* Mayor Mike Coleman of Columbus, a Democrat, has a Republican opponent in this election. Bill Todd is running a one issue campaign, which has to do with giving more school vouchers to students. Some of Todd's biggest supporters are charter school owners. (Fun fact: Bill Todd contributed $250 to the Coleman campaign in 2005, according to the Dispatch.)
* Finally there is someone who got exactly what he deserved! NY Times:
A fake news conference at the Federal Emergency Management Agency has produced, along with outrage and ridicule, its first personnel casualty.
John P. Philbin, until last week the agency’s public relations chief, was supposed to start work Monday as the new director of public affairs for the nation’s top intelligence official, Mike McConnell.
But he learned instead that he would not.
“We do not normally comment on personnel matters,” said a statement issued for Mr. McConnell, the director of national intelligence. “However, we can confirm that Mr. Philbin is not, nor is he scheduled to be, the director of public affairs....”
Did Mr. Philbin think that the public was stupid enough to believe his fake news? Apparently so.
