Talk about keeping it in the family here we go and the I wonder how long it'll take Cynthia McKinney before she starts screaming about whitey not being held to the same standards. I for one will agree the Kennedy's have never been held to the same standard as anyone else.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy crashed his car near the Capitol early Thursday, and a police official said he appeared intoxicated. Kennedy said he had had no alcohol before the accident.
Kennedy, D-R.I., addressed the issue after a spate of news reports.
"I was involved in a traffic accident last night at First and C Street SE near the U.S. Capitol," Kennedy said in a written statement released by his office. "I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident. I will fully cooperate with the Capitol Police in whatever investigation they choose to undertake."
Kennedy appeared to be intoxicated when he crashed his car into a barrier on Capitol Hill early Thursday morning, said Louis P. Cannon, president of the Washington chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Cannon, who was not there, said the officers involved in the accident were instructed by an official "above the rank of patrolman" to take Kennedy home.
No sobriety tests were conducted at the scene.
A letter written by a Capitol Police officer to Acting Chief Christopher McGaffin said Kennedy appeared to be staggering when he left the vehicle after the crash about 3 a.m. The letter was first reported by Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper.
Kennedy said he was late for a vote, officer Greg Baird said in the letter to McGaffin. Baird is acting chairman of the Capitol Hill chapter of the FOP police union. The last vote of the night had occurred almost six hours earlier.
Kennedy, the son of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and his staff declined to discuss any further details of the accident. The congressman took part in House votes Thursday.
Capitol Police did not immediately return phone calls for comment. They issued a one-line statement saying they were investigating a traffic violation that occurred early in the morning at that location.
Baird wrote McGaffin that two sergeants who responded to the accident conferred with the watch commander and were ordered to leave the scene.
He said that after the officers left, Capitol Police officials gave Kennedy a ride home.
Kennedy spent time at a drug rehabilitation clinic before he went to Providence College. He has been open about mental health issues, including being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
© 2006 Associated Press.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Worthington School levy soundly defeated 58 % to 42% margin
Levy Soundly Defeated5.25 mill levy goes down by 58-42 margin......
By Candi Brooks
This Week Staff Writer
As school board member Bob Horton gazed at the precinct-by-precinct voting results on the screen in front of him Tuesday night, he could read the message on the wall. It was "no," plain and simple.With 53 of 56 Worthington school district precincts reported in on Tuesday night, the 5.25-mill Worthington levy was being defeated by a margin of 58 to 42.
The unofficial breakdown was 4,944 votes for the levy, 6,833 votes against."These are strong numbers," Horton said. "I call that a mandate. People don't want to pay more taxes and they are taking it out on the Worthington schools." Horton said the board will definitely return a levy to the voters by the end of the year. The only question is timing-the August ballot or the November ballot. The size of the levy cannot be the same, though. "There is no way we can go back to the votes with that same amount," he said. "We're going to have to make some serious adjustments."
Meanwhile, the district must be ready to make budget reductions if voters do no approve a levy in 2006, said Superintendent Melissa Conrath."We can't go into the school year without a plan in place to make ends meet,"she said. Though she has only been in the district for four months, the message she heard as she met with voters was that there were weary of frequent levy requests.
The district has placed three levies on the ballot in the past five years. Horton said he was surprised that the out-come was not closer. "What's interesting is there really wasn't any opposition," he said. "The numbers are like in the past when we've had organized opposition."
Though they steadfastly declined to call themselves levy opponents, John Herrington and Mike Alfred formed in March an organization called Educate Worthington.On it's website and in a public forum, Educate Worthington provided information about school spending that was not available from the district of levy supporters. The web site received 1,300 hits in two months."I've been optimistic that people are ready for a change," Herrington said Tuesday night. Like Horton, Alfred was surprised by the lopsided results. "There is no glee in this, but the reality is they can't continue to aske for money every two years," he said.
