Ohio again?

Why do I keep reporting on Ohio? Well, for one it will play an important role in the election. No Republican has won the White House without going through Ohio to do it. It also happens to be my home state. So when I read Cincinnati is the city that lost the most residents last year, and Cleveland is in the top ten, it pains me to see the Buckeye State on it's way to becoming a vast wasteland of space.

Nothing like kicking someone while they are down. I blame the media. First, from Ohio.com.

A government report says Ohio continues to lead the nation in levels of air pollution - and it's getting worse.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported Wednesday that Ohio businesses released 133.9 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the air in 2002, a 10 percent increase from 2001.

Then from The Morning Journal:

Ford Motor Co.'s Lorain Assembly Plant will close in August 2005, and its Econoline operations will be consolidated at the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake, workers at both plants said they were told yesterday by company officials and plant managers.

The closing and consolidation will result in the loss of 1,200 jobs out of a total of 3,500 jobs at both Ford plants, according to a source.

Neither, do I need to say, bodes well for a Bush reelection.