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Dec 6, 2023 14 tweets 2 min read
Hi from Ohio Gen Assembly. OHSenate committee that's making changes to voter-approved const. amendment for #recreationalmarijuana is meeting again and making following changes. Hold on. Some of these are HUGE -15% point of sale tax. (Issue 2 was 10%. This committee was closer to 23% for consumers as of yesterday.)
Oct 10, 2023 23 tweets 3 min read
Good morning from the Ohio State Board of Education, where a meeting that was not called by the board president is happening... A little background: The legislature in the budget passed at end of June gutted state board of ed's power, putting it with a new agency reportable to Gov. Mike DeWine. 7 board members sued
May 1, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
Who is this woman? She’s bullying @ARobbinsTV .@ARobbinsTV politely asked this woman to stay 6 feet away. She didnt.