Levy campaign co-chair Saul Seigel said he hopes residents of all districts will join together to force state lawmakers to find a better way to fund schools in Ohio. In short the school board must make some tough choices, he said. It is incumbent upon the board of education to do things that won't be pleasant," Seigel said.
The issue was a combination operating/improvements levy. Five mills would have allowed the district to continue offering current programs. Without it, the district will face a $6-million deficit at the end of the 2007-08 school year.
The permanent improvements part of the levy would have raised $11.4-million over the next five years, or apporximately $2.3-million a year to oay for capital projects like computers, buses and building repairs.
The levy would have cost the owner of a $100,000 home an additional $191.41 annually in property taxes. That property owner already pays $1,276.25 to the schools each year.
cbrooks@thisweeknews.com
"These are strong numbers," Horton said. "I call that a mandate. People don't want to pay more taxes and they are taking it out on the Worthington schools." "What's interesting is there really wasn't any opposition," he said. "The numbers are like in the past when we've had organized opposition."
I guess someone has been asleep during the board meetings or just downright ignored those citizens who took time out of their day to make their views crystal clear to the board of education.
In short the school board must make some tough choices, he said. It is incumbent upon the board of education to do things that won't be pleasant," Seigel said.
Don't worry the teacher's contracts are safe and that's the most important thing of all. Those raises are nearly double what the typical employee recieves. There are many within our community that have just as important jobs and yet receive far less in compensation.
There are federal grants available for some of the district's needs I guess Worthington is too good to take a federal grant, they must view it as taking a hand out. At one school board meeting a teacher from within the school district that teachs in Columbus offered to provide information that gave the schools grants for the much needed computers.
Yet at the same time their teachers won't tell them how they've no compassion by asking the taxpayers to give up things in their own lives because of the educational elitism and entitlement they believe are theirs because they're teachers.
Our communities would really be in trouble if the many other professions that keep our country alive & well pulled the same stunt.
Remember this is the same thing the UAW is waking up to and it never fails to amaze me that the UAW at Delphi is ready to strike really screwing themselves. They will in turn screw the auto industry as we currently know it and our economy.
Yet at the same time they believe much like the illegal aliens (these people are criminals) who are attempting economic blackmail by yet more days of threatened boycotts against the sovereignty of the US because they don't like our immigration laws.
By Candi Brooks
This Week Staff Writer
As school board member Bob Horton gazed at the precinct-by-precinct voting results on the screen in front of him Tuesday night, he could read the message on the wall. It was "no," plain and simple.With 53 of 56 Worthington school district precincts reported in on Tuesday night, the 5.25-mill Worthington levy was being defeated by a margin of 58 to 42.
The unofficial breakdown was 4,944 votes for the levy, 6,833 votes against."These are strong numbers," Horton said. "I call that a mandate. People don't want to pay more taxes and they are taking it out on the Worthington schools." Horton said the board will definitely return a levy to the voters by the end of the year. The only question is timing-the August ballot or the November ballot. The size of the levy cannot be the same, though. "There is no way we can go back to the votes with that same amount," he said. "We're going to have to make some serious adjustments."
Meanwhile, the district must be ready to make budget reductions if voters do no approve a levy in 2006, said Superintendent Melissa Conrath."We can't go into the school year without a plan in place to make ends meet,"she said. Though she has only been in the district for four months, the message she heard as she met with voters was that there were weary of frequent levy requests.
The district has placed three levies on the ballot in the past five years. Horton said he was surprised that the out-come was not closer. "What's interesting is there really wasn't any opposition," he said. "The numbers are like in the past when we've had organized opposition."
Though they steadfastly declined to call themselves levy opponents, John Herrington and Mike Alfred formed in March an organization called Educate Worthington.On it's website and in a public forum, Educate Worthington provided information about school spending that was not available from the district of levy supporters. The web site received 1,300 hits in two months."I've been optimistic that people are ready for a change," Herrington said Tuesday night. Like Horton, Alfred was surprised by the lopsided results. "There is no glee in this, but the reality is they can't continue to aske for money every two years," he said.
