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Columbus—President Obama supporters and protestors lined 4th Street downtown to await his noon arrival to the Columbus Athenaeum. The President arrived last arrived in Columbus last night and spoke this morning at the private [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="196" caption="Obama speaking at the Weithman residence August 18, 2010"][/caption] residence of Rhonda and Joe Weithman.  A group of the Weithman’s neighbors spoke with ...
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U.S. Government Repaid Over $2M

By Julie Robison on August 19, 2010
From yesterday’s Youngstown Vindicator: YOUNGSTOWN Forum Health will reimburse the U.S. government $2,862,484 for inadvertently overbilling Medicare. In a settlement agreement negotiated with the U.S. Attorney’s office and the Department of Health and Human Services, Forum agreed that its Western Reserve Care System (Northside Medical Center in Youngstown) and Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren will [...]Read More>>

Obama’s Visit Prompts Chanting

By Julie Robison on August 18, 2010
Columbus—President Obama supporters and protestors lined 4th Street downtown to await his noon arrival to the Columbus Athenaeum. The President arrived last arrived in Columbus last night and spoke this morning at the private residence of Rhonda and Joe Weithman.  A group of the Weithman’s neighbors spoke with the President for an hour, asking questions [...]Read More>>

Ohio Budget Committee’s Public Solicitation Deadline Extended

By Julie Robison on August 17, 2010
Columbus—The deadline for The Ohio Budget Planning and Management Commission (BPMC)’s public solicitation for advice on how to address Ohio’s budget problem has been extended indefinitely. On July 7, Rep. Vernon Sykes (D- District 44), Chairman of the BPMC, announced that the committee will be taking recommendations and suggestions on how to address the budget [...]Read More>>

Columbus Area Schools Test Drive Expensive iPads

By Laura Howd on August 4, 2010
Columbus—The iPad is one of this year’s hottest electronic gadgets and the Grandview Heights School District in Columbus isn’t missing out. Last month, the school district purchased ten base-model iPads (16 GB and wi-fi only) for the price of nine at $5,580 or $499 plus a $99 Apple Care package for each machine. This new [...]Read More>>

Audit of Cuyahoga County Auditor’s Office Reveals Need of Reform

By Julie Robison on August 4, 2010
Columbus- State Auditor Mary Taylor and her office released their performance audit of the Cuyahoga County Auditor’s Office today. The performance audit was authorized by the Cuyahoga Board of County Commissioners and the County Auditor’s Office in November 2009 by a joint resolution. The nearly 80 page audit made almost two dozen recommendations. If fully [...]Read More>>

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U.S. Government Repaid Over $2M

By Julie Robison on August 19, 2010
From yesterday’s Youngstown Vindicator: YOUNGSTOWN Forum Health will reimburse the U.S. government $2,862,484 for inadvertently overbilling Medicare. In a settlement agreement negotiated with the U.S. Attorney’s office and the Department of Health and Human Services, Forum agreed that its Western Reserve Care System (Northside Medical Center in Youngstown) and Trumbull Memorial Hospital in Warren will [...]Read More>>

Prisoner Exchange

By Ohio Watchdog Staff on August 17, 2010
According to an article in yesterday’s Cleveland Plain Dealer, two men formerly associated with Ohio’s Board of Revision, Robert Chambers and Brian Day, have new jobs in Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo’s office. This happened after State Auditor Mary Taylor’s audit of the Cuyahoga County Auditor’s office came out earlier this month to reveal the office [...]Read More>>

Ohio Newspapers Denied Access to Public Employee’s Pension Information

By Laura Howd on August 13, 2010
Today in the Columbus Disptach Reporter Randy Ludlow and Joe Guillen of The Plain Dealer reported that each of their papers–along with six other Ohio newspapers–were denied access to the information of the state’s public employee pensions. “State Reps. Stephen Dyer and Matt Lundy, both Democrats and both former reporters, said Wednesday they were troubled [...]Read More>>

Obama Administration Continues ‘Recovery Summer’ Tour

By Laura Howd on August 5, 2010
The following was originally posted on August 5, 2010 at BankruptingAmerica.org: Administration officials continue “Recovery Summer” tour Continuing the Administration’s “Recovery Summer” tour today, the President visits Chicago; Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visits Columbus, OH; Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan visits Fairfax County, Virginia; and Federal Highways Deputy Administrator Greg Nadeaus visits Brownsville, Texas. [...]Read More>>

“Might work” isn’t good enough in Ohio’s tough economy

By Laura Howd on August 2, 2010
The Ohio Department of Transportation is gearing up to install a 400-foot “green” sound wall later this fall, according to an article in today’s Dispatch. Here are the quick facts: - It “might” work. That is, it “might” block out the sound of cars whizzing by; it “might” not erode completely into the road during [...]Read More>>

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