Saturday, April 30, 2011

Portsmouth's Copout

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A copy of the ballot Portsmouth voters will be handed next Tuesday, May 3rd       There is a primary election in the city of Marion, Ohio,...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Levees and Levies: Portsmouth, Chillicothe, and Marion

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A county map of Ohio, showing three cities, Portsmouth, Chillicothe, and Marion, the county seats of Scioto, Ross, and Marion counties, lo...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Income Tax Increase will Decrease Opportunity

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“The last thing the foxy lawyer and the skanky developer want is for the state to step in and impose some fiscal order, as it has at th...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Nov. 2010: Chillicothe Rejects Sulzer's "Safety Levy"

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Chillicothe Mayor Joe Sulzer, whose proposed  “safety levy ”  was rejected by voters. For purposes of a comparison with Portsmouth, which...
Friday, April 08, 2011

4: Oxy and Contin in the Doctor's Office

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“The doctor swung around in his chair and glanced  up reverently at the large framed poster photo of his hero on the wall. ” Nervous and...
Friday, April 01, 2011

Kick-Ass Kasich

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Beaming  John Kasich, t he  Kick-Ass Governor of the  Buckeye State  Kasich and Free Market Fundamentalism      Free market fundamentali...
Friday, March 25, 2011

A Confluence of Rivers

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 The Ghost of Mark Twain and the Ohio River receding,  Portsmouth,  March 17, 2011 A Confluence of Rivers After a week of heavy rain, The...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

Just Say No to the Income Tax Increase!

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I should begin by saying that public employees are not the cause of the financial crisis the country is currently in. The police, firef...