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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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I call on the Columbus Dispatch, aka Dishpan or Dishrag, to do the city a public service and close up shop

Never a responsible, reliable, or honest newspaper, the Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio’s only mass—if declining by the day—circulation, no longer daily and no longer news-paper, no longer resembles a legitimate element of the media. Other than…

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ColumbusMediaInsiderPoliticalOutsider: The Endorsement Game

Governor Mike DeWine stuck his finger in the eyes of the Columbus Dispatch by not coming in for a pre-election interview.

His punishment? The newspaper endorsed Nan Whaley, who showed up for the interview, in a meandering long-winded…

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