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What cynical transfer is the Republican super-majority within the Ohio Statehouse making to disclaim nearly all of state residents the power to find out the principles for abortion?

Did Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb work out an answer for the disaster dealing with the Say Sure to Schooling program after the Cuyahoga County Council refused to offer the wanted cash to help it? What’s the answer?

What’s the dangerous information for anybody in search of journey for spring break by flying out Cleveland Hopkins Worldwide Airport?

We puzzled whether or not this concept was all however lifeless in Wednesday’s episode, however now, to cite from the Wizard of Oz, is the reckless proposal to lift pace limits on Ohio’s two-lane roads not solely merely lifeless however actually most sincerely lifeless?

We’re nonetheless speaking in regards to the video walkthrough of the mayhem and wreckage within the turnpike crash through the blizzard in December, however now we’ve got a video of a lot of the huge pile-up because it occurred. It’s an eye-opener for anybody who wonders how these huge pileups happen. What does it present?

Why is the Cuyahoga County Council resisting new County Government Chris Ronayne’s creation of a place for a particular senior advisor of transportation?

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[00:00:00] Chris: It’s a Thursday on at this time in Ohio, March twenty third, 23. Meaning it’s a pal. Andro Day. 3, 2, 3, 2, 3. I’m Chris Quinn. I’m right here with Lisa Garvin, Laura Johnston, and Lala La Tasi for our information podcast. Dialogue from the newsroom of cleveland.com within the Plain Supplier, and we acquired a sizzling one to start out off with. What cynical transfer is the Republican tremendous majority within the Ohio State Home making.

To disclaim nearly all of state residents the power to find out the principles for abortion.

[00:00:33] Laura: Laura, once I noticed this come over, I used to be like, you’ve got to be kidding me. I simply, each time you suppose, okay, issues are going fairly easily, you simply get this Republican wrench from the State Home thrown into it.

So bear in mind how the state banned August elections? Seems that was simply the standing election. You may nonetheless. Particular elections. I didn’t understand this, and the Republicans wanna have one proper earlier than the abortion rights activist ask Ohioans to league [00:01:00] legalize abortion in November. In order that they wanna put this on the poll in a August to make it tougher to go the constitutional modification.

And this concept is being quick tracked. Hearings start Wednesday for this home joint decision one, which would require 60% of the vote to go. Institutional modification that’s up from the present easy majority of fifty% plus one vote. All kinds of opponents pack the State Home listening to. And this was simply sooner or later after Senate President Matt Huffman mentioned he needed to see the proposal on ballots in August quite than November.

So he mentioned he needed it and unexpectedly everyone’s speaking about it. A few hundred teams from voters rights organizations to labor unions are combating again. However wow, this occurred rapidly.

[00:01:46] Chris: I, I really suppose that is gonna blow up of their faces in the event that they do it. Um, I believe Ohioans have a way of honest play and this violates that.

And from the start they mentioned it wasn’t about abortion. Proper? Proper. They mentioned that is, they’re nonetheless saying that we simply want [00:02:00] to alter it, so, however, However to do a particular election after you banned August elections to try to deprive it. I believe that is going to spark plenty of ladies to return out to vote in August as a result of they’re gonna be so offended that, that this group is making an attempt to deprive ‘em the precise.

You’ve acquired each group conservative and liberal coming outta the woodwork to say, no, no, no. That is anti-democracy. You’re. The facility of the voter. Don’t do it. Don’t do it. And, and right here’s the factor, in the event that they do that, and I’m proper and it causes this tidal wave of individuals saying, screw this, that momentum will carry into November when the abortion modification’s on the poll, that’ll win overwhelmingly.

And the chance is it carries into 2024. As a result of if that is painted because the anti Democrat, this isn’t gonna be anti-Republican. That is. Anti legislature. Yeah, that that the elected leaders are attempting to stay it to the voters. They don’t need the voters to have any [00:03:00] energy. They wish to be the Lord and masters, and will probably be characterised this fashion.

