Karen Lee
Greece National Vice Chair, DPCA Voting Rep, DAGR Comm Chair, GSC Member-at-Large, GSC Steering, Ohio Team Co-Lead
Writer, parent, volunteer, gardener
LATEST BY Karen Lee
BGSU Polls on Races and Data Centers
Acton and Brown Ahead by a Hair; Data Centers Behind by a Mile For a lively podcast (audio only) on what the university pollsters learned about the races, go here to ...
Beatty Defends Kennedy Name - UPDATE
Trump Throws Tantrum at Kennedy Center Board Meeting There's the Trump-appointed Kennedy Center Board. And then, there's Rep. Joyce Beatty, OH-03, Congress's ex officio member of the board and lone ...
Dayton Benefit for Haitians
The Bulwark LIVE: Sept. 25 The Bulwark crew -- Tim Miller, Sarah Longwell, Jonathon V. Last, Sam Stein, and Bill Cristol -- are on the road this month. They'll be ...
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DAGR September Newsletter
In this newsletter: - Chair’s Message - Upcoming Events - ICYMI - Volunteer Opportunities - DAGR News and Views - On our RaDAr - DA Priorities - Giggle n Point ...
Aviation History Events in Bucyrus
Bucyrus Events Honor a Woman Pioneer in Aviation Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and former A-10 Warthog fighter pilot Kim “K.C.” Campbell will headline a celebration next weekend and dedication ...
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Bi-Partisan Effort to Halt FLOCK
Lawmakers Ask ODT to Halt/Revoke FLOCK Camera Permits Six lawmakers from both major parties have asked Ohio Dept of Transportation to stem FLOCK use. One of them is filing legislation ...
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Attempted Assault on Amy Acton
Balanced Coverage in the Columbus Dispatch By now, most have seen headlines about a man lunging at Amy Acton at Canfield Fair yesterday. This one from the Dispatch
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Brent Larkin Slams Ramaswamy!
Ramaswamy's Stain of Dishonesty Won't Go Away In a scathing op-ed , the retired P.D. editor points out that Ramaswamy has plunked $100 million into the campaign so far, to ...
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Cirino: Ohio Needs "Thought Police"
S.B. 461 Deepens and Solidifies the Heinous S.B. 1 They're back! And State Senator Jerry Cirino (R-Kirtland) is out to make sure Ohio college professors toe the MAGA line when ...
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Fake Comments Stifle Renewables
Ohio's AGs Have Not Enforced Even Lax Rules Fake comments, skewed in favor of fossil fuels and against renewable energy, seem to be proliferating across the country. Ohio is one ...
Pain's not Over in Springfield
In Fact, TrumpCo is Drilling Down This most recent report from Springfield is, well, just disgusting, exhausting. And that's for those of us who only have to read about it. ...
The View from Barcelona
Lexington HS Grad Home for a Visit from Spain We don't often get first-hand accounts that reach hands across the water and connect home with abroad. Here, Carl Hunnell, deputy ...
Wexner Everywhere? Or Nowhere?
What's In A Name? Les Wexner's in the news twice this week. Most notable, perhaps, he's stepping down from CEO of the Wexner Medical Center board. Read more here . ...
Big Beautiful Cuts Come Home to Roost
Medicaid Cuts Could Reduce Healthcare in Ohio Studies by Kaiser Family Foundation point to reduced care for the most vulnerable and reduced reimbursement to Ohio hospitals serving the less well ...
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Data Centers -- August Recap
Data Centers, AI, and the Big, Yellow Taxi Since our July post on data centers , public resistance has mushroomed. Now, this week, we’ve also noticed an uptick in pieces ...
Online: How Elections Work in Ohio
Webinar in Americas and AAPI Zones Date & Time - Sep 1, 2026 18:00 (6 p.m.) ET Common Cause Ohio invites us to join a virtual meeting to explore how ...
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DeWine: Leave Income Tax Alone
There are Better Ways to Cover State Needs Although he signed the last income tax cut into law, DeWine did it begrudgingly and says he hopes his successor will stop ...
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Elections: Blast from the Past
2020 and OH SoS Frank LaRose Explains 'Drop-Box/Mail-in Voting' Kudos to our Ohio FB maven, Christine for digging this one out! As 2020 elections developed, so did the CDC and ...
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Running Strong in Wood County
Let's Take the OH 75th! Rick Rettig is president of the Perrysburg City Council. This is one to watch. As he noted when announcing his run last April, he's ...
Poindexter Could Flip the 07
Poindexter: A Positive Force in the House Race While the spotlight has been on the sitting OH-07 Congressman this month, Brian Poindexter, the Democrat candidate, with a fraction of the ...
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