From the 12/3/06 Times-Reporter:

 

 

Space faces tougher road than hero JFK

By PAUL M. KRAWZAK, Copley News Service

 

WASHINGTON – Rep.-elect Zack Space says he is thrilled to be moving into the same Capitol Hill office that his political hero, John F. Kennedy, occupied when he began his political career in Congress.

 

“Hopefully some of that energy and optimism that he brought when he got into public service will rub off on us and serve as an inspiration to me in Congress,” said the Dover Democrat, who is succeeding convicted ex-Rep. Bob Ney, a Republican.

 

But Space’s choice of quarters on the third floor of the Cannon House Office Building also brings to mind a notable difference in the political realities faced by Space and Kennedy, who was elected to the House 60 years ago.

 

More at:

 

http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=61525&r=2&Category=1

 

From Gannett, 11/18/06:

 

Boehner easily wins top House GOP job

BY MALIA RULON | ENQUIRER WASHINGTON BUREAU

 

WASHINGTON - Greater Cincinnati could be home to the next House speaker if Republicans regain control of the U.S. House in two years, a prospect that West Chester's John Boehner pledged Friday to make happen.

 

Boehner was overwhelmingly elected to be the Republican leader in next year's Democratic-controlled Congress during a four-hour closed-door meeting. He beat back a challenge from Republican neighbor Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana.

 

That means Boehner, who won the job on a 168-27 vote, will replace House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., as the No. 1 Republican in the House.

 

More at:

 

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061118/NEWS01/611180391/1056/COL02

 

From the 12/2/06 DDN:

 

 

Young sworn in as city manager, pledges to move Dayton forward

He's the 16th person to hold the post, and at 30, is thought to be youngest since this form of government started in 1913.

By Joanne Huist Smith

Staff Writer

Saturday, December 02, 2006

 

DAYTON — With his hand on a Bible held by his mother and his wife leading him in the oath of office, Dayton native Rashad Young became the city's 16th city manager at noon Friday.

 

Young was born in Dayton and educated here. Now he will lead the city as it faces economic challenges caused by significant job losses from Delphi Corp. and MeadWestvaco, but that also has promising development on the horizon along the downtown waterfront.

 

...

 

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/12/02/ddn120206citymanager.html

 

From the 12/5/06 Youngstown Vindicator:

 

 

Strategist: Strickland will make the 2008 list

The incoming governor will be a 'national figure,' a Democratic pollster says.

By DAVID SKOLNICK

VINDICATOR POLITICS WRITER

 

YOUNGSTOWN — While Ted Strickland has yet to serve a day as governor, a prominent Democratic pollster and strategist says the Lisbon politician "will be on everyone's vice president list" in 2008.

 

Mark Mellman told The Vindicator on Monday before delivering a speech that because of Ohio's importance in recent presidential races, Democrats running for the nation's top elected office will at the very least consider Strickland as a running mate in two years.

 

Mellman, president and chief executive officer of the Washington, D.C.-based Mellman Group, has worked for John Kerry, Al Gore, John Glenn, Howard Metzenbaum, Dick Gephardt, Steny Hoyer, Harry Reid and Tom Daschle.

 

...

 

More at:

http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/330393549503171.php

 

the democrats probably won't nominate hillary, and edwards will sweep the south.  I think Edwards-Obama, but McCain-Giuliani (or vice-versa seems unbeatable).  Strickland would be great for winning Ohio, but I don't know if his appeal would cross state lines.  Then again, Ohio is probably the most important state in the nation for national elections right now (maybe Florida and to a lesser extent MI and PA).

I was really looking forward to seeing him as governor because his plan for Ohio looked really good to me, and I would hate to see him go to DC and have none of his plan happen.

^Exactly; can't Ted just be our governor right now?!  We need to see what he can do first!!!! :)  Ah politics........gotta love 'em..........

the democrats probably won't nominate hillary, and edwards will sweep the south.  I think Edwards-Obama, but McCain-Giuliani (or vice-versa seems unbeatable).  Strickland would be great for winning Ohio, but I don't know if his appeal would cross state lines.  Then again, Ohio is probably the most important state in the nation for national elections right now (maybe Florida and to a lesser extent MI and PA).

 

I'm not convinced Guliani is so electable. Sure, his favorability is high now, but most of that is leveraged off of 9/11. This is at least a two-headed hydra. One, the voters have spoken on the issue of politicians trading on 9/11, and 2) There's a lot of funny business wrapped up in 9/11, namely, Bernie Kerrick. Take away 9/11, and you have the polarizing, womanizing, mob-tinged Rudy people loved to kick around before he became a modern saint. He's the straight up "the more you know him, the less you like him," with a musky tinge of Bushco buttboy about him, as well.

