Saturday, September 14, 2002

Driving on Tylersville Road? Pack a lunch
A front-page story on West Chester? Is this an attempt by the Enquirer to keep readers who might be tempted by the Dayton Daily News? This also looks like a pro-light rail article. It is covertly biased, but to the position I favor.
Clinton tells Democrats Hagan can beat Taft
With enough money, I could be Taft. Enough is just to much for me to get. Hagan is help by Clinton's appearance, but only in getting out the base. The right wing down here hears nothing much about the governor's race, and I doubt even know the former president was in the state.
Patrol focuses on teen driver
Reactive policing will do nothing, especially when reactive to media pressure, not factual increases in incidents. Why are there more accidents in the last month? School is back in with more kids riding together during rush hour. This is as much of an "epidemic" as kidnapping teenage girls.
Pataskala officers fired over beating
Why weren’t the CBUF and the "Black Fist" out protesting here? Why are they not screaming for these officers to be arrested and charged with assault? I wonder what the race of person beaten was. Hmmm? Do I even need to guess?

These two cops do appear to be total thugs and should be arrested for assault. If the videotape shows enough to get them fired, it should be enough for an indictment.
Violent week adds shooting
I am not sure what to make of this article. "Drive By" shootings in the suburbs? Were the shooter and victim locals? It appears they were not. It would appear that inner-loop crime just happened to spill way out into the suburbs. Is this story going to fill West Chesterites with so much fear that they move back to the city? Ok, after you finish laughing at that question, ponder for me, if you will, the idea that little West Chester really should fear city crime from Hamilton, not from Cincinnati. That is their geographic reality. I do not want Cincinnati to get piled on while Hamilton goes on with its commercials promoting their great city, without mention of their historically higher crime rates than the Queen City. I am taking a cue from the Bush Administration here by making a preemptive defensive of the City. The blame for this increase crime would surely fall on Cincinnati by many of the West Chester residents. I hope their transference is kept to a minimum.
Student from UC to be on game show
Miamians get on Jeopardy, and they don't have to pay for their own sweatshirt as well! I missed the Enquirer Story on this one, well I did not miss it. There wasn't one to be found.
7 Ohioans among 400 richest Americans
Ok, why the hell is this a separate story? Is there a story for each state? Did NJ.Com pick up all of them? The only up note is Richard T. Farmer. I say this because I graduated from the Richard T. Farmer School of Business at Miami University.