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Save the city’s water supply

Historic Marietta has always been a community with wonderful gifts and untapped potential. As we forge into the third year of COVID-19, 2022 offers a number of opportunities to improve everyone’s quality of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Marietta is blessed by Mother Nature with a high-quality fresh water aquifer near the Muskingum River in Indian Acres Park. Unfortunately, we are failing to protect it even though most are aware of what happens to communities—such as Flint, Michigan, Jackson, Mississippi and Washington DC when we fail to protect these critical ...

Assistance program is going too far

One of the most important responsibilities of elected officials is to spend public money responsibly. Reasonable people may disagree about what constitutes a legitimate use of public funds, but sometimes there is an example of such fiscal irresponsibility it requires special mention. I encountered one such an example recently. In a meeting earlier this month, I listened as a dedicated and responsible employee of a local agency described a new federal program designed to provide mortgage relief to the “needy.” Using federal Covid relief funds, the Ohio Housing Finance Agency has ...

Know and learn from history

I recently gave a lecture series on the similarities between a period in Roman history known as the “End of the Republic” (133 BC – 43 BC) and the present era in American history. I believe, with George Santayana and Edmund Burke, that those who don’t know history are “doomed to repeat it.” In other words, the best way to avoid the mistakes of the past is to know and learn from history. Our own Founders looked to Roman history for an example. The Roman Republic began in 509 BC when an angry citizenry chased the last of the Etruscan kings, Tarquin the Proud, from the ...

Biden plan not really a plan

Biden orders 50 million barrels of oil released from our strategic reserve in bid to cool surging prices! Brought on by nixing the Keystone XL pipeline project and freezing new oil and gas drilling leases. This will only release just 3 days of oil into the market, not a real solution to the energy crisis. How to fix problem is to let America produce the energy we have and need. Energy costs vaulted 6.2% in the 12 months through October, a level not seen in nearly 31 years. Consumer sentiment over escalating inflation rate is at its lowest, with no effective policies being ...

Thanks from Zonta

The Zonta Club of the MOV would like to thank the community for all of their support on our Fall Unique Boutique used clothing sale. After two years we were able to hold our sale Nov. 12 and 13. This is our biggest fundraiser that we hold bi-annually and all the proceeds benefit our service projects. This includes our scholarships for non-traditional female students at Washington State Community College. We also work to raise awareness about human trafficking and domestic violence. The Zonta Club of the Mid-Ohio Valley also awards the Woman of the Year annually to an outstanding woman in ...

Systemic Racism

I have lived most of my life in The United States. As a citizen of this magical land, I have enjoyed both blessings as well as innumerable opportunities. Yes, there have been occasional setbacks and challenges encountered, however, those were by far less significant than the opportunities. In all the years that I have lived in United States I had never heard of “systemic racism” which would apply to people who hail from another country. I am a former refugee from Latvia. This country had availed me the opportunity to become a citizen when I turned 21 years of age. As I said, until ...