 

McCain? Same deal. I've had well-informed liberal friends insist McCain is pro-choice. He's got a maleable sort of character about him, this McCain. Almost like the Manchurian Candidate...

 

That said, I would hope Strickland would stay put and serve. Though, it is good to be friends with the veep. Look how well Halliburton's done.

Young also deals with the challenge of having to rein in ideas that he used to toss out more freely when he was assistant city manager. Now at the top, he has to control himself because no one else is above him to do it for him.

 

Hmmm.

 

Don't we want people to generate new ideas?

Seemed a little gung-ho about his fence  :shoot:

 

Of course it will probably be overblown by all the talking heads, IMO he went a little too far  just to protect his fence (now the boy's mommies are crying foul)

 

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070110/NEWS01/701100339

 

Hackett part of gun incident

Police: Ex-candidate chased 3 after they crashed fence

BY FEOSHIA HENDERSON AND SHARON COOLIDGE | [email protected] AND [email protected]

 

INDIAN HILL - Indian Hill lawyer and former congressional candidate Paul Hackett - armed with a loaded assault rifle - chased down three men in a car after it crashed into a fence at his home in the early morning hours of Nov. 19.

 

The driver was charged with failure to maintain reasonable control, driving under suspension and carrying a concealed weapon - a pair of brass knuckles found in his pocket - according to the Indian Hill police...

"when they peel my fence-post-digger from my dark, cold hands"

he didn't know at the time they were just hitting his fence, for all he knew they were busting in to rob the place and kill his family.  He's a marine officer who has been in Iraq, I think we have to defer to his judgement on this one.

Geez, I hope the neighbor kid's ball never accidentally lands on Hackett's property. Who knows what measures this guy may take.

he didn't know at the time they were just hitting his fence, for all he knew they were busting in to rob the place and kill his family.  He's a marine officer who has been in Iraq, I think we have to defer to his judgement on this one.

 

Oh please, most home robberies start by runing a car into your fence/hedge and driving away.

 

IF so, he could have stayed at his house and waited a bit

Good thing he's got a loaded assault rifle out there in Indian Hill. I hear its a real dangerous place.

Now that dude knows how to make a  citizens arrest. :shoot:

Is it time to create the official Indian Hill Crime Thread??  :laugh:

he didn't know at the time they were just hitting his fence, for all he knew they were busting in to rob the place and kill his family.  He's a marine officer who has been in Iraq, I think we have to defer to his judgement on this one.

 

Oh please, most home robberies start by runing a car into your fence/hedge and driving away.

 

IF so, he could have stayed at his house and waited a bit

 

I didn't realise they drove away, I thought they were still on his property when this occured.  That changes things.

There's some PDF's of the incident reports on the Enq. link given

Strickland Establishes Energy Advisor

 

Strickland's Energy Policy Seeks to Create Jobs Through Next-Generation Energy

 

Columbus, Ohio - Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today signed Executive

Order 2007-02 establishing an energy advisor to the governor to coordinate the state's efforts to create jobs through becoming a leader in the production of next-generation energy.

 

"One of the core principles of my Turnaround Ohio plan is to invest in Ohio's strengths," Strickland said.  "Clearly, energy production is one of those strengths. I am convinced that we can create thousands of

good-paying jobs by encouraging next-generation energy production in Ohio including ethanol, clean coal, wind and solar."

 

The governor's energy advisor will coordinate the administration's energy policy.  Each executive agency will designate a deputy director-level or higher liaison to work directly with the energy advisor to coordinate their agency's energy policy.  In addition, the +-energy advisor will sit on the Third Frontier Commission as the

governor's science and technology advisor.

 

"The energy advisor will work directly with the agencies to secure maximum efficiency, coordination and consistency across state government," Strickland said.  "This advisor will keep energy a state priority while creating a better environment and boosting economic development in energy and manufacturing sectors."

 

Strickland today designated Mark Shanahan, executive director of theOhio Air Quality Development Authority, as the governor's energy advisor.

 

In addition to naming an energy advisor, the executive order establishes measurable goals and deadlines for Ohio state government's energy consumption.  The order instructs state agencies to immediately implement energy savings policies that recently became law instead of waiting until April 13, 2007.

 

The Ohio Department of Administrative Services must work with the energy advisor to establish a tool for state agencies, boards and commissions to measure their energy consumption, which must include means of calculating each organization's "carbon footprint." This process must bin place by March 16, 2007.