Levy campaign co-chair Saul Seigel said he hopes residents of all districts will join together to force state lawmakers to find a better way to fund schools in Ohio. In short the school board must make some tough choices, he said. It is incumbent upon the board of education to do things that won't be pleasant," Seigel said.
The issue was a combination operating/improvements levy. Five mills would have allowed the district to continue offering current programs. Without it, the district will face a $6-million deficit at the end of the 2007-08 school year.
The permanent improvements part of the levy would have raised $11.4-million over the next five years, or apporximately $2.3-million a year to oay for capital projects like computers, buses and building repairs.
The levy would have cost the owner of a $100,000 home an additional $191.41 annually in property taxes. That property owner already pays $1,276.25 to the schools each year.
cbrooks@thisweeknews.com
"These are strong numbers," Horton said. "I call that a mandate. People don't want to pay more taxes and they are taking it out on the Worthington schools." "What's interesting is there really wasn't any opposition," he said. "The numbers are like in the past when we've had organized opposition."
I guess someone has been asleep during the board meetings or just downright ignored those citizens who took time out of their day to make their views crystal clear to the board of education.
In short the school board must make some tough choices, he said. It is incumbent upon the board of education to do things that won't be pleasant," Seigel said.
Don't worry the teacher's contracts are safe and that's the most important thing of all. Those raises are nearly double what the typical employee recieves. There are many within our community that have just as important jobs and yet receive far less in compensation.
There are federal grants available for some of the district's needs I guess Worthington is too good to take a federal grant, they must view it as taking a hand out. At one school board meeting a teacher from within the school district that teachs in Columbus offered to provide information that gave the schools grants for the much needed computers.
Yet at the same time their teachers won't tell them how they've no compassion by asking the taxpayers to give up things in their own lives because of the educational elitism and entitlement they believe are theirs because they're teachers.
Our communities would really be in trouble if the many other professions that keep our country alive & well pulled the same stunt.
Remember this is the same thing the UAW is waking up to and it never fails to amaze me that the UAW at Delphi is ready to strike really screwing themselves. They will in turn screw the auto industry as we currently know it and our economy.
Yet at the same time they believe much like the illegal aliens (these people are criminals) who are attempting economic blackmail by yet more days of threatened boycotts against the sovereignty of the US because they don't like our immigration laws.
Monday, April 24, 2006
Battle for the 21st, The Race To Replace Reidelbach
There are 2 democrats fighting for the nomination to run against the republican candidate to replace Linda Reidleback R-21st District.
They would be Dean Hernandez and Jean Herendeen Ackerman are both campaigning on an education platform, said platform can be summed up with the following sentence: Fix School Funding by increasing the income tax or state sales tax to give more money to school districts. I lifted the above sentence from a post on www.ColumbusTownHall.com that was provided by Marc Schare who happens to be a current member of the Worthington Schools Board of Education.
The most interesting thing happened after Marc left that post, he was contacted by the husband of the candidate (nothing like hiring our to take care of your own problems, he will be a very busy puppy IF she can find her way to the statehouse) at which time Mr. Ackerman did his best to bully Marc at which time the original poster left the the following post.
Lest you think that Columbus Town Hall is not read by the powers that be, I received an email this morning from the Herendeen Ackerman campaign stating, in very strong terms, that Ms. Herendeen Ackerman is not advocating a tax increase of any kind. Marc Schare
I took time yesterday to check out both of these candidate's sites and learned a few interesting things.
Mr. Hernandez is a veteran who is a financial advisor for a small family owned company in Columbus. While Jean Ackerman is currently a teacher in the Hamilton Twp School district.
What struck me the hardest was Jean Ackermans hard attack on charter schools. Yet at the same time as a worthington resident she hid her opposition to the current school levy that will be considered on May 2nd, 2006.
