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2011 - LOCAL FUNDS CUT IN 2011, ZERO IN 2012
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Commissioners pass 2012 budget in deficit
Lack of local funds from Columbus will have additional impact on the budget
By Bob Robinson
Darke County Commissioners passed their 2012 budget Monday showing more
than a $330,000 shortfall. It was not unanimous, as Commissioner Diane
Delaplane cast the negative vote. According to Darke County Auditor
Carol Ginn, the estimated revenue for 2012 is $14,486,552.67; the
estimated appropriations are $14,816,739.85. This leaves a deficit of
$330,187.18. “I can’t use phantom revenue... Read More. More News.
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ONE OUT OF FOUR OKAY WITH ECONOMY
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Dayton Business Journal...
Most Ohio small-business owners say economy still in recession
Ohio’s small-business owners still see the economy as being in a
recession and most don’t expect to generate revenue growth next year.
Those are among the key findings in the new 2011 U.S. Bank Small
Business Annual Survey. The survey found 74 percent of Ohio’s
small-business owners believe the economy... Read More. More News. |
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TEEN SCRIBES MOVIE REVIEW
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“I’m a Count, not a Saint.”
By Naiesha Thobe
“I’m the Count of Monte Cristo, but my friends call me Edmond Dantès!”
Recently, I had the pleasure of re-watching the 2002 version of the
Count of Monte Cristo. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen the movie,
but they do say that true classics never die out. The movie’s based off
of the 1844 book “The Count of Monte Cristo” written by Alexandre Dumas
père. Both the book and movie capture the two... Read More. More Teen Scribes. |
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IPHONE 5 EXPECTED IN AUGUST
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Dayton Business Journal...
Report: Apple orders 25M iPhone 5 units
by DBJ Staff
Apple Inc. has ordered 25 million units of its next generation iPhone
-- possibly the much-rumored iPhone 5 -- by the end of the year,
according to a report. The Wall Street Journal cites sources as saying
Apple has placed that many orders with its component makers, and is
expecting to have first units delivered in August. The report added
some... Read More. More News. |
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MAYOR'S COURT ACTIVITY DECREASES
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Ohio Supreme Court...
Mayor’s Court New Case Activity Drops Below 300,000 in 2010
After climbing above 300,000 in the number of new cases filed in Ohio’s
mayor’s courts in 2009, statistics show that new cases dropped below
that number last year. These and other findings are contained in an
annual report released today by the Supreme Court of Ohio on the
state’s 320 mayor’s courts. The total new filings for all case types
fell to 291,470 in 2010, mainly due to... Read More. More News. |
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COMMON READING EXPERIENCE
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Townhall...
Home and Away
By Mike Adams
Sending your children to college has become an increasingly unwise
investment. Parents save all of their lives in order to send their
children to institutions bent on turning them against their parents
and, more specifically, their parent’s values. Those who think the
indoctrination begins during the first semester of college are
incorrect. It begins the summer before the first... Read
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RAMPANT FRAUD... THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
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Townhall...
Entitlement Abuse - Here, There, and Everywhere
By Lurita Doan
President Obama and other Democrat leaders in Washington are spending
their time trying to figure out ways to continue expanding entitlement
benefits. They tell us that these benefits are needed to provide
a myriad of services to an ever-growing percentage of the population
that could not make it on their own. Republicans, correctly... Read
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| NOTES
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EDITOR - TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JULY 13,
2011 |
According
to meeting minutes from Monday, Darke County Commissioners noted the
budget – which had been approved by a 2 to 1 margin – could have been
submitted without approval. “It was merely a guess.” See today’s lead
story. Also in News:
1 billion Apple apps downloaded in month; John Boehner’s ‘grand
bargain’ - with House GOP; and Debt talks to resume after testy
75-minute session. Senior Scribes: A burned biscuit. Blogs: Beached economists; Operation: Chaos; and O’Bummer: The Tax Scam Faileth. For
Yesterday's Home Page Click Here.
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