I believe that may very well be very damaging to this tremendous majority within the new yr.

[00:03:09] Laura: Effectively, they’re hoping that it doesn’t even get on the August poll, these opponents, they’re hoping to speak to some scent into lawmakers and get skeptical Republicans to vote in opposition to it. To be clear, this isn’t. in regards to the tremendous majority of Ohioans which might be gonna be wanted to go an modification.

It’s gonna make it tougher to even get a referendum on the poll. This may remove the so-called remedy interval. That’s when campaigns are, which might be making an attempt to get on the poll are quick by a lot of signatures They’re given. Yet one more week to c, get extra signatures that might be gone for those who failed.

You’d have to start out over. Would additionally require residents to get signature. . Each single certainly one of Ohio’s 88 counties proper now, campaigns must get them from 44 counties. So half of the state. Now, they’re saying you’d must get a signature from each single county, and what they’re, the proponents are saying is, [00:04:00] you’ll be able to’t ignore any a part of Ohio.

Don’t simply go to half of Ohio to go one thing. However the op opponents are saying which means one tiny little county with a pair thousand individuals may primarily veto nearly all of the complete state if nobody signed it from.

[00:04:13] Chris: Yeah, that is as sinister because it will get. That is simply sleazy past perception, and I do suppose as a result of so many teams are aligned in opposition to it, this flies within the face of the voters within the state having the facility.

This places all the facility into the elected leaders who’ve gerrymandered the system to get management of it. They’ve modified the Supreme Court docket elections to get the facility there. They’re making an attempt to squelch any capacity of the voters to do stuff. That is what authoritarians do. That is what fascists do. That is what dictators do.

They’re making an attempt to do this. It’s gonna be painted that means, and I believe it’s going to stay to them

[00:04:53] Laura: effectively, I hope. That voters are paying consideration. A, this particular election would bear in mind how they have been all in opposition to [00:05:00] particular elections, $20 million prices to do it in August. Um, the sponsor of the invoice, he really mentioned, it’s past my pay grade, and I’ve not been informed what the plan is.

Like. Let’s simply discuss he’s a sponsor of this invoice. Apparently he thinks it’s an excellent thought, however I imply, does that not sound like a puppet assertion?

[00:05:17] Chris: Effectively, give it some thought, you, you can do a marketing campaign saying your elected leaders are spending 20 million to carry a particular election, hoping you’ll not present up in order that they will take the facility of your vote away.

And that’s what that is. And the abortion of us are gonna say, that is all an underhanded transfer to deprive nearly all of Ohioans who wish to enshrine that proper within the Structure, the power to take action. Each chief who ties himself to this, is it, I believe it’s gonna stick. It is a transfer to authoritarian rule in

[00:05:51] Laura: Ohio and it’s, it’s such a small, it’s not even nearly all of Republicans, proper?

Such as you simply heard that sponsor, like that is being [00:06:00] manipulated by a few individuals on the high. And look what we simply went by the householder trial. Like, come on guys, let’s begin pondering for ourselves and re representing the individuals of.

[00:06:10] Chris: Effectively, that’s the opposite factor. They’re gonna want darkish cash to do it.

And anytime they use darkish cash in a marketing campaign like this, individuals will deliver up Larry Householder. They are going to say they’re making an attempt to get this handed by a corrupt system, which was simply confirmed within the largest corruption scheme, proper? In historical past

[00:06:26] Laura: wasn’t one of many authentic arguments for ch, you understand, making it tougher to go referendums was, we don’t need exterior curiosity me manipulating our state.

Effectively, howdy.

[00:06:36] Chris: Proper. It, it, the look, that is as cynical and sleazy because it will get, and that’s what occurs when you have got an excellent majority like this. They really feel like they’re in management. I believe the voters usually are not going to go for it. We’ll must see. They’d be good to not go this route. It, it’s simply, I believe this blows up.

