| JUDGE
RULING MAKES IT TWO OUT OF THREE - TODAY IS SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 26,
2011 |
Dayton Business
Journal... Federal judge rules
health reform legal
by Kathy Robertson, DBJ Contributor
Regardless of the outcome, ramifications will be felt locally.
A federal judge has ruled the health care reform law is constitutional.
In a new ruling, a federal judge Tuesday decided the health care reform
law is constitutional, tipping the record to three in favor of the
Affordable Care Act to two against. Judge Gladys Kessler in the
District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of
individuals who claimed the government has no right to impose an
individual mandate to buy insurance... Read More. See More
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| BUCHY'S
DOOR OPEN ON DEBATE |
The Collective Bargaining Debate Facts Tell
the True Story
By Jim Buchy,
State Representative Dist. 77
In the past few weeks you have heard a lot of discussion about
collective bargaining for public employees. This issue must be
addressed, but when considering important proposals that will affect
the lives of many good Ohioans you must assess the facts. I am
committed to keeping... Read More. See More News. |
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| DARKE COUNTY
ANIMAL SHELTER |
Pet
of the week - Portia
Portia is a 1-year-old Great Dane/Lab mix. She is bluish gray with a
white chest. She also has short hair. She is a friendly girl, is
current on her shots and has been altered. She is house broken and good
with kids. She is a friendly girl and weighs around 80 pounds. She is
looking for a good home. We also have a little terrier mix; a couple of
labs, a shepherd, a Pointer mix a... Read More. See More Community.
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PREPARING
CHILDREN FOR INDEPENDENCE
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Family Events... “Prepare the
child for the path, not the path for the child...”
By Marybeth Hicks
Last summer, with a writing deadline fast approaching, I had to face
facts. I hadn’t been grocery shopping in a couple of weeks and we were
out of food. Really. No peanut butter. No baked beans. No rotting
onions in the basket at the bottom of the pantry. My family was
subsisting on Cheerios and left over Chinese. There was no... Read
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| LOOK
TO THE STATE POLITICIANS
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Townhall... How Public Employees
and Taxpayers Got Scammed
By Steve Chapman
Public employees have been cramming the Wisconsin state Capitol to
protest the governor’s plan to cut their take-home pay and gut their
collective bargaining rights. You can’t blame them for objecting when
the state reneges on a deal. But they should have been protesting years
ago, when politicians and union leaders struck a bargain that was too
good to be true. Government workers... Read
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| FROM
THE
EDITOR - TODAY IS TODAY IS SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 26, 2011 |
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We’ve had three major rulings on Obamacare… this one that it’s
constitutional. It’s now two against, one in favor. Check out what
Marybeth Hicks has to say about preparing our kids to be independent.
And finally, a somewhat balanced approach to all of the rhetoric about
the state-union disputes… and it comes home to rest at the doorstep of
those who “serve” us. News: Boehner… Keeping the Government Running While Cutting Spending, and Census: Near-record level of US counties dying. Blogs: The Media on Wisconsin? A Bad Joke; Defense of Marriage Act, ObamaCare and Kagan; and A Price on Our Heads, By Cal Thomas. Letters: Update on Columbus Trip. Obituaries: Donald F. "Don" Brumbaugh. For
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