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Representative John Boehner… Let’s Kick Start Our Economy
If you look at America's economy, it’s flat – it hasn’t been growing as
it should. While Ohio is moving forward thanks to common-sense
Republican economic solutions, concern remains about the condition of
our nation as a whole. And for the first time perhaps ever, most
parents in America doubt that the next generation in our country will
be better off than the current one. I hear about this over and over
again when I meet with…
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From
the Other Side of the Edge…. Gone, ...but not Forgotten (nor
Missed),
By Joe Facinoli
Do you ever really miss a toothache? Or a
broken
leg? Would you miss arthritis, if suddenly the meds for that
actually worked, and cooled those seething joints? Do you
miss a
crippling Migraine, after its blinding effects finally subside?? Or
Stage Four Cancer, after a miraculous surgery cleared your charts of
any evidence of that insidious disease??? I don’t think
so.
We’d be so thankful…
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State
Representative Jim Buchy… Asking Questions about the Impact
of the
North Coast on Nutrient Loading
- Recent concerns at Lake Erie have increased public awareness of the
importance of water and reducing phosphorous loading in Ohio
waterways. Water is important to our quality of life and the
recent issues in Toledo that left 400,000 residents without clean
drinking water has brought this issue to the fore front in a hurry. The
Mayor of Toledo acted swiftly to ensure…
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State
Representative Richard Adams… Combating
Opiate Addiction from the Start, the Issue of Overprescribing
- Since the beginning of 2013, the Ohio General Assembly has been
working tirelessly to study the opiate addiction epidemic that plagues
Ohio and its public health. Two study committees have traveled around
the state during the summers to learn from public officials, law
enforcement, and constituents about how the epidemic has had real-life
impacts on society…
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U.S.
Senator Sherrod Brown… Revitalizing
Ohio Neighborhoods and
Communities
The financial crisis devastated homeowners and investors in Ohio and
across the country. In the years since, we’ve made great progress but
we know that the economy cannot fully recover until the housing market
does. Cleveland’s Thriving Communities Institute estimates that there
are 50,000 abandoned properties in Ohio that have fallen into disrepair…
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Broke
Wife, Big City… Catwoman
loves my hair, By
Aprill Brandon
You know that old saying, “This is why we can’t have nice things”?
Well, my husband and I are the poster children for the phrase “This is
why we can’t do nice things.” We are, to put it nicely, casual people.
We’re the Gap of couples. The Olive Garden of lovers. The Netflix of
man and wife. Not that there’s anything wrong with this. In fact, we
prefer it this way. There is no shame in our footie pajama Saturday…
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Darke
County Commissioner Mike
Stegall… Unfiltered
This past Saturday, I had an interesting conversation with a good
friend of mine whom I can count on to be brutally honest. I
like
that about her, she tells me what I need to hear, instead of what I
want to hear. We were talking politics, about the problems,
and
the people in charge, and jokingly I said I should run for
President. Immediately, she said “You would never get elected
because you aren’t tactful enough. Your mouth is unfiltered…
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U.S.
Rep. John Boehner… House
Takes 'Important, Initial Step
Forward in Taking on ISIL'
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) released the
following statement today after the House passed a Continuing
Resolution (CR) to keep the government running past September 30 (H.J.
Res. 124): "By authorizing the Department of Defense to help train and
equip the Syrian opposition, this measure represents an important,
initial step forward in taking on the Islamic State of Iraq and the…
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State
Senator Bill Beagle… September
is Campus Fire Safety Awareness
Month
September marks the beginning of a new school year, the start of
football season and cooler weather, but more importantly, it’s Campus
Fire Safety Month. Last month I introduced Senate Bill 359
which
addresses the very real need for improved fire safety measures in
off-campus and rental homes. Nearly two years ago on January 1, 2013,
two families in our community endured a horrific tragedy.
Ellen
Garner, graduate of…
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From
the Other Side of the Edge…. “Income Inequality”, …starts with
Language
Inequality,
By Joe Facinoli - To take full advantage of all the myriad
opportunities available to everyone in this still industrious and
productive, embracing, and mostly free country, …you have to speak the
language. And that would be the English language.
The
better you speak it, and the more you are able to communicate to the
general populous with it, then the more of all those wide open chances…
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State
Representative Jim Buchy… Mercer County a Destination for
All
West central Ohio is the best place in the world to live, work and rear
a family. I am fortunate that our local papers print
Statehouse
Updates, but often we forget to talk about how great our local
communities are. For the past few months I have periodically
focused a column on the unique characteristics that make each county in
western Ohio the best place to live, work and rear a family.
This
month I will discuss Mercer County…
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U.S.
Senator Sherrod Brown… Ensuring
Clean Drinking Water for Ohio
Communities
Earlier this month, I visited Put-in-Bay to tour The Ohio State
University’s Stone Laboratory. I met with Stone Lab scientists and
accompanied them as they collected water samples of Lake Erie to better
understand the rise in toxic algal blooms. A high level of phosphorous
in the lake is a contributing factor to the algal blooms, and I’ve
recently announced funds to help farmers implement conservation
practices…
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U.S.
