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Latest issue of the Independent is about to hit the streets, here are more pieces from this edition – I have a blurb on the District 3 county council race’s conflict of interest extravaganza, and one on the Lancer event with Jennifer Brunner. ?James has a piece on Bill Mason covering up his texting habits (could use a lawyer!), and one on Bill O’Neill’s run against Steve Latourette.
Full Story... →Bill O’Neill, the Dem candidate in Ohio’s 14th, smacks down LaTourette’s horrible gas reimbursement plan in today’s News-Herald.
LaTourette’s plan is typical of the really bad ideas being proposed by Republicans this year in response to rising fuel prices.
Instead of trying to cut consumption and reduce our dependence on oil, LaTourette proposes a reimbursement of 4 cents per mile to commuters.
Here’s O’Neill’s response…
“I don’t think, if I take a lot of time, that I could come up with a worse idea,” O’Neill said.
“This piece of legislation will increase consumption, gas prices, will increase [...]
Full Story... →Budget Watch
