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Striking Teachers Garner Community Support First Day of Strike

Columbus teachers are now on strike. In an overwhelming showing of solidarity and determination, 94 percent of members of the Columbus Education Association (CEA), the union that represents over 4,500 teachers and staff of Columbus City schools,…

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Columbus teachers urging public to join them on the picket line

For the first time since 1975, Columbus City School (CCS) teachers over the weekend voted to strike and now the entire nation is paying attention.

On CNN this morning, its bottom-of-the-screen news ticker is telling the story of how…

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Columbus City Hall

Busting Myths – You can’t sue City Hall, can you? But we should educate the public and use the ballot box: That’s the American Way, if not the Columbus Way

There is truth in the old saying that “you can’t sue City Hall”—especially with any likelihood of either winning more than your costs or winning at all. That’s what attorneys who I’ve consulted tell me. This is true despite the fact that the “…

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Nan Whaley

ColumbusMediaInsiderPoliticalOutsider: Whaley Releases Biased Survey, Gets Carpet-Bombed By TV Ads

As predicted, Nan Whaley’s campaign is stuck in the mud having gained no ground and perhaps lost some to Mike DeWine in the three-and-a-half months after the May 3 primary. Only two-and-a-half months remain until the Nov. 8 election.

The…

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