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The Little Miami River Chamber Alliance is pleased to share that the City of Loveland will once again be transformed into a beautiful wonderland for the Christmas holiday.
On December 16 visitors can enjoy horse carriage rides, a live nativity, farm animals from Branch Hill Estates to interact with, a children’s train ride, and a trolley ride around town.
At the heart of the event you will find the main stage with live entertainment all evening, vendors row for local businesses, Christmas shopping at the Holiday Market, and food trucks to include Moma Bears Mac, Funnel Vision, and The Chef Model.
Entertainment, vendors & shopping can be found in the center of town next to the live nativity scene near Fleet Feet. North Pole magic can be found at BF Realty & Bond Furniture and Design where kids can do crafts with Mrs. Claus and visit Santa (map coming soon)! Bring your pup along for the best dressed pet costume contest hosted by Pet Wants and all entries receive a gift card! Looking to adopt a pet this Christmas? League for Animal Welfare will be on site with many of their cats & dogs for adoption!
CeeCee Collins, President of the chamber shared that “there will be so many fun activities such as train rides, caroling and Santa’s Wonderland, just to name a few! This is such a great event where the businesses want to give back to everyone that has patronized and visited in downtown. They truly appreciate everyone supporting local businesses and hope they will return to enjoy all of the Loveland area. There will be many samplings and give-a-ways for all ages to enjoy!
| 4:00 – 4:30 | Girl Scouts of Loveland Caroling |
| 4:30 – 5:00 | Showboat Cloggers |
| 5:00 – 5:30 | Cincity Shakers |
| 5:30 – 6:00 | Dog Costume Contest hosted by Pet Wants |
| 6:00 – 6:30 | Dance Etc.Performing |
| 6:30 – 7:00 | Loveland HS Jazz Ensemble |
| 7:00 – 7:30 | Christian Arellano on Guitar |
| 7:30 – 8:00 | Mrs. Clause & Elves leads sing a long |
This event will be held rain, snow or shine.
For ALL of the information visit the chamber website, www.lmrchamberalliance.org .
Lacey Sullivan
Event Coordinator
Little Miami River Chamber Alliance
Office hours Thursday 9am – 5pm
514 W. Loveland Ave. | Loveland, OH | 45140
o: 513.683.1544
Learn More: www.lmrchamberalliance.org
Former NFL player Dale Moss, center, with Special Olympics athletes Madi Madory, left, and Joshua Olds wearing sweatshirts that are part of the new “Yeah, I am Special” campaign. (Special Olympics)
by Michelle Diament | disability scoop
With a new campaign, Special Olympics wants to take back the word “special” and other language that they say has been turned against people with disabilities.
The international sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities is rolling out the effort dubbed “Yeah, I am Special” with a pair of New York City billboards and a video voiced by ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith.
The group is also touting appearances by high-profile supporters like Milwaukee Bucks player Damian Lillard and former NFL player Dale Moss wearing apparel that says “special.”
This is all a precursor to a global digital campaign planned for next year, Special Olympics said, to address the stigma that’s associated with the word “special” and other similar language used around the world to demean people with disabilities.
BUCKEYE LAKE, Ohio — AUGUST 17: Workers remove lower leaves from marijuana plants to increase the growth above in a flowering room, August 17, 2023, at PharmaCann, Inc.’s cultivation and processing facility in Buckeye Lake, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal)
Marijuana is now legal in Ohio, but lawmakers are continuing to try and tinker with the law.
The Ohio Senate passed a bill Wednesday night with major changes to the law that the Ohio House could bring to the floor for a vote next week.
Meanwhile, the Ohio House has a bill in committee that adds clarifications to the current law under Issue 2 — which Ohioans passed with 57% of the vote.
The Ohio Senate passed a bill Wednesday night that would change home grow, up the tax rate, alter how the revenue is distributed and add automatic expungement. It would also speed up when Ohioans can purchase adult-use marijuana at dispensaries.
Sen. Rob McColley, R-Napoleon, added changes to the state’s marijuana law that were later modified to House Bill 86 — a bill that previously had nothing to do with cannabis. HB 86 was introduced earlier this year by rep. Jeff LaRe, R-Violet Twp., that would revise the state’s liquor control laws.
