Celeste to Act on Auto Tag Kickback Probe and IG
Ohio Governor Richard Celeste moves to end deputy registrar kickbacks by ordering a competitive bidding system for tag services and directing funds to a new mail order plan. He will later appoint an inspector general to root out wrongful acts and expand ethics rules for lobbyists and administrators.
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Celeste
Phillips
Cleveland approves abatement concessions
City Council approved a plan requiring downtown developers to provide labor and residency concessions to obtain 115 million dollars in property tax forgiveness. The deal covers Society Center and Ritz Carlton with a 20 year abatement. a 75 percent Cleveland resident job quota is required, with penalties or bonuses tied to compliance. American-made steel and union labor are mandated, while critics say unions and OPIC remain dissatisfied with board composition and anti union language.
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United Auto Workers
Ohio Public Interest Campaign
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Ritz Carlton
Cuyahoga Falls demands share as Akron shuts river flow
Akron officials say a valve on the Cuyahoga River was closed weeks ago to conserve water, diminishing river flow into Cuyahoga Falls wells. Falls officials appeal for restoring flow or selling treated water while Hudson jealously eyeing Akron supply amid drought and emergency-fire concerns.
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Cuyahoga River
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Larry Valentine
Falls Service
Jerry Pursley
Senate approves 31.3 million for Ohio water projects
The Senate passed a House-Senate conference report funding Ohio water works. The package includes 1 million for Lake Erie to Ohio River canal feasibility, 136000 for Lorain Harbor study, 20 million flood-control at Mill Creek, 32 million for Bolivar Dam and Muskingum, 2 million for Newark, and 750000 for Mamee Bay erosion.
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Credit association acts to help ailing farmers
Oberlin based Farmers Production Credit Association forms a committee to craft relief for drought hit farmers in Ohio Indiana Kentucky and Tennessee. Larry Cucco says plans include internal relief and debt restructuring with some foreclosures possible but the association will support borrowers through good and bad times.
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Farmers Production Credit Association
Larry Cucco
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Premature baby left in Pittsburgh as insurers deny transport
Vanessa and Oliver Ewell race to bring their 13 week premature daughter Vania Aster home from Magee Hospital in Pittsburgh. Insurance denial blocks $2000 ambulance to Rainbow Babies Hospital in Cleveland, leaving the infant in care and improving slowly on formula. The couple, near tears, seeks nearby support and bonding time with their child.
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Vanessa Ewell
Vania Aster
Oliver Ewell
Magee Women's Hospital
Vama Aster
Ewell
Rainbow Babies
Children's Hospital
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