Germany's Stadelheim prison says doctors have determined that John Demjanjuk is fit enough to remain in custody. He is being held on suspicion of acting as an accessory to the murder of 29,000 people at a Nazi death camp.
Munich prosecutors must still determine whether the 89-year-old retired autoworker from Ohio is fit enough to stand trial and have called for an expert opinion. Determining that could take up to two weeks.....
Demjanjuk has avoided this trial for decades. We'll see what happens.
* The Toledo Blade has a story about a Democrat running for State Auditor:
Democrats yesterday put in place one of the lastpieces of their puzzle for the November, 2010,election,picking a first-term Hamilton County commissioner to take on the only Republican in statewide executive office.
The Toledo Blade reveals why the 2010 Ohio election is so important...
....The value of the auditor's race in next year's election will be enhanced in 2010 because the auditor, governor, secretary of state, and a lawmaker from each party will serve in 2011 on the once-in-a-decade apportionment board. The panel will redraw state Senate and House districts to reflect population shifts, and the party in control of the board has traditionally been able to draw boundaries to benefit to its advantage for the next decade....
This is a prime example of how elections have consequences.
*** Rep. John Boccieri (OH-16), Democrat, made an important announcement about a company in Ohio, according to Ohio.com:
Orrville-based telescoping mast manufacturer Will-Burt Co. has won a five-year military contract valued at up to $43.3 million.
The contract, according to U.S. Rep. John Boccieri, D-Alliance, calls for Will-Burt to supply 10-meter Quick Erect Antenna Mast products. The masts will be used for communications antennae in the field.
The contract is valued between $4.9 million and $43.3 million, with assembly to take place in Orrville.....
Boccieri did a lot of work on this contract.
***** Parma, Ohio has laid off 50 teachers, according to WTTE:
A public school district in northeast Ohio is firing 50 teachers after voters overwhelmingly rejected a $13.6 million levy to help cover operating expenses.
The city of Parma's school board approved the layoffs on Monday. The levy, which failed last week, is the third straight school levy struck down by voters.....
Of course, people in other states don't have to depend on school levies to raise funds for schools. The Ohio legislature needs to get moving on fixing Ohio's school funding problems. When levies fail, students lose. How many more decades will we have to wait???