3.5.10
Drivers face text ban
Councilman says he’ll introduce legislation making it a violation
By: Robert Vitale - www.Dispatch.com
Columbus might join the growing list of governments that have banned texting while driving, an activity blamed for a rising number of crashes tied to
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3.1.10
PLANNING THE FUTURE OF DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS:
By; John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
City Councilmember Andrew J. Ginther, chair of the Finance and Economic Development Committee, will attend the first Downtown Strategic Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, March
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2.23.10
New Neighborhood Revitalization on Near East Side
Press Release:
Mayor Coleman, President Gee, OSU Medical Center and City Council Announce Partnership To Create 6,000 New Jobs And East Side Neighborhood Revitalization - www.columbusunderground.com
Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee and Mayor Michael B. Coleman today were joined by OSU Medical Center CEO Steven G. Gabbe, members of
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2.23.10
Honorees greeted with kudos during chamber banquet
By: Cliff Wiltshire - www.snponline.com
The 10th annual "Celebrate Clintonville" banquet was filled with community spirit Friday night, Feb. 19.
The event serves as a special awards ceremony organized by
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2.23.10
Columbus, Ohio State Announce Largest Job-Creation Effort In City History
www.10tv.com
Calling it the largest job-creation initiative in the city's history, Mayor Michael Coleman and Ohio State University President Gordon Gee on Tuesday announced a new
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2.22.10
Council to vote on stimulus money for business development
www.bizjournals.com
Columbus City Council will vote Monday night on the city becoming part of a new financing program aimed at pumping federal stimulus funding into private
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2.22.10
ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH STIMULUS DOLLARS
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
Finance and Economic Development Committee Chair Andrew J. Ginther is sponsoring ordinance 0262-2010 which authorizes the City to partner with the Columbus-Franklin County Finance
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2.8.10
CRIME PATROL HELPS KEEP NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
For over 18 years, the Community Crime Patrol (CCP) has assisted Columbus Police in monitoring our neighborhoods and watching for signs of potential criminal activity.
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2.4.10
Columbus Could Soon Offer Domestic Partner Benefits
www.10tv.com
City leaders are pushing to extend health benefits to domestic partners, 10TV's Maureen Kocot reported Wednesday.
The city was one of the first, but now
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2.4.10
City, County and stakeholders announce public process to plan next steps for Downtown Columbus
www.theotherpaper.com
Mayor Michael B. Coleman this week joined a group of downtown residents, business owners, developers, retailers and advocates to outline the progress of the Downtown
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2.2.10
Columbus budget increases by 6.7%
Financial crunch eases because of extra income tax
By: Robert Vitalie - www.Dispatch.com
Along with all the political back-patting that typically accompanies a new government budget, Columbus City Council members last night thanked the people paying the bills.
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2.1.10
HELPING POLICE FIGHT GANGS IN COLUMBUS
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
The Columbus Division of Police continues to aggressively fight gangs in Columbus and will receive additional help through a grant from the Department of Justice
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1.31.10
Columbus on track to rebuild rainy day fund
By: Garth Bishop - www.columbuslocalnews.com
Lower-than-projected expenditures and higher-than-projected revenues in 2009 have given Columbus a good start on rebuilding its "rainy day" fund, city officials said.
A big priority
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1.30.10
$325K for econ development plan boosts budget
BY: Garth Bishop - www.columbuslocalnews.com
City officials are looking for economic development efforts in Columbus to go on the offensive in 2010.
Columbus City Council on Jan. 20 announced its
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1.26.10
Columbus City Council Budget - TechColumbus excerpt - $250k requested
www.columbustech.blogspot.com
As a part of the 2010 budget process, Columbus City Council Finance Committee Chair Andrew J. Ginther and members of Council will hosted a public
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1.25.10
GINTHER FORMALLY SUBMITS BUDGET AMENDMENTS
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
City Council will take the next formal step in passing the 2010 General Fund budget by amending Mayor Coleman’s proposal originally submitted in November.
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1.22.10
Are Your City Income Taxes Helping To Increase Public Safety?