Under the changes made to HB 86, the marijuana tax rate would go up to 15% — an increase from Issue 2’s 10% tax at the point of sale for each transaction. The bill would also allow for local governments and local counties to levy an additional tax on top of the marijuana excise tax of 3%.
HB 86 would limit home grow to six plants per household instead of Issue 2’s six plants per person with 12 plants per residence.
“What the Senate passed (Wednesday) night is not what the voters supported,” said Tom Haren, a spokesman for the Coalition to Regulate Alcohol Like Marijuana.
“The Senate’s bill completely repeals Issue 2,” he said. “We think the best course of action is to not rush through any changes and to respect the will of the people.”
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine supports the bill, saying it helps stamp out the black market.
Senate Minority Leader Nickie J. Antonio, D-Lakewood, said during Wednesday’s Senate Session that she hopes her colleagues in the House understand all that has gone into this bill.
“If they can make it better, that’s great,” she said.
Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo, D-Upper Arlington, told reporters on Wednesday she expects there to be lots of conversation on the marijuana law before next week’s House session.
“I definitely think there’s some room to navigate some clarity on specific issues, but I think there is … still a ways to go,” she said.
State Rep. Jamie Callender, R-Concord, introduced a bill earlier this week that clarified some of Issue 2’s language.
House Bill 354 would keep home grow the same under Issue 2 — six marijuana plants per individual and 12 per household, clarifying home grow must take place at a residential address.
“HB 354 does not aim to change the intent of Issue 2 or override the will of the voters,” Callender said in his testimony Wednesday. “Instead, it aims to add clarification for the departments who will be tasked with administering and regulating adult use cannabis in Ohio.”
This is how the tax revenue would be distributed under HB 354:
The bill also adds an additional 10% wholesale tax that would go toward the adult use cannabis local jail fund, adult use cannabis county sheriff fund, adult use cannabis law enforcement training fund and adult use cannabis crime victims assistance fund.
Russo said Callender’s bill is a good place to start.
“If I were to compare what the Senate is coming forward with, I would rank certainly the bill that’s before the House at the moment as probably more in line with the will of the voters,” she said.
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An explanation of how winter roads will be treated by John Musselman, the Director of the Service Department in Miami Township.
Miami Township, Ohio – The Township Service Department uses various tactics to reduce waste and treat streets for snow and ice. Road crews mix a solution composed of tap water and road salt, that when sprayed on traditional road salt, will make it stick to the pavement better and activate on contact. The addition of the salt brine process for winter weather events is a cost-saving measure according to the Township that enhances the Township’s ability to help keep streets clear in the winter, while conserving the salt stockpile for more major storm events. The Township maintains its own brine making equipment.
The strategy is to keep road salt from hitting the pavement and simply bouncing into the grass. When temperatures are above 20 degrees, the salt brine will be mixed with the salt inside the auger of the truck or sprayed onto the salt at the spinner before it’s spread onto the road. This helps keep the salt on the treated areas and helps reduce the overall salt application.
Salt Brine is most useful for treating roads when the temperature reaches at least 20 degrees. Temperatures below this threshold require a much different solution according to John Musselman the Service Director. In the past, calcium chloride was the only treatment, which caused harm to plants and increased the corrosion rate for roads and sidewalks. “There is now a much safer, more effective de-icing treatment solution called “Ice B’Gone Magic Liquid” which Miami Township road crews use in a mix of 80% salt brine
with 20% Ice B’Gone.”
IBG Magic Liquid is a “highly effective” liquid de-icing agent made from a patented blend of magnesium chloride combined with an agricultural by-product of the distilling process (i.e. grain and/or sugar based). The formula is non-toxic, bio-degradable and has a corrosion index lower than distilled water. IBG Magic Liquid can be sprayed onto regular rock salt transforming it into IBG Magic Solid, a highly effective ice melting product. IBG Magic Solid is safe to use on concrete, is non-corrosive, does not harm curbside grassed areas, or plants, and continues to melt ice to below -35F.
