Columbus This Week | Local news, politics and discussions for central Ohio

Ever find yourself wishing that you could just blow past a stopped school bus because you have better things to do then wait on a bunch of children to unload? A central Ohio Chief of Police found himself in that exact situation, and is now under investigation for a moving violation. Continuing the trend of using Columbus as a test bed for rolling out national products, Microsoft and Kroger are partnering to create a 'smart' grocery store, with the intention of providing useful information, such as nutritional data on the shelves. The caveat here is that the technology enabled grocery shelves will also be used to shill advertisements. The downtown CPass program is ramping up and has increased the ridership during the commute window by 17%. This, coupled with new parking regulations around the short north and surrounding areas, is surely the end for cars in Columbus.

Person of the year in Austin, Texas, wants the city of Columbus to know that is “very, very happy” for #savethecrew, and the city’s new sports venture. We also discuss how much efficacy matters in terms of the proposed $100 million in incentives the team has been offered by the city and county. Business news: lots of local closures for the end of the year, and L brands is looking to sell off unprofitable ventures Politics: GOP legislature effectively shot down by John Kasich after Kasich delivered on his lame duck vetoes for the gun and heartbeat/abortion bills.

This week has been chock-full of followups to long running Columbus news. Leading off with the two big sports stories: The Crew 2.0, Columbus Edition is poised to receive a new stadium downtown, with heavy potential investment from many major players, including the city and the state, with a caveats. Urban Meyer is retiring after the Rose bowl, citing health concerns. In city news, the ticket tax will soon have yet another exemption before going before the city council, this time for non-profits. One of the members of the Columbus board of education has resigned, citing numerous problems with school leadership and the governance environment. The republican party senators for Ohio have also sworn off passing the heartbeat bill, but their angle for doing so is...interesting, to say the least.

While the Ohio weather meme might not always be true, it's certainly alive this week. It's December in Ohio, and it's been hot enough to go swimming outdoors, and cold enough to accumulate an inch of snow, within 40 hours of each other. Outside of weather gripes, we have a post mortem on the OSU Michigan game, more conflict over the ticket tax, and lots of controversial politics. Will the heartbeat bill be signed in law? Will Kasich be required to stand up to his party? Tune in and find out!

Who would have thought something as small as a tax on tickets within a single municipality could be so controversial that it has everyone from Mayor Ginther, to Arnold Schwarzenegger drawing battle lines? Columbus this week, that's who. Join Trevor this week, for a very political episode, where local politics intertwines with bitcoin, hit and runs, personal spending limits, and plastic bags. Oh, and did I mentioned some jerk is going around sprinkling nails on state highways?

...Never ever getting light rail, HQ2, or the hyperloop. This week we discuss OSU Michigan, the saga of the two hipster towers, Kasich putting his foot down on principle and ceremony against the GOP, and of course, Amazon deciding it can do without our dear city. On the other hand, no one's rent is going up 40% (yet), so at least you can rest easy about that.

Update: Between the time this was recorded, and when you listen, Amazon made their final announcement on HQ2. We'll be releasing early next week to focus on the outcome, even though (spoiler) neither HQ2/3 is coming to our dear city. The media is now swimming in articles about revoking Ohio's purple card, and sticking the red label on the state. Sam and Trevor discuss how much truth there is to that notion. In more local news, we have a hectic week of: a building burning down across the street from a fire department, JobsOhio suing businesses to recoup costs, the 'ticket tax' round three, and a five hundred person protest downtown.

The mid terms are finally here, two local boys are scolded by CPD for flashing a bb gun, we have even more coverage of the child poisoned with meth, and we do a policy by policy stance breakdown to wrap up our local election coverage. show notes: http://columbusthisweek.com/notes/60.txt

Another Halloween, another batch of parent who need to be pelted with snopes links until they stop claiming that malicious strangers are OBVIOUSLY trying to poison their precious Hayyden, Aiden, and Jaidan. That aside, this week we chat about the second amendment and the gubernatorial candidates, the hyperloop finalization, and scooter lawsuits. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/halloween-non-poisonings/ Show notes: https://pastebin.com/qGsUbcSS

We have a spooky episode lined up this week, as two central Ohio girls address the social media phenomenon known as momo, a creepy bird like being that has been ascribed to have done everything from convincing people to light buildings on fire, to bullying children into suicide, to doxxing, to [insert bad thing here]. Don't listen to creepy bird ladies on the internet, folks. On the other side of the coin, the teal pumpkin project aims to make halloween safe and fun for all, and one of our lovely hosts has some major objections with being told that his decorations might be too scary for some children. Also, go buy your own avacados kids, they don't grow on trees.