By: Mike Bowersock - www.NBC4i.com
When voters passed the city income tax increase last summer, they were told it was for city services with a strong emphasis on public safety.
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1.22.10
Ohio city adds 50 fire recruits to budget
By: David Caruso - www.dispatch.com, and www.firerecruit.com
A new class of fire recruits tops a list of $4.7 million in additions to the 2010 city budget that Columbus City Council members unveiled
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1.21.10
Council adding fire recruits to city budget
By: Doug Caruso - www.Dispatch.com
A new class of fire recruits tops a list of $4.7 million in additions to the 2010 city budget that Columbus City Council members unveiled
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1.13.10
City looks at fire class
Training recruits is an option for using new tax money
By: Doug Caruso - www.dispatch.com
Columbus has enough money left over from last year to pay for a new class of fire recruits this year, thanks to the city's income-tax
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1.12.10
ENCOURAGING BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT IN COLUMBUS:
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
Brownfield revitalization, which transforms vacant and abandoned properties into job-creating projects, continues to be a top priority for City Council’s economic development strategy. Finance
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12.16.09
NABA celebrates 10th anniversary
By: Kevin Parks - www.ThisWeekNews.com
Dave Cooper was involved with the Northland Area Business Association even before there was a Northland Area Business Association.
At last week's annual holiday gathering
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12.14.09
Incentive Plans Could Create 75 New Local Jobs
By: Donna Willis - www.NBC4i.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Mayor Michael B. Coleman has advanced two jobs incentive plans to city council that will impact 150 jobs in Columbus.
NBC 4 reported with
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12.14.09
PURCHASING NEW CAMERA-EQUIPPED cruisers for columbus police
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
Columbus police officers will soon be patrolling the city in new squad cars equipped with digital cameras. Public Safety Committee Chair Andrew J. Ginther
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12.12.09
Editorial: Better way
Online reporting would help pawn shops, police crack down on thieves
www.dispatch.com
For three months, about three dozen Columbus pawnshops and other second-hand stores voluntarily tested an online system for reporting their daily purchases to the Columbus
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12.10.09
Proposed Grant Could Help Downtown Businesses
By: Ana Jackson - www. nbc4i.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio —While many stores have become vacant shells along High Street in downtown Columbus, The Peanut Shoppe has survived for 31 years. But owner
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12.7.09
Bars To Go Dry If City Gets Its Way
By: Denise Yost - www. nbc4i.com
The City of Columbus will recommend non-renewal for 13 establishments to the state after officials said they are costing taxpayer dollars and not following safety
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12.7.09
Council to consider Liquor Permit Objections
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
City Council will consider resolutions objecting to the renewal of certain liquor permits by the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Liquor Control.
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12.5.09
Online tool helps bust thieves
By: Encarnacion Pyle - www.dispatch.com
A Columbus police detective sorting through a new online reporting tool noticed that one man had been selling lots of silver jewelry to pawnshops.
He
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12.4.09
Pawn shops to work with police on catching thieves
www.dispatch.com
About three dozen area pawn shops and stores that deal in second-hand merchandise have agreed to join a Columbus program designed to make it easier
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11.24.09
Patios prove vexing for city zoning code
By: Dan Eaton - Business First of Columbus
Lumping restaurant patios in with firing ranges, crematoriums and amusement parks may sound harsh to some, but supporters of a proposed change to Columbus’ zoning
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11.23.09
PROVIDING COMPUTERS FOR COLUMBUS POLICE CRUISERS
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
Public Safety Committee Chair Andrew J. Ginther continues City Council’s support for Columbus’ safety forces through his sponsorship of ordinance 1485-2009. This legislation authorizes the
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11.17.09
Columbus Police Crime Lab Gets Federal Grant
By: Matt Alvarez - www.nbc4i.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Inside the Columbus Division of Police crime lab, you’ll see state-of-the-art equipment, but not everything is so up-to-date.