Using brine/IBG Magic Liquid for prewetting:
• Rock salt can be spread more uniformly and less is wasted on shoulders and ditches. This reduces the impact to the environment.
• Materials adhere to the surface because the salt & brine mixture has a thicker consistency. The slurry-like mixture tends to “plop” onto the roadway and better stay where it lands.
• Melting begins faster since a liquid has been introduced to the salt. (Salt must find moisture before it can begin to work).
• Roads are safer sooner – Spreading speeds can be increased because more material stays on the roadway.
• Since the brine begins working and diluting as it hits the surface, it will dry much more rapidly, returning the roadway to normal winter driving conditions much sooner.
• Residual salt may remain on the road that will immediately begin working with the next storm.
• When dry materials are pre-wet with brine, the application rate can be cut back because more of the material remains on the roadway. In addition, the additional brine adds some quick melting action.
Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, describing a bill he’s co-sponsoring with Rep. Jennifer Gross, R-West Chester, to close Ohio’s primary elections. (Photo by Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal.)
Two Ohio lawmakers want voters to declare their party months before the primary election. But in its first committee hearing this week the idea was met with pushback from both sides of the aisle.
The proposal is actually one of two measures in the Ohio House calling for closed primaries elections. Their most notable difference is deadlines. One, sponsored by Rep. Thomas Hall, R-Madison Twp., allows voters to change party affiliation up to 30 days prior to an election. But the one introduced this week, proposed by Reps. Jennifer Gross, R-West Chester, and Gary Click, R-Vickery, pushes that deadline back to Dec. 31 of the prior year.
If their proposal were in effect today, voters would have to declare their party before heading to their New Year’s Eve party if they want to have a say in next year’s presidential primary.
In committee, Gross argued a closed primary is desirable because it “grants Ohioans more faith in the election process, without fear of meddling by crossover on the date of the election.”
Click added, “when one party has an uncontested candidate, while the others other parties still sorting through the process, there’s a temptation to rate the opponents primary simply to spoil the process.”
Click cited the example of Rush Limbaugh’s “Operation Chaos” during the 2008 Democratic primary.
“I did not participate in that, I did not think it was ethical to do so,” Click insisted, “but I do know a lot of people who did.”
However, political scientists have cast serious doubt on the actual impact of Limbaugh’s campaign. And while voters crossing party lines certainly does happen, researchers contend “party raiding” is rare. More often voters cast a ballot for a different party’s candidate because they like that candidate — not because they dislike that candidate’s opponent in the primary.
Both proposals would grandfather in a party’s existing voters, but that still presents a challenging math problem.
Currently, Ohioans don’t select their party affiliation when they register to vote. Instead, they declare their affiliation by requesting that party’s ballot. As of the last statewide primary election in 2022, Ohio had more than 7.9 million registered voters. But less than 1.7 million of them aligned with the Democratic or Republican party by actually casting a ballot.
That means if either bill were in effect today, more than 6 million Ohioans could be in limbo — unaffiliated and thus unable to vote on partisan candidates next March.
Hall attempts to create a more orderly transition by tying his cut off to the voter registration deadline. In previous committee hearings he’s argued “people know there’s an election coming and know to update their party registration.”
But by setting the deadline months earlier, Gross and Click create a gap that could disenfranchise unaffiliated voters as well as those who want to change party in good faith.
There are voters who reliably vote Republican or Democratic, but just don’t show up for midterm primaries. There are voters who normally vote for Democrats, but have grown disillusioned with President Joe Biden. And there are voters who normally vote for Republicans who oppose former President Donald Trump.
Under Click and Gross’s bill, if those voters select their party after Dec. 31, they would be barred from voting in any party’s 2024 primary election.
Rep. Dani Isaacsohn, D-Cincinnati, criticized the sponsors, suggesting their proposal would only contribute to existing partisan divisions. Rep. Bill Seitz, R-Cincinnati, meanwhile, asked how boards are supposed to verify the provisional ballots cast by unaffiliated voters.
Gross seemed to discount Seitz’s concerns.
“They are independents or are non-registered because they do not vote in the primary — agree?,” she asked.
“Yeah,” Seitz replied, “But now they want to.”
Gross just sidestepped and reiterated the bill’s provisions.
