I've known this for a little while now but I just got around to finally posting it. On September 11th the Ohio Board of Education voted 14-3 to approve a feasibility study recommending that the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District not deconsolidate.
The study essentially lists many reasons why deconsolidation would be both more expensive and less efficient.
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Jeff Coryell of Ohio Daily Blog is once again putting together his list of Ohio candidates running for election next year.
He put together a list for the 2006 election that proved to be one of the most invaluable resources I've ever seen. I mean the Ohio House alone has 99 districts, yet he not only lists the candidates but links to their website's and provides past election data as well.
He does point out that the list is still in progress, so if you know something he doesn't please be sure to pass it on.
The Congressional delegation the included Ohio Congressmen Charlie Wilson (D-6th), John Boehner (R-8th), and Pat Tiberi (R-12th) is back in the good old United States safe and sound.
The Representatives spent 36 hours touring Iraq before moving on to visit Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Zack Space announced earlier today that he has signed on to co-sponsor the S-MINER Act (H.R. 2768). According to Space's office the bill will:
“We all cringed at the horrors that occurred at Crandall Canyon. There are indications that some of the mining practices employed there contributed to the loss of nine miners and devastated their families. That’s outrageous and unconscionable.
“We all know that coal mining is dangerous. But as we move away from an over-reliance on foreign oil and focus more on the abundance of coal we have right here at home, there is no reason why we shouldn’t make sure our mines are safe. A safe mine is a productive one. If our workers are more confident about their safety, they will work harder and more productively. We’ll see mines have to close down less often, and the families of our hard-working miners will rest easier knowing that their loved ones are much more likely to come home to them at night.”
-- Rep. Zack Space
I guarantee that'll you'll here coal executives across the country criticize this package of bills as a "knee-jerk reaction" to a rare event. How do I know this? It's the exact same thing they said after the Quecreek Mine and they said it again after the Sago tragedy, why wouldn't they say it again now after the Crandall Canyon disaster? Safety equipment would cut into their profit, they don't want that.
Everyone I know that has a mining background (past or present) agree that if mines diverted 1/10 of the money they spend researching more efficient mining techniques into researching safety equipment we wouldn't have anywhere near the problems we currently have. Instead mine owners look for tiny flaws in today's safety equipment and use that as an excuse to hold of on buying it, even though the equipment might still save lives under most circumstances.
For more on this you can read Zack Space's full release here.
It's not exactly the usual place for political discussion, but Zack Space's bet with a Washington Congressman over yesterdays football game made it on SI.com late last week.
The Buckeye's won yesterday's game, beating Washington 33-14.
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