Around Ohio

Lies are the biggest turn off for me. And that’s all I hear in this anti gambling campaign.

So I had to laugh when I was Mary Withrow saying it was all paid for by out-of-state casinos that don’t want to lose money they currently get from Ohioans traveling to them.

Well, so casinos are bad for Ohio? 38 states have them, including all of them that border Ohio. And with the exception of Michigan, all of them are doing better economically (and Michigan is largely because of Detroit). Not too bad for them.

And what is this cash doesn’t count stuff? The proposal says Ohio casinos pay taxes on gross receipts, nothing about cash. And my favorite is when they say the issue “won’t create 34,000 jobs at any one time.” Well yeah, the proposal is predicted to create 34,000 jobs over time, not at one time. Lies, lies, lies.

I can’t wait for the election to be over.

Your Buckeye, John Kazalia.

So I look at this Web site, and I see how Issue 2 is going to create an oversight board to make sure food grown in Ohio is safe and animals are treated humanely.

Then I look at the Humane Society site, and I see they are opposed to Issue 2 because it is just a smokescreen created by agribusiness to make it look like something is being done to improve animal treatment.

So which is it? What’s a Buckeye to do?

Your Buckeye, John Kazalia.

Of course, we all turn to our governor/minister for advice on avoiding swine flu…oh, that’s right, swine flu isn’t PC these days, H1N1, my bad. (Don’t want the dummies to think you get it from eating pork, the other white meat.)

Anyway, here’s his press conference:

Strickland Ohio’s H1N1 Preparedness

Wow, notice the poster: wash your hands! Never thought of that!!

Your Buckeye, John Kazalia.

If you’d like to see some of Ohio’s leaf beauty before you have to rake it, here are some leaf tours you can follow around Ohio:

Lake County
Medina County
Southern Ohio

For more information visit the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources leaf page.

Your Buckeye, John Kazalia.