“If they pulled in February in order to vote in March, they would not be a registered Republican or Democrat,” she said. “They would be provisional, and then they would be an actual Republican or Democrat for the next primary. So ‘provisional,’ the definition of provisional, and what that looks like we will need to get back to you.”
But Seitz’s line of questioning seems to imagine a more flexible bill than the one before committee. Although Gross and Click’s measure creates path for unaffiliated voters to cast provisional ballots under an obscure partisan challenge process, it’s a dead end. According to the bill analysis if the board determines the voter is unaffiliated or missed the cut off the ballot can’t be counted.
And while Gross emphasized a roughly 90-day deadline for selecting one’s party, committee members were quick to note that undersells its impact — sometimes dramatically.
“Sometimes a primary is not held until September,” Rep. Mike Skindell, D-Lakewood, said, “particularly in municipal election years, so you’re looking nine months out.”
He added that during midterm cycles when the primary is in May, the candidate filing deadline isn’t until February. Skindell argued voters make their decision based on who is running, and asked if the sponsors would consider moving their cut off to 30 days after the filing deadline.
“I would hate to make a commitment to it right here at the moment,” Click said, but said he’d consider a different frameworks, offering 90 days before an election as an example.
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Loveland, Ohio – In case you missed it, healthy smoothie shop, Better Blend, opened its doors to the Loveland community this past August. Located in historic downtown Loveland on the bike trail, Better Blend serves up low-calorie, low-sugar, high-protein smoothies that boast clean ingredients and flavors that will remind you of your favorite ice cream.
Better Blend’s mission is to make the world a healthier and happier place by making it easy to eat healthy. The progress they’ve made is hard to ignore: since opening the first location in 2018, Better Blend has added two corporate-owned locations and franchised four more, with another four set to open in 2024.
Through this growth spurt, Better Blend caught the attention of local Loveland dietician, Emily Mobley of Gray Nutrition. A Cincinnati native and a Registered and Licensed Dietitian, Emily has transformed thousands of lives through her Gray Method, which was born out of her dieting journey, after years of Slim Fast, tons of cardio, and counting points. Emily is passionate about simplifying nutrition, debunking myths, and focusing on the system needed for weight loss, making her a pivotal asset in transforming people’s relationships with food and, more importantly, their relationship with themselves.
Recognizing that they shared the same goals, Better Blend and Emily teamed up. Emily was particularly drawn to the protein content of Better Blend’s smoothies. “Protein is an essential nutrient that can support your weight management goals and overall health when incorporated into a balanced diet,” says Emily. “Better Blend smoothies are packed with protein, making them a perfect choice to kickstart your day so you can regulate your blood sugar, support your metabolism, and feel fullness until you can get to that next meal or snack!”
Emily’s expertise and passion for easy-to-digest nutrition advice made her a perfect fit on the Better Blend team as their in-house dietician. As featured on Better Blend’s Dietician Tuesday series, Emily provides Better Blend customers with helpful nutrition tips and further information about the benefits of Better Blend products. “Having Emily as a part of the team is just another way we’re doing our best to support our community and crush the confusing and intimidating barriers to healthy eating,” says Better Blend founder and CEO, Isaac Hamlin.
For those looking for further guidance along the path of healthy eating, Emily also takes on clients through her private practice, Gray Nutrition. As a bonus, scheduling a coaching call with her will land you a $50 Better Blend gift card.
Catch Better Blend’s Dietician Tuesday series and holiday deals by following them on Facebook and Instagram. For more information about Emily Mobley and Gray Nutrition, visit her website at graynutrition.com
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Loveland, Ohio – The Little Miami River Chamber Alliance is pleased to share that the City of Loveland will once again be transformed into a beautiful wonderland for the Christmas holiday.
On December 16 visitors can enjoy horse carriage rides, a live nativity, farm animals from Branch Hill Estates to interact with, a children’s train ride, and a trolley ride around town.
At the heart of the event you will find the main stage with live entertainment all evening, vendors row for local businesses, Christmas shopping at the Holiday Market, and food trucks to include Moma Bears Mac, Funnel Vision, and The Chef Model.
