NBC 4: A major law enforcement organization is asking for your help for donations so they can continue programs that keep Central Ohioans safe. OSU’s Archie Griffin, along with law enforcement officials from around Central Ohio came together Wednesday for a common cause to kick off an annual fundraiser aimed to raise much-needed money for the Law Enforcement Foundation of Ohio… Eileen Songer with the foundation said that by appealing to businesses and individuals, they hope to raise at least $175,000. That’s money that Songer said is essential to keep local communities safe. For more information, visit http://www.lef-oh.org/.
Obviously, this is a difficult economy… However, with Mayor Coleman cutting cops by the day… This is an important cause…
NBC 4: Speaking at the Community Roundtable Wednesday morning, Congresswoman Mary Jo Kilroy spelled out some of the direct effects the stimulus plan could have on your life. Kilroy said residents can expect to see 15,000 jobs added to the local economy, thanks to the stimulus package, as well as funding for worker training in growing fields such as health care. Other benefits that may touch your life include a 2009 payroll tax credit of $800 for couples and $400 for individuals. By the time the tax credit takes effect in June, Kilroy said the savings will average $52 a month.
$52 a month? That will almost, not pay, any bill anyone has…
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Help Combat Cancer
The Colleges Against Cancer Committee, part of the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life, has announced a $20,000 goal. Economic circumstances are difficult… However, this is noblest of noble causes… Gossip CBUS will be donating… You should donate also… Below is the personal request I received from one of the CACC’s members…As most of you know, I have been involved with Relay for Life for the past 3 years, helping to raise money for the American Cancer Society for cancer research and awareness. This year I have pledged to raise 1,000 dollars and I have a long way to go to reach my goal!
This year, hundreds of thousands of people will hear the words "You have cancer", and there's a good chance that some of them will be people we know and love. We have all been touched by cancer in some way ... and we all have the power to make a difference. That's why I have chosen to fight back right here in my own community by participating in the American Cancer Society Relay For Life.
I want to invite you to join me in the fight against cancer by making a donation in support of my efforts. Further down in this message is a link to my personal Relay For Life® web page where you can make an online contribution. Every amount, no matter how small, makes a difference and provides hope. You can also sign up to join my team and learn more about Relay and how it's changing lives.
Relay For Life brings more than 3.5 million people from across the country together each year to celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against a disease that takes too much. This fun-filled, overnight event empowers everyone to help fight cancer by raising money and awareness to support the American Cancer Society's lifesaving mission. Thank you in advance for your support. Together, we will celebrate, remember, and fight back.
Who Needs Motive?
NBC 4: Columbus Police responded to a shooting about 2:45 a.m. Wednesday on the city’s north side and the motive may be a fight about keys. According to police, Jerry Chandler and Christopher Ford were involved in a physical altercation with one another. Those involved told detectives the fight was over a set of keys to a vehicle. After the fight had ended, Ford pulled a gun from his vehicle and headed towards Chandler’s apartment in the Nantucket apartment complex on Belcher Drive. Three shots were fired and hit Chandler. Ford fled the scene and returned to his residence. Chandler was transported by CFD Medic to Riverside Hospital in critical condition.
Seriously? The reason one person shot another person was keys?
10 TV: Police said a woman was attacked with a box cutter late Tuesday on the city's east side. Investigators said someone approached the woman in the 1000 block of East Main Street at about 11 p.m... The person had a box cutter and cut the woman in her head, police said.
Numbers forty-three and forty-four illustrate that in this city, no reason at all is a reason…
Seriously? The reason one person shot another person was keys?
10 TV: Police said a woman was attacked with a box cutter late Tuesday on the city's east side. Investigators said someone approached the woman in the 1000 block of East Main Street at about 11 p.m... The person had a box cutter and cut the woman in her head, police said.
Numbers forty-three and forty-four illustrate that in this city, no reason at all is a reason…
Quick Read
Aaron Portzline's feature (sports) on Blue Jackets Coach Ken Hitchcock is rivoting... The piece is especially brilliant when compared with Ken Gordon's bland column on NFL Draft picks... "The Need For Speed" (yes, was actually his headline) is a piece reporters type ever year...
