Ohio Politics

Toledo bureaucrats' ''solutions'' not working to prevent terrible crimes

3:20pm Wednesday, January 14, 2004
January 13, 2004 Toledo Blade Officials urge more security for carryouts City offering a reward for clues in death of N. Toledo store clerk Two days after a North Toledo carryout worker was killed during a robbery, city officials yesterday urged small businesses to improve their security measures, with Mayor Jack Ford saying he may use loans or grants to help pay for the upgrades. City officials...

Sheriff ''Cuba'' Alexander wants your campaign donations

12:44pm Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Akron Beacon Journal Jan. 14, 2004 Summit sheriff fund-raiser Thursday FRANKLIN TWP. - An event being billed as an ``after the holidays party'' will be held Thursday to raise money for Summit County Sheriff Drew Alexander's re-election campaign. The fund-raiser will be from 5 to 9 p.m. at Anthe's restaurant, 4315 Manchester Road in the Portage Lakes area. The donation is $40. For tickets or more...

Anti-CCW Supreme Court Justice will run unopposed

12:05pm Monday, January 05, 2004
January 03, 2004 Columbus Dispatch No one challenges liberal Republican justice Justice Paul E. Pfeifer, a renegade Republican rebuffed by some in his own party but beloved by Democrats, will get a free ride, running unopposed for a third term on the Ohio Supreme Court. No Democrat filed to challenge Pfeifer by the campaign petition deadline yesterday, giving him an uncontested reelection. "I don...

Homicide total is skewed by city (limits)

10:55am Monday, January 05, 2004
January 04, 2004 Columbus Dispatch (edited for space- click here to read the entire story in the Columbus Dispatch) The death of Gail Knisley, who was shot Nov. 25 as she rode in a car on the south Outerbelt, was one of the most highly publicized homicides of the year in central Ohio. But it isn’t among the 112 slayings recorded in the city of Columbus in 2003. Knisley was shot just outside the...

Columbus homicides up 38% in 2003

12:34pm Saturday, January 03, 2004
2 South Side women added to list after coroner’s rulings January 03, 2004 Columbus Dispatch In the final days of 2003, the coroner ruled that two South Side women were victims of violence, meaning Columbus ended the year with 112 homicides- a 38 percent increase from 2002, when there were 81. The last time the number hit 100 was in 1994. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. Detectives...

Ohio newspaper: 2003 a deadly year

2:40pm Friday, January 02, 2004
January 1, 2004 Mansfield News Journal MANSFIELD -- Seven people were killed in the city in 2003, the highest number since the police department began keeping computerized crime records in 1988. Last year, the total was six, up from just two in 2001. The reason for the high number, Mansfield police Chief Phil Messer said, is both straightforward and discouraging. "Unfortunately, it's been a...

Cleveland: 252 police to lose jobs on Monday

1:29pm Friday, January 02, 2004
01/01/04 Cleveland Plain Dealer (edited for space- click here to read the entire story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer) Mayor Jane Campbell will cut $21 million from the 2004 police budget, mostly by eliminating 263 positions. Five of the officers, however, are being transferred to jobs in other departments, and six others were due to retire. The layoffs, which take effect Monday, will leave the...

Cincinnati: Killings at 26-year high

2:21pm Wednesday, December 31, 2003
As you read this article, we recommend you keep these words at the front of your mind: "Ohio's gun control laws are a colossal failure." Former police officer's son 75th victim in city By Jane Prendergast The Cincinnati Enquirer (edited for space- click here to read the entire story in the Cincinnati Enquirer) BOND HILL - A day after a bullet made his stepson Cincinnati's 75th homicide victim of...

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