You’re listening to at this time in Ohio. Did Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, work out a [00:07:00] answer for the disaster dealing with the Say Sure to Schooling program within the Cleveland colleges? After the Cuyahoga County Council refused to do its responsibility and offered the wanted cash to help it. Lela, what is that this answer?

[00:07:13] Leila: Effectively, sure, it does seem that Justin Bib performed a key position to find an answer to this drawback, at the very least within the quick time period. Uh, because of BIB’s advocacy and, and I consider the advocacy of the County’s Division of Kids and Household Providers, the county is eligible for a one and a half million greenback grant from the state to bridge that funding hole.

For the Sayes Household Help Specialist Program, sayes nonetheless wants $800,000 to make it to the top of their fiscal yr and keep away from. Shedding these specialists, county government Chris Romaine has pledged $600,000 that, that we expect to see launched to county council very quickly. And so that may depart $200,000 unaccounted for Say Sure is engaged on that.

Hopefully philanthropy or non-public donors will assist, however past that, There actually needs to be a long-term [00:08:00] plan for the sustainability of of the household help specialists. To remind listeners of the significance of this concern. Say Sure is this system that offers scholarships to youngsters who graduate from Cleveland Excessive colleges and go on to school or proceed their training in different methods.

The scholarships are absolutely funded by non-public donors, however the spine of Say Sure is that this legion of household help specialists who assist get youngsters to the end line to allow them to really benefit from these scholarships. There’s a specialist in each college, they usually’re mainly social staff who join youngsters and their households with the sources that they want.

Mitigate the impression of poverty on their lives to allow them to concentrate on their training. These interventions additionally hold youngsters from turning into entrenched within the system. We all know that at the very least half of Cleveland youngsters have had some interplay with the Division of Kids and Household Providers. So this system was presupposed to be funded with a mix of funds from the Cleveland College District, the county and federal funding stream.

The federal [00:09:00] funds have fallen wanting expectations and the county has balked at selecting up the slack there. So regardless of, you understand, all of the squandering they do of different taxpayer {dollars}, however hoping that, you understand, Chris Ronan’s priorities are are straight right here. and that we’ll see an answer that may carry this program

[00:09:19] Chris: ahead.

We’ll be speaking in a bit about one thing extra constructive the county council has achieved, however this actually was a distressing set of choices by them, you understand, to take a look at Cleveland youngsters as not their youngsters and to. And so they did. They squandered greater than 100 million on things like golf clubhouses within the Med Mart final yr.

Simply blew it out the window. And they’d not give you this cash right here and, and it’s social companies. That’s their cost. That’s a part of what county authorities does. And so they failed miserably at it and good for Justin Bibb for arising with an answer as a result of the county council seemed prefer it was going to be intractable and [00:10:00] merely not.

What they need to for these kids. Mm-hmm. , what’s crucial factor you are able to do on this county proper now? Proper. It’s assist the youngsters. They determined it was extra vital to have a golf clubhouse in Parma. You’re listening to Right this moment in Ohio. What’s the dangerous information for anybody in search of to journey for spring break by flying out of Cleveland Hopkins Worldwide Airport?

Lisa, this one simply continues to boggle my thoughts and I don’t purchase their excuse about why it’s an issue.

[00:10:30] Lisa: You aren’t going to search out parking at any metropolis owned parking tons at Hopkins Airport as a result of they’re already full heading into spring break. Solely the offsite brown lot has some areas. Um, however this apparently has turn out to be a pattern throughout vacation journey at Hopkins in recent times.

And a cause given is that there are fewer connecting flights as a result of United not has a hub in at Hopkins. The airport does at present have 7,000 areas at 5 totally different services. [00:11:00] 2000 of them are at present out of fee at Sensible Parking Storage till late summer season, after which they’re going to open a brief grey lot in late April with a thousand extra areas simply north of the terminal.

However you’re gonna have to attend a month for that. They’re anticipating about 800,000 vacationers for the spring break, uh, from now by mid-April, and that’s up from 750,000. Simply final.

