Ohio Sunday Papers | Sunday, January 4, 2009

• Insight: How Bad? 5 Economists Answer Questions About Recession, Ohio Economy – Columbus Dispatch

Editor’s Note: Just when you think the Dispatch editorial staff is still on vacation, they came up with this interesting piece in Sunday’s Insight section.  Let’s hear it for localizing a national story and doing it from a broad perspective.  The economists include a liberal, conservative, a federal reserve staffer, and private sector expertise.  Check it out.

• After the Flames: The Story of the 1969 Cuyahoga River Fire – The Plain Dealer
• Killings rip apart city’s fabric – Cincinnati Enquirer
• Cuyahoga sheriff lays off some, rewards family friends with raises – The Plain Dealer
• Op-Ed, Thomas Suddes: Suddes’ Crystal Ball
• Op-Ed, Joe Hallett: Brown, Strickland optimistic on economy turning corner – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: That Sinking Feeling – Toledo Blade
• Strickland, Governors call for $1 trillion in aid to states – The Plain Dealer
• Measure takes aim at sexual slavery – Toledo Blade
• Plans afoot for coal to liquid fuel plant in Wellsville – Youngstown Vindicator
• New Ohio legislature begins Monday – Dayton Daily News
• Ohio AG’s Washington Office closing – The Plain Dealer
• Columbia Gas, state reach deal on gorge – Columbus Dispatch
• Fewer truckers needed as economy gears down – Columbus Dispatch
• Fighting off the bear market – Columbus Dispatch
• Dick Feagler talks about 45-year career – The Plain Dealer
• Consumer advocates see bright spot in 2009 – The Plain Dealer
• Most important Ohio legislation passed in 2008 – The Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Husted made his mark – The Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Husted won’t just warm senate seat – Dayton Daily News
• BGSU to lay off 43 salaried workers – Toledo Blade

Ohio Sunday Papers | October 12, 2008

Politics & Elections News

 

• Endorsement: Forward with Obama – Toledo Blade
• Endorsement?: 2 Good men, Obama right man for today – Dayton Daily News
• What’s the real story: Terrorists - Columbus Dispatch
• Only 39% of Ohio voters approve of bailout
  – Dayton Daily News
• Obama, McCain in dead heat in new state poll
  – Columbus Dispatch
• Ohio Poll Raw Data
  – Dayton Daily News
• Democrats set sights on Ohio House takeover
  – Toledo Blade
• Op-Ed, Thomas Suddes: Ohio’s numbers crunching Obama’s way – The Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Provoking Doubt – Ohio Secy of State
  – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Jonathan Riskind: Boilerplate conservative issues not saving McCain – Columbus Dispatch
• Cuyahoga County investigates voter registration fraud
  – The Plain Dealer
• FDR’s economic fairness initiative resonates today
  – Toledo Blade
• ‘Smear for smear’ in presidential race – Dayton Daily News
• Region’s wallets open to GOP
  – Cincinnati Enquirer

 

Other News

• Online overdose – Columbus Dispatch
• Small town pharmacist caught up in scheme
  – Columbus Dispatch
• Bailout boss got start at Case Western Reserve Academy
  – The Plain Dealer

Plain Dealer begins Cuyahoga Corruption Coverage

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

Up to 200 FBI and IRS agents are executing search warrants at the Cuyahoga County administration building, data center and engineer’s office. They swept into the offices about 9 a.m., telling employees to shut down their computers.

The searches — which extended to the homes of County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora and Auditor Frank Russo — are part of a long-term public corruption investigation, according to an FBI spokesman. Agents also were seen at the office of DAS Construction in Cleveland.

Agents from Pittsburgh have been brought in to help with the searches, which were conducted under the authority of a sealed affidavit filed in U.S. District Court.

Cuyahoga County Employees Sent Home

A C&C source reports that at least some Cuyahoga County employees who showed up for work today were questioned briefly, then sent home.

According to the source, employees were asked questions such as: “Have you ever committed a crime while working for the county?”

Glad to see the Feds getting right down to it.  I would’ve thought a little water boarding would’ve been the way to go before popping that one. 

I’m not making this next one up.  At least one county employee was asked their birthday.  Apparently, the G-Man, upon hearing that today was in fact the employees birthday, broke into: “It’s your birthday, it’s your birthday …” and did a little dance.

Developing …

FBI, IRS Raid Cuyahoga County Offices

Some Officials Homes Searched

• FBI raid – NewsNet 5
• FBI executing search warrants – WTAM