At-large voting has produced a culture of auto-pilot governance by electeds who acquiesce to the demands of the donor class instead of their constituents, the most recent example of which is the handover of McCoy Park to the Haslam Sports Group.
The fleet workers voted in March to join Teamsters Local 284 in spite of the actions taken by the city.
A little over a week ago, a police officer stood in front of cameras and lied. He lied loudly into a microphone, attempting to plant evidence on my character by fabricating the cost of my suit and the brand of my shoes, all to set up a rehearsed line calling me a 'poverty pimp.'
At one point, a woman thanked the judge for letting her speak. The judge replied, ‘It’s the least I could do.’ And the woman replied, ‘You’re right. It is the least you could do.’
Economic strategies in Ohio are more focused on helping existing corporations get stronger than on actually developing something new.
Here are the local candidates on Franklin County’s ballot this year.
After spending years working with neighbors and promising improvements to benefit disabled residents, elected officials are prepared to give away a 28-acre park in the poorest corner of the city for the use of billionaire investors.
The work of harm reduction is only sustainable when you take time to notice those places where the light breaches the dark.
Despite the hospital construction projects all over the state, residents across most of Ohio are no closer to health care – and many are even further removed from hospitals.
A bill to create an Ohio-Israel trade partnership is under review in the State Senate. Reactions in the city have been mixed at best.