Entertainment, vendors & shopping can be found in the center of town next to the live nativity scene near Fleet Feet. North Pole magic can be found at BF Realty & Bond Furniture and Design where kids can do crafts with Mrs. Claus and visit Santa (map coming soon)! Bring your pup along for the best dressed pet costume contest hosted by Pet Wants and all entries receive a gift card! Looking to adopt a pet this Christmas? League for Animal Welfare will be on site with many of their cats & dogs for adoption!
CeeCee Collins, President of the chamber shared that “there will be so many fun activities such as train rides, caroling and Santa’s Wonderland, just to name a few! This is such a great event where the businesses want to give back to everyone that has patronized and visited in downtown. They truly appreciate everyone supporting local businesses and hope they will return to enjoy all of the Loveland area. There will be many samplings and give-a-ways for all ages to enjoy!
| 4:00 – 4:30 | Girl Scouts of Loveland Caroling |
| 4:30 – 5:00 | Showboat Cloggers |
| 5:00 – 5:30 | Cincity Shakers |
| 5:30 – 6:00 | Dog Costume Contest hosted by Pet Wants |
| 6:00 – 6:30 | Dance Etc.Performing |
| 6:30 – 7:00 | Loveland HS Jazz Ensemble |
| 7:00 – 7:30 | Christian Arellano on Guitar |
| 7:30 – 8:00 | Mrs. Clause & Elves leads sing a long |
This event will be held rain, snow or shine.
For ALL of the information visit the chamber website, www.lmrchamberalliance.org .
Lacey Sullivan
Event Coordinator
Little Miami River Chamber Alliance
Office hours Thursday 9am – 5pm
514 W. Loveland Ave. | Loveland, OH | 45140
o: 513.683.1544
Learn More: www.lmrchamberalliance.org
Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland City School District Board of Education has hired John Espy as the Treasurer of the Loveland City School District.
“Hiring the Treasurer and Superintendent are among the most important tasks we have as a Board of Education. I’m very pleased that we were able to secure an experienced Treasurer, and I would like to welcome John Espy to Loveland City Schools,” said Board President Dr. Kathryn Lorenz.
Mr. Espy has previously served as Treasurer of Milford Exempted Village Schools, Miamisburg City School District, and the Clermont Northeastern Local Schools. Before moving into the Treasurer/CFO position, he served as a Financial Software Specialist and Coordinator of Fiscal Applications at the Hamilton Clermont Cooperative.
He has also served as an educator and director in the Milford Exempted Village School District and Mt. Healthy City Schools, leading award-winning band programs. Mr. Espy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in K-12 Education from Marshall University located in Huntington, WV, a Master of Business Administration degree from Xavier University, and a Master of Science in Accountancy from Indiana Wesleyan University located in Marion, IN. Mr. Espy and his family live in Loveland, OH.
In a release from the District Espy said,“I’m very excited to join the team at Loveland City Schools. As a resident of Loveland, I am excited to affect Loveland City Schools by working collaboratively with the Board, staff, and community to keep the district moving forward and putting students in the best possible position to succeed while also being fiscally responsible.”
Espy will begin his tenure as Treasurer effective January 1, 2024, replacing Robert Giuffre, who has served as Interim Treasurer of Loveland City School District since August 2021.
Then-PUCO Chair Sam Randazzo testifies as an interested party regarding House Bill 6 on May 7, 2019. Source: Ohio Channel.
The former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has been indicted by a federal grand jury on bribery and embezzlement charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio announced in a news release Monday.
Sam Randazzo, 74, of Columbus, self-surrendered at U.S. District Court in Cincinnati Monday morning, the release said. Randazzo is charged in an 11-count indictment that was returned on Nov. 29 and he was scheduled for an initial appearance later Monday.
The charges stem from an ongoing investigation into what federal prosecutors have called the biggest political bribery scandal in state history, where Akron-based FirstEnergy paid more than $60 million in 2018 and 2019 to get the legislature to pass and protect a $1.3 billion bailout that was mostly intended to benefit FirstEnergy.
Former House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, in June was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of racketeering for his role in the scheme. Former Ohio GOP Chairman Matt Borges was sentenced to five years in the same case.
