Last week, a request from ODOT seeking $2.5 million to study expanding tolling on highways beyond the Ohio Turnpike was paused. In response to coverage in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, I submitted the following letter to the editor. www.cleveland.com/letters/2026...

My guest column in todays Columbus Dispatch. Does the promise of economic development & job creation really merit a multi-billion dollar interstate in a state that already has the 9th biggest roadway network in the U.S. - especially if it costs nearly 7x what we spend maintaining existing highways?

I was excited to represent GOPC to discuss brownfield remediation and the work we’ve done over the past decade to advocate for their cleanup. Still lots to do this week as the budget gets finalized in conference.

Quite proud of this. What started as a commitment three years ago to read more has now become a mild obsession. This current streak began on 1/1/24 (though the weekly streak began in October of ‘23)

Second time that I pulled it off in a single guess. Wordle 1,290 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

As hard to believe as it might be, 2024 marks 20 years since the beginning of GOPC. In January 2004, the Greater Ohio Campaign was launched as a bipartisan, nonpartisan data-driven campaign.

Happy Horrordays! #FridaytheThirteenth