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Friday, May 5, 2006

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Newsmaker: Armond Budish, 8th District State Representative-elect. The well-known local attorney was the top vote-getter in a four-way Democratic primary. Since there’s no Republican opposition, his election is assured. He’s known for his expertise on legal matters that concern senior citizens and for the program Golden Opportunities he hosted on WKYC, channel 3. So why put all that on the back burner to be a member of the minority party in the legislature? We’ll ask him.

Roundtable: Joan Mazzolini, reporter, the Plain Dealer; Ned Whelan, Whelan Communications; Bob Dyer, columnist, Akron Beacon Journal.

Blackwell KO’s Petro: Secretary of State Ken Blackwell won a bitterly-contested primary by a comfortable margin over GOP rival Jim Petro. He’ll face Democrat Ted Stickland in the general election. Blackwell now faces the challenge of trying to overcome not only Strickland, but his own party’s strong negatives.

Rocky Rollout: For the first time, Cuyahoga County voters used electronic touch-screen devices to record their votes. It was hardly a stellar rollout. Some polling places opened late, others had trouble booting up the devices, and the vote count was still going on two days after the polls closed. Summit County used optical-scan devices for the first time and the rollout there was relatively smooth.

Gas Prices: With prices pushing the three-dollar-gallon mark, government leaders have begun to step up with plans to deal with the problem. Republican leaders in Congress proposed sending Americans a check for $100 to defray the higher price. The Bush administration sought permission to reformulate the government’s vehicle fuel economy standards. Democrats wanted to suspend the federal gasoline tax for 60 days.

Immigration Protests: As Congress returned to work, hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants and their supporters took to the streets again in a one-day work stoppage to demonstrate what they said is the vital role of undocumented workers in the U.S. economy. Protest marches were staged in many American cities, including Cleveland.

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