The great Columbus soccer war is nearing its end with support from the people of the north, and Crew fans couldn't be any happier. Lots of dotted i's and crossed t's to come yet, but the commitment is all but final. In other news: vote! Not educated enough? Luckily for you, for the next 4 weeks your favorite podcast, Columbus This Week, will be breaking down the major races and issues that effect you as a continual feature, my dear Columbusite.

Do you like Columbus day? If you said yes, odds are, you are Italian, or get the holiday off. City employees however, will have no such luck, as Columbus Day is now a working holiday for cowtown, and Veterans city is a city Holdiday. In other pulse pounding news, Columbus has now witnessed its first scooter shooting. Community events ramped up this week as well, with a ladies night at the garage (hosted by AA), coffee with a cop events all across central Ohio (but not in Columbus proper or the people's republic of Worthington), and new plans for fireworks in Pickerington. As an aside, this episode is hosted solely by Trevor this week.

The women arrested with Stormy Daniels at Sirens back in July have filed a suit with the state of Ohio, under the grounds that the arrest was political and defamatory in nature. In less dramatic news, Chipotle aims to move 270 people to Columbus, Chase opens up a new FinTech center on the Otterbein campus, and CMH has been purged of all flights west of the Sierra Nevadas. Special thanks to guest host Sam Walk for filling in for Eric.

The struggle to have functional medical marajuana continues in Ohio, as new technologies are developing locally, and current providers fail to deliver. Meanwhile the midterms ads and political pieces are starting to drift out in preparation for November, and this year we only have one (1) issue on the ballot: Drug and Prison reform. We also discuss the tragic fifth third shooting, more scooter panic, and the city both acknowleding and ignoring the success of a certain popular bike lane. Special thanks to guest host, Sam Walk!

This week is abuzz with news, and Ohio has been making the national press after a young Cinci girl is tased during a shoplifting incedent. What's the most Dangerous road in Columbus? The answer may not surprise you. Sweeping scooter policy changes for the city of Columbus see a quick part three, in response to much criticism directed at the mayor's office.

Authur Blank has ignited the passion the legion of Crew fans with two statements almost designed to send fans into a frenzy. Could the Austin Crew and a new Columbus team coexist? Did the city of Columbus inadequately fight for the Crew? Only time can validate Blank's predictions. In other news, a mass casualty comes out of Ross County Correctional Facility as nearly 30 inmates were exposed to fentanyl via the prison air vents. Rounding out our stories, the city has enacted legislation on shared bikes and scooters that could prove to make them more hazardous, with the intent of safety.

Are you overjoyed or distraught or the Urban Meyer decision? If so, you probably don't live in Columbus, where citywide citizens came together to collectively say "Meh". In other news, our fair city gets yet another visit from el Presidente Trump this summer, while Kasich decided to avoid Trump and attend Matsuricon instead, cementing his tsundere relationship with Trump. In #savethecrew land, Precourt's team name and logo is a sight to behold. Not a good sight, but a sight nonetheless. Rounding out with the scooter beat, the city is digging its heels in and prepares to legislate the bike share and scooter share platforms that have begun popping up everywhere.

Lots of follow up stories this week, as the Urban Meyer OSU drama continues to heat up after the investigative committee follows up with Zack and Courtney Smith. In addition, we finally got to the root cause of the Chipotle food poising incident in Delaware county, the legislation around the 7% entertainment for Columbus is live, and the rental scooters are expanding at an explosive pace, with very tentative legal support from the city. In new news, Grove City will soon be the hoppinest place in the world, as the host of the world's largest bounce house. Columbus makes yet another list about being a top city to live, this time taking the top spot for tech workers, we dive into why the metrics used to determine this result are skewed to favor certain locales over others like San Francisco. A Clintonville woman had an absurd amount of birds removed from her house via a joint effort of the local ASPCA and humane society. Want to know why she had almost one bird per square foot of house? Tune in to find out!

Balderson. O'Connor. The election is down to the wire, with money bombs, presidential visits, key endorsements, and seemingly everything on the line, if you listen to the party rhetoric. The problem is, this race isn't even over when it's over, and the victory will by definition be fleeting, since the elected candidate has to win again in November, which raises the question: Why do the parties care so much about a special election that is going to be upset less than four months from now? In other news, Ohio legislature expands the rights of Canine Americans, Microsoft is looking to provide wifi to rural Ohio as a test bed, the mystery Chipotle plague gets even more mysterious, and Columbus rounds out the top of a list of cities that support and grow small businesses.

