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I had several adjuncts or TA's for my calc classes at OSU, and their English was very poor. Seems like a base qualification for the job.

I think what you mean is I'm making allegations without backing them up. I'm a citizen who feels ripped off. I'm not the prosecutor and I'm not levying actual charges. If I were, I would start with RC 2921.41 and 2913.02(A)(2). The former defines theft in office, while the latter forbids exerting control over property beyond the scope of its owners' express or implied consent. His campaign owns his campaign materials, while the county owns the inspection stickers. It could be argued that the county's (i.e. people's) consent for putting personal images on county property at county cost has never been given. Then again, it could be argued that it has. Edit: I misspoke, he doesn't personally own his campaign materials, his campaign does. Same difference. The cost of printing all those pictures should not be covered with tax money.

No, they should commission busts of themselves like Roman emperors. Of course they shouldn't!!! Great day in the morning, I can't believe this discussion is taking place. The office is bigger than the individual holding it. The office deserves more respect. That's argument B. Argument A is that it's completely inappropriate to self-aggrandize with money intended for the peoples' work. It's theft. We pay the auditor's office to ensure the gas pumps are properly calibrated. We pay for stickers to memorialize the inspection. We do not pay this guy to print 10,000 pictures of his face!

In a word the answer is cities. We don't have mountains or beaches, and our climate is intimidating. The reason Ohio gained prominence in the first place was its network of bustling cities. As Ohio shrinks, the nation and world are becoming more urban. Our leadership insists on going the other way. It's madness. We need to rebuild our cities and do it well-- no more cutting corners and NO MORE suburban-style redevelopment. Young people put up with the weather in Boston and Chicago just fine, but here it's a dealbreaker. That's because our cities are perceived as having so much less to offer.

E 9th is such a critical N-S route for downtown I wouldn't be surprised if the current situation is about the best it can get. There probably isn't much more E-W time to squeeze out of that light.

I noticed you didn't include "middle of nowhere" as a choice. I have two ideal locations, a penthouse surrounded by urban awesomeness and a cabin in the mountains.

That's my point... in no way do these stickers reflect well on our county. The fact that non-locals are taken aback by it speaks volumes about how unacceptable it is. I think the stickers alone were grounds to impeach him. Are you serious? Really, are you serious??? How old are you? Five hundred and three. Using public funds for personal gain, particularly for political gain, is decidedly corrupt. I'm amazed this is even questionable. This next bit sounds like my parents talking, but it goes to show just how broad the tolerance for corruption has become in these parts. C'mon-- you can think of other, more serious examples. But the gas pump stickers are a slap in the face, a way of gloating at how little recourse we have.

That's my point... in no way do these stickers reflect well on our county. The fact that non-locals are taken aback by it speaks volumes about how unacceptable it is. I think the stickers alone were grounds to impeach him.

Yeah lets build more rec centers and student unions! Seriously, tuition in Ohio is entirely too damn high. Many kids give up and don't do well in High School or college because they're worried about their finances and feel like their future i hopeless anyway. FAFSA screws over the middle class and students with parents that are in a lot of debt and don't make their kids a priority. You think those kids at Taft are gonna have 2 parents to help them with expenses? You think their parents have good credit to cosign on a loan? A lot of these public schools don't even have teachers that promote the idea of college. They don't motivate you, they don't explain your options and try to work with you and show you what your resources are. They don't reach out to the kids, and neither do the parents. All very true. People born in Ohio face a double-whammy, bad economy and high college costs.

How many of you are in management? Its not always what you want to do, but what you have to do. Stop thinking with your hearts and think with the bottom line in mind. Cold hearted? Yes, but it is what it is? Until going back to school, I was in management and this is a terrible way to announce layoffs. I did some research on firing/layoff techniques for a term paper about reducing workplace violence. Doing it early in the workweek gives people "surprise" free time during their normal business hours. This can encourage someone to stop by and cause trouble. Do it in such a way that it disrupts their rhythm as little as possible.

That is a terrible way to announce layoffs. First of all, it shouldn't be done at the beginning of a week. Give people the weekend to absorb and adjust. Plus, this "I'll call you before 9:30" business forces people to wake up and get ready to leave for work before finding out. Bad form all around.

I don't think anybody would dislike those houses. I was amused by this line from the second listing: "Tucked away behind Malibu Colony’s legendary guarded gates..."

Yeah, I mean, it's pretty much like a themed Applebees or something. The prices and food quality are about the same. It is funny to watch people get thrown off the mechanical bull though :) That's about how I describe it, a cross between Applebees and a medieval dungeon. That's sounds hot! Suit yourself. But speaking of hot, the firepit is a brilliant idea and should be duplicated.

Yeah, I mean, it's pretty much like a themed Applebees or something. The prices and food quality are about the same. It is funny to watch people get thrown off the mechanical bull though :) That's about how I describe it, a cross between Applebees and a medieval dungeon.

None, but if his did, I'd be upset at having paid for that too. I'm not sure what you're getting at. Clear electoral advantage is gained from people associating his smiling face with the role of auditor. That is a job for campaign ads, not for gas pumps with captive audiences. When Swartzenegger ran for governor, California TV stations could not show his movies because doing so would have given him free face-time his opponent wasn't getting. This was premised on the idea that public face-time has an inherent campaign value.

It is a misuse of power because those photos amount to campaign signs. I haven't been everywhere, but most certification labels aren't dominated by a portrait. The appearance of the person supervising weights and measures is 100% immaterial to the labels' purpose. I don't think it would be acceptable for a president seeking reelection to put his picture, at public cost, on everyone's social security checks and tax returns.

Generations of kids grew up watching their parents follow all the rules only to get screwed by racism and by an increasingly hostile economy. No marketing campaign will convince them to spend their youth jumping through hoops so they can eventually make $10/hour and have partial health coverage. These kids are rational actors, and the cost-benefit ratio of school just doesn't look good to them. They understand that a handful of their best and brightest may work their way out of the ghetto through legitimate means, but also that there aren't enough seats on the gravy train no matter how hard they try. If the modern economy actually worked, education would sell itself.

It does very well during peak bar hours. Slightly older crowd. Have not seen much lunch action there.

Or Akron, or Warren/Youngstown This is not a commuter rail line, so extending to the outer burbs or should not be considered. It's the perfect point to switch to those lines though. The blue line could still go to Randall. They should think of the future when they do this interchange.

Or Akron, or Warren/Youngstown

Actually if you read up on that first thanksgiving it wasn't really as friendly and idilic as we learned in elementary school either. Only about a dozen native americans attended and only men. All the more reason not to misrepresent history to the kids. There are isolated stories of cooperation, but all against a backdrop of awfulness.

I'd also like to know whether the bank execs carpooled or flew to DC. This seems to be a huge issue for the auto industry, while AIG gets away with multiple spa/resort weekends. Unbelievable double standard.

Considering that there isn't much public stuff around the current port, I have no idea as to how loud it is. Does it make a lot of noise? If it doesn't, I think it would actually be fun to live next door and watch all the action. Me too. I hope that after the port moves, there will still be boats navigating up the Cuyahoga. That is really fun to watch.

I'll bite... You have a point, since we think of the US starting in 1776, rather than after we'd won. I guess it's one of those retroactive, winners write history situations. If the rebels win, it was a revolution and if they don't it was a civil war. So to answer the title question, yes it was a civil war.

You don't think it's possible that in 50 years we'll look back on all the Indian regalia the same way we view Song of the South? That kind of thing was popular for many generations before people finally said "OK this isn't cool and it never was." There's a nasty irony behind the buddy-buddyness of the first thanksgiving story, in that it was pretty much never like that again.