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John Petric's Comfest Music Review #2: Electric Orange Peel band

"This guy cannot sing."

 That was my initial impression of the husky hippie guitar player fronting the band who followed The Neil Show!, namely Electric Orange Peel, on the late Friday afternoon white Gazebo Stage.

Soon I thought…

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Housing complexes and homeless tents

Be careful what you wish for, as the City and Neighbors 4 More Neighbors push for more urban density

In what arguably is the Midwest’s largest boomtown, City of Columbus leadership and the grassroots effort “Neighbors 4 More Neighbors” have been seeking greater housing density for Columbus’s downtown and nearby neighborhoods, such as the Short…

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Mapfre stadium

Mapfre Sports Park Relocation Continues to be a Waste of City Tax Dollars

Joe Motil, former Columbus City Council candidate and longtime community advocate who is now circulating petitions to run for Mayor in the 2023 May primary election states,” I have been publicly outspoken about wasting city tax dollars to…

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Harvey J Graff

Busting Myths: My ongoing struggles for responsibility from the City of Columbus

My struggles to gain democratic legal rights and respect for residents in the “city” of Columbus continue. The three documents reprinted here below elaborate the themes of my recent essays. To expand the discussion to a larger public, I include…

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