Quick Read

The Dispatch’s coverage of City Center’s conclusion was outstanding. The lead story was informative and very well written and the timeline (sidebar, A6) was also excellent. The lone flaw in the montage was Maria Rose’s secondary story on the demise of the twenty-year-old mall… It started poignant and ended pathetic…

Tim May’s column on Ohio State’s recruiting class was, as the impending recruits are supposed to be, stellar… The section’s recount of the basketball Buckeyes overtime victory versus Purdue was also impressive. Equally impressive (and interesting), Tracy Turner’s feature on the top ten things central Ohioans complained about to the Better Business Bureau (Business section)…

Robert Vitale’s column about the city considering an income tax increase, should have ran on the front page… Simone Sebastian’s column on proposed changes by Franklin County schools was solid… And Kevin Coughlin’s gubernatorial announcement… It ran on B3, indicating exactly how much of a factor the Dispatch believes he will be…