* The new budget proposed by Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich will hurt us even more.
Plunderbund:
According to Policy Matters Ohio, Kasich’s first budget stole ONE BILLION DOLLARS from local governments – much of it from the Local Government Fund (LGF).....
....Governor Strickland’s 2010/2011 budget provided over $1.3 Billion to the LGF – money that had long been used by local communities to pay for vital services like police and fire.
Kasich’s first budget reduced that to $942 million. His new budget proposal would further reduce it to just $740 million. (see page D-503)...
Cuts to police and fire, endangers our lives and our communities.
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Did Republican Rep. Eric Cantor plagiarize President Obama's speech? It certainly sounded like it! Politicsusa has the comparison. MSNBC has the video:
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* The dumping of toxic chemicals has happened again.WFMJ:
A Valley lawmaker is demanding answers to important questions, after tens of thousands of gallons of oil and oilfield waste are dumped into a storm drain. Waste that has now found its way into the Mahoning River.
On Monday, the EPA and Ohio Department of Natural Resources continued directing the containment and clean-up.
State Representative Bob Hagan says it's now estimated that up to 40,000 gallons of oil and oilfield waste has been dumped into a storm drain at 2761 Salt Springs Road. Property owned by D&L Energy.....
Ohio's environment will never be the same now that the drilling and dumping has started.