[00:11:24] Chris: Yeah, I, they, they’re claiming that this, this want has arisen as a result of the hub stopped That was once the individuals flying by Hopkins have been, have been utilizing it as a hub, in order that they didn’t park right here.

However don’t overlook, we had a second mammoth parking storage that the visionaries for the airport determined to tear down just a few years again. Mm-hmm. , we simply don’t have sufficient parking. How do you have got an airport? With out sufficient parking. , there’s no, it’s not like individuals have a variety of selections right here. I, I used to be struck by the distinction within the variety of parking spots in Pittsburgh and Columbus in comparison with Cleveland.

Yeah.

[00:11:59] Lisa: They’ve at the very least [00:12:00] twice as many as we do now. We do know

[00:12:02] Laura: that they’ve extra flights. Proper. I imply,

[00:12:04] Lisa: Proper, proper. You understand, however they’re, they’re, you understand, tearing down the Sheraton Lodge on the airport. And that’s gonna present, I believe, I don’t bear in mind at the very least 800, perhaps extra parking areas when that’s achieved, however that’s one other a number of months we’ve got to attend.

So for those who’re headed for, you understand, Hopkins for spring break, you’re in all probability gonna must park it like an offsite lot, like park and Fly or one of many ones that’s not related to town and take a shuttle in, or simply have any individual drop you. Or

[00:12:32] Chris: fly outta Pittsburgh or fly outta Columbus. And no, actually if, for those who’re driving to the airport and also you don’t know the place, whether or not you’ll be capable to park your automobile, that’s disaster time.

You understand, for those who go to make use of certainly one of these different airports, at the very least, you understand, with an hour and a half, two hours of driving. You’ll, you’ll be capable to catch your flight. It’s inexcusable that they don’t have sufficient parking. . I can’t, yeah. It simply continues to, to defy all creativeness. Laura, you’ve used, I believe these distant [00:13:00] tons.

I, these additionally require shuttles, proper? They

[00:13:02] Laura: do require shuttles and you will get coated parking if you’d like. You may in all probability get a automobile wash on the best way out. I take advantage of them. It does add slightly little bit of stress to your journey, proper? Since you’re like, okay, I, I’ve to park after which I’ve to ensure I get the precise shuttle.

However you’ll be able to guide on-line and get a parking spot prematurely so you understand there might be parking ready for you and also you simply plan to have that further, you understand, 20 minutes or a half hour to be sure to have sufficient time to get to your, to get to the terminal. Um, I reside shut sufficient to the airport now at this level that some my household’s happening.

on spring break. I believe we’re simply gonna Uber as a result of lots of people who reside round us, they get their neighbors to drop them off, proper? As a result of there’s been extra since Covid, just a bit bit extra concern about Ubers and stuff like that. However when everyone’s happening spring break on the identical time and your neighbors are all like in Kiawa, that’s actually not gonna assist.

[00:13:51] Chris: Hey, you understand, right here’s the opposite factor about this. They, they blame it. The hub concern, however I believe we misplaced our hub in what, 2014? Yeah, that was a very long time in the past. So it’s been [00:14:00] 9 years. And so they mentioned on the time our answer for dropping the hub is to get extra flights for Clevelanders going to trip locations than elsewhere.

So the place was the foresight of of that saying, okay, if we’re gonna have extra individuals flying out of Cleveland, we don’t have sufficient parking, we must be serious about a parking storage or one thing. There was no planning this. Failure.

[00:14:22] Laura: Can we simply say how costly it’s too? It’s $22 a day for the storage, $20 a day, the blue and pink lot.

17 for Orange and 14 on the brown lot. And you understand, my sister just lately moved again to northeast Ohio from Columbus, and she or he requested me about airport parking. She’s planning a visit. And I informed her, and she or he’s like, she, I assume the Columbus airport has spots which might be 5 or $7 a day for those who’re keen to stroll far sufficient.

