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ColumbusMediaInsiderPoliticalOutsider: Predictions (Don’t Call Your Bookie)

Against my better judgment, yet keeping my promise, I offer below my predictions for the statewide races on Election Day Nov. 8.  Don’t call your bookie on my advice.

I wrote down what my head told me the outcome would be and then I…

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Tim Ryan

How Right Wing Money and Messaging Fueled Ohio Democrat’s Demise

The midterm election is today, and the Ohio Democratic party faces a catastrophic defeat. J.D Vance gained five percentage points in Emerson College’s final survey of Ohio’s Senate race. Nan Whaley’s polling figures have remained…

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Columbus voters will decide three Issues on Tuesday, and all three could change the Columbus City Charter

Columbus voters will decide three Issues on Tuesday’s ballot, and all three will change the Columbus City Charter. The city’s constitution since 1914, which can only be changed by a vote of Columbus’ citizens.

There’s Issue 19, which could…

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Inspector General delivers first investigations to a frustrated Civilian Police Review Board

 

The Columbus Civilian Police Review Board (CPRB) met on November 3, 2022,  for the 15th time, admitting they are confused about key aspects of their power to discipline sworn officers of the Columbus Division of Police (CPD).…

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Fri Mar13 12:00 pm
Stop the Cruelty, Westerville
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