On the Move

*  Ohio Gov. John Kasich will be meeting with the Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear today (Cincinnati.com).  The drive is just over two hours.  Ohioans want to know if Kasich will be flying to this meeting on our tax money.


*  Republican Rep. Steve Stivers (OH-15), the darling of the financial industry and anti-environmental groups, recently moved his office out of Columbus to Hilliard, Ohio.  Stivers said that the new office is in the "geographic center" of the district.   Here are some other reasons why Stivers moved his office:

What conclusions can you draw from this information?


Columbus, Ohio (city-data):

• White alone - 480,284 (62.1%)
• Black alone - 198,545 (25.7%)
• Hispanic - 40,904 (5.3%)
• Asian alone - 32,219 (4.2%)
• Two or more races - 17,300 (2.2%)
• Other race alone - 2,352 (0.3%)
• American alone - 1,277 (0.2%) 
• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 140 (0.02%)

Hilliard, Ohio (city-data):

• White alone - 24,655 (87.9%)
• Asian alone - 1,573 (5.6%)
• Hispanic - 759 (2.7%)
• Black alone - 630 (2.2%)
• Two or more races - 335 (1.2%)
• American alone - 28 (0.10%)
• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone - 42 (0.1%)
• Other race alone - 28 (0.10%)