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Saturday, May 10, 2008 The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - Hamilton County offers support, education and advocacy for people with mental illness and their families. You’re invited to join hundreds of other Tri-State residents for NAMI-Hamilton County’s annual fundraising Walk, NAMI Walks for the Minds of America.
Check-in: 8 a.m. at Sawyer Point
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May 17, 9:30am - 12:30pm The 2008 Day of Dialogue Series- Education and the Common Good: Six Dialogues on Six Critical Issues: Health Care, Economic Development, Education, Immigration, Campaign Finance Reform and Foriegn Policy. Join us at the First Unitiarin Church, 536 Linton Street. All Are Welcome at these free events, reservations requested. |
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Top Stories
TIF and The Banks: Tax Dollar Boondoggle?
Thursday, May 08, 2008
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So what’s going on with The Banks? How is it being funded? Are there questionable deals in the background regarding the use of TIF generated funds? Is the City of Cincinnati improperly utilizing tax money in their attempt to pay for a grandiose downtown vision?
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Politics
Friday, May 09, 2008
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As first announced by reporter Bill Sloat’s Daily Bellwether blog, last Saturday marked the debut of Phil Heimlich’s radio talk show. As Beacon readers know (perhaps too well), we have a special fascination with Phil, a once-influential public official whose fall from power was hard and fast.
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Spotlight
League of Women Voters Forum, *Judicial Independence*
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Are judges in Ohio deciding cases on the basis of the facts presented or on the basis of who contributed to his/her campaign? Are too many judges campaign races non-competitive? Are there too many intrusions of special-interest groups into judicial campaigns. These and other issues will be the focus of an Ohio imPACT TOWN HALL MEETING on Judicial Independence.
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Editorial
The Achievement Test Challenge
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
I’d like to issue the “achievement test challenge” to area citizens, leaders, activists, and politicians. The premise will be simple: participants will take a variety of practice tests, like those given at both the 8th and 10th grade years. Answer documents will be anonymous, and the overall scores of the group will be collected and compared to student performance in Ohio. What better way to assess the utility of these high-stakes tests?
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The Independent Eye
Criminal Injustice System? New Studies Show Racial Disparity in Drug Arrests Grows
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Human Rights Watch reports black men are nearly twelve times as likely to be imprisoned for drug convictions as white men, even though whites commit more drug-related crimes. Black women are five times as likely to see prison time for drug crimes than white women. According to the Sentencing Project, since 1980 the rate of drug arrests for blacks has increased by 225 percent, compared to 75 percent for whites. (Last year studies found a race gap in traffic searches.)
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Newswire
The 60th Anniversary of the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
In the US of Amnesia most people don’t understand our world because they don’t know much about history. When Americans ask ‘why do they hate us’ in regards to anti-American sentiment around the world, it’s important that people know it’s not because of our ever decreasing “freedoms”, it’s because of our Imperial foreign policy. Here’s an article from the BBC that gives some background.
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Letters and Notes
Jim Parkers Votes Hackett to Replace Dann as AG
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
In this series of letters, see Jim Parker, perenial candidate, pushing for Paul Hackett to be considered as Marc Dann’s potential replacement for Attorney General.
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