And it’s like, effectively, I imply, For financial improvement. This simply simply appears dangerous.

[00:14:51] Lisa: Yeah, however, however there are offsite, sure. Non-related parking. I imply, at Houston Intercontinental Airport, there’s no [00:15:00] onsite parking. Until you wanna pay an entire bunch of cash, you virtually all the time must get on a shuttle from a car parking zone to your, I simply to your.

Terminal.

[00:15:07] Laura: I agree with Chris that it’s shortsighted and it may very well be a income generator for town in the event that they have been considerate about it, proper? If they’d deliberate, I, I imply, perhaps they’re gonna flip the previous rental automobile facility into extra parking. I don’t know.

[00:15:19] Chris: One of many causes I’m salty about it to make use of Layla’s phrase, is that I as soon as was making an attempt to fly out of there.

And there was no parking. I used to be going to New York and I spotted I’m gonna miss my flight. So I simply acquired on the freeway and drove as a result of I knew that I wouldn’t make it the opposite means. It was the primary, my first expertise with a whole lack of parking. So, Not a great factor. I’ve flown out of Pittsburgh, I’ve flown outta Detroit.

There’s by no means an issue there. And, and if Akron Canton by no means acquired first rate flights, that’s acquired one of the best parking wherever, we’re

[00:15:50] Laura: getting that flight to Eire. Proper? I imply, we’re hoping that individuals come from throughout to fly outta Cleveland to Eire. Like it is advisable to have parking for these individuals.

[00:15:58] Chris: Yeah,

[00:15:58] Lisa: it’s it once more,[00:16:00]

It’s, we’re speaking about metropolis owned parking. It’s not like there’s zero parking on the market. You simply must get on a shuttle.

[00:16:07] Chris: Oh my God. But it surely’s inconvenient and time consuming and that, and I

[00:16:11] Laura: don’t know what number of spots there are. Might that replenish sooner or later? I don’t know. I wouldn’t wanna danger it. All

[00:16:16] Chris: proper.

You’re listening to at this time in Ohio. We puzzled whether or not this concept was all however lifeless in Wednesday’s episode. However now to cite from the Wizard of Oz is the reckless proposal to lift pace limits on Ohio’s two-lane roads, not solely merely lifeless, however actually most sincerely lifeless. Laura,

[00:16:34] Laura: completely 100% stone chilly lifeless.

It isn’t within the Senate. Transportation’s, uh, invoice at this level for the price range. And that concept was to lift all of those pace limits exterior of metropolis or village. From 55 to 60 miles per hour with out doing any research apparently. And, uh, they’ve simply eliminated that from the price range. Now at this level, in addition they took out permitting cities or townships to ask ODOT to lift the pace [00:17:00] restrict to 65 for state routes which have 60 at present.

So long as an engineering research determines it will be protected, however you understand, when the governor comes out in opposition to it and mainly says, this can be a dangerous thought and you don’t have anything to again it up in any respect. I assume you simply determine, okay, perhaps, perhaps we shouldn’t have tried this. However we’ve

[00:17:17] Chris: had different horrible concepts slip by with all Al, with virtually no discover.

I imply, that is the results of electing buffoons you. You can not simply arbitrarily increase pace limits on highways that’s assured to end in accidents and dying. And this legislator simply tossed it up there with no thought. No analysis and mentioned, effectively, I simply needed to get a dialog began.

Fortuitously it, the dialog went in a short time and mentioned, that is buffony, nevertheless it’s harmful to have legislators, this inconsiderate and this reckless proposing payments. And we’re simply speaking now in regards to the ramifications of the regulation that handed final fall. Mm-hmm. was virtually no discover. Prohibiting cities from doing something [00:18:00] to control landlord tenants conditions, you understand, that slipped by with virtually no dialogue.

