Saturday, August 5, 12noon, Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center, 546 Jack Gibbs Blvd.

Get ready to be swept off your feet and immersed in a kaleidoscope of vibrant colors, infectious rhythms, and electrifying performances at the highly anticipated “Grand Festival” of the Adonko Ohio Ghana Festival. Brace yourself for an extraordinary showcase of Ghanaian traditions and cultural expressions that will leave you awe-inspired and yearning for more.

As the sun sets on the picturesque Ohio landscape, the stage will come alive with a dazzling array of traditional dances, live music, and mesmerizing performances that will transport you straight to the heart of Ghana. The energy in the air will be palpable as renowned Ghanaian musician, the legendary Samini, takes the stage and sets it ablaze with his electrifying presence and chart-topping hits.

Part One

My focus in this essay is what I name “the broken—or the evil—triangle” of Columbus versus its residents. Let me be clear. Although many but far from all of my examples begin with my own neighborhood, the historic but City and OSU abandoned and destroyed University District, my object of scrutiny and criticism is the entire city. To a greater or lesser extent, all the issues—the crimes of commission and omission--exist throughout Columbus. If not recognizable at first or second glances, Weinland Park, Franklinton, Linden, The Hilltop, south Clintonville, the west and east sides excepting much of Victorian and German Village take their place in the puzzles of Columbus.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- The anti-establishment winner of May's national election lost support to become prime minister on August 2 when his coalition dumped him, clearing the way for a conservative real-estate tycoon's possible nomination.

Parliament's House election winner on May 14, Pita Limjaroenrat, was ousted because he had virtually no chance to become prime minister after the Senate rejected him in July for demanding the monarchy's lese majeste defamation protection -- Section 112 in the Criminal Code -- be weakened.

Many in his eight-party, 312-member coalition also feared being perceived as anti-112 which could open them to dangerous, expensive, time-consuming -- and potentially punishable -- allegations and lawsuits, real and dismissible, filed by litigious staunch royalists.

Mr. Pita's departure from his hurriedly regrouping coalition also banished him and his new Move Forward Party (MFP) to the opposition.

His dramatic and embarrassing downfall came after the idealistic, inexperienced, yuppie politician won 14 million votes -- 38 percent of the total -- and 151 seats in Parliament's 500-member elected House.

Thursday, August 3, 2023, 5:30 PM
Join us on for a community meeting to protect majority rule! Show up and stand up against this power grab!

Issue 1 of the August Special Election dilutes voter power and grassroots power. Let's make some noise and talk about how we can get the word out! This is an opportunity to get materials to distribute and to get inspired. There will also be information about voting that you can share with friends and family.  

Location:  IBEU 683 Headquarters, 939 Goodale Boulevard, Columbus.  RSVP here.  

Hosted by One Person One Vote.

If you have any questions, please send an email to cturcer@commoncause.org. 

ONE. The Ohio State legislature approved $24 million to establish “intellectual diversity” centers at five Ohio public universities. English translation from Right-Wing English: “radical right-wing indoctrination” centers with no actual “diversity” permitted.

Ohio State’s fountain of right-wing ideology is named for Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873). Have any readers heard that name? Not likely in your high school or college U.S. history courses. Not even on AP History exams.

Chase was born in born in New Hampshire, not Ohio. He grew up moving between NH and western Ohio. Exceptionally rare for his time and for both lawyers and politicians, he graduated from Dartmouth College as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.