FirstEnergy fired two of its top executives, CEO Chuck Jones and Vice President Michael Dowling. And it signed a deferred prosecution agreement admitting wrongdoing and committing to pay a $230 million fine.
Jones, Dowling and Randazzo denied wrongdoing, but in the agreement, FirstEnergy said the executives paid Randazzo a $4.3 million bribe just as Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine was nominating him to be the top Ohio regulator overseeing FirstEnergy.
“Public officials — whether elected or appointed — are tasked with upholding the highest level of integrity in their duties and responsibilities. Such service to the public must be selfless, not selfish,” said U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker in Monday morning’s release. “Through the indictment unsealed today, we seek to hold Randazzo accountable for his alleged illegal activities.”
FirstEnergy said the payment was made through Randazzo’s “consulting company in return for (Randazzo) performing official action in his capacity as (Public Utilities Commission of Ohio) Chairman to further FirstEnergy Corp.’s interests” and that “it was under no legal obligation to make the payment … ”
Randazzo was the PUCO chairman from April 2019 until November 2020, when he resigned.
Randazzo faces one count of conspiring to commit travel act bribery and honest services wire fraud, two counts of travel act bribery, two counts of honest services wire fraud, one count of wire fraud and five counts of making illegal monetary transactions.
According to the indictment, Randazzo allegedly received more than $4.3 million from an energy company and its affiliates to provide favorable official actions for the company through PUCO proceedings.
For example, it is alleged that in November 2019, Randazzo included language in a PUCO Opinion and Order that would address an issue for the energy company that was slated to happen in 2024.
“Stock is gonna get hit with Ohio 2024. Need Sam to get rid of the ‘Ohio 2024 hole,’” an energy executive text message read. Another executive messaged, in part: “I spoke with Sam today. Told me 2024 issue will be handled next Thursday.” The next Thursday, the PUCO decision included language alleviating the 2024 issue.
A March 2020 text message from an executive mentions that Randazzo “will get it done for us but cannot just jettison all process.” The message references specific official actions before continuing: “…a lot of talk going on in the halls of PUCO about does he work there or for us? He’ll move it as fast as he can.”
It is alleged that Randazzo received the bribe money from the energy company through his consulting business, Sustainability Funding Alliance of Ohio, Inc. (SFA), which was registered in Ohio in March 2010. SFA filings name Randazzo as the president and sole representative of the business and lists Randazzo’s home address as the business address.
The charging document alleges that Randazzo also used his consulting business, SFA, to carry out an embezzlement scheme, funneling to himself at least a million dollars meant for an association of large, industrial energy users in Ohio.
Randazzo was the general counsel of the industry group for multiple years, including from 2010 until his PUCO appointment, and at times served as the industry group’s executive director. Randazzo controlled the industry group’s bank accounts.
It is alleged Randazzo entered into settlements with companies on behalf of the industry group and kept portions of the settlement payments for himself. As one method to conceal his alleged embezzling, Randazzo allegedly created a fictitious member of the industry group that received payments along with legitimate members.
For example, in March 2019, it is alleged Randazzo attempted to conceal his embezzling by wiring approximately $1.1 million between bank accounts under his control.
If convicted as charged, the defendant could face up to 20 years in prison.
In the release, FBI Cincinnati Special Agent in Charge J. William Rivers said the indictment outlines an alleged scheme in which a public regulatory official ignored the Ohio consumers he was responsible for protecting, instead taking a bribe from an energy company seeking favors.
“The FBI will remain vigilant in investigating allegations of corruption at all levels of government and hold those who violate the law accountable for their actions,” he said.
Last week, it was revealed that plaintiffs in a civil suit related to the massive bribery and money-laundering scandal have subpoenaed documents from DeWine and they’re scheduling a sworn deposition with Lt. Gov. Jon Husted.
Ohio Consumers’ Counsel Maureen Willis in a statement Monday called the indictment an important step to bring justice to Ohio utility consumers.
“It underscores the need for near-term reform of the PUCO selection process that led to his appointment as Chair of the PUCO,” she said. “OCC’s calls for reform so far have gone unanswered. Ohioans deserve better from the public officials in this state.”