Brian Painter. Provided. By Brian Painter Campbell County Fiscal Court rolled out our plan to control the heroin epidemic in our county in a five hour meeting last Wednesday. This six pillar plan covers all aspects of controlling the spread of addiction to opiates from prevention to treatment. One aspect of the plan is interdiction […]
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OP-ED, Brent Cooper: Local Option Sales Tax Opponents Deceiving Voters
Brent Cooper. Provided. By Brent Cooper, Fort Thomas resident and President of Covington-based C-Forward. Whether someone is lying about an issue, or if they are just misinformed, is always tough to judge. Regardless, when it comes to legislation in Frankfort, it is really difficult to hear people say, or repeat, things you know aren’t true. […]
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OP-ED: Paul Whalen Argues Against Sen. Wil Schroder’s “Free College Isn’t Free”
Paul Whalen, Campbell County Democratic Party Chair by Paul Whalen This is written in response to Senator Wil Schroder’s opinion piece which appeared in Fort Thomas Matters on March 31, 2016 concerning the budget. Mr. Schroder’s article indicates that the budget negotiations in the House-Senate Conference Committee broke down due to disagreement regarding so called “free community college”. […]
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OP-ED: Senate Republicans Doing Their Part
Senate Republicans stand behind Senate President Robert Stivers, as he makes a statement on the state budget. By Wil Schroder Since day one of this session, Senate Republicans have been focused on a budget that pays down our pension debt in order to keep our promises to public employees and teachers and to protect future […]
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OP-ED – Sen. Wil Schroder: Free College Isn’t Free
Wil Schroder (R-Wilder) represents Campbell, Pendleton and Bracken Counties. LRC. By Wil Schroder Free college education is a very popular talking point in the current campaign for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. This policy idea made its way into Kentucky this month when the Kentucky House of Representatives passed House Bill […]
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OP-ED: Heroin Interdiction Team A Scary Success
Sgt. Chris Goshorn pitched the idea of having a dedicated “Heroin Interdiction Team” in Fort Thomas to give extra patrols to areas highways where users traverse on their way to and from heroin transactions. Fort Thomas Councilman, Jeff Bezold, rode with Goshorn and documented his experience. By Jeff Bezold It’s hard to really get a […]
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Reduce Infant Mortality Rate
SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT SPACING, SMOKING AND SLEEPING Op-Ed by Brent Cooper I’m sitting in a presentation by one of my Leadership Cincinnati classmates at the UC Alumni Center, and I can’t believe my ears. Ryan Adcock, the Executive Director of Cradle Cincinnati, tells our class that the local infant mortality rate (IMR) is among […]
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OP-ED: Why We Are Losing the War on Drugs
Ryan Courtade. Provided. By Ryan Courtade, Community Activist RyanCourtade.com We are told of a battle that has been fought for many years. In 1971, President Nixon declared war on drugs stating that drug abuse is “America’s public enemy number one.” We have been taught since the 1970’s to “Just Say No”. But all we are […]
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OP-ED: Time to Revisit Speed Limits in Fort Thomas
By Scott Johnson There has been a myopic vision of long-standing, (former) City officials, as well as a problem with the excessive turnover on Council, as it pertains to public pedestrian safety on our residential side streets. Having been a crusader on this subject 15 years ago after 10 year old Stevie Schroder was a […]
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OP-ED, Paul Whalen: Why I Am Voting Conway/Overly and the Democratic Ticket
Paul Whalen. Facebook. By Paul L. Whalen Click to hear from the other side Education and a better business climate are the reasons I am voting for Jack Conway over his opponent. Under the administration of Gov. Steve Beshear Kentucky unlike many other states has made progress in the areas of economic development and education. […]