Topic: At the Statehouse

[Why?Town]

If you use the quote button above the little penguin with the hearts over its head you get a somewhat generic quote box.

If you want to add the source, you need to modify the "start quote" by adding a space then "author=SOURCE OF ARTICLE QUOTED" between the word quote and the closing braket.

Example (with extra spaces before the word quote so it can be seen)

[  quote author=SOURCE OF ARTICLE QUOTED]

What shows up after removing the extra spaces:

[irishbobcat]

  Dennis,

Why is it that you do not put articles that you "cut and paste" into a quote box? This is the standard practice of every board I post on and a requirement on most of them.  Some boards also require a link to the original article
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I will work on this in the future......

[Lynds]

thank you Why?Town.... Dennis, people don't like it when you steal there articles and then on top if it add your two cents in as if it was the actual author. I noticed this from you on the vindy site too... Jack Shaner is a close friend of mine and would freak seeing this. 

[Why?Town]

At the Statehouse

Jack Shaner, OEC Deputy Director,Senior Director of Legislative & Public Affairs

WINS AND LOSSES MARK FINAL 2-YEAR STATE BUDGET

Ohio’s new two-year budget blueprint—adopted just before lawmakers went home for their summer break in mid-July—includes both victories and setbacks for the protection of air, land, and water. Here is a quick run-down of some of the budget outcomes.Funding continued for clean air, water, drinking water Thanks to a modest increase in state fees collected on the disposal of municipal garbage, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) will continue its oversight and protection of safe drinking water, clean air, and surface and ground water. An earlier version of the budget bill slashed funding from the OEPA, threatening basic oversight.Lawmakers also approved a small increase in registration fees on canoe and kayak owners to maintain Ohio’s Scenic and Wild Rivers program. This program helps protect Ohio’s cleanest and most scenic rivers, promoting “staycations” and boosting local travel and tourism. Nature and history lovers, meanwhile, will continue to enjoy public lands unspoiled by the specter of oil and gas drilling in state parks, nature preserves, historic sites, and Lake Erie. The Ohio Senate had threatened to open these areas to drilling before agreeing to drop the proposal.Praise as well goes to the cooler heads in the General Assembly that prevailed when lawmakers ultimately junked earlier proposals to: »add scrap tires, trash, and coal methane gas as qualifying renewable energy sources; »water down the legal definition of “unrecognizable waste” in construction and demolition debris landfills, which could open the door to the acceptance of toxic-tainted waste; and »narrow the minimum five-foot separation distance between construction and demolition debris landfill waste and groundwater. Funding for nature preserves, geological survey zeroed out

On the downside, natural resource protection was dealt a series of deep funding cuts. This will take a serious toll on the ability of Ohio’s 88 county soil and water conservation programs to conserve topsoil and to stop polluted runoff from fields and city streets from entering waterways.Equally wounding is Governor Strickland’s decision to completely eliminate general funding for our state nature preserves and the mapping of Ohio’s underground resources by the state’s Division of Geological Survey. Ohio’s 134 state nature preserves represent the last remaining bit of Ohio’s wilderness. Without funding, their future may be threatened from neglect and the encroachment of invasive species.Without an organized geological survey, Ohio will know less about the location of groundwater sources and will risk falling further behind in developing deep underground storage places for the long-term capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions.Other setbacks include lawmakers’ rejection of Governor Strickland’s proposal to increase fees on the coal industry by $1.2 million to help fund mining regulation. Ohio’s coal mining industry reported $655 million in production in 2007.Is there a budget correction in Ohio’s future?A recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling on slot machines at race tracks may have opened a nearly $1 billion hole in the new budget. Watch for a budget correction bill to be considered next year.

LINK TO SOURCE ARTICLE HERE

My opinion of the problem. My suggestion to fix!

Why?Town
Why?Town Valley Orange Party
Ohio Orange Party

www.ohiooranges.org

[Why?Town]

I'm guessing that it's a hybrid and that Jack Shaner wrote everything but the last two sentences.

Dennis,

Why is it that you do not put articles that you "cut and paste" into a quote box? This is the standard practice of every board I post on and a requirement on most of them.  Some boards also require a link to the original article.


The following post is an example of what I'm talking about.

[Lynds]

did you write this or did Jach Shaner write this?

[irishbobcat]

At the Statehouse

Jack Shaner, OEC Deputy Director,Senior Director of Legislative & Public Affairs

WINS AND LOSSES MARK FINAL 2-YEAR STATE BUDGET

Ohio’s new two-year budget blueprint—adopted just before lawmakers went home for their summer break in mid-July—includes both victories and setbacks for the protection of air, land, and water. Here is a quick run-down of some of the budget outcomes.Funding continued for clean air, water, drinking water Thanks to a modest increase in state fees collected on the disposal of municipal garbage, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) will continue its oversight and protection of safe drinking water, clean air, and surface and ground water. An earlier version of the budget bill slashed funding from the OEPA, threatening basic oversight.Lawmakers also approved a small increase in registration fees on canoe and kayak owners to maintain Ohio’s Scenic and Wild Rivers program. This program helps protect Ohio’s cleanest and most scenic rivers, promoting “staycations” and boosting local travel and tourism. Nature and history lovers, meanwhile, will continue to enjoy public lands unspoiled by the specter of oil and gas drilling in state parks, nature preserves, historic sites, and Lake Erie. The Ohio Senate had threatened to open these areas to drilling before agreeing to drop the proposal.Praise as well goes to the cooler heads in the General Assembly that prevailed when lawmakers ultimately junked earlier proposals to: »add scrap tires, trash, and coal methane gas as qualifying renewable energy sources; »water down the legal definition of “unrecognizable waste” in construction and demolition debris landfills, which could open the door to the acceptance of toxic-tainted waste; and »narrow the minimum five-foot separation distance between construction and demolition debris landfill waste and groundwater. Funding for nature preserves, geological survey zeroed out

On the downside, natural resource protection was dealt a series of deep funding cuts. This will take a serious toll on the ability of Ohio’s 88 county soil and water conservation programs to conserve topsoil and to stop polluted runoff from fields and city streets from entering waterways.Equally wounding is Governor Strickland’s decision to completely eliminate general funding for our state nature preserves and the mapping of Ohio’s underground resources by the state’s Division of Geological Survey. Ohio’s 134 state nature preserves represent the last remaining bit of Ohio’s wilderness. Without funding, their future may be threatened from neglect and the encroachment of invasive species.Without an organized geological survey, Ohio will know less about the location of groundwater sources and will risk falling further behind in developing deep underground storage places for the long-term capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions.Other setbacks include lawmakers’ rejection of Governor Strickland’s proposal to increase fees on the coal industry by $1.2 million to help fund mining regulation. Ohio’s coal mining industry reported $655 million in production in 2007.Is there a budget correction in Ohio’s future?A recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling on slot machines at race tracks may have opened a nearly $1 billion hole in the new budget. Watch for a budget correction bill to be considered next year.
Governor Strickland has failed Ohio. It’s time for new leadership in 2010!

Dennis Spisak
Mahoning Valley Green Party
Ohio Green Party

www.ohiogreens.org
www.votespisak.org/thinkgreen/