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Clark County

September 9, 2008 - 8:39am

Dayton looks to be prime swing area in race for White House

By Justin Miller
Category: President, Local
Tags: John McCain, Barack Obama, 2008 Election, Clark County, Ted Strickland, Montgomery County, Mike DeWine

Both presidential campaigns are barnstorming the Dayton area today and it appears to be a swing area in this swing state according to recent voting history, which shows general Republican strength but new Democratic trends in the region's core counties.

The Dayton-Springfield metro area is the fourth largest in Ohio, behind Columbus and is the population center of what can be defined as “west Ohio,” according to the "Ohio Politics Almanac." This region is identified as five central counties running along the Indiana border up to Union and Madison counties. These 15 counties delivered 13 percent of the presidential vote in 2004, 58 percent of which went for George W. Bush.

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July 28, 2008 - 4:18pm

Taxation without representation across the Columbia

By Wally Edge
Category: US Senate, House, Local
Tags: tax, Maria Cantwell, Brian Baird, Clark County, Chris Gregoire, Steve Stuart, Columbia River, Vancouver

Thousands of southern Washington residents cross over the Columbia River to Oregon for work and tax-free shopping. Yet they are forced to pay an Oregon income tax, which makes sense insofar as they made the income in Oregon, but smacks of taxation without representation insofar as they are not permitted to vote in Oregon.

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