Posts Tagged ‘Courts’
Elusive transparency in campaign donations
Darrel Rowland of the Columbus Dispatch writes a highly recommended article about campaign donations, the law and how Even names on campaign reports tell little about where cash is from For those of you who have expressed concern about the Supreme Court ruling making transparency harder and more elusive? Appears we were right and both parties [...]
Latta on health care ruling
WASHINGTON- Congressman Bob Latta (R- Bowling Green) made the following statement after U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson today ruled a portion of the Democrat-passed health care law to be unconstitutional. Congressman Latta signed onto the Amicus Brief on the case before Judge Hudson, which can be found here. Judge Hudson's ruling makes [...]
Mandate unconstitutional
Sent as a breaking news story more than a hour ago - Politico is reporting that Virginia District Judge Henry Hudson has ruled that the individual insurance mandate is unconstitutional - LINK. Hudson stopped short of blocking the law’s implementation until a higher court acts, but said he expects the administration to honor his [...]
22 charges against Burns dropped
Most of our local media is reporting that former TPS business manager Dan Burns gave an Alford plea to three charges and was found guilty, 22 charges against Burns were dropped. After making the plea, Burns was found guilty of engaging in a pattern of corrupt activies, tampering with records and theft in office. It's being reported that Burns [...]
Updated: Sarantou to file in court to contest election
George Sarantou, longtime Toledo city councilman and candidate for Lucas County Commissioner, issued a statement today saying he will file a Contest of Election in the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas on Monday regarding the outcome of the commissioner's race. Mr. Sarantou issued the following statement on the upcoming filing: "Based [...]
McGee Brown Supreme Court Justice
The release came from the Ohio Democratic Party before it came from the Governor's office, so it appears that Governor Ted Strickland has appointed his former Lt. gubernatorial candidate, Yvette McGee Brown, to the Ohio Supreme Court: Chairman Chris Redfern Statement on the Appointment of Judge Yvette McGee Brown COLUMBUS – Today, Ohio [...]
Income tax & public utilities
Some of you have asked questions about money from the general fund and the department of public utilities, not long ago Councilman Rob Ludeman made a referral asking a similar question. That referral was answered in the Dec. 3 Friday packet to council, I'm providing it here in full as an FYI: REFERRAL: 1. Can income tax revenues be utilized to [...]
Victims who are minors not afforded privacy
In following the recent story of Vincent Vernell Williams, who was arrested last Friday for allegedly raping two minor girls -- he's now been indicted by a grand jury for 11 counts that include rape, kidnapping and several other charges related to several attempted assaults. However, if he were a minor, court records listing his name would not be [...]
Telb found not guilty
As with almost any trial, once it's over there are those who believe it was the right verdict and those who don't. I heard about the results of the trial while I was away from my computer, the first information that was reported by some of the media was incorrect but now all of them seem to be reporting the same information. The Blade listed the [...]
Judge Goulding says no to deal on Tyson shooting
The news item as reported by the Blade, that Judge Michael Goulding rejected a plea deal made between prosecutors and the attorney for Eric Skowron and his girlfriend Alisha King, is creating some interesting commentary on the Blade website. Part of the article: Judge Goulding rejected an agreement reached by prosecutors and defense attorney [...]
