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Friday, October 9, 2009
Issue 2 backers plan “Tractor to Table” rally
Backers of Issue 2 on the Nov. 3 ballot are planning a “Tractor to Table” rally for Wednesday, Oct. 14.
Passage of the issue would require the state to create the Livestock Care Standards Board to prescribe standards for animal care and well-being. The goals are to maintain food safety, encourage locally grown and raised food, and protect Ohio farms and families.
A tractor parade will kick off at 11:45 a.m. at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center at 2201 Fred Taylor Drive on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus.
Gov. Ted Strickland and Brenda Hastings, a dairy farmer from Burton, will speak about noon, a press release issued on Friday, Oct. 9 said.
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Union to launch “Save Ohio” TV ad campaign to prevent “safety net” cuts
SEIU District 1199, a union representing 25,000 health care and social service workers in Ohio, is launching the “Save Ohio” campaign aimed at stopping more cuts in safety net services in Ohio, the union announced on Friday, Oct. 9.
The union will launch a statewide TV campaign across the state on Tuesday, Oct. 13, a press release said. The ads will air in Dayton and other major markets, said Anthony Caldwell, union spokesman. The ad campaign also will be online, Caldwell said.
The union is calling on the legislature to quickly pass Gov. Ted Strickland’s proposed freeze on the final year of state income tax cuts to protect “the critical services that Ohioans need,” the release said.
“Political and community leaders must come together and work on a long-term solution that will protect our communities, invest in safety net services and ensure that Ohio remains a great state to live and work in,” Becky Williams, SEIU District 1199 president, said in a press release.
Strickland proposed the tax freeze to fill an $851 million budget gap. The gap emerged when the state Supreme Court ruled that the plan to put video slot machines at racetracks was subject to a vote of the people, delaying start of the gambling plan.
