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On Development: Keep Wall Street out of the Columbus housing market
The city’s tax abatements for apartment projects are, in effect, subsidizing the rapacious interest rates of the private equity and hedge fund ‘investors’ who help finance housing development.
The Other Columbus: The many justices of the Adam Coy verdict
Justice can look like a lot of things depending on where you’re standing.
Local Politics: The faulty math behind Columbus’ broken tax abatement system
In deals sold to the public as win-win, companies often receive years-long tax breaks in return for creating new jobs that officials say can produce net benefits in income and property taxes. But when these businesses don’t deliver on promises – as is often the case – the math quickly falls apart.
Listen to the birds before it’s too late
Our columnist recalls the nightingales he heard singing outside of a former Nazi concentration camp a decade ago and sees lessons that apply to this political moment.
On Development: Preserve the future
Columbus is rife with silly franchised juice bars, phone stores, and other fleeting chains that occupy space for a while but never come close to replacing venerable dives and other businesses that were bulldozed to make room for ‘progress.’
Cat conspiracies and couches: On JD Vance, regionalism and the Ohio grift
The Ohio grift is worthy of intense study in the fields of psychology and low-energy media spectacle, but it’s also a part of the wider battle for the reputation of the Midwest.
Local Politics: Columbus isn’t as friendly to labor as the city professes
The anti-union animus present in some local elected officials is evident in a leaked document written by at least two school board members and detailing actions the board could take to sway public perceptions related to Columbus teacher and staff unions.
On the anniversary of 9/11, a reminder that tragedy can’t prevent us from showing up
Last week, after yet another school shooting, Sen. JD Vance said these massacres are a “fact of life.” Columnist Jack Shuler laments the surrender in this statement and reminds us of the importance of continuing to press onward.
On Development: Here’s the skinny on small-scale development
While the apartments proposed for a narrow Franklinton lot might be from the wrong developer and set in the wrong location, the concept is something that has merit.
On Development: Keep Wall Street out of the Columbus housing market
The city’s tax abatements for apartment projects are, in effect, subsidizing the rapacious interest rates of the private equity and hedge fund ‘investors’ who help finance housing development.
The Other Columbus: The many justices of the Adam Coy verdict
Justice can look like a lot of things depending on where you’re standing.
Local Politics: The faulty math behind Columbus’ broken tax abatement system
In deals sold to the public as win-win, companies often receive years-long tax breaks in return for creating new jobs that officials say can produce net benefits in income and property taxes. But when these businesses don’t deliver on promises – as is often the case – the math quickly falls apart.
Listen to the birds before it’s too late
Our columnist recalls the nightingales he heard singing outside of a former Nazi concentration camp a decade ago and sees lessons that apply to this political moment.
On Development: Preserve the future
Columbus is rife with silly franchised juice bars, phone stores, and other fleeting chains that occupy space for a while but never come close to replacing venerable dives and other businesses that were bulldozed to make room for ‘progress.’
Cat conspiracies and couches: On JD Vance, regionalism and the Ohio grift
The Ohio grift is worthy of intense study in the fields of psychology and low-energy media spectacle, but it’s also a part of the wider battle for the reputation of the Midwest.
Local Politics: Columbus isn’t as friendly to labor as the city professes
The anti-union animus present in some local elected officials is evident in a leaked document written by at least two school board members and detailing actions the board could take to sway public perceptions related to Columbus teacher and staff unions.
On the anniversary of 9/11, a reminder that tragedy can’t prevent us from showing up
Last week, after yet another school shooting, Sen. JD Vance said these massacres are a “fact of life.” Columnist Jack Shuler laments the surrender in this statement and reminds us of the importance of continuing to press onward.
On Development: Here’s the skinny on small-scale development
While the apartments proposed for a narrow Franklinton lot might be from the wrong developer and set in the wrong location, the concept is something that has merit.