Judicial Fight Lights Up

May 20, 2009

Officials in Englewood, Ohio are in a court battle to own the town’s streetlamps.  Currently the town leases the lamps from Miami Valley Lighting for about $220,000 per year.  If Englewood owned the streetlights, they estimate it would save taxpayers $100,000 per year.  Lower courts have ruled the town cannot own the streetlights because they are not considered a public utility.  City Manager Eric Smith has gone on record saying the rulings defy common sense.  Officials are now taking the case to the state Supreme Court. click here for limerick

Pot Gets the Weasels

February 28, 2009

Seventy-year-old Ellen Basinski was in her Ohio home when three teens forced their way in looking for money. She was on the phone with her husband, a judge, and he immediately called 911. Mrs. Basinski grabbed her favorite Emeril saucepan and hit one thief on the head as he was going through her purse. The police arrived, the three teens were arrested and Mrs. Basinski’s saucepan was taken as evidence. During Mrs. Basinski’s interview with Good Morning America, celebrity-chef Emeril Lagasse, famous for shouting BAM! whenever he adds spice to a recipe, said he would give her a new cookware set. (P.S. If you have a couple of minutes, the interview with Mrs. Basinski is hysterical!) click here for limerick

 

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