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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Labor groups endorse casino plan
It hasn’t qualified for the November ballot yet, but three Ohio-based labor groups, including one with a Dayton connection, have endorsed the proposal to put casinos in Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus and Cincinnati.
The groups are:
*The Ironworkers of Southern Ohio and Vicinity District Council, which includes Ironworkers locals in Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus.
*The Ohio State Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters
*Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 189 of Columbus.
“In these difficult times, when jobs are being eliminated, tax revenues are down and services are being cut, plans such as yours are a bright spot for the citizens of Ohio,” the plumbers and pipefitters association said in a letter.
The four casino plan is backed by Penn National Gaming of Wyomissing, Pa., and Dan Gilbert, majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Supporters of the plan must turn in 402,275 signatures from registered voters by July 1 to get the issue on the November ballot.
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Ohio Supreme Court disbars Dayton attorney
The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday, April 30, permanently disbarred Dayton attorney Deborah C. Schram because she failed to pay federal, state or city income taxes from 1979 to 2001. She also failed to withhold taxes or make Social Security contributions for her law firm employees for roughly the same period.
The court suspended Schram’s law license in 2007 when it was notified of her conviction on tax evasion charges. The court permanently revoked her license because Schram’s failure to pay taxes for more than 20 years “breached the duties owed to the public and the legal profession.”
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Ohioans give Obama 63 percent approval rating; Strickland approval stands at 56 percent
Ohioans gave President Barack Obama a 63 percent approval rating in an Ohio Poll released on Thursday, April 30. For full results, click here.
The rating for the Democratic president is similar to those initially received by former Presidents George W. Bush (60 percent), Bill Clinton (56 percent), George H.W. Bush (63 percent) and Ronald Reagan (61 percent).
In the poll, sponsored by the University of Cincinnati, Gov. Ted Strickland’s approval rating stood at 56 percent. This is the lowest Ohio Poll rating for Strickland since he took office in January 2007 and the first time his approval rating has been below 60 percent in the Ohio Poll.
Here’s your chance to rate Obama and Strickland.
What do you think of how President Obama is handling his job?
What do you think of how Gov. Ted Strickland is handling his job?
Obama and Strickland, both Democrats, find themselves in top leadership spots as Ohio and the nation continue to face tough economic times.
It was the first Ohio Poll on Obama’s performance since he took office in January. Ohioans divided sharply along party lines in evaluating his performance. While 89 percent of Democrats approved of how Obama, who carried Ohio last year, is doing his job, just 30 percent of Republicans approved. Perhaps more importantly for Obama, 54 percent of Republicans approved of his performance.
On the economy, 56 percent approved of Obama’s performance. On foreign affairs, 62 percent approved.
Strickland, who’s expected to seek re-election next year, saw his approval rating - now at 56 percent - slip from 61 percent in May 2008 and from a high of 68 percent in May 2007. Nearly half - 48 percent - approved of his handling of the economy, about the same as the 51 percent in May 2008.
The partisan divide over Strickland’s performance wasn’t as sharp as that for Obama. Among Democrats, 70 percent approved his performance while 43 percent of Republicans approved. Nearly half - 49 percent - of independents approved his performance.
Ohioans were gloomy about the state and national economies. Nationally, 52 percent rated economic conditions as poor. For Ohio, 51 percent said the economic conditions were poor and 67 percent said the conditions in the state were getting worse, while just 20 percent said they were getting better.
As for the future, 50 percent thought Obama’s economic policies would make conditions better in the country in the next 12 months. Just 43 percent, however, said the president’s policies would make economic conditions in Ohio better during the next 12 months.
The poll was taken between April 16 and Monday. April 27, with 818 adults and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percent.
