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The May ballot is firmed up, now that the deadline to file ballot issues has passed. The latest addition to the ballot is the renewal of authority to issue bonds to fund the high-tech jobs creating state program called the Third Frontier.
Also on the May ballot - Republicans Dave Yost and Seth Morgan are both up for auditor and Rob Portman and Tom Ganley are running for the US Senate nomination. On the Democratic side, Jennifer Brunner and Lee Fisher are vying for the US Senate nomination. But there won't be a primary for Secretary of State for the Democrats. This week Franklin County Common Pleas Court Clerk Maryellen O'Shaughnessy jumped into the race and Rep. Jennifer Garrison dropped out. Garrison had angered more liberal members of the Democratic Party with her pro-life, anti-gay marriage and pro-gun views.
This week the opponents of last fall's Issue 2 campaign made good on a promise from last fall, and announced an amendment to make some changes in the livestock care standards board. Ohioans for Humane Farms has to collect more than 600-thousand signatures to qualify for the fall ballot.
Ohio has seen its second execution in less than two months, with the execution of 37 year old Mark Aaron Brown on Thursday. And Ohio is quite the hot spot for high profile political figures right now - several well-known politicians from both parties have been or will travel through Ohio in the next few weeks.
The possibility of riding the rails between Ohio's three major cities for the first time since 1971 is back on the horizon, thanks to a boost from the feds in the form of $400 million in stimulus money. This award to start up service in the 3-C corridor, which will go through Dayton, is the largest single grant for passenger rail service Ohio has ever received from the federal government. Rail advocates are thrilled, but critics are worried that big subsidies and low ridership could derail not just the proposal, but the state budget as well. Rep. Bob Hagan, a Democrat from Youngstown and a locomotive engineer with CSX supports the plan, and Sen. Jon Husted, a Republican from Kettering near Dayton, has concerns.
Also on the May ballot - Republicans Dave Yost and Seth Morgan are both up for auditor and Rob Portman and Tom Ganley are running for the US Senate nomination. On the Democratic side, Jennifer Brunner and Lee Fisher are vying for the US Senate nomination. But there won't be a primary for Secretary of State for the Democrats. This week Franklin County Common Pleas Court Clerk Maryellen O'Shaughnessy jumped into the race and Rep. Jennifer Garrison dropped out. Garrison had angered more liberal members of the Democratic Party with her pro-life, anti-gay marriage and pro-gun views.
This week the opponents of last fall's Issue 2 campaign made good on a promise from last fall, and announced an amendment to make some changes in the livestock care standards board. Ohioans for Humane Farms has to collect more than 600-thousand signatures to qualify for the fall ballot.
Ohio has seen its second execution in less than two months, with the execution of 37 year old Mark Aaron Brown on Thursday. And Ohio is quite the hot spot for high profile political figures right now - several well-known politicians from both parties have been or will travel through Ohio in the next few weeks.
The possibility of riding the rails between Ohio's three major cities for the first time since 1971 is back on the horizon, thanks to a boost from the feds in the form of $400 million in stimulus money. This award to start up service in the 3-C corridor, which will go through Dayton, is the largest single grant for passenger rail service Ohio has ever received from the federal government. Rail advocates are thrilled, but critics are worried that big subsidies and low ridership could derail not just the proposal, but the state budget as well. Rep. Bob Hagan, a Democrat from Youngstown and a locomotive engineer with CSX supports the plan, and Sen. Jon Husted, a Republican from Kettering near Dayton, has concerns.
February 5, 2010