Columns

In these last days before the Nov. 8th election, thorns to you, The Lima News and Hometown Station. I implore the media should have given ample mention and attention to Chelsea Clark in her campaign for Secretary of State.

The Ohio Power Siting Board ruled that it wasn’t in the best interest of the public to approve the Birch Solar Project. I’m learning from various sources, including a recent article in The Lima News, that this project not only would have created clean energy, which is in the best interest of everyone, but would have generated in the neighborhood of $100 million in revenue for governments to provide services and schools to educate our children. I am a member of this public, so how can that not be in my best interest?

It just wouldn’t be Halloween without a scary story, right? The season is filled with tales of headless horsemen and vanishing hitchhikers.

In 1973 when I was a political independent and the U.S. Senate investigated Richard Nixon’s Watergate break-in, I was glued to the TV, watching their deliberations live. Likewise, beginning this past June, I watched all the hearings of the current House special committee’s investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

Refrigerators leave me cold. That’s because I can seldom find what I want to eat.

Let us apologize in advance to Barack Obama, who once wrote a book called “The Audacity of Hope.” You see, our subject today is what might be called the Caucacity of Nope.

My high school sophomore started talking about her inevitable move away from home the other day.

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues and influences public policy through education and advocacy. We are a peoples’ organization that has fought since 1920 to improve our government and engage all Americans in the decisions that impact their lives. We never endorse or oppose political parties or candidates, but we are political, particularly when it comes to the rule of law, fair elections, and election security.

I just called our realtor.

My better half has a mind for dates, numbers and details, and he enjoys family history and genealogy. There are many people who enjoy genealogy, and they have many wonderful conversations. Usually with one another.