Third City Council seat set for recount…

Written by David Robinson on November 6, 2019. Posted in City Council

Due to the razor thin vote margins determining the third seat on City Council, I stopped by the Board of Elections (BOE) this morning to ask about when and how the final vote for City Council will…

Open letter to the public: Unprecedented in the history of Worthington—an influx of large amounts of developer-related money…

Written by David Robinson on October 31, 2019. Posted in City Council, City Identity, Uncategorized

What follows is the content of a letter that I mailed to Worthington households earlier this week, following the release of City Council campaign finance reports:

Dear Worthington resident,

Project Community Park Presents 1,000 Petitions to City Council: Resident-Centered Policy in Action

Written by David Robinson on October 15, 2019. Posted in Arts, City Budget, City Council, City Identity, Comprehensive Plan, Household Impact, Local Business, Parks/Greenspace, Public Events, Public Health, public schools, Sustainability, UMCH, Uncategorized, Zoning

A thick stack of 1,000 signed petitions was delivered to City Council last week by the grassroots organization Project Community Park Worthington. I encourage you to read the testimony, as…

Transparency in the Public Realm: Proactively sharing with the public all that they can, should, and would want to know

Written by David Robinson on October 10, 2019. Posted in Uncategorized

There’s been a little back and forth on Facebook about my last post (

UMCH, Parks and Rec Commission letter to City Council (2014): “We feel compelled to put in writing our thoughts and recommendations…””

Written by David Robinson on October 7, 2019. Posted in Uncategorized

The issue of UMCH was often center stage at last Thursday night's City Council Candidate Forum, with the thirteen candidates’ positions ranging across the full spectrum. The dialog was engaging…