This might have too, if, if this hadn’t been alerted upon and pink flags raised, this might have slipped by. Identical to a lot of the stuff that will get by down there. Dangerous information, good that it’s lifeless. To at this time in Ohio, speaking about accidents. We’re nonetheless speaking in regards to the video walkthrough of the mayhem and wreckage within the turnpike crash through the blizzard in December, however now we’ve got a video of a lot of the huge pile up because it occurred.

It’s an eyeopener for anybody who wonders how these huge pile up happen. Lisa, what does it.

[00:18:40] Lisa: Yeah, these movies have been one thing to see. These are new movies from that December twenty third, 51 automobile pile up on the Ohio Turnpike that killed for and injured 73 individuals. These have been launched by the Ohio Freeway Patrol in a public information request by the Plain Supplier and cleveland.com, and these movies come from a number of [00:19:00] 18 wheelers from the motive force perspective, and there was wind-driven snow.

Winter storm Elliot, that immediately blinded drivers simply earlier than the pile up, the visibility was lower than 1 / 4 mile winds have been whipping as much as 40 miles an hour. So a a, apparently what occurred is that a number of automobiles, after they immediately misplaced visibility, they misplaced management of their automobiles after which they blocked the eastbound lanes.

However that arrange a sequence response close to an overpass. And there’s really one video that reveals a motorist who’s like strolling to the facet of the highway. Earlier than a semi crashes into the wrecked automobile they have been standing by. However yeah, it is advisable to watch these movies. And it was attention-grabbing as a result of, and you may’t inform how briskly any individual is driving from a, you understand, from a video, nevertheless it seems like they have been simply hooked on motoring alongside and there’s an overpass.

So the, the, the accident occurred simply past the overpass they usually’re driving alongside and unexpectedly this overpass reveals up and. Pile up of automobiles and extra vehicles piling into it. I imply, it’s actually [00:20:00] one thing to see.

[00:20:00] Chris: Effectively, what? Proper? As a result of they’re, as they arrive underneath the underpass, the blinding snow’s not there, and unexpectedly it’s, holy moly, there’s a bunch of stopped.

Vans. And automobiles. Vehicles. I all the time thought these accidents would happen in a short time in a really fast chain response. However what this reveals is one truck after one other tule and alongside do, do Bam, after which one other one do bam. I ponder how lengthy from starting to finish this took, I wager it took minutes for this factor to, to go and, you understand, individuals died.

There have been tons of accidents. The highway was closed for a day. We should always bear in mind. The individuals have been strongly urged to not be on the highway at this time. Mm-hmm. , the, the blizzard was predicted, the blizzard got here, and once you have been driving at excessive pace on the turnpike, you have been in severe hazard. However man, the movies are terrifying.

[00:20:52] Lisa: Yeah, they’re, they’re on cleveland.com. They’re value watching. And you understand, um, they, uh, the freeway patrol reviewed all this video plus their very own [00:21:00] physique cam footage they usually confirmed that basically no one was at fault. It was simply, you understand, an act of God. The climate occurred. So there no one might be cited for this accident.

No,

[00:21:09] Chris: however I might argue anyone on the highway. On a day once you have been suggested strongly to not be was at fault. Credit score to Molly Walsh, the reporter who requested these. That was a sensible transfer as a result of it does supply perception subsequent time. They suggest you keep off the highway. Watch these movies earlier than you determine to go on the highway.

It’s at this time in Ohio. Why is the Cuyahoga County Council resisting new county government Chris Ronan’s, creation of a place for a particular senior advisor of transportation? Leila Ronan has mentioned, voters informed him they need extra public transit choices, and that’s what his focus is. Council’s not a lot shopping for that.

That’s

[00:21:50] Leila: proper. Annie Pease is Chris Ronan’s new transportation advisor. He created that job in response, such as you mentioned, to the county residents who overwhelmingly complained that [00:22:00] transportation and mobility actually do have to be improved within the county. However county council type of grilled Annie Peas this week on, on why her job is critical.

