Judge Leslie A. Bowman to not allow the federal Religious Freedom and Restoration Act (RFRA) as a defense for Amber Ortega.
Ms. Ortega is currently facing federal misdemeanor charges for the action she took on September 9, 2020 to stop border wall construction near the O’odham sacred site of A’al Vappia- Quitobaquito Springs. Last Thursday’s ruling will not permit the testimony of Ms. Ortega and the expert testimony of O’odham elder, Lorraine Eiler to be used in the case. They both testified on the immense religious significance of Hia Ced O’odham sacred sites and burial grounds destroyed by border wall construction, which also threatens the springs.
November is Native American Heritage Month and November 26th is Native American Heritage Day. For some Native Americans, Thanksgiving is a day of mourning.
This past Spring Equinox, former First Lady of Ohio, Hope Taft, set off on foot from southwest Ohio for 160 miles over back roads visiting the state’s most noteworthy Native American earthworks, which are on the threshold of becoming World Heritage sites as determined by the United Nations.
If successful, this places Ohio’s earthworks with Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza and makes them the state’s first World Heritage designation.
Yet well into the 21st century, white Christian men, Mormons in particular, are still seeking to re-write and even erase Native American history in “Ohi:yo,” which is Iroquois for “the great river” and the inspiration for “Ohio.”
Last Thanksgiving I wrotethat the country was more divided than ever and it was probably for the best that families had to remain socially distanced from each other after the 2020 election. Now, here we are –– a mere year later –– and Thanksgiving is once again upon us, which means all of our families’ turkeys are coming home to roost. 2021 has turned out to be just as politically chaotic in Ohio and across our country as its predecessor, so perhaps it’s finally time to serve our families some crow and humble pie this Thanksgiving. When eaten, both of these dishes are defined as making the consumer “admit that they were wrong or accept that they were defeated” –– which means family members across the political spectrum will have a chance to reflect on everything they’ve gotten wrong (or right!) in the past year.
Thursday, November 25, 12noon-2pm, Gokul Cafe [that serves Indian vegetarian cuisine at its finest and most authentic], 2685 Federated Blvd.
Let us celebrate Thanksgiving together in a very vegan way. No need to kill an innocent bird or exploit other animals.
Hosted by Columbus Vegan Meetup.
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Former Columbus City Council candidate Joe Motil, who for several years has been Columbus’s most outspoken critic of the Mayor and City Council’s blanket tax abatement policies, states that, “You can certainly tell that the Columbus City Council election is over and it’s back to business as usual. It has been nine months since a $54 million tax abatement was handed out to an unknown data center operator. Heaven forbids that such an outrageous one night of nine unjustified tax abatements of just over $55 million be given out during the election season that could give an opponent and the media something of concern to bring to light to the voters of Columbus. Well, I guess we can only hope that they will be enlightened by this historic moment this evening of continued thievery by the mayor and city council members of our property tax revenues.”