In the wake of potentially devastating job loss in Wilmington, an initiative is beginning to take root that may reinvent the future of the town. It’s a welcome change to the barrage of grim news coming out of the southwest, Ohio town. Energize Clinton County began when Mark Rembert and Taylor Stuckert, two recent [...]
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November 11, 2008
In Wilmington, “shoe…hit the ground” with DHL announcement
By Mark Rembert
“Well, we’ve been waiting for the shoe to drop since the May 28 announcement, and I think it hit the ground today.” – Randy Riley, Clinton County Commissioner
It was more than 5 months ago that DHL’s parent company, Deutsche Post, announced that it would end its US air shipping services and shut down its hub in Wilmington. [...]
October 30, 2008
2008 Election Call-In Show Live Blog
Welcome to WYSO’s live blog for our 2008 Election Call-In show featuring Sharon Harmer from the League of Women Voters and Dr. Rob Baker, political science professor at Wittenberg University. Tune in to the 1:00pm show at 91.3 or at WYSO.org. If you would like to ask a question to our panel send an e-mail [...]
October 30, 2008
Election 2008 Halloween Edition: the scary questions behind Issue 5
by Mark Rembert
It’s almost Halloween, and if you’re looking for a fright I recommend sitting down and watching the ads for Issue 5. Believe me, these ads are scary: vote “YES” and you support taking a meat cleaver to 6,000 Ohio jobs in a slash-and-kill thriller, vote “NO” and you’re throwing your neighbor into the [...]
October 29, 2008
Who’s in the Pocket of Your Clark County Candidate?
Campaign finances are tricky to understand. They’re not particularly straight forward, they never give you the whole picture, and usually when you want them, only a few of the records are available. But what you do get, can tell you a lot if you look close enough. The key word is “trends;” patterns that can [...]
October 18, 2008
Is Ohio rolling the dice on casino or does Issue 6 promise a big payoff?
By Mark Rembert
There are two things Issue 6 has provided members of the press: lots to explain, and lots of great headlines. So as Ohioans prepare to “bet” (or have already bet) on whether or not gambling will be good for the state, we’re going to look at the debate over Issue 6.
Issue 6 is [...]
October 18, 2008
When Poetry Takes to the Streets: A Story of How One Man Uses Poetry to Minister from the Trenches
After 15 years of hard knocks, Lorenzo Jones has stopped running. For many years he says “Pastors have been telling him the ugly truth about himself,” a phrase he uses to describe the path God had laid out for him but he was unwilling to take. This path, he says, is to write, and by [...]
October 11, 2008
Campaign Warfare Sets Stage in Ohio
by Emily McCord
As the Presidential campaign races towards the finish, the tone from both parties has become increasingly negative. Of course, Ohioans are feeling the full force as a battleground state. A recent report showed that last week, the candidates both spent more money on television ads in Ohio than any other state, a whopping [...]
September 26, 2008
Get Ready for One-Stop Voting
What do you get when you combine a 2005 bill removing restrictions on absentee voting with a calendar glitch leaving a week long overlap between the end of voter registration and the beginning of absentee voting: ONE-STOP VOTING.
What does that mean? From Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, Ohioans can walk into their local board of [...]
September 20, 2008
Emergency Resource List for Clark County Residents
Clark County Agencies have compiled a list of resources to help residents recover from Sundays wind storm. If you are in need and do not find help through the resources listed, call 211.
Power Restoration: 300 – 400 additional line workers from other parts of the country will be arriving today to assist in power restoration [...]