Correctly, Metro leads with the Jennifer Brunner and Lee Fisher announcements... Unfortunately, the story covers nothing beyond the fact that they announced...
Joe Blundo's (Life and Arts) suggestions for the city budget are also amusing...
Correctly, Metro leads with the Jennifer Brunner and Lee Fisher announcements... Unfortunately, the story covers nothing beyond the fact that they announced...
Joe Blundo's (Life and Arts) suggestions for the city budget are also amusing...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Brunner, Fisher Commence Campaigns
As Gossip CBUS first reported, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher have announced their 2010 Senate campaigns. Brunner entered via a video message. Fisher entered via a press conference, with the endorsement of Governor Ted Strickland.
Both of these announcements were anticipated. On January 23, Gossip CBUS reported that Brunner had already chosen staff. On February 5, Gossip CBUS reported that Fisher and Strickland had discussed Fisher’s potential exit from the 2010 gubernatorial re-election campaign.
After commencing his career as a State Representative, Fisher served as a State Senator from 1982-1990. From 1991-1995, he served as Ohio’s 44th Attorney General. Since 2007, he has served as Ohio’s 65th Lieutenant Governor.
From 1983 to 1987, Brunner served as Secretary of State Deputy Director and Legislative Council. From 2000-2006, she served as a Franklin County Common Pleas Judge. On November 7, 2006, she was elected Ohio’s 49th Secretary of State.
Both of these announcements were anticipated. On January 23, Gossip CBUS reported that Brunner had already chosen staff. On February 5, Gossip CBUS reported that Fisher and Strickland had discussed Fisher’s potential exit from the 2010 gubernatorial re-election campaign.
After commencing his career as a State Representative, Fisher served as a State Senator from 1982-1990. From 1991-1995, he served as Ohio’s 44th Attorney General. Since 2007, he has served as Ohio’s 65th Lieutenant Governor.
From 1983 to 1987, Brunner served as Secretary of State Deputy Director and Legislative Council. From 2000-2006, she served as a Franklin County Common Pleas Judge. On November 7, 2006, she was elected Ohio’s 49th Secretary of State.
Residents Repel Armed Assailants
NBC 4: CPD received calls about shots fired in the area of Waylan Drive and Villa Drive close to 10:30 a.m. Apparently, a homeowner was standing in his front yard in the 1400 block of Waylan Drive when two men came up and allegedly put a gun to the homeowner’s head. The two suspects and the homeowner went inside the home. Apparently, other people in the residence fought off the reportedly armed suspect. The suspect took off and dropped his firearm, according to police. CPD officers found the firearm and said the incident was an attempted armed robbery. All of the victims in the Waylan Drive home were fine.
Quick Read
Robert Vitale leads off with an outstanding story on the potential collapse of the city’s building permits department…
Bob Baptist (sports) types an interesting story on the Buckeyes potential for an NCAA Tournament slot (Apparently, it’s a lock)… And Metro features a pair of intriguing stories… Encarnacion Pyle’s excellent read on the Ohio State-Columbus State medical school pipeline and James Nash’s feature on the state house mock safety drill, which would have made an excellent sidebar…
Bob Baptist (sports) types an interesting story on the Buckeyes potential for an NCAA Tournament slot (Apparently, it’s a lock)… And Metro features a pair of intriguing stories… Encarnacion Pyle’s excellent read on the Ohio State-Columbus State medical school pipeline and James Nash’s feature on the state house mock safety drill, which would have made an excellent sidebar…
Monday, February 16, 2009
Columbus Will Not Replace Retiring Police
10 TV: In the next two years, 200 Columbus police officers face retirement. Without funds to replace those officers, public safety will be jeopardized, a police union official said.
"It's going to be catastrophic," said Jim Gilbert, president of Capital City Lodge No. 9 of the Fraternal Order of Police. "What do you say to the crime victim? What do you say to the person who is waiting and waiting for police as a violent crime is happening in front of them?" Gilbert said.
Columbus Auditor Hugh Dorian has told City Council an income tax is the best solution to raise money. So far Mayor Michael Coleman has not taken a position on the issue and neither has City Council.
