Coroner question
Sharing coroner services might make sense, save money for some counties
When Ohio set up its government in 1802, it made good sense to require each county to elect a coroner: Travel times by horse and a lack of refrigeration would have made a consolidated system impractical, and 19-century medical science didn’t require expensive laboratories and equipment.
Today, as budgets shrink and municipal lines hopscotch into neighboring counties, lawmakers should give serious consideration to House Bill 445, which would remove the mandate of having 88 separate, paid officeholders.
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2012/03/24/coroner-question.html
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2012/03/24/coroner-question.html
Republicans overplay their hand
Published: Sun, March 25, 2012 @ 12:00 a.m.
Youngstown Vindicator
Democrats in the Ohio General Assembly will be held up to public ridicule if they’re taken in by the conciliatory tone Republicans have adopted with regard to the contentious new elections law. The GOP, which controls the House and Senate, isn’t holding out the olive branch to the Democrats, who are in the minority, because of bipartisanship. Since January 2011, when Republicans took over every statewide office, including governor, and took control of the legislature, Democrats have been little more than an afterthought — if that.
The majority has ridden roughshod over the minority on the major issues, starting with the biennium budget, and there is nothing to suggest that Senate President Tom Niehaus and House Speaker Bill Batchelder will be making room at the table for their Democratic counterparts any time soon.
http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/mar/25/republicans-overplay-their-hand/
http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/mar/25/republicans-overplay-their-hand/
Boards and ballots: Hagan introduces economic development bill
By Robert Wang
Posted Mar 25, 2012 @ 10:00 AM
State Rep. Christina Hagan, R-Marlboro Township, and State Rep. Mike Dovilla, R-Berea, Thursday introduced a bill dubbed “Jobs Ohio 2.”
It would rename the Ohio Department of Development, provide more funds to a revamped OhioTourism office to market the state’s tourism industry and seek to streamline the approval of economic development packages to attract businesses to Ohio.
Last year, a staffer for Ohio House Speaker William G. Batchelder, R-Medina, asked Hagan to help shepherd the bill. The office of Gov. John Kasich drafted the bill with the Ohio Legislative Service Commission.
Hannah Report
FY12-13 BUDGET
Rep. Ron Amstutz (R-Wooster), chairman of the House Finance and Appropriations Committee, said the House will parcel the various MBR proposals among several committees and subcommittees, splitting some pieces off into separate bills. House Speaker William Batchelder (R-Medina) cancelled sessions on March 20 and 21 to allow committees time to work on the MBR. On Friday, Amstutz announced that the increase in the severance tax and income tax cut were being removed from HB487 -- the MBR -- which had been introduced earlier in the day.
http://www.hannah.com/DesktopDefaultPublic.aspx?type=hns&id=188947
Rep. Ron Amstutz (R-Wooster), chairman of the House Finance and Appropriations Committee, said the House will parcel the various MBR proposals among several committees and subcommittees, splitting some pieces off into separate bills. House Speaker William Batchelder (R-Medina) cancelled sessions on March 20 and 21 to allow committees time to work on the MBR. On Friday, Amstutz announced that the increase in the severance tax and income tax cut were being removed from HB487 -- the MBR -- which had been introduced earlier in the day.
http://www.hannah.com/DesktopDefaultPublic.aspx?type=hns&id=188947
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