Paper-filing systems hold key information
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11.16.09
ENHANCING FORENSIC SERVICES THROUGH COMPUTERIZED TRACKING SYSTEM
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
Crime scene evidence will now be processed more quickly and effectively through a computerized tracking system in the Columbus Police crime lab. Public Safety
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11.9.09
HELPING POLICE SOLVE CRIMES WITH MORE EFFICIENT DNA TESTING
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
The Columbus Police crime lab will be processing DNA evidence more proficiently with Public Safety Committee Chair Andrew J. Ginther’s sponsorship of ordinance 1454-2009.
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10.26.09
GINTHER HOLDS PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS OUTDOOR PATIO PERMITS
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
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10.19.09
IMPROVING 911 EMERGENCY CALL DISPATCHING
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Meeting Highlights
Calling 911 will soon be more efficient for area residents. Safety Committee Chair Andrew J. Ginther is sponsoring ordinance 1292-2009 to purchase and install
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10.5.09
GINTHER CONTINUES FUNDING COMMUNITY CRIME PATROL
By: John Ivanic - Columbus City Council Highlights
The City of Columbus continues to combat crime through its partnership with the Community Crime Patrol. The program enables citizen patrollers to assist Columbus
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9.29.09
Riverside seeks TIF to encourage major improvements
By DONAVON CAMPBELL - www.snponline.com
OhioHealth officials say expansion of Riverside Methodist Hospital is on the horizon, though plans have not been finalized.
OhioHealth, the nonprofit organization that operates Riverside,
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9.24.09
OhioHealth paving way for Riverside growth
Business First of Columbus - by Carrie Ghose
Expansion around the Riverside Methodist Hospital campus could top $150 million and create 200 jobs over the next several years, once OhioHealth Corp. ends the
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9.23.09
Riverside Hospital to expand campus
By: Mark Ferenchik - Dispatch.com
Riverside Methodist Hospital is planning a $150 million to $500 million campus expansion that could include a new cancer center, offices and parking garages.
The
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9.23.09
COUNCILMEMBER GINTHER TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING ON
LIQUOR OBJECTION PROCESS
City Council Media Alert - John Ivanic
Columbus City Councilmember Andrew J. Ginther, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, will conduct a public meeting to discuss the state's annual liquor permitting process, and how the public can work with the city to object to the renewal of liquor permits held by problem establishments.
The public meeting will provide a forum to explain the liquor permit renewal objection process; make clear the city's role in permitting liquor establishments and the limitations on that role; what steps the city has taken to address problem liquor permit holders; different approaches to resolving community concerns with problem liquor establishments; the efficacy of the City’s efforts to hold liquor permit holders accountable; and what the community can do to assist the City in its attempt to ensure that businesses selling alcohol do so in a manner consistent with community standards.
Representatives from the office of Columbus City Attorney Richard C. Pfeiffer, Jr., the Columbus Department of Public Safety, and the Columbus Division of Police will present and provide background information on the liquor permitting/permit renewal process.
Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Time: 5:30-7:00 PM
Location: City Hall
Columbus City Council Chambers
90 West Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215
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9.21.09
Stiumulus Dollars Improving Public Safety
City Council Highlights - www.columbuscitycouncil.org/uploadedFiles/City_Council/News/Council_Highlights/highlights20090921.pdf
The City of Columbus continues to partner with the federal government to obtain every possible dollar to fund our public safety forces. Ordinance 1166-2009,
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09.15.09
Demolition near for crime-ridden vacant building near elementary school
By: Robert Vitale - Dispatch.com
The activities that neighbors say take place inside a vacant East Side apartment building are things no child should ever see.