 

Each state agency, board and commission must also complete an energy audit of all of its facilities by June 2007.  Upon completion of the energy audit these organizations must perform an overall reduction of 5-percent in building energy use for its facilities within the first year of the next biennium and 15 percent by the end of four fiscal years.

 

The executive order also instructs ODAS to reduce the state'sconsumption of petroleum by increasing the number of state vehicles that use alternative fuel sources and prepare plans to establish E85 and biodiesel fuel pumps.  E85 is fuel made up of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, and biodiesel is diesel fuel made from vegetable oil or animal fats.  ODAS must develop and implement a plan to raise biodiesel fuel consumption to at least 25 percent of the state's diesel purchases by no later than January 1, 2008.

 

"By using the purchasing power of the state and transforming our energy infrastructure to use biofuels from sources here in Ohio, we will decrease our dependency on foreign sources for oil and help our agricultural industry in the process," Strickland said.

 

Lastly, the executive order launches the Governor's Higher Education Energy Challenge, and creates an award and recognition program to encourage energy efficiency innovation at Ohio's colleges and universities.  The energy advisor will establish a competition for teams of students, faculty, administrators and staff to develop energy savings initiatives on their campuses.

 

"We must engage Ohio's future leaders to face the energy challenges of today so they can create the energy possibilities of the future," Strickland said.  "Alternative fuels and energy innovation are the future of Ohio jobs, and this executive order lays the foundation to ensure Ohio is ready."

 

 

 

Link to the Executive Order: http://governor2.ohio.gov/Portals/0/Executive%20Order%202007-02S.pdf

Of course, he comes from SE Ohio, coal country...so this probably means a lot for clean coal technology

 

(3rd highest contributions by sector was from electric utilities BTW

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/sector.asp?CID=N00003730&cycle=2006

Google "Mark Shanahan" and "coal".  Shanahan was director of the Ohio Coal Development Office.  Ohio has this odd constitutional amendment that says the taxpayers are supposed to support coal development.  That office facilitates it. 

 

Strickland got a free pass on this issue, despite the fact that the Plain Dealer did run articles on Strickland's coal bias.

 

Let us hope that Strickland still has the vision to do what really needs to be done in energy policy, which is to reduce energy consumption through efficiency and...urban planning!  I should note that Ohio only has 2000 coal jobs, so any framing of this is a jobs issue is an "obfuscation".

I know Shanahan fairly well, and among the issues he looks favorably upon are alternative fuels and expansion of rail transportation for both freight and passengers as important to energy policy.  They are also job creation issues as well.

I heard that they decided not to file charges...

 

...the issues he looks favorably upon are alternative fuels and expansion of rail transportation for both freight and passengers as important to energy policy.

Thanks for the insight.

no one died, no one was hurt, no charges... seems to make sense.

no one died, no one was hurt, no charges... seems to make sense.

Interesting criteria in order to press charges.

(Seems to me there are plenty of crimes charged where no one gets killed or hurt)

Both from the 1/5/07 Times-Reporter:

 

 

Space sworn in

Former Dover law director takes spotlight shortly after taking office

By KYLE KONDIK, T-R Staff Writer

 

WASHINGTON – Rep. Zack Space took the oath of office on Capitol Hill Thursday and immediately was thrust into the spotlight on his first day on the job, helping to lead his fellow Democrats’ efforts to change ethics rules in the House of Representatives.

 

Space’s improbable rise from Dover law director to U.S. representative was aided in no small part by the ethical lapses committed by his predecessor, Bob Ney. The Democrat later campaigned against state Sen. Joy Padgett, R-Coshocton, after Ney left the race, but his message about ethics remained largely unchanged. During the race, he promoted an “ethics pledge” in which he vowed never to accept free gifts, trips and other perks from lobbyists.

 

more at:

 

http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=62684&r=4&Category=1

 

From the 1/7/07 Times-Reporter:

 

 

Our Space in D.C.: First impression? ‘Everything’s big’

By KYLE KONDIK, T-R Staff Writer

 

WASHINGTON – It isn’t much of a comparison.

 

The Dover City Council chamber, located upstairs at City Hall, is a modest room suited for the modest governance of a modest city. Different desks are pushed together in a makeshift fashion, creating a rough “u” shape.

 

A handful of residents and reporters also attend the body’s bi-weekly meetings.

 

Contrast that with the mighty U.S. House of Representatives at Washington, D.C., where 435 members do business in the world’s most famous chamber of governance while surrounded by a gaggle of ace reporters, cunning lobbyists and fawning staffers.

 

Zack Space is making quite a leap.

