Opinion
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Horse sense
Money to revamp master plan for Expo Center was well-spent
Ohio legislators, while fine-tuning the budget in the recent mid-biennium review, made a smart investment to keep the annual All American Quarter Horse Congress at the state fairgrounds in Columbus. Yes, budgets are tight. But for $1 million — which will be used to figure out what to build and where — the state helps retain an event that pumps $180 million a year into the economy.
Adverse ruling
Narrow majority votes to scuttle program to aid business litigation
Franklin County Common Pleas judges have been overworked for years, but their recent decision to disband a special business court and spread out the cases might end up making the situation worse — and could disadvantage central Ohio in competing for jobs.
OP-ED COLUMNS
Regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration has indicated it will move forward with those parts of the unpopular law it can impose on the country.
Here’s an issue that hasn’t been debated much in the presidential campaign but ought to be: How much should we spend on defense? President Barack Obama has proposed keeping the Pentagon budget essentially flat for the next 10 years.
As Barack Obama’s lead over Mitt Romney in the polls narrows, and his presumed fundraising advantage seems about to become a disadvantage, it’s alibi time for some of his backers.
“With respect to the notion that I can just suspend deportations of immigrants brought here illegally as children through executive order, that’s just not the case, because there are laws on the books that Congress has passed.”
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