They, they made the case that. , her job appears to duplicate the work of different companies that already deal with transportation points, they usually identified that the county actually isn’t able to be that influential on any of that as a result of they don’t have jurisdiction over the transit system. There’s the, you understand, we’ve got the Northeast Ohio space large coordinating company, the R T A and.

County Departments for Public Works sustainability within the Planning fee. They’re already doing a variety of the work that Pease’s place is meant to be liable for. That’s county council’s argument and P mentioned, effectively, initially, noca is a planning and funding company. It doesn’t have an implementation arm, and the county may assist fill that position and coordinate with different mobility targeted companies to ensure their efforts and tasks align.

With Chris Renee’s bigger transportation agenda, that would imply zoning or incentivizing improvement in [00:23:00] sure areas with transit entry, or it may imply elevating and increasing ongoing tasks. And he or she named just a few of these. The truth is, she mentioned, you understand, enhancing transit must be a really excessive precedence for county authorities as a result of it has very large reaching financial implications.

A powerful transit system makes the county extra aggressive. Some communities are launching packages. Get staff to the place they have to be to benefit from employment alternatives and to bridge that last mile of the journey that public transit usually doesn’t cowl. And p mentioned the county may also help with these efforts and broaden them countywide.

And there are additionally a lot of different mobility initiatives that the county can help. The county can advocate to broaden Amtrak companies, broaden senior transportation companies, and, and to foyer the state and federal for. Higher funding to, to higher help R t A companies. Uh, and the county can develop a technique to unite all of the transit companions underneath this single umbrella and work towards the identical objectives.

So it was, uh, I assumed this was an excellent story as a result of I acquired to the top of it and thought, [00:24:00] I see it each methods. . Yeah. So I used to be like, yeah, a reporter. Caitlin did a great

[00:24:04] Chris: job of that. I type of see it from the council standpoint right here. Look, I’ve been raining about how the council. Form of unilaterally expanded its position into creating new codified laws and fiefdoms and slush funds and all kinds of issues we by no means envisioned on this constitution.

The county has an obligation, a collection of duties that, that counties are liable for. It’s, it’s the social companies, it’s the gathering, the taxes, the issues they do, they usually haven’t achieved it. of late, and I, I type of see their level that that is coated by others. Chris Ronan will get to nominate individuals to the R T A board so he can affect R T A selections that means.

Proper. I consider he additionally appoints individuals to the Noca board. And in order that’s the best way it’s envisioned, that the county influences this sort of factor. And earlier than you. Absorbing new duties into an ever increasing universe of, [00:25:00] of gloaming on to stuff that’s not yours. Shouldn’t you get your job proper first? I imply, , the, the jail is a catastrophe.

The, the, there’s all kinds of points the county faces proper now, together with with social staff and the way they cope with kids. Repair that earlier than you begin taking over new duties. Proper.

[00:25:18] Leila: Yeah. And I believe there was concern amongst council members that that is actually simply making an attempt to verify the field on an inventory of marketing campaign guarantees and that it truly is pointless.

Um, it’s additionally, I, it type of occurred to me how, I imply, how does, how would Annie Peas form of assert herself in. On this house, all of those companies are, are in their very own lane, proper? How do you stroll in and immediately say, effectively, I’m the transits are actually, and I’m right here to coordinate all of you . I imply, it simply strikes me as, as that’s go, that’s gonna be actually powerful to interrupt in as, as that.

Uh, authority

[00:25:54] Chris: determine. I agree. I, I believe that is redundancy. We don’t want it, and we must always get [00:26:00] the stuff that we’re liable for. Proper? First, good story. Bye, Caitlin Durbin. It’s on cleveland.com. You’re listening at this time in Ohio, and we gotta lighten it up, man. What are the birds that we’re mostly seen in Ohio through the simply ended winter?

