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Friday, September 5, 2008

Topics: Education, Politics, Other
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Roundtable: Kevin O’Brien, editorial writer, The Plain Dealer; Regina Brett, metro columnist, The Plain Dealer; Greg Saber, reporter, WTAM 1100.

Politics Round-up: The 2008 Republican convention ends its run in St. Paul, where the dominant story was the nomination of Alaska governor Sarah Palin as Senator John McCain’s running mate. Palin touted her status as a Washington outsider, her experience as a governor, a small-town mayor and a hockey mom to a noisy partisan convention crowd Wednesday night. McCain closed out the convention Thursday with his acceptance speech.

What Now in the 11th District? Former State Senators C.J. Prentiss and Jeffrey Johnson and Warrensville Heights Mayor Marcia Fudge head up the list of candidates openly seeking the House seat left open by the death of Stephanie Tubbs Jones. County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones announced yesterday he won’t enter the race, choosing to remain in the race for his seat on the Board of Commissioners. The Democratic party’s central committee will choose a replacement to serve the rest of Tubb Jones’s term.

School Shooting: A teenage boy with a gun fired two shots at Willoughby South High School before surrendering to school officials. One of the shots penetrated a hallway ceiling, the other, a trophy case. Officials say he never pointed the gun at anyone but himself. School leaders were praised for their calm handling of what could have been a deadly situation.

Newsmaker: Jane Platten, director, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections: Elections leaders are urging voters to take advantage of mail-in ballots this year, rather than face long lines at the polls on November 4th. Registered voters in Cuyahoga County will get applications for the mail-in ballots this week. Voting absentee will take some of the pressure off poll workers who are facing the biggest election of the four-year cycle with yet another new vote-counting system. By law, voters no longer need to have an excuse for voting absentee.

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