But they take place
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9.21.09
Stimulus Dollars Improving Public Safety
Columbus City Council Highlights - www.columbuscitycouncil.org/uploadedFiles/City_Council/News/Council_Highlights/highlights20090921.pdf
The City of Columbus continues to partner with the federal government to obtain every possible dollar to fund our public safety forces. Ordinance 1166-2009, sponsored
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08.01.09
Ginther calls job cuts a 'last resort'
By: Robert Vitale - Dispatch.com
Even though officials have warned of mass police and fire layoffs if Columbus voters reject a proposed tax increase, one official said yesterday that job
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07.22.09
Guest Column
Suburban News Publication
August 4, Columbus voters are being asked to maintain core neighborhood services including police and fire protection by approving Issue 1, the proposed half-percent city
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07.21.09
Columbus will provide utilities for expansion of Dublin
By RACHEL BUCCICONE
- www.snponline.com
Following more than two years of work and opposition continuing up to the moment of passage, Columbus City Council approved an Economic Development Agreement and
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07.16.09
Debate tries to ascertain the why, how of Columbus tax hike
By Doug Caruso - The Columbus Dispatch
A debate yesterday over Columbus' proposed tax increase boiled down to two arguments between Columbus City Councilman Andrew J. Ginther and Republican political consultant Terry
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07.13.09
Dorrian, Ginther field tough tax-hike questions
By KATHLEEN L. RADCLIFF
- www.snponline.com
It began as a presentation to Clintonville residents regarding Issue 1 by Columbus Auditor Hugh Dorrian and Councilman Andrew Ginther, followed by a brief question
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Spring 2009
GINTHER PROMOTING JOB GROWTH IN TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES
Columbus Call the Roll
In a time when many companies are downsizing, a Columbus business is expanding its operation with the help of City Council. Development Committee Chair Andrew
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06.19.09
Robbers can't scare off Northland shop owner
By Mark Ferenchik - The Columbus Dispatch
Ten hours after his wife and three employees were robbed at gunpoint inside the Tamarack Circle Dairy Queen, Jack Workman was back inside his store,
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05.27.09
COLUMBUS BUDGET CRISIS;
POLICE CHIEF WARNS OF DEEP CUTS;
If voters turn down the income-tax increase in August, Distelzweig says he would be forced to cut 75 detectives, shut down motorcycle and freeway units and pull police from 17 Columbus h
By Robert Vitale - The Columbus Dispatch
Columbus police will be pulled from highways, high schools and other duties if voters reject a proposed city income-tax increase on Aug. 4, Chief Walter
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05.25.09
may get out of trash business;
SWACO proposal would aid Columbus' budget, landfill, but residents could foot bill
By: Barbara Carmen - The Columbus Dispatch
City and neighborhood leaders say they'll consider proposals to regionalize recycling, yard-waste collection and possibly trash pickup as Columbus prepares to ask voters to raise
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05.19.2009
City Council Offers Chase Job Incentives
10-TV News Source
COLUMBUS, Ohio — City Council approved new incentives Monday night in a bid to lure 1,000 new jobs to the city.
The council offered JPMorgan Chase
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02.29.2009
Inspect buildings yearly, some say
Checking Downtown exteriors every 5 years criticized as too risky
By Mark Ferenchik - THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
When a 19- by 11-foot section of bricks and mortar plunged from a Downtown building through a next-door roof almost
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02.26.2009
Coleman's speech will lack ambition
Big budget troubles lead to few initiatives in State of the City
By Robert Vitale - THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Since taking office in 2000, Mayor Michael B. Coleman has used his annual State of the City address to pitch
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02.23.2009
SEIZURE FUNDS HELP BUY NEW POLICE EQUIPMENT
Columbus City Council Highlights
Thanks to the hard work of the men and women of the Columbus Division of Police, they will soon have
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02.16.2009
Theater reborn as feast for eyes near Downtown
Lincoln Theatre's restoration nears end ahead of opening in May; project-cost gap is concern
By Mike Pramik - THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Standing on the balcony of the Lincoln Theatre, it's tempting to look up, rather than
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02.09.2009
EXPANDING RICKENBACKER DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
Columbus CIty Council Highlights
Development Committee Chair Andrew J. Ginther is sponsoring ordinance 1787-2008 to enter into a Joint Economic Development District (JEDD) contract and annexation moratorium agreement with
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02.04.2009
Dedicated CPD Officer Receives Award
By Tanya Hutchins -
Digital Journalist
COLUMBUS—A decorated Columbus police officer received the first of a new monthly award, recognizing law
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01.13.2008
Joint Statement from Councilmembers Craig and Ginther
on the Appointments of Eileen Paley and A. Troy Miller to City Council
"Call The Roll" - The Columbus City Council
Since the onset of the appointment process we have been encouraged by the number of
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12.15.08
Council Eyes Action Against Bars, Carryouts
10-TV News Source
After sifting through complaints from neighbors and business owners for months, city council members were scheduled to discuss potential action against nearly 20 establishments with
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12.09.2008
Panhandling rules may tighten
By Robert Vitale - THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Columbus wants to draw bigger buffers around parking meters, bank machines and restaurant patios to protect people from overly aggressive
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12.2008
CITY AND OSU OPEN NEW POLICING CENTER
"Call The Roll" - The Columbus City Council
Councilmember Andrew J. Ginther, Mayor Michael B. Coleman and OSU President E. Gordon Gee joined
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10.31.2008
Mayor, President Gee Open Neighborhood Policing Center
The Ohio State University News Room
Mayor Michael B. Coleman and OSU President E. Gordon Gee joined community partners to celebrate
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06.10.2008
Council Approves Bikeways Plan
By John Wirtz - The Columubs Dispatch
The Columbus City Council approved a plan last night that will add miles of bike lanes along city streets, create
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05.14.2008
City police poised for a summer crackdown
Coleman unveils strike-force plans to get gangs, guns, drugs off streets .
By Theodore Decker - THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Teams of Columbus police officers will be freed up again this summer to go wherever needed to quell street violence, crack down on drug dealing
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02.10.2008
4 big issues that will shape the future of city schools
2008 will be a pivotal year for the district
By Simone Sebastain - The Columbus Dispatch
For every dollar that comes into the Columbus school district, about 11 cents is funneled
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12.01.2007
PROMOTING SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS
"Call The Roll" - Columbus City Council
At the end of each year City Council, the City Attorney’s office and the Division
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11.19.207
Church Members Repeatedly Break Law To Raise Donations
WNBS-10TV - 10 Investigates
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A church with a history of felony convictions and members willing to
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11.11.2007
Big win for Coleman, Democrats
The Ohio State University - "The Lantern"
The Franklin County Democratic faithful filled the Grand Ballroom of the Westin Great Southern Hotel
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11.01.2007
PROTECTING CHARITABLE DONORS
"Call The Roll" - Columbus City Council
Roadside solicitations can account for a major portion of an organization’s yearly fundraising goals. Two local examples, the Charity Newsies
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09.01.2007
Columbus, Ohio, passes scrap metal theft ordinance.
Scrap Industry News
Columbus, Ohio, recently passed an ordinance that attempts to curb metal theft. The ordinance, 0441-2007,
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09.2007
Council approves hammered-out ordinance
The Columbus Messenger
The thieves who tore out the air conditioner from Reeb-Hosack Community Baptist Church netted $14 when they sold the copper pipes to a local scrap
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01.24.2007
City Council welcomes two new members
By John Cropper - The OSU Lantern
The Columbus City Council swore-in two new members Monday night after a month-long review of 31 applicants, one of which was Ohio State Undergraduate Student
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01.2007
FIRE OPS 101
"Call The Roll" - The Columbus City Council
What does it take to rescue a baby from a burning building? Or free someone trapped in the wreckage of a car? How about climbing
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01.2007
NEW POLICING CENTER ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
"Call The Roll" - The Columbus City Council
A near North Side neighborhood is getting more than just a new police sub-station. Safety Committee Chair Andrew J. Ginther joined leaders from Columbus and
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02.22.2007
Mayor Coleman and Council Member Ginther Join South Siders to Launch $50 million "OPERATION SAFE-WALKS"
City of Columbus Press Release
(Columbus) Leading into tonight’s State of the City address, Mayor Michael B. Coleman joined with City Councilmember Andrew Ginther, students and residents at Marion Franklin
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