Colorado towns vote to legalize limited gambling
In Central City Black Hawk and Cripple Creek Colorado voters revived frontier gambling culture by approving limited gambling in three historic towns. The measure allows flot machines poker and blackjack with a five dollar cap to boost tourism and preserve history while opponents warn of moral and economic risks.
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Scripps Howard News Service
Central City
Colo
Centennial
Steve Mackin
Cripple Creek
Gilbert J. Horn
Colorado Council of Churches
Colorado
Reno
Atlantic City
Black Hawk
J.D. Carelli
Bob Elliott
Deadwood
M.D
Black Hills
Cirigliano mulls future after contested campaign report
Cirigliano hints at no immediate decision on returning to the bench for a full term after Gov. Celeste appointed him last fall to replace Judge Mahoney. The Ohio Elections Commission investigates his campaign report on a primary win, with anonymous funds and late-report funding by county Democrats scrutinized amid lingering fallout from a tight race.
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Cirigliano
Richard F. Celeste
Edward Mahoney
Ohio Elections Commission
William Nye
Akron
Cook
Oberlin approves 1 percent income tax in vote
Oberlin School District voters pass a 1 percent income tax with 1,726 voting for and 1,582 against in an issue that replaces two property levies totaling 12.9 mills. Supporters call it tax reform to ease property taxes and attract business, while Superintendent Chip Edelsberg and board president Jane Ionesco urge prudent spending and future growth.
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Oberlin
Jane Ionesco
Westlake approves ten city charter amendments
Westlake voters approved ten charter amendments in a vote that included a shift to nonpartisan elections. Measures covered mayoral salary timing, reading of ordinances, building inspector qualifications, asset inventories, planning authority limits, open bidding, nonpartisan elections, civil service terminology, Sunshine Law clarifications, and Open Public Meetings compliance with state law.
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Westlake
State Board of Building Standards
Purchas
Ing
Planning Commission
Slama quits as CIC official after decade of service
North Olmsted CIC secretary treasurer Mary Slama retires after more than ten years guiding industrial development bonds and meeting minutes. She says the IDB program ended with federal funding cuts while noting her ongoing role as editor of West Life. The CIC promoted growth and jobs, approving 11.5 million in bonds from 1980 to 1989 for West Shore Cable Television Finast Adon Equipment and First National Supermarkets.
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North Olmsted
Community Improvement Corporation
Mary Slama
Slama
West Life
CIC
Robert Swietyniowski
West Shore Cable Television
Adon Equipment
First National Supermarkets
Finast
Births Elyria Memorial OUT
A son to Jeffrey and Emily Barker Sr at 221 Franklin Ave Elyria and 621 State St Elyria. A son to Charles and Constance Kleitt at 40017 Butternut Ridge Elyria. A son to David and Doloris O Connor at 120 Beebe Ave Elyria. A son to Robert and Marcia Pincura at 41726 Blanch Ave Elyria. A son to David and Cynthia Rice at 6700 Ridge Plaza N Ridgeville.
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Elyria Memorial
Jeffrey
Emily Barker
Franklin Ave
Elyria
State St
Charles
Constance Kleitt
Butternut Ridge
David
Doloris O'Connor
Beebe Ave
Robert
Marcia Pincura
Blanch Ave
Cynthia Rice
Ridge Plaza
N. Ridgeville
Erie County voters approve health district levy renewal
The Erie County General Health District won a 0.5-mill renewal levy by a large margin in Tuesday's election. It runs five years and is expected to raise about $300,000 annually for county health programs while supporting well child clinics and mother infant nutrition initiatives.
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Erie County General Health District
Erie County Board of Elections
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Keeli Deimting
Eric
Michelle Gardner
Ohio Edison
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Energy Makers
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Lorain Rd
North Ridgeville
Een Fise & Gas Gertticale
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Coca-Cola
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