Lorain/Elyria, OH
Archive for November 3rd, 2009
Avon Lake levies for classrooms, bus garage, football stadium pass
AVON LAKE — The Avon Lake school district got everything it hoped for Tuesday night.
Voters approved both Issue 26 and Issue 27, paving the way for needed additional classrooms, a new bus garage and renovated football stadium.
Issue 27, a 0.93-mill bond issue for additional classrooms, won by a vote of 4,732 to 3,222, or 59.49 [...]
Struggling Ohio opens doors to casinos
COLUMBUS — Ohio voters hard hit by the economic downturn have opened their state to casino gambling after an expensive campaign promising thousands of jobs.
With 91 percent of precincts reporting unofficial results, Issue 3 passed 53 percent to 47 percent.
It marked a significant victory for Penn National Gaming Inc. and Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, [...]
Layoffs and other cuts in store for Avon library after levies fail
AVON — Layoffs and other cuts will “absolutely” be in store for the Avon Branch Library after voters overwhelmingly rejected both a new operating levy for the library and bond issue for a new library.
Issue 7, the levy, was rejected by a vote of 2,128 to 4,095, or 34.2 percent to 65.8 percent of the [...]
Former prosecutor nervous watching son’s results come in
As he waited for word on whether his son, Jay Grunda, would become the next Elyria Municipal Court judge, former Lorain County Prosecutor Joe Grunda was nervous.
When the elder Grunda was running for office he said he never worried, but his father always did.
“Times change,” he said. “I became my father.”
Pat Riley cruises to victory in Lorain law director race
LORAIN — Pat Riley cruised to victory over Republican challenger Michael Scherach in the Lorain law director’s race.
Riley, a Democrat, was named interim law director in April to replace former Law Director Mark Provenza, who resigned in March after being sent to jail for violating the conditions of his probation in his latest DUI case.
“I’m [...]
AP calls Issue 3 in favor of casinos
The Associated Press has called Ohio’s Issue 3 casino issue for the yeses.
With 85 percent of the state’s precincts reporting, Issue 3 was passing 1,386,957 (53 percent) to 1,211,831 (47 percent).
Audio clip: State Rep. Matt Lundy talks about Issue 3 and jobs for Ohio
The CT’s Bruce Bishop bumped into state Rep. Matt Lundy and talked to him about the casino issue.
Lundy said he voted against Issue 3, but he knows Ohioans are hungry for any kind of jobs they can get right now.
Listen to him in his own words:
Avon voters reject 2 library levies; Oberlin passes; Grafton fails
Voters in Avon soundly defeated to library issues, one for library operation and one for construction of a new facility.
The operating levy went down 4,019 (65.79%) to 2,090 (34.21%), and the construction levy went down 4,128 (67.76%) to 1,964 (32.24%), according to complete but unofficial results from the Lorain County Board of Elections.
A levy for [...]
Casino issue getting closer as results pour in
Amendment 1 — Veterans Bonuses
7,429 of 10,317 precincts — 72 percent
x-Yes, 1,560,134 — 72 percent
No, 600,064 — 28 percent
Amendment 2 — Livestock Regulations
7,381 of 10,317 precincts — 72 percent
x-Yes, 1,412,539 — 64 percent
No, 778,957 — 36 percent
Amendment 3 — Permission for Casinos
7,529 of 10,317 precincts — 73 percent
Yes, 1,195,110 — 53 percent
No, 1,065,052 — 47 [...]
Issue 4 sales tax voted down
Issue 4, the countywide half-percent sales tax hike, has been voted down.
With 99.1 percent of precincts reporting, there were 47,014 no votes (57.75%) to 34,396 yes votes ( 42.25%).