Money in Our Politics: Part 2
At Monday night’s Council meeting I requested that Council President Bonnie Michael recuse herself from the upcoming discussion and vote on the NCR proposal at Stafford Village, due to the fact…
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City Finances, a Current Snapshot
During the 2019 city council campaigns the general buzz was that our city finances were in distress, and that our economic development outlook was in a state of mismanaged malaise. Claims were…
Continue ReadingDoug Foust: Worthingtonian, Public Servant, Friend
I first met Doug Foust over a plate of pancakes in June of 2015, at the same time that Lifestyle Communities was proposing their high-density project at UMCH. My first impression of Doug was that…
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Doug Smith Wins Third Seat (pending formal certification)
Yesterday’s vote recount by the Franklin County Board of Elections did not change the official election results for the third contested seat on Worthington’s City Council. As a result, pending…
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News Flash: Smith ahead by one vote in Official Results (mandatory recount in ten days)
Following the counting of provisional and additional absentee ballots,* the Official Results for the third City Council seat being elected this year are: Doug Smith with 1,497 votes, and both Doug…
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