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Deviating from the City Council Appointment Process: Results are the Same
Former Columbus City Council candidate Joe Motil has been an outspoken critic of Columbus City Council’s charade of its appointment process and the musical chair schemes it uses to control who holds a seat on Columbus City Council.…
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HB6 Update: Does Householder Still Hold the House?
Just when you thought Ohio’s nuclear bailout scandal couldn’t get any wilder, the twists and turns of our state’s historic bribery saga now seem reminiscent of a spy thriller or conspiracy theory novel. It has been over nine months since the FBI…
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Reeltime with Richard: Young activists work to revive former mill town
We know what kind of changes can kill a city, particularly in the so-called Rust Belt. But what does it take to bring that city back to life?
According to The Place That Makes Us, it takes activists who are passionately…
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ColumbusMediaInsider: Woe Is Ohio If GOP Legislators Take Over From Gov. DeWine
The Republicans in the Ohio legislature voted to take over the operation of the State Health Department so that Gov. Mike DeWine could no longer order Ohioans to wear masks, stay 6-feet apart and stop congregating.
The governor was too…
// Opinion