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Irregular commentary on whatever's on my mind -- politics, sports, current events, and life in general. After twenty years of writing business and community newsletters, fifteen years of fantasy baseball newsletters, and two years of email "columns", this is, I suppose, the inevitable result: the awful conceit that someone might actually care to read what I have to say. Posts may be added often, rarely, or never again. As always, my mood and motivation are unpredictable.

Buster Gammons















Monday, November 6, 2017

NO On Ohio Issue 1, YES On Ohio Issue 2


For one last time on our statewide issues, Buster says:

Vote NO on Ohio Issue 1.  It's a so-called "Marsy's Law."  Proponents are fear-mongering, trying to have us believe that crime victims have no rights (which is false).  The solution, they say, is a new constitutional amendment which would tip the scales in favor of the victim.  It is overkill.  Issue 1 is opposed by state associations for both prosecuting attorneys and defense attorneys.

Vote YES on Ohio Issue 2, the "Drug Price Relief Act."  Issue 2 will mandate lower drug prices for Ohio's Medicaid recipients, thereby saving money for the state.  The pharmaceutical industry is opposed, desperately using speculation, scare tactics, and a record-amount $62 million in negative advertising.  If Big Pharma is willing to spend $62 million to keep Medicaid drug prices where they are, how much are they profiting at current price levels?   

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