MWe can't avoid the elephant in the room this week, Urban Meyer is front and center of the local news cycle. The feature topic is an in depth discussion of the Urban Meyer scandal, the reactions from supporters and detractors, and a breakdwon of likely outcomes. In news that won't be making any headlines, we also talk about a three way twitter fight between LeBron James, Donald Trump, and John Kasich, Ohio's student debt problem, and the governor's bill to reign in on payday loan exploitation.

It's often said that no news is good news, and unfortunately Columbus has a lot of news this week. Join us as we discuss the Stormy Daniels planned police sting, drugs being brought into Ohio prisons, corruption in manufacturing, and the worst crime against humanity yet: dog parties. Don't despair though, it's not all bad news this week, as Ohio libraries will soon be recieving new educational services, two dozen central Ohio companies made a top 300 list for best places for women to work, and mirror lake is looking to reopen before classes start.

...and he says "Dear farmers and Ginthers, please do not cut these". In a rare moment of republican environmentalism, we witness John Kasich fighting against a coalition of farmers on the speed and regulations around the lake Erie cleanup. On the flip side, Columbus's own mayor Ginther would like to remove trees from poor, high crime areas of city, citing that trees provide effective cover for criminals. Is this a good, well thought out idea? No, no it's not, and you don't need to tune in to Columbus This Week to find that out.

This episode marks the one year anniversary of Columbus This Week, which we celebrate by drinking heavily, and blathering about the local antics of the fine folks of Columbus. This week sees a porn star arrested in the classiest joint in the city, serial vandalism towards nice cars in nice neighborhoods, and harsh words from Honda USA towards the Trump administration's tariffs.

You won't believe what went down in the city of Pickerington this week during the city's annual fireworks display, but that might be because even the officer reporting the near riot struggles to believe what he's saying. Outside of that den of evil, things are so calm, that the biggest uproar in the entire metro area is changes to parking laws. If you live in Columbus proper, you may soon be required to move your car every 72 hours. In housing news, yet another national study paints a bullseye on Columbus as a red hot housing market, with an average turn around of just 6 days.

America's youth is in rough shape it seems, if the slew of articles and legislation in the air in Ohio are actually needed. From articles about how to prevent your child from burning themselves for fun, to legislation throwing 19 year olds in a rehabiliation school for sexting, this week has been all about protecting the children from themselves.

CoverMyMeds is looking to build their own #HQ2, and they would like you, the taxer payer, to provide a small grant of ~40 Million dollars for it. The BFA and the NRA are suing Columbus and Cinci, as exactly every person on the planet predicted, given the new gun legislation on the table. Meanwhile, the church(TM), Kasich, and the police are making a push for more gun control statewide. In news that won't die: Reagan Tokes act update, Crew lawsuit news, and the electric snek odds of being vaporware just went down 1%.

It's a fun week to be gay in Columbus, as Vice President Pence is protested during a serendipitous visit, drama brews over private security changes for the pride festival, and the festival itself finds protestors of the event arrested. If you are homeless however, it's not your week: as not only is Dublin going after you, but Columbus City has also introduced some rather aggressive anti-panhandling legislation, as well as plans for signage. In other news, the Columbus Police make the news once more for all the wrong reasons, the S in OSU stands for 'sue, and we talk about the political game behind voter registration and turnout.

Lots of worlds colliding in the Captial of Ohio this week. We have sagara making national news, Com Fest only supplying Columbus local brews, and Canadian tariffs that will hurt the economy of one midwestern state more than the other 49. Which state could it be? Find out, on Columbus This Week!

Is maintaining employment a struggle for you? If so, statistically you don't live in Columbus. Join us this week as we chat about all the new shops opening, UPS hiring 600 new workers, and Columbus 2020 hitting their city wide jobs goal of +150,000 two years ahead of schedule. In other news, nationawide children's hospital is now 3D printing organs, drawing on a dog with parmanent marker leads to a happy ending, and a background check CEO tells us why #MeToo means you should contract out your job candidate research.

While Columbus may not have a reputation for tourism, it looks like we may soon the the elusive bar baby demographic, as multiple breweries and bars open their doors to the little folks who can't open the door themselves. If that's not enough to draw the tourists in, we also have sharpie dogs, #chipotleHQ2, and a lack of out of school suspensions. If you are a touring bum though, you may look to avoid Dublