From the Sierra Club Right now, there is an opportunity to potentially have a major impact on the energy legislation. Some are saying that at this point, House Speaker Jon Husted is leaning towards leaving nuclear energy out of the substitute bill he is drafting. From what we are hearing, he simply doesn’t think […]
You are invited to join Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman’s radio show We’re recording live at 2:00pm every Saturday at Victorian’s Midnight Café, 251 W. Fifth at Neil. Join the audience, grab a mike, let your voice be heard. Bob and Harvey are joined by Andrew Davis and Rob Jones for some political talk, discussion, […]
Atttention Cuyahoga County Residents: You must see this presentation on computerized voting machines! Patrick McDaniel, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering of Penn State University gives a must-see presentation on the perils of computer voting. Prof. McDaniel led the academic team that exposed vulnerabilities of the computer voting systems in Ohio as part of […]
Dear Movie Lover, On Sunday, February 24th Drexel Theatres will be having its 11th straight Academy Award Party and this year’s Red Carpet Bash will benefit the restoration of the historic 1937 neighborhood movie theatre. We hope you will join us for Hollywood’s biggest night, from the red carpet arrival of the stars […]
by Bob Fitrakis Columbus Police Chief James G. Jackson should do us all a favor and resign. No, not because of the obviously botched handling of the Columbus Police Commander Walter J. Burns case. We can rest assured that Assistant Safety Director David Sturtz will conduct a fair and thorough investigation. When Sturtz was Ohio’s […]
Saturday Feb. 9, 6:30-9 P.M. Food – fun – relaxation – political discourse Bring your friends! Free Press office – 1000 E. Main St., parking in rear or next door at Salvation Army parking lot 253-2571 truth@freepress.org Every Second Saturday!
by Bob Fitrakis Helluva way to kick off Gay Pride Month. For the fourth straight year–and I do mean “straight”–Ohio’s Executive Committee of the Bourgeoisie (aka Ohio State University trustees) refused to consider health insurance coverage for the “domestic partners” of graduate assistants. Domestic partners are couples in committed monogamous long-term relationships attested to by […]
6/05/1996 by Bob Fitrakis Put a hundred of “Columbus’ finest” in riot gear and you can count on a riot–usually a police riot. The police tactics on Friday, May 17 are simply the last in a long series of police-instigated rioting and misconduct in the campus area. Last Friday, May 31, I spoke with a […]
The Wolfe Family Newsletter writes: “Party politics didn’t come into play when the Columbus Board of Education unanimously tapped the Reverend Leon Troy Sr., a Republican, this week to fill a Board vacancy.” Oh? The Daily Monopoly had been touting Troy as above the fray. That’s the usual B.S.. What was left out of the […]
You’re invited to the Free Press 4th Thursday Free Film Night! Thursday, January 24 at 7pm Movie: “Kilowatt Ours” Drexel Gateway Theater screening room Harvey Wasserman will lead the discussion following the movie 253-2571, truth@freepress.org Kilowatt Ours Reveals the Consequences of Our Coal Powered Economy. The film opens with Vice President Dick Cheney’s energy policy […]