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2011 - OLD BUILDINGS UTILITIES... $1.70 SQ FT; NEW? 60¢ PER SQ FT
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GSD organizes for November Levy Campaign
By Bob Robinson
“We want people to know the good and the bad,” said Greenville resident
Bob Rhoades who, along with Greenville Schools Asst. Supt. Jon McGreevy
and Supt. Susie Riegle, will be planning the District’s levy campaign
this fall. The District held a kick-off meeting with local media
Tuesday to solicit their advice on how to provide information to voters
about the planned levy to put a K-8 facility on North Ohio Street.
Rhoades stressed this was not an attempt to get the media behind the
levy; rather it was to request thoughts on the best way to get
information... Read More. More News.
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STATE REPRESENTATIVE JIM BUCHY
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Removing the Chains and Shackles of Taxes in the Budget
Balancing an $8 billion budget was a difficult process, but balancing
it without tax increases was something many doubters did not believe
could happen. When the budget became law it actually included
changes to tax policy that lower taxes and provide opportunities for
Ohio’s citizens to pay their back taxes without penalty. Tax increases
stifle the growth of business and put a... Read More. More Opinion. |
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OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN HUSTED
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“I Voted” Sticker Contest Winner Announced
Nearly 60,000 votes cast overall in effort to select new “I Voted Today” sticker
COLUMBUS – Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted today announced the
winning design, as selected by the voters, for the next “I Voted Today”
sticker. Following a close race, and having received 38 percent of the
vote with 22,572 votes, the selected design features a twist on the... Read More. More News.
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OSU EXTENSION DARKE COUNTY
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Resistance of Corn Rootworm to Bt Corn Discovered in Iowa
By Justin Petrosino
After receiving complaints from farmers, researchers at Iowa State
University launched an investigation into several problem fields in
Iowa. Farmers complained of heavy rootworm feeding in fields that were
planted with a corn hybrid with Bt protection for rootworm. Corn with
Bt protection has a gene from the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis that
confers resistance to insect... Read More. More Community. |
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STATE SENATOR BILL BEAGLE
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Christian Science Monitor...
Rating falls, markets plunge, critics rage. But tea party isn’t blinking.
By Gail Russell Chaddock
Tea party lawmakers say the S&P’s downgrade of the US credit rating
and the markets’ convulsive reaction on Monday is merely confirmation
that they had been right all along. It was tea party intransigence in
debt ceiling talks that led to the first-ever downgrade of the US
credit... Read More. More News. |
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54.5 MPG REQUIREMENT DANGEROUS
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Townhall...
A Government That Kills
By John Stossel
President Obama has declared that auto companies’ fleets must average
54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, almost double the current 27.5. Standing
at his side when he made the announcement were executives from the Big
Three automakers. The New York Times reported: “It is an extraordinary
shift in the relationship between the companies and Washington. But a
lot...
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PERVERSE VERSION OF "AMERICAN DREAM"
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Townhall...
Mr. Green Jobs Boondoggle Rides Again
By Michelle Malkin
Van Jones, President Obama’s disgraced green jobs czar, is back with a
radical progressive plan to rescue America ... from his old boss. The
problem, posits Jones, is that his fellow community organizer in the
White House hasn’t spent enough, regulated enough or taxed enough to
achieve their perverse version of the “American... Read
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EDITOR - TODAY IS FRIDAY, AUGUST 12,
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Greenville
schools is trying again for voter support. Regardless of what you think
about anything else… remember the kids. They are the ones who will
benefit - or not - by your decision. Stock market up again by 400
points. If you like roller coasters, entertainment parks are cheaper
and less stressful. Also in News: ‘No Child’ waiver pondered; Internet, out-of-state sales face ‘new’ tax; and Deficit hole deeper than you may think. Blogs: Meet in the middle; Free of bias; and If Congress does nothing, that might be a pretty good start. Obituaries: Lois L. Henninger. For
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