johnkohlstrand.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Former newspaper journalist. Former Ohio Statehouse staff. Born and raised in South Detroit. Ay ziggy zoomba.
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Glad to read the “X” part of this has nothing to do with the Other Place!
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“Unearned” would seem more on the mark.
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This, too, is ominous.
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They left out "zombie apocalypse."
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Why the rush on this?
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Nice ratio.
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Millions of us will be taking it to the streets. www.nokings.org cc: @indivisiblecs.bsky.social
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Brought to you by: McDonald's.
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I like historic buildings as much as the next guy. (I live in a Victorian.) But the amount Ohio developers have been getting through this credit is very large when compared to other investments the state could be made in preserving Ohio history. 4/4
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For comparison, the state historical society (the Ohio History Connection) gets ~$21M per year, which is less than one-fifth of the credit.
Money is tight at OHC. The library and archive is only open to researchers 12½ hours per week. And so much more could be digitized or better preserved. 3/4
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The thing about Ohio’s historic preservation tax credit is that it’s *really* expensive. The state appears to be giving away more than $120M per year through this credit. That’s a lot. 2/4
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Sure.
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It’s Goodin. (Steven and I interned at the Springfield News-Sun, where I once misspelled Bill Shkurti’s name and have regretted it ever since.) www.porterwright.com/steven-p-goo...
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Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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How bizarre. These seem like obvious public records that must be disclosed.
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My heart goes out to President Biden, of course. This is a tough diagnosis for a very good man. But how is this supposed to have derailed me, exactly?
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Let me simply register my bewilderment at the suggestion that the key task, right now, is to litigate the last Democratic (non-)primary because of what it supposedly will do to the next Democratic primary three years from now. I’m not aware of any proper evidence or political theory to support that.
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My credibility is fine, bro.
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You called this.
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The Columbus Dispatch site made me miserable for years in this respect. Managing online subscriptions would seem easier than delivering a pile of newsprint to my door, but they made it look very, very hard.
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My understanding is that this worked pretty well in Cincinnati a couple of generations ago. I wonder what Jack Gilligan would think.
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Nice work, @sabrinaeaton.bsky.social!
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The sales taxes would sure be something.