Should the council decide to put an income tax on the November ballot and it fails, the auditor warns the city would not just lose police officers. Two hundred retiring firefighters also would not be replaced. "We would have to cut our services," said Jack Reall, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 67.
Fewer firefighters would be available to work on arson investigations and fire inspections, and fewer paramedics would be available to respond to emergencies. Reall said it all comes down to what voters are willing to pay for. "You either want to keep your services where they are at and pay more (in taxes), or decide what you don't want in terms of the menu of services that government provides," Reall said.
"It's going to be catastrophic," said Jim Gilbert, president of Capital City Lodge No. 9 of the Fraternal Order of Police. "What do you say to the crime victim? What do you say to the person who is waiting and waiting for police as a violent crime is happening in front of them?" Gilbert said.
Columbus Auditor Hugh Dorian has told City Council an income tax is the best solution to raise money. So far Mayor Michael Coleman has not taken a position on the issue and neither has City Council.
Should the council decide to put an income tax on the November ballot and it fails, the auditor warns the city would not just lose police officers. Two hundred retiring firefighters also would not be replaced. "We would have to cut our services," said Jack Reall, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 67.
Fewer firefighters would be available to work on arson investigations and fire inspections, and fewer paramedics would be available to respond to emergencies. Reall said it all comes down to what voters are willing to pay for. "You either want to keep your services where they are at and pay more (in taxes), or decide what you don't want in terms of the menu of services that government provides," Reall said.
Number Forty-One
10 TV: At least two people forced their way inside a home on South Skidmore Street at about 1 a.m. A woman who lives in the home said the intruders threatened to shoot her after they restrained and blindfolded her. The thieves took the woman's purse and jewelry, police said.
Quick Read
Today’s edition featured an entirely local, extremely diverse front page… Barbara Carmen (911 smart mapping) and Robert Vitale (city spending and the rainy day fund) type excellent stories… They team up on a third, concerning city staffing… And Suzanne Hoholik’s feature on doctors aiding the uninsured, completes an exquisite quartet…
Unfortunately, Elizabeth Gibson’s clichéd and insipid story on crime muddles the perfection… Stories on crime do need to be written… But, Gibson’s relies on mayoral talking points… Crime is up because of the bad economy and the city is safe… 34 incidents involving gunfire a day are reported in this city… Does that feel safe? Also, criminals are criminals in any economy…
Jeffrey Sheban (Life and Arts) types a solid story on five friends and their efforts to combat thyroid cancer (Although he could have delved into the friendship more)… Mike Pramik (Business) was again brilliant with his column on the joint marketing of Tim Horton and Coldstone…. And Kevin Maynard’s feature (Metro0 on the Ohio State Aquatic Center was this edition’s most interesting…
Unfortunately, Elizabeth Gibson’s clichéd and insipid story on crime muddles the perfection… Stories on crime do need to be written… But, Gibson’s relies on mayoral talking points… Crime is up because of the bad economy and the city is safe… 34 incidents involving gunfire a day are reported in this city… Does that feel safe? Also, criminals are criminals in any economy…
Jeffrey Sheban (Life and Arts) types a solid story on five friends and their efforts to combat thyroid cancer (Although he could have delved into the friendship more)… Mike Pramik (Business) was again brilliant with his column on the joint marketing of Tim Horton and Coldstone…. And Kevin Maynard’s feature (Metro0 on the Ohio State Aquatic Center was this edition’s most interesting…
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Number Forty
10 TV: An east side man was shot on Saturday night after someone kicked in the door in his home. According to police, the shooting occurred at a home on South Chesterfield Road. Sidney D. Smith, 25, was shot in the face and was struggling to stay alive… Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 614-645-8477.
You Have Questions... I Have Answers
Since Gossip Cbus began, I’ve been swamped with e-mail (thanks for the love)… While I’ve tried to give individual responses to several, I also know that some of the questions are questions others may have and thus, answering them publicly would be better… Therefore, from time to time, I will answer questions where everyone can see them…
Q: Will you ever announce “twitter live” before an event?
A: Prior to the Fiesta Bowl, the Back 2 School Bash, and the Blue Jackets vs. Red Wings, Gossip CBUS did announce that we would be live from those locations. As for other events, the decision to twitter or not twitter is based on several factors, which are unknown before our arrival. At some point, we may alter our policy and begin on announcements… For now, you may want to stay tuned…
Q: Will Gossip CBUS have Mardi Gras coverage?
