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).  

Willard McIntosh, the only member of the board previously sworn to serve as a Columbus police officer, summed up their concerns well:

“My family, my friends, say, ‘What can you guys do?’ 

And when I explain it, to be honest, they say, ‘Oh so, nothin’?’  

Really.” 

Janet Jackson, the chair of the board, had invited several Assistant City Attorneys to the meeting to help the board prepare to review the first thirty investigations completed by Inspector General Jacqueline Hendricks, in attendance.

Jackson began the meeting by thanking City Attorney Zach Klein, who was sitting at the table with the board members, and his staff for doing a wonderful job responding to the needs of the CPRB, acknowledging that she is not his only client and that his office is very busy.

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 article that concluded: “We urge you to vote for Nan Whaley for governor.”

The editorial, done by a newspaper that used to endorse a multitude of candidates and often played the role of kingmaker in close races, marked another reverse in a policy announced more than a year ago that the newspaper would no longer be telling its readers what to think, but rather would be conducting a “conversation” on its formerly called opinion pages.

The endorsement was released online early Friday morning and is destined to be featured on the section page of the newspaper’s Conversation section on Sunday, two days before the election.

It marked the second reversal of policy in a week at the central Ohio media outlet because the previous Sunday, the Dispatch endorsed Tim Ryan for U.S. Senator under the headline: “Vance Is No Stateman, Vote Ryan for US Senate.”

America’s beloved, desperately needed Pacifica Radio is at the brink of avoidable death.  It needs a miraculous but do-able progressive uprising to overcome the toxic, outmoded structure that’s killing the Network.  

In July, 2021, the Pacifica Voting Membership voted 6820-5471 to revise the Network’s failed old by-laws (FOB).  

But their legal team refused arbitration and pre-emptively sued, at financial costs they refuse to reveal…while demanding still more!!!  Individual “New Day” reformers have been threatened with personal liability.  

The result has been a horrific year of abject failure.  Rightfully elected board members, irreplaceable staff and many of the Network’s most popular hosts have been purged.  Basic operations have deteriorated into failed state chaos.  Phone lines have crashed, utility bills are unpaid, and Pacifica’s listenership has crashed along with its finances. 

Board meetings have devolved into destructive soul-killing dictatorships.  Reformers have been refused the right to speak.  Countless activist hours needed to fight for democracy and a green Earth have been squandered.

We devote the first hour of the GREE-GREE zoom gathering #116 with the great DAVID HOGG and a deep dive into two issues at the core of American politics: gun violence and youth turnout.

Now a senior at Harvard University, Hogg has become a national icon in the movement to lower the death toll from guns and motivate the youth vote.

David’s work, in tandem with JOHN ROSENTHAL, has significantly changed views of gun registration and control in Massachusetts and elsewhere.

Hogg and Rosenthal have helped pioneer the AMERICA CALLING organization which aims to vastly expand the turnout among young voters.

Rosenthal’s efforts, in conjunction with Hogg, have tangibly lowered the gun violence death rate in Massachusetts, and could do the same nationwide, saving more than 26,000 lives.

These two grea activists are already legends in making real change in American politics.  

Rooted in the younger generations now taking control of the electorate, while simultaneously working to end gun violence, they are not to be missed.
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