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Geauga County Prosecutor Answers Questions on Office Remodel

CHESTERLAND — Geauga County Prosecutor Jim Flaiz defended a controversial $380,000 renovation of his administrative offices during a local Rotary Club meeting this week, framing the high-grade ballistic upgrades as an absolute necessity to protect staff from potential targeted violence. However, Flaiz’s own presentation has drawn fresh scrutiny

Findlay

Findlay Mayor Issues Statement on 'Wexner' New Albany Group?

BY CAREY MORGAN FINDLAY - Findlay Mayor Christina Muryn abruptly canceled a scheduled briefing between City Council members and planners from New Albany, Ohio, following mounting public blowback over government transparency. The meeting was intended to address Data Center Development and zoning strategies as northwest Ohio towns look to restrict tech

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Public Continues To Request Government Action on Flock, Immigration; 'Weiner-Gate' Government Continues To Ignore

BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - In a tense, emotionally charged session that exposed deep fractures between local officials and the community they govern, the Springfield City Commission moved forward with expanding electronic surveillance on its residents while remaining tightly closed-mouthed regarding a state-level criminal investigation into its top administrative

Geauga County Commissioners

Geauga Commissioners Demands Rework of Treasurer Wage Plan to Protect Public Funds

BY JEFF SKINNER CHARDON - Fiscal restraint collided with the realities of retaining public employees at Tuesday’s Geauga County Commissioners meeting, as a proposed wage hike for the County Treasurer’s office sparked an intense debate over taxpayer optics and government spending. The three-member Board of Commissioners ultimately balked

Findlay

Findlay Greenlights Disputed Cory Street Gate; Citizens, Officials Flag Fiscal Strain and Data Center Utility Risks

BY CAREY MORGAN FINDLAY - Fiscal strain, infrastructure skepticism, and intense citizen pushback dominated Tuesday’s Findlay City Council meeting, exposing growing fault lines between local residents and Mayor Christina Muryn’s administration. Despite vocal warnings from the public regarding the city’s declining financial health, council members ultimately pushed through

Springfield

Springfield Commissioners Make Panic Move Among Potential Decrease in Replacement Labor Pipeline

BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - Facing a stagnating revenue base and a looming contraction of its low-cost labor pool, the Springfield City Commission is moving aggressively to expand a corporate tax subsidy program, a move that critics warn could starve the city’s already strained emergency services. During a contentious

Geauga County Commissioners

SHADOW COUNCILS AND DATA GRIDS: The Private-Sector Takeover Creeping into Geauga County Government

BY JEFF SKINNER CHARDON - A quiet push inside the Geauga County administrative chambers to fundamentally shift how the county conducts economic development has broken into the open, sparking sharp criticism over an apparent lack of public accountability, hidden planning, and a creeping alignment with powerful outside regional interests aggressively angling

Findlay

Mid-Year Review Warns Findlay Must Address Emerging Financial Risks Before They Become Long-Term Problems

BY CAREY MORGAN FINDLAY - Although the city of Findlay remains financially stable today, City Auditor Jim Staschiak’s 2026 Mid-Year Review presents a clear message: several cautionary indicators suggest the city should begin addressing underlying financial and economic trends before they develop into larger fiscal challenges. The July 22

Perry Township

The Non-Disclosure Blackout and Capture of Champion Farms?

PERRY, Ohio — Internal correspondences from early 2024 seem to expose the massive financial leverage applied to local municipal decision-makers to secure political cooperation behind closed doors on the Champion Farm land deal before any public notices were issued regarding the Champion Farm data center development. On February 5, 2024,

Findlay

Findlay Works with Local Zoning Toolkit to Make Data Center Development Difficult, Can It Work?

BY CAREY MORGAN FINDLAY - Facing a tight regulatory timeline under an active 12-month emergency moratorium, the Findlay Planning and Zoning Committee is scrambling to rewrite its industrial code to manage a looming wave of potential data center development. However, while local lawmakers are focused on micro-managing physical plot

Local

Springfield City Commission Passes Moratorium on Data Centers

BY JEFF SKINNER SPRINGFIELD - The Springfield City Commission voted unanimously 5-0 on Tuesday night to halt all development of high-density computing infrastructure, enacting an immediate six-month temporary moratorium to study the regional strains caused by mega-data centers. The sweeping freeze blocks the establishment, processing, review, and

Local

The Subsurface Toxicity and Engineering Perils of Perry’s Farmland Land-Flip

PERRY - Last month, The Ohio Register reported on the official response from Perry Village regarding a detailed public records request, specifically targeting land-use impact studies and email correspondences surrounding the development of the planned Champion Farm data center. At that time, TOR was informed by the village that it

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