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For All of You Who Have Been Waiting for Some New Scandal

Wow, The Plain Dealer does not like R.P. Carbone Co. or McTrust very much. In some highly detailed articles published today the PD scrutinizes the Ameritrust project like an actual newspaper. They’ve got the full story, from the Commissioners public meeting to decide on a contractor that lasted less than a minute, to their private meeting which violated Ohio law and also lasted a questionably short time, and the questionable McTrust company who seemed to have wooed the commissioners with their McDeal despite having ties to organizations that are under federal investigation. I could ramble on and place the “mc” prefix in front of a lot more words, but instead I’ll dish out the link. BAM! Go get informed!

Lt. Gov Pissed He Won’t be Scoring Any Cash for Selling Lake Erie Water

Lt. Governor Lee Fisher (when was the last time you saw his name in the news?) said Monday that in the future Ohio could respond to states with water shortages by giving them some H2O from lake Erie. Fisher did not make the prices available, but some reporters have stated seeing dollar signs in his eyes. After conservationists gawked and Fisher learned that Ted Strickland, a man who had recently discussed his plan to protect lake Erie waters, was his boss he retracted his statement by throwing a few maybes into it. This story gets even more packed with wacky Ohio politicians however. After hearing Fisher’s statements Rep. Matt Dolan who shares Strickland’s view stated, “Unlike Lt. Gov. Fisher, I do not want to facilitate the growth and economic development of other states – I want to grow Ohio’s economy.” Thanks Matt, we’ve now lost the support of 49 other states. New Jersey said they are still down to help us in our times of need, but seriously, who wants their help? Maybe I’ll just keep typing “water” until you have to pee.

Proposed Bill Hopes to Change Definition of “Volunteering”

Cleveland schools do not have enough volunteers. So how do you remedy the problem? Maybe offer a tax break for those that do volunteer? Pass out findings that suggest that with more volunteers comes a better education? Maybe just a good old guilt trip? Or, how about you force parents to volunteer and if they don’t you fine them? Guess what, that last one is what is being proposed right now. To make matters even worse all the school officials that Channel 5 spoke with seem to think this is a bad idea. So where did this shit come from? Maybe Lee Fisher proposed it without consulting anyone else first, I heard he was into that kind of shit.

Barbarian Robs Video Store

Once again Fox has managed to find a bizarre story that makes my job way too easy. Yesterday a man robbed a video store in the middle of the day with a huge sword. The shit had jewels on the handle. Police were able to arrest the man after a number of witnesses helped track him down. I guess running down the street with a sword in your hand has got to be pretty easy to spot. Still, I don’t know what’s more funny in this video, the guy’s sword or that cop’s haircut.