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Liberals, conservatives plan conference together
By Laura Bischoff
Monday, September 26, 2011 

The left and right are joining hands in Ohio, at least for a day, to discuss meaty issues such as public pension reform, local tax rates, health care, the national debt and federal fiscal policy, and government consolidation. 

The Buckeye Institute, a conservative think tank based in Columbus, the Center for Community Solutions, a liberal research group based in Cleveland, and Greater Ohio, a non-partisan organization focused on smart growth, are co-sponsoring a day-long conference Dec. 8 in Columbus that they hope will raise the level of discourse on important issues. 

The conference will include nationally known speakers, including Alice Rivlin who served as President Clinton’s budget director, and Arthur Laffer, founder of the Laffer Center for Supply-Side Economics. 

The sponsors expect about 1,000 people to attend and hope to influence lawmakers and other policy makers to recognize that they can have civil discourse and find common ground. The conference, which costs $125 per person, is open to the public and registration details can be found at www.futureohio.org. 

Read it at the Dayton Daily News