 

More at:

 

http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=62779

 

From the 1/29/07 Chillicothe Gazette:

 

 

Space has eventful beginning

Brush with Bush, ethics bill part of first 100 hours

By LOREN GENSON

Gazette Staff Writer

 

Zack Space's first 100 hours representing Ohio's District 18 have included a run-in - of sorts - with the most powerful man in the country.

 

After attending his first State of the Union address in Congress, the former Dover law director who now represents a multi-county district that includes Ross County stepped into the hallway to call his wife. As he was standing in the hallway, President Bush, along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, came walking down the hallway. The hallway was flooded with cameras and bodies and, as Bush turned to continue down the hallway, he walked right into Space.

 

"I stretched out my arm and I said, 'Good speech, Mr. President,'" Space said. "He smiled at me and he said 'Thanks, buddy.'"

 

More at:

 

http://www.logandaily.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=122111

 

From the 1/6/07 DDN:

 

 

New outlook proposed for City Hall

City Manager Rashad Young announces reorganization plan; he wants greater emphasis placed on economic development.

By Joanne Huist Smith

Staff Writer

Saturday, January 06, 2007

 

DAYTON — Dayton City Manager Rashad Young plans to change City Hall operations to have greater impact on economic development efforts and enhance the way services are delivered to residents.

 

"We have heard the message. Economic development is critical for the city," Young said.

 

The reorganization plan, announced Friday, calls for creation of a third assistant city manger focusing on development. This position would oversee the Office of Economic Development and some employees in development-related jobs who work in aviation, water and building services.

 

...

 

http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/01/06/ddn010607reorg.html

 

Dunno if this should be in business or politics

 

By M.R. KROPKO Tuesday, March 06, 2007

 

CLEVELAND - Diebold Inc. saw great potential in the modernization of elections equipment. Now, analysts say, executives may be angling for ways to dump its e-voting subsidiary that's widely seen as tarnishing the company's reputation.

 

Though Diebold Election Systems _ the company's smallest business segment _ has shown growth and profit, it's faced persistent criticism over the reliability and security of its touch-screen voting machines. About 150,000 of its touch-screen or optical scan systems were used in 34 states in last November's election.

 

...

 

http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2007/03/06/ap/hitech/d8nliojo0.txt

The DDN drops the polite silence on racial issues in Dayton after the defeat of the school levy with this front page story

 

The vote map for the shool levy mirror the racial division seen in past mayoral contestss

 

link

 

By Scott Elliott, Ken McCall and James Cummings

 

Staff Writers

 

Sunday, May 20, 2007

 

DAYTON — — Just before sundown tonight, black and white residents will meet downtown at the Third Street bridge, where they will join hands and symbolically connect east and west. It's the annual Peace Bridge event, a 19-year effort to break free from the city's long history of racial division, where the Great Miami River cuts a chasm between east and west, black and white.

 

For more information, click above link.

 

 

with this story deeper in the paper...

 

 

 

Residents still find city split along racial lines

Some neighborhoods have diverse populations; others are as much as 99 percent black or white.

 

link

 

By James Cummings

 

Staff Writer

 

Sunday, May 20, 2007

 

DAYTON — — When Claud Bell Sr. started looking for his first house in Dayton in the mid-1950s, he knew that, as a black man, there were places set aside for his family.

 

For more information, click above link.

 

 

Dayton needs 'equivalent of a 365-day-a-year peace bridge'

The public debate is politically correct, but city's leaders say an honest discussion is needed.

 

link

 

By Scott Elliott, James Cummings and Ken McCall

 

Staff Writers

 

Sunday, May 20, 2007

 

DAYTON — — Darryl Fairchild's boyhood home was two doors over from Belmont United Methodist Church on Smithville Road. When the Belmont Elementary School bell clanged, he could scoot through the parsonage yard and be in his seat before the ringing stopped.

 

For more information, click above link.

for some ground truth on the school makeup here, here are some percents in private school, based on numbers from American Factfinder/2000 Census:

 

Kindergarden:    White: 46.9%      Black:    1%

1-8th Grade        White: 49.3%      Black:  8.5%

9t-12th Grade      White:  47.4%      Black: 4.5%

Total School-Age  White:  48.6%      Black: 4.7%

 

Census definition:

 

Public and private school. Public and private school includes people who attended school in the reference period and indicated they were enrolled by marking one of the questionnaire categories for either "public school, public college" or "private school, private college." Schools supported and controlled primarily by a federal, state, or local government are defined as public (including tribal schools). Those supported and controlled primarily by religious organizations or other private groups are private.

 

this was apparently before the charter schools took off?

 

 

 

It would be interesting to see the public/private racial breakout numbers in 2010, after charter schools entered the picture, assuming they are cosidered "private".

