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Friday, February 8, 2008

Topics: Education, Politics, Economy
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Newsmaker: Jane Platten, director, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Jane Platten was appointed late last year to head up the troubled Board of Elections. Now her agency is scrambling to prepare for the March fourth primary election, the first big test of an optical scan voting system ordered by Secretary of State Brunner. She’ll explain how the new system works, how it will impact voters and how her staff is getting ready for next month’s election.

Roundtable: Elizabeth Sullivan, columnist and foreign affairs writer, The Plain Dealer; Joe Frolik, editorial board member, The Plain Dealer; Stan Bullard, senior reporter, Crain’s Cleveland Business.

Super Tuesday: Primary elections and caucuses in 22 states this week awarded a lot of delegates, but failed to determine a clear front-runner for the Democratic nomination, where Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton appear poised to battle into the spring. On the Republican side, Senator John McCain took a sizable lead enough lead to force Mitt Romney from the race, but not large enough to discourage the Huckabee camp. The Super Tuesday outcomes focus attention on Ohio and Texas, two of the states holding primaries March 4th.

State of the State: Governor Strickland used his second State of the State message to propose a $1.7 billion economic stimulus package he’s calling “Building Ohio Jobs.” The bond-funded package would nudge Ohio toward a clean energy future and help pay for some infrastructure repairs. Voters will have to approve it.

State of the Schools: Cleveland schools CEO Eugene Sanders announced creation of two new academies for high school-aged students. One focuses on math and science, the other on industrial design. They’ll open next fall. Sanders made the announcement in his annual state of the schools address, adding the system will recruit more adults to mentor students and introduce the means for parents to check their kids’ schoolwork on-line.

Downtown Anchors to Move, But Not Far: Cleveland’s Eaton Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is negotiating a possible move to a site in the Flats. Eaton, long a part of the city’s downtown core, would be a major occupant of a $400 million development that would revitalize the once-vibrant Flats. Key Bank, meanwhile, announced it’s moving a major office operation from the former May Company building on Public Square, to the former Higbee Building just across Ontario Street.

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