Money and Momentum in US Politics Dampen Voter Enthusiasm
A Kettering Foundation report notes money power reshapes politics, erodes citizen influence, and fuels apathy. Voters feel impotent as lobbyists and PACs gain control, while media focus on polls and sound bites. No clear solutions offered beyond agenda items to refocus debate on policy.
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Main Street America
Kettering Foundation
Foundation
David Matthews
Harwood Group
Seattle
Des Moines
Dallas
Los Angeles
Lorain County backs North South Corridor despite hold
Lorain County commissioners approve a 63 million North South Corridor resolution urging state action. They seek routing east or west of West Ridge Road and will forward letters of support to the Ohio Department of Transportation by February 15. A 350000 loan to the transit board was also approved with repayment by May 31.
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John Caniglia
C-T
Elyria
Lorain County
West Ridge Road
Jacoby
Ohio Department of Transportation
Columbus
State Transportation Department
Transit Board
Impaired Man Loses Special Parking Permit
Elyria council committee voted to revoke a handicapped parking permit issued to a Wilder Avenue man and re evaluate his eligibility. The permit included a no parking sign for others when the space is empty and neighbors accuse him of walking to his car to drive home.
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Elyria
Wilder Avenue
City Council
Public Safety and Environment Committee
Larry Tanner
D-1
Michael B. Keys
Tanner
Wayside probe widens to finances at Avon home
Avon Police Detective Paul Romond says the Wayside investigation now includes the home’s finances and an alleged patient abuse incident at Guadalupe House nearby. He awaits word from the Lorain County Prosecutor on an outside investigator and notes staffing limits. Former employees allege misconduct as board officials deny personnel changes.
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AVON
Our Lady of the Wayside Home
Guadalupe House
Paul Romond
Romond
Wayside
Ramond
Lorain County Proseutor’s
Patty Heiland
Avon Police
Ohio Attorney General’s Office
Lorain County
County eyes courthouse security funding amid budget gaps
Lorain County officials warn security at the administration building is strained by a tight budget. Judge Basinski and Commissioner Jacoby urge spending on metal detectors and access controls as a North Olmsted couple was killed in a Cuyahoga County court building. Sheriff Mahony pleads for funds to avoid operating on a bare bones budget.
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Elyria — Lorain County
Herbert Jacoby
Jacoby
Dorothy
Essex
Cuyahoga County
Old Court House
David Basinski
Lorain County
Martin Mahony
Gas leak at Erieview Elementary halts classes for long weekend
Erieview Elementary School in Avon Lake went on a three day weekend as Columbia Gas workers replaced a leaking 40 year old gas line feeding the building. The outdoor leak did not endanger students and the facility stayed warm enough to avoid evacuation. School hopes to reopen Monday after heat restored.
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Avon Lake
Erieview Elementary
Columbia Gas Co
Erik Helgesen
Helgesen
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Philadelphia
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Ich
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Fidanine
Exner
Alika Ray
Leff
Shana Heilbron
West College Street
Oberlin
Langston Middle School
Steve Fogarty
Lorain
Bauman
Wayside Board of Trustees
Timothy Fowler
Fowler
Lorain County Domestic Relations Court
Mary Jo Vasi
Lawrence Budd
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