 

 

 

 

I mean, this is a no-brainer article for most urbanized, northern cities.

Some no-brainer graphics to go along with the no-brainer article....election results down to the precinct level....

 

 

For the school levy

 

 

 

....and Rhine McLins election

 

 

Close up of the Main/Salem corridor, with the anti-McLin vote east of the Stillwater broken only by Parkside Homes housing project....yet this corridor seems 50-50 on this vote....

 

 

...which also happens to be where Chocolate City turns Cafe Latte (2000 census % nonwhite for the same area):

 

Here are my thoughts on how to run the city:

 

1.  Create a 50 year plan that addresses and exploits Cleveland's key competitive advantages:

Water

International Culture

Sports

Medicine

 

2. Focus on these key areas:

Economy

Crime

Schools

 

3. Work to bring these things to the lakeshore and riverfront:

-Retired Aircraft Carrier, Partner with USAF Dayton Museum

-Public Boating-Kayaks, canoes, and sailboats to rent along with boating schools

-Gardens and forests

-Museums

-Aquarium

-NASA museum

-Boardwalk

-Piers like in San Francisco and Santa Monica

-Create "green bridges" for pedestrians to cross from downtown to the waterfront.  These bridges won't just be regular concrete bridges but will be bigger with grass, flowers, and trees.

 

1. Create a NEO elected officials partnerships.  Work withe Senators, Governor, US Reps and regional mayors to fight for "pork" for the area and work towards regionalism.  Make sure people realize that a great core city is beneficial for the entire region.

2. Reach out to the African American Community and work to increase development on the eastside

3. Slow Gentrification

4. Hire good police and school chiefs and step away and let them do their jobs.  Instead the mayor should concentrate on luring businesses, citizens, and funds.  Michael Bloomberg of NYC has said that a city's mayor has a lot more power than a person who simply represents the mayor.  The mayor should act like a sports agent constantly trying to attract interest in the city.

5. Get people to buy and do stuff-I've noticed that people in Ohio get out less than people in cities like LA do.  Encourage people to leave their homes to eat out, visit local attractions on the weekend, etc.

6. Attract young people

7. Make people prefer living in the city than in the suburbs-ask ODOT to stop expanding interstates, etc.

8. Create a OSU-Cleveland

9. Forget past failures, concentrate on the future

10. Encourage a variety of people to enter public service.  I think this area relies on too many professional politicians and politicians who have deep pasts between themselves which isn't always good.

11. Reach out to Cleveland names for help like Peter B. Lewis, Drew Carey, etc.

 

I like most of your ideas and some of them are already in progress. I'd be interested if in your list you wrote about how you plan to go about doing those things. Saying it is one thing, doing is another. If your ideas are realistic and sound good I'm sure people would support you.

i hate 50 year plans :bang: someone please put a stop to 50 year plans!

Slow Gentrification

 

You're going to have to explain your thoughts/reasoning behind that one.

Just one comment...

 

I think Cleveland's gentrification is as slow as it gets!  I'm not being negative, but it's a pretty slow process compared to Chicago, for example.  O.C. and Tremont have $500,000 homes and $50,000 virtually next door to each other.  I think our rate of change is good in that it allows for the neighborhood to improve while allowing the old locals to adjust a bit, however it'd be nice to see a few more things under construction or renovation.

 

One more thing that is off topic...Will Detroit Ave from W25th through the 60th's ever become or Blvd. des Anglais or N. Lakeshore Drive?  That is prime real estate with no lakefront obstructions!  "If I had a million billion dollars..."  :wink:

I agree, I think we're going at a good pace.  Although I think there are some areas of townthat haven't even seen a hint of it yet and need a shot in the arm.

what are your thoughts on a "Strip Club district" in a dynamic, mixed use,growing urban neighborhood?  :-D

Given the current economy, the problem with Cleveland's neighborhoods are that if they don't gentrify then they will empty out.

Here are my thoughts on how to run the city:

...

 

8. Create a OSU-Cleveland

 

 

Talk about creating an OSU-Cleveland and I'll get behind you.

what are your thoughts on a "Strip Club district" in a dynamic, mixed use,growing urban neighborhood?  :-D

 

Between strip clubs and strip malls, I'll take the former.

Yes trust me gentrification really isnt a problem in Cleveland.  It would be a good problem to have though.

i hate 50 year plans :bang: someone please put a stop to 50 year plans!

 

Too short? Mitsubishi Corp. has a 500-year business plan.

i'd like to see your plan for winning the election though. 

 

ideas are only a small part of running for mayor (or any other major office in cuyahoga county).

Please gentrify my neighborhood.