[00:26:17] Laura: your cardinal is gonna be the primary, which I assume is fairly widespread in Ohio. Isn’t that our state chook? So I assume that it’s. Is sensible. Cardinals, woodpecker, fis, and junko, which isn’t. a chook I’d ever heard of. However that is all in keeping with Cornell Labs of, sorry, Cornell Lab of Orhan, or I can’t say that.

Ornithology. , thanks. Thanks. Lisa Ornithology. It’s their venture Theater Watch. And this venture was based by the Lengthy Level Hen Observatory in Ontario in 1976, partnered with Cornell and went all throughout the US and Canada now boast 20,000 individuals who rely birds all through the season at their design.

Feeder space. So 90% of watchers noticed a pink cardinal, [00:27:00] normally at the very least a few collectively, a pair collectively of them from November twenty sixth by March third, and 300 websites in Ohio reported the birds visiting their feeders, uh, each two weeks. The largest participation in observers was from December tenth by the twenty third.

[00:27:18] Lisa: Which I believe is the Christmas chook rely. Yeah,

[00:27:21] Laura: the Christmas chook rely. Precisely. That makes lots

[00:27:23] Lisa: of sense. Yeah, I do know. The chook that I see all winter, it’s solely as a result of I throw peanuts out for ‘em, is I see blue Jays all winter lengthy and they’re

[00:27:30] Laura: quantity six on the record

[00:27:33] Lisa: and jucos solely present up within the winter.

I’ve by no means seen them. In every other season besides

[00:27:38] Laura: when, so are you a chook offic? Do you have got just like the guide and also you wish to look? Oh, yeah. Okay. Oh yeah. It’s best to have gotten this query then. Lisa .

[00:27:44] Leila: They’re, they’re actually referred to as jucos. Why? What’s the ? That’s a horrible identify for a chook. Okay. Yeah.

[00:27:52] Laura: Uh, the opposite ones, uh, the highest The morning Doves slip to quantity 10.

Throughout the winter month, we’ve acquired a pink stomach woodpecker. The blue Jay [00:28:00] tufted tit mouse, which is simply enjoyable to say. Home Sparrow white breasted nut hatch. These are the highest 10. Mm-hmm. .

[00:28:07] Chris: Okay. Fascinating stuff you’re listening to at this time and Ohio Guardians followers have been crucial of how the staff treats followers of late, however the staff rolled out one thing that must be a fan pleaser this week.

Lisa, what’s it and the way would possibly it get individuals into the offered out opening day?

[00:28:24] Lisa: Yeah, that is the one means you’re gonna get in there. Uh, it’s a $49 go that features all 12 April residence video games, together with opening day. It’s a standing room solely ticket, and which means you’ll be able to stand in areas such because the nook bar, the house run Porch, heritage Plaza, after which the left subject and proper subject drink rails.

Apparently that is widespread in different baseball stadiums, however I assume they wish to draw within the followers as greatest they will, particularly within the early video games. It’d. Need to cope with inclement climate and there’s an autorenew for this. So, you understand, they’re providing this for the remainder of the season. So for those who wanna pay 49 bucks a month for six months [00:29:00] to get standing room solely tickets to all residence video games, you are able to do

[00:29:03] Chris: that.

Yeah. Thi this can be a nice thought to attract in followers which may not have the means to be common attendees. And there are many locations there to, to do the standing room solely. It’s, I, I assumed this was a sensible play. It it. Such as you mentioned, it’s not their authentic thought. Different, different groups are means forward of them on stuff like this.

However you understand, we’ve got a column as Bob Paulson that wrote just lately about how he thinks that the, the guardians have the worst fan relations of, of any staff in Cleveland. That the, the calves and the Browns deal with their season ticket holders significantly better and have higher outreach and, and perhaps it acquired by cuz that is one thing that I believe might be, uh, taken benefit of.

We’ll must. All proper. That does it for at this time. Thanks, Lisa. Thanks Layla. Thanks Laura. Due to everyone who listens to at this time in Ohio. We’ll be again Friday to wrap up the week of reports.[00:30:00]