She claims to have attend 2 public forums the school district had to receive taxpayers input, she alledges to have spoken out against the current levy request (that is on the ballot to be voted on May 2nd, 2006) was no where to be found at the school board meeting the night the same board approved for placement on the ballot. She was no where in sight to express her alledged opposition to the levy's placement on the ballot.
She or someone within her campaign penned a letter to the editor espousing her opposition to the school levy, which is hard for me to believe that a union member that teachs in another school district would come out in opposition against a levy within her home school district. Mr. Hernandez has recieved the endorsement of the OEA unlike Jean Ackerman.
Considering all the money the NEA and it's many state & local variants spend do they need another lobbyist to further their agenda on the state level within the statehouse?
Since the current NEA president has made it perfectly clear that he could care less where the money for his member's future raises come from is there a need for another union lobbyist within the state legislature?
No candidate can serve 2 masters and since the taxpayers could possibly elect her to do the job they ask is there anyway she can keep her master's within the teacher's unions happy yet looking out for the best interest of the taxpayers? In order to keep the 2nd set of masters she to whom she would be holden to their only true interest is that they recieve more money and that would only be accomplished by raising taxes on the state & local level.
I would encourage everyone to remember the unions don't help people for free and since there is no free lunch they would expect this mother of 2 to make sure she produces more money for them otherwise from past experience they would expect her to supply their members with more money.
I did notice this morning on my drive through worthington that someone had placed her campaign signs at state route 315 at the intersection of hard road. Which is illegal.
When asked on Sunday about answering the taxpayer's questions at www.columbustownhall.com the campaign's answer were as follows:
In case you haven't noticed, there is an election on. There are other things to do.
I feel disenfranchised after that remark from her campaign.
They would be Dean Hernandez and Jean Herendeen Ackerman are both campaigning on an education platform, said platform can be summed up with the following sentence: Fix School Funding by increasing the income tax or state sales tax to give more money to school districts. I lifted the above sentence from a post on www.ColumbusTownHall.com that was provided by Marc Schare who happens to be a current member of the Worthington Schools Board of Education.
The most interesting thing happened after Marc left that post, he was contacted by the husband of the candidate (nothing like hiring our to take care of your own problems, he will be a very busy puppy IF she can find her way to the statehouse) at which time Mr. Ackerman did his best to bully Marc at which time the original poster left the the following post.
Lest you think that Columbus Town Hall is not read by the powers that be, I received an email this morning from the Herendeen Ackerman campaign stating, in very strong terms, that Ms. Herendeen Ackerman is not advocating a tax increase of any kind. Marc Schare
I took time yesterday to check out both of these candidate's sites and learned a few interesting things.
Mr. Hernandez is a veteran who is a financial advisor for a small family owned company in Columbus. While Jean Ackerman is currently a teacher in the Hamilton Twp School district.
What struck me the hardest was Jean Ackermans hard attack on charter schools. Yet at the same time as a worthington resident she hid her opposition to the current school levy that will be considered on May 2nd, 2006.
She claims to have attend 2 public forums the school district had to receive taxpayers input, she alledges to have spoken out against the current levy request (that is on the ballot to be voted on May 2nd, 2006) was no where to be found at the school board meeting the night the same board approved for placement on the ballot. She was no where in sight to express her alledged opposition to the levy's placement on the ballot.
She or someone within her campaign penned a letter to the editor espousing her opposition to the school levy, which is hard for me to believe that a union member that teachs in another school district would come out in opposition against a levy within her home school district. Mr. Hernandez has recieved the endorsement of the OEA unlike Jean Ackerman.
Considering all the money the NEA and it's many state & local variants spend do they need another lobbyist to further their agenda on the state level within the statehouse?
Since the current NEA president has made it perfectly clear that he could care less where the money for his member's future raises come from is there a need for another union lobbyist within the state legislature?