A: We will have announcements on Monday (January 23) about events that are taking place… As for twitter coverage or wraps, that is also tentatively scheduled, but remains subject to change…
Q: I have noticed several charity announcements recently. Is philanthropy a goal of the website?
A: Even more than night life or breaking news, Gossip CBUS loves to be publicize charitable events, cover charitable events, and be involved in philanthropy through any manner available… If there are charities or groups who have checked out the site, but thought, it doesn’t fit our demographic, I encourage you to e-mail with events or your questions… As an active member of the community, Gossip CBUS is very interested in helping the community…
Q: Will you ever announce “twitter live” before an event?
A: Prior to the Fiesta Bowl, the Back 2 School Bash, and the Blue Jackets vs. Red Wings, Gossip CBUS did announce that we would be live from those locations. As for other events, the decision to twitter or not twitter is based on several factors, which are unknown before our arrival. At some point, we may alter our policy and begin on announcements… For now, you may want to stay tuned…
Q: Will Gossip CBUS have Mardi Gras coverage?
A: We will have announcements on Monday (January 23) about events that are taking place… As for twitter coverage or wraps, that is also tentatively scheduled, but remains subject to change…
Q: I have noticed several charity announcements recently. Is philanthropy a goal of the website?
A: Even more than night life or breaking news, Gossip CBUS loves to be publicize charitable events, cover charitable events, and be involved in philanthropy through any manner available… If there are charities or groups who have checked out the site, but thought, it doesn’t fit our demographic, I encourage you to e-mail with events or your questions… As an active member of the community, Gossip CBUS is very interested in helping the community…
Quick Read
On Sunday, Front Page and Metro front each featured important stories… Misti Crane’s (front page) addressed pending health cuts and Molly Willow’s (metro front) addressed the recreation center closings… Unfortunately, Crane and Willow only addressed the facts and figures of these stories… The facts and figures are known and now annoy people… Where was the emotional and psychological impact of these events on communities?
The front page continued the paper’s excellent State of the State coverage and Benjamin Morrison (Insight) presented an excellent argument for the coexistence of newspapers and websites (an argument we applaud)…
Steve Wartenberg led Business with an incredible article about the practice of physician approved pill splitting… Kevin Landers complimented that work with a front page worthy analysis of how the recession is impacting child support payments and recipients…
Michael Grossberg’s column (Arts and Life) feature on Cleveland and Cincinnati scoring theatre shows ahead of or instead of Columbus was outstanding and Ken Gordon’s sprawling recount of Beulah Park (sports) was superb… Sadly, Bob Hunter continued his incompetence, typing another tired column… This one whining about the NBA’s one year only required rule for collegians (Bob, everyone has written that column)…
The front page continued the paper’s excellent State of the State coverage and Benjamin Morrison (Insight) presented an excellent argument for the coexistence of newspapers and websites (an argument we applaud)…
Steve Wartenberg led Business with an incredible article about the practice of physician approved pill splitting… Kevin Landers complimented that work with a front page worthy analysis of how the recession is impacting child support payments and recipients…
Michael Grossberg’s column (Arts and Life) feature on Cleveland and Cincinnati scoring theatre shows ahead of or instead of Columbus was outstanding and Ken Gordon’s sprawling recount of Beulah Park (sports) was superb… Sadly, Bob Hunter continued his incompetence, typing another tired column… This one whining about the NBA’s one year only required rule for collegians (Bob, everyone has written that column)…
Black, Bunnies, & Free Agent Bartenders
For the boys and bunnies that populate McFadden’s each evening, their attraction is the intoxicants, which inhabit bottles or clear plastic cups. For myself, the bartenders, managers, security, and staff are the attractions…
Upon my arrival for the Blackout Bash, I made a pair of rapid observations… Not everyone received the multiple e-mails and promos about wearing black (seriously, can you people read?) and whomever spent the afternoon decorating the venue, deserves free drinks for the next three months…
