The quarterly meeting of the Franklin County Treasurer, Cheryl Brooks Sullivan, and the Investment Advisory Committee (IAC) took place last Thursday, July 24, 2025. This meeting of the IAC was the last quarterly meeting before the Treasurer is faced with the decision of whether or not to reinvest $2,500,000 of tax payer funds into Israel bonds set to mature on October 1, 2025. The first half of the meeting consisted of a presentation on the standing of the county’s portfolio, while the second half was dedicated to public comment.

When the activist and preservation group Community Improvement 614 wanted to know more about LinkUS plans for West Broad Street, a federal engineer spoke up, saying, “You won’t recognize West Broad when we’re done, it will look completely different.”

This was a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) engineer talking candidly, and also on that call with Community Improvement 614 were officials from the City of Columbus and COTA, the Central Ohio Transit Authority. Others heavily involved with LinkUS are the Columbus Partnership and MORPC {Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission), and construction on West Broad for LinkUS’s first “Bus Rapid Transit” (BRT) line is scheduled to begin in 2026 with its accordion buses running by 2028.

Community Improvement 614 hastily formed last summer after realizing LinkUS could drastically alter West Broad.

Myth #1: Infidel does not mean "Westerner" or a "non-Muslim". The term refers to disbelievers, people who do not believe in God. It is also mentioned in the Bible, and it means the same in Arabic. Muslims refers to Jews and Christians as the "people of the book." Muslim men are allowed to marry Christians and Jews but not disbelievers or "kafirs."

Myth #2: While Sec. Pete Hegseth has his body littered with tattoos, he has never been a gang member, and no one accused him of aggravated assault, robbery, rape, and murder. Reason? He's a white man and neither Latino nor Black!

Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 6:00 PM
Schiller Park, 1069 Jaeger St., Columbus

Israel is trying to deflect global outrage by promising more aid, but we know the truth: starvation, blockade, and mass killing are not accidents. They are weapons of genocide. Even if trucks move tomorrow, this is not a solution.  It’s a PR cover for genocide and the the world must not look away.  

Bring signs, Kufiyahs, Flags, pots and pans.

President Trump is whining during his vacation in Scotland for not getting a thank you note after he claimed that two weeks ago the US gave $60 million worth of food to the Palestinians in Gaza, adding that he deserved to be thanked for this. Fact checks, Mr. Trump did not specify where these funds have come from or to whom they have been sent but last month. However, The Guardian revealed that the US had authorized a $30m grant to the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

First of all, I have lived in America for nearly 50 years, and I don't recall any presidents before him, Republican or Democrat, who required a "thank you" for any aid they provided in times of need. Why should Gazans thank this crybaby for something they have not received? Unless it came out of his pocket, why should there be a thank you to him anyway? 47 is very good in spreading misinformation. 

A former security contractor for Gaza's controversial new Israel- and US-backed aid distribution sites for GHF has told the BBC that he witnessed colleagues opening fire several times on hungry Palestinians who had posed no threat including with machine guns.