No candidate can serve 2 masters and since the taxpayers could possibly elect her to do the job they ask is there anyway she can keep her master's within the teacher's unions happy yet looking out for the best interest of the taxpayers? In order to keep the 2nd set of masters she to whom she would be holden to their only true interest is that they recieve more money and that would only be accomplished by raising taxes on the state & local level.
I would encourage everyone to remember the unions don't help people for free and since there is no free lunch they would expect this mother of 2 to make sure she produces more money for them otherwise from past experience they would expect her to supply their members with more money.
I did notice this morning on my drive through worthington that someone had placed her campaign signs at state route 315 at the intersection of hard road. Which is illegal.
When asked on Sunday about answering the taxpayer's questions at www.columbustownhall.com the campaign's answer were as follows:
In case you haven't noticed, there is an election on. There are other things to do.
I feel disenfranchised after that remark from her campaign.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Political agitator Kabaka Oba dies
Having recently been back to downtown Cincy here are my observations. The Cincinnati police like the Columbus Police merely practice trend crime solving and it's a real shame because here in Columbus residents are being robbed by armed individuals right outside of their own abodes.
Until the taxpayers within the OTR decide they've had enough of the black on black genocide nothing will change. It's so sad that in both Columbus & Cincinnati that the thinning of near age mentors of the black community rages on. Kabaka Oba reaped the seeds of malcontent that he had sowen for so long within the community.
Ladies & Gentlemen boys & girls of all ages the numbers don't lie, the many numerous deceased are those who've paid the price for the racist & anti-semetic comments that've flown forth from Kabaka Oba's mouth.You cannot have it both ways either you do or do not want your local police officers to help make your neighborhoods safe for all to live in.
Civil lawsuits and constant threats towards officers & their families only results these officers waiting for trajedy to strike before exiting their cruisers. Now that Kabaka Oba has what he asked for who will now fill that place within OTR.
Do not blame those who visit OTR for the many illegal activities that continue to flourish there. If those with OTR would finally decide they would take control of their community the drug dealing would come to a stop and that community has noone except themselves to blame for being held hostage while a few ragtag $1 thugs ruin their chances to a better life.
The bottom line is IF you don't want the suburbanites coming to OTR to buy their drugs don't allow the dealers to sell it there, the community must force them out.
I've seen postings of "the black fist" activities and the blame shifting it's no wonder OTR is in the shape that it is. This is something that cannot be blamed on anyone except those who allow the activities that flourish in open site as they do. It will now be interesting to see what becomes of "the black fist".
Until the taxpayers within the OTR decide they've had enough of the black on black genocide nothing will change. It's so sad that in both Columbus & Cincinnati that the thinning of near age mentors of the black community rages on. Kabaka Oba reaped the seeds of malcontent that he had sowen for so long within the community.
Ladies & Gentlemen boys & girls of all ages the numbers don't lie, the many numerous deceased are those who've paid the price for the racist & anti-semetic comments that've flown forth from Kabaka Oba's mouth.You cannot have it both ways either you do or do not want your local police officers to help make your neighborhoods safe for all to live in.
Civil lawsuits and constant threats towards officers & their families only results these officers waiting for trajedy to strike before exiting their cruisers. Now that Kabaka Oba has what he asked for who will now fill that place within OTR.
Do not blame those who visit OTR for the many illegal activities that continue to flourish there. If those with OTR would finally decide they would take control of their community the drug dealing would come to a stop and that community has noone except themselves to blame for being held hostage while a few ragtag $1 thugs ruin their chances to a better life.
The bottom line is IF you don't want the suburbanites coming to OTR to buy their drugs don't allow the dealers to sell it there, the community must force them out.
I've seen postings of "the black fist" activities and the blame shifting it's no wonder OTR is in the shape that it is. This is something that cannot be blamed on anyone except those who allow the activities that flourish in open site as they do. It will now be interesting to see what becomes of "the black fist".
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