I know I gushed about McFadden’s New Year’s interior… However, Saturday night’s enhancement was more impressive and more unique… For this evening, you weren’t in McFadden’s, where spilled beer and thrown napkins stain the floor… You stepped into a quasi-cross between an Abercrombie and Fitch catalog full of photography (on the screens and arrayed in still montages throughout the venue) and a premier nightclub… Black draped curtains, elegant lighting, and enchanting stars…
Troy McKinley, the host of the party, and from what sources have told me, the concept artist behind the design managed the unthinkable… It’s not like McFadden’s hasn’t hosted a theme party before, they host one a week… He (in my opinion), masterminded a memorable evening… An even more memorable evening than New Year’s Eve, which I would have thought impossible…
McKinley, while genius, cannot take all the credit… The attire and the bunnies that showcased that attire, also created the evening… Now, I could spend hours setting up what I am about to type… I could discuss the mythology of the little black dress and it’s prominence in womanhood and how nothing (and I mean nothing) looks better on a bunny than the perfect black dress, but, instead, I will simply type the obvious… The troves and troves of bunnies (and they were everywhere) made this night…
From the silk-lace ensemble worn by one of the bartenders to the red and black flower print (with red shoes) worn by a customer bunny to Amy’s (McFadden’s Promotions Manager) low cut black dress to the hundred other different patterns and textures, the glamorous dresses and the gorgeous bunnies who exuded sex with every moment, were enough to turn observers into bunny hunters and hunters into stalkers… Compliment those dresses with the glow sticks, which McKinley was nice enough to provide and the evening found a whole new category of perfect…
Speaking of perfect… I know I have discussed the Lucky Charms previously, McFadden’s own combination of customer conversationalists and shot sellers, but I must discuss them anew for two reasons… The first reason being there are additions to the ensemble and the second reason being their brilliant role in this perfect event… Sytease (the leader of the collection) was stunning in her full-length black ensemble and silver necklace… And the rest of the Charms, who, from my information, sold an impressive number of pounders, jello and test tube shots, were equally impressive…
With that said, Brooke merits special mention… With the persona of a pre-psychotic Britney Spears and the flawless blonde hair and face of Hayden Panettiere, Brooke (although I only spent two minutes speaking with her), could rival Sytease or Emily Rose as McFadden’s hottest charm…
As midnight approached and the crowd, which began the night as impressive and swelled toward ridiculous, continued exerting phenomenal energy, two dozen (yes 24) bunnies overran the bar for a quartet of songs that included, appropriately, “Single Ladies.” I assume the bunnies (a few of whom were larger bunnies), would have occupied the space for the evening, but alas, they were asked to dismount so that jewelry could be awarded….
And then, McFadden’s made their one mistake of this evening… They never announced that the jewelry was being awarded… They announced ten minutes remaining until… five minutes remaining until… But, they never announced the actual start of the awarding… A half an hour after the five-minute call, I see a bunny (and this one was a bunny), carrying a little black bag, which I knew was one of the jewelry prizes… What the… Now, don’t misunderstand me, this was a monumental evening and the fact that an announcement was not made was minor, but still… I was writing about the event, the prizes were a focal point of the event… It would have been nice if someone had told me…
It also would have been nice if I had known prior to the evening that this was Karl’s last night at McFadden’s… I would have prepared a tribute video (alright, I am just kidding)… Like Taryn before him, Karl walked the bar one final time… Unlike Taryn, his hair was down and crazy and his soundtrack was “Welcome to the Jungle…” Karl shook, he strutted, he scorched more than a few willing throats with shots, and then he spent the next two hours with Lester taunting him with farewell selections, including “Total Eclipse of the Heart…”
Now, I assume you’re waiting for a sentimental salute to Karl… You wont get one… It turns out that while Taryn joined the real world, Karl is merely exiting one opportunity for another… Sources tell me he is relocating to Park Street Patio…
I don’t know if I will see him as much, but I know this… When a free agent leaves one franchise for another, my respect for that free agent doesn’t diminish… The same is true when one bartending superstar walks out from behind one bar, only to step behind another…
Upon my arrival for the Blackout Bash, I made a pair of rapid observations… Not everyone received the multiple e-mails and promos about wearing black (seriously, can you people read?) and whomever spent the afternoon decorating the venue, deserves free drinks for the next three months…
