and has long supported the streetcar, is calling a meeting to get all the details on how the project got here and whether it's still economically viable. Qualls says it's too soon to jump to conclusions about the project's fate, and she says she would like to see the options and details laid out by City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. at the hearing. But Democratic mayoral candidate John Cranley, a longtime opponent of the streetcar, is already using the news to call for the project's demise. The streetcar is one of few issues dividing the Democratic candidates in the mayoral race, which the latest poll has Qualls leading by 14 points.

The Ohio House is expected to vote on a budget
today that would defund Planned Parenthood, ban comprehensive sex
educationexactly on the grounds
of free speech.

The merits, policies, methods and value of schools, colleges and even
individual professors are matters of public debate with no restriction.
Attempts of imposing sanctions on pupils for expressing views of discontent
with institutions do occur, but are isolated and rarely carried out, due to --
you've guessed it -- public outcry.

Perhaps most symbolic for this: after the fall of the Communist regime, school
uniforms quickly fell out of favour and are quite rare after 4th grade or so
even today. And where they are in place, the rules against _not_ wearing them
are rarely enforced for precisely the same reasons. It's all nice on paper,
but as soon as someone decides a kid should be expelled for not wearing _those
particular clothes_ , things usually get ugly.

Press freedom, corruption and the