Emmy Award-winning Feagler & Friends is a lively, weekly half-hour television discussion of local and national issues impacting lives in Northeast Ohio. Hosted by award-winning journalist and former Plain Dealer columnist, Dick Feagler, Feagler & Friends explores the various issues behind today's news. With a changing ensemble of "friends" ranging from journalists to community and political leaders, Feagler & Friends takes on issues from many different perspectives. Always entertaining and never boring, Feagler & Friends is the program for people "in the know" in Northeast Ohio.

Friday, March 3, 2006

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Roundtable panelists: Chris Sheridan, editorial writer; Regina Brett, columnist, The Plain Dealer; Bob Dyer, columnist, Akron Beacon Journal.

Smoking Ban: Summit County’s much-ballyhooed indoor smoking ban took effect on Fat Tuesday. It’s the first in the state to enact a countywide ban. But it’s not exactly universal. Eight eating and drinking establishments won a temporary reprieve while their lawsuits seeking a permanent exemption work their way through the courts. Some municipalities are crafting their own laws; and the county council is thinking about suspending the law.

Truancy Sweep: Cleveland officials say they’ll crack down on violence that’s affected several local schools by throwing a net over the kids causing most of the problems. In the first day of a truancy sweep focusing on East and Martin Luther King High Schools officials picked up almost three dozen truants. They say this is the first of a series of sweeps to be conducted at random through April 3rd.

CEO Search: School officials say the field of candidates for the new Cleveland schools CEO has been narrowed to five. Among them, a familiar name: Bill Denihan, who heads up the Cuyahoga County Community Mental Health Board.

Petro Dollars: Critics of Attorney General Jim Petro claim he strong armed officials at the University of Akron to hire outside legal counsel qualified mainly by the fact that they were contributors to Petro’s campaign. Petro denies it and says the university got better legal help at lower cost. But emails obtained by the Plain Dealer show costs went up.

India Nukes: The U.S. and India make a deal that will supply American know-how to build nuclear power generators for India. Internationally-verified safeguards will ensure the reactors are used for peaceful purposes. India needs a big boost in nuclear power to help run its booming economy, which right now depends on imported oil and coal.

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