I know I gushed about McFadden’s New Year’s interior… However, Saturday night’s enhancement was more impressive and more unique… For this evening, you weren’t in McFadden’s, where spilled beer and thrown napkins stain the floor… You stepped into a quasi-cross between an Abercrombie and Fitch catalog full of photography (on the screens and arrayed in still montages throughout the venue) and a premier nightclub… Black draped curtains, elegant lighting, and enchanting stars…
Troy McKinley, the host of the party, and from what sources have told me, the concept artist behind the design managed the unthinkable… It’s not like McFadden’s hasn’t hosted a theme party before, they host one a week… He (in my opinion), masterminded a memorable evening… An even more memorable evening than New Year’s Eve, which I would have thought impossible…
McKinley, while genius, cannot take all the credit… The attire and the bunnies that showcased that attire, also created the evening… Now, I could spend hours setting up what I am about to type… I could discuss the mythology of the little black dress and it’s prominence in womanhood and how nothing (and I mean nothing) looks better on a bunny than the perfect black dress, but, instead, I will simply type the obvious… The troves and troves of bunnies (and they were everywhere) made this night…
From the silk-lace ensemble worn by one of the bartenders to the red and black flower print (with red shoes) worn by a customer bunny to Amy’s (McFadden’s Promotions Manager) low cut black dress to the hundred other different patterns and textures, the glamorous dresses and the gorgeous bunnies who exuded sex with every moment, were enough to turn observers into bunny hunters and hunters into stalkers… Compliment those dresses with the glow sticks, which McKinley was nice enough to provide and the evening found a whole new category of perfect…
Speaking of perfect… I know I have discussed the Lucky Charms previously, McFadden’s own combination of customer conversationalists and shot sellers, but I must discuss them anew for two reasons… The first reason being there are additions to the ensemble and the second reason being their brilliant role in this perfect event… Sytease (the leader of the collection) was stunning in her full-length black ensemble and silver necklace… And the rest of the Charms, who, from my information, sold an impressive number of pounders, jello and test tube shots, were equally impressive…
With that said, Brooke merits special mention… With the persona of a pre-psychotic Britney Spears and the flawless blonde hair and face of Hayden Panettiere, Brooke (although I only spent two minutes speaking with her), could rival Sytease or Emily Rose as McFadden’s hottest charm…
As midnight approached and the crowd, which began the night as impressive and swelled toward ridiculous, continued exerting phenomenal energy, two dozen (yes 24) bunnies overran the bar for a quartet of songs that included, appropriately, “Single Ladies.” I assume the bunnies (a few of whom were larger bunnies), would have occupied the space for the evening, but alas, they were asked to dismount so that jewelry could be awarded….
And then, McFadden’s made their one mistake of this evening… They never announced that the jewelry was being awarded… They announced ten minutes remaining until… five minutes remaining until… But, they never announced the actual start of the awarding… A half an hour after the five-minute call, I see a bunny (and this one was a bunny), carrying a little black bag, which I knew was one of the jewelry prizes… What the… Now, don’t misunderstand me, this was a monumental evening and the fact that an announcement was not made was minor, but still… I was writing about the event, the prizes were a focal point of the event… It would have been nice if someone had told me…
It also would have been nice if I had known prior to the evening that this was Karl’s last night at McFadden’s… I would have prepared a tribute video (alright, I am just kidding)… Like Taryn before him, Karl walked the bar one final time… Unlike Taryn, his hair was down and crazy and his soundtrack was “Welcome to the Jungle…” Karl shook, he strutted, he scorched more than a few willing throats with shots, and then he spent the next two hours with Lester taunting him with farewell selections, including “Total Eclipse of the Heart…”
Now, I assume you’re waiting for a sentimental salute to Karl… You wont get one… It turns out that while Taryn joined the real world, Karl is merely exiting one opportunity for another… Sources tell me he is relocating to Park Street Patio…
I don’t know if I will see him as much, but I know this… When a free agent leaves one franchise for another, my respect for that free agent doesn’t diminish… The same is true when one bartending superstar walks out from behind one bar, only to step behind another…
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