Next week, Governor John Kasich will make his second State of the State speech.
It will be at a high-performing elementary school in Steubenville.
That gives a clue as to his primary topics. He is expected to discuss the need for schools, K-college, to make the best use of available resources to train students for available jobs.
The location is in the heart of the natural gas boom and that industry has a special jobs need.
Can we expect any controversial ideas in this big election year for state lawmakers?
Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald gave an impressive State of the County speech, introducing a 12-point Western Reserve Plan.
It includes both long-range and short term ideas, including the county offering to sell services to suburbs as a baby step toward metropolitan government, making education a top county priority, earmarking the county's casino money for downtown development, creating a GI bill for county veterans and reaching out to young people and immigrants.
Does this plan establish the County Executive as a co-equal with Cleveland's mayor as the primary spokesperson for Greater Cleveland?
On March 6, Cuyahoga County voters will face Issue 15 on the ballot.
It's an important renewal of a Health and Human Services levy that provides help to those in need. It's a late-starting campaign in a struggling economy with daily stories about county corruption and recent bad publicity about some practices at MetroHealth Medical Center.
The levy is important to children, seniors and those with special needs.
Will county voters continue their historical support for this measure?
The Republicans are coming. The Republicans are coming.
But with no debates here, and so many other states in the mix, how much will Ohioans actually see the candidates?
Tom Beres discusses these questions with Channel 3 Political Analyst Mary Anne Sharkey and Democratic Former Cuyahoga County Treasurer Jim Rokakis on this edition of Between the Lines.
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