Rep. John Boehner… GAO
Report Confirms Taxpayers Fund
Abortions Through ObamaCare
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) released the
following statement responding to a report released today by the
Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirming that, contrary to
specific promises made by President Obama and Democratic leaders,
ObamaCare subsidies are supporting insurance plans that cover
abortions: “In 2010, President Obama and the leaders of the Democratic…
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Broke
Wife, Big City… Eat
your disgusting, mushy vegetables,
By Aprill Brandon
It happened inexplicably. One minute, he’s just fine, chowing down on
some mushed carrots like it’s his job. Which, considering he’s a baby,
it technically is his job. (Sleeping and throwing toys on the floor, of
course, being his leisure activities). And the next? He’s crying and
creating a fuss like I’m forcing him to eat pinecones. Or worse,
Arby’s. Yes, feeding time in our household has become pure chaos. For
the…
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Ohio
Treasurer Josh Mandel… Cost-Cutting
produces more than $6 Million
in savings
COLUMBUS - Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel announced today that cost cutting
measures he has implemented in the Treasurer's office have saved
taxpayers more than $6 million over the last four fiscal years.
Treasurer Mandel outlined these cost savings and other initiatives of
his administration as part of his Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report. "Our
work in the Treasurer's office has helped save taxpayers more than…
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U.S.
Representative John Boehner… Destroying This Terrorist Threat
Requires
Decisive Action
- September 10, 2014 - “The president tonight recanted his earlier
dismissals of ISIL’s capabilities and rightly acknowledged the grave
and growing threat posed by the spreading global epidemic of
radicalized Islam. He has finally begun to make the case the
nation has needed him to make for quite some time: that destroying this
terrorist threat requires decisive action and must be…
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From
the Other Side of the Edge…. The Peacock, …and his Video Game
“Strategy”,
By Joe Facinoli - As he strutted his way bad, and very cool self on up
to the White House podium last week, just before allowing us to listen
to His instructive wisdoms (and versions of the truth), …you could
almost see His glorious array of feathers, begin to spread out behind
and around Him, in all their amazing (and self-serving) resplendency.
“He” had arrived, …and “He” would tell us now…
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State
Representative Jim Buchy… Taking Steps to Remove and
Replace Common
Core
Common Core, an attempt at nationalizing education standards, has been
a hot topic in Columbus and the west central Ohio for over a year
now. Efforts have been made in the House Education Committee
to
repeal the standards and or limit the impacts of the Common Core on our
schools. Some attempts at limiting the impacts of the Common Core have
been successful and are being implemented, but a full repeal of the
Common Core has proved a difficult feat…
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The
White House… Slide
to the left:
10 million -- that's the number of jobs American businesses have added
over the last 54 months, marking the longest streak of private-sector
job growth in American history. While there's still a lot more work to
do, the economy has improved significantly since President Obama took
office in 2009. Back then, the economy was shedding jobs by the
hundreds of thousands, the housing market had hit rock bottom, and the…
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Broke
Wife, Big City… World
War Z, Part Two: The Crawling Dead,
By Aprill Brandon
Guys, GUYS, I don’t want to alarm anyone, but it appears the zombie
apocalypse is finally upon us. And not to alarm you even more, but it
seems that no one, not even babies, are safe from these undead fiends.
These undead fiends who are technically illegal immigrants. Oh yeah, I
said it. Since they’re legally considered dead, that renders their
social security card invalid, which means they are in this country
illegally…
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Representative
John Boehner…We’re
Maintaining Our Focus
It’s filling up at the gas pump and watching the numbers climb to more
than $40 for a tank of gas, or it’s a trip to the grocery store where
the packaging seems to be shrinking but price tags are growing higher
and higher. While we’re seeing a lot of growth here in Ohio, the
trouble is, we’re paying more for the things we need under the
president’s policies, “further constraining family budgets…still
reeling from a stagnant economy…
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Dayton Daily News… Good
writers wanted for Ideas & Voices,
Connie Post
Are you interested in contributing to our Ideas & Voices page?
We’re looking for several dedicated local writers to share their
opinions on a regular basis, once or twice a month. Conservative,
liberal or somewhere in the middle — we welcome and want to include all
political leanings. The keys are to have a consistent viewpoint; be
aware of current political and social issues and respond to them;
introduce others that are possibly…
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CAUV
formula: still a good deal in growing
economy…
Ohio Senate President Keith Faber, Ohio Representative Jim Buchy -
Farmers are no doubt familiar with the Current Agricultural Use
Valuation (CAUV) formula. For those who are not, the CAUV was
enacted through a voter-passed 1973 amendment to the Ohio
Constitution. This formula was adopted so that qualifying
agricultural land would be taxed at a value based on the farm’s
potential income…
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From the Other Side of the
Edge….. On
the Wrong Side of his
OWN Red Line… By
Joe Facinoli - Heavyweights, …especially those with knock-out power in
one or both of their hands, …don’t have to apologize for doing the
right thing. When you are the biggest, baddest, and nastiest
dude
on the block, …you don’t need the approval of some community, nor
group, before you act. You ARE the group!! If you are threatened, or
perceive some threat, to yourself, family, friends, or merely to the
street…
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State Representative Jim
Buchy… Assistance
for Veterans
Going Back to School
Veterans are very important to Americans. Just as they did their part
to protect our freedoms, one of the most important duties of government
is to assist these veterans in return, making sure that they face
minimal struggles and succeed in life as civilians. The Ohio General
Assembly knows how important helping veterans is, and has made
veterans’ services first priority. Many of my colleagues are
former service members and…
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Broke Wife, Big City… Like
a red-headed biological child,
By Aprill Brandon
“Look at that red hair!” That sentence, those five words, are my very
first memory of my son. Well, that and a giant blue screen pressed up
against my face and the sensation that on the other side of the screen
a hyena was burrowing through my lower intestines. A drunk
hyena.
Who hated me. Passionately. Ah, the miracle of birth. But back to my
point. Those words were said by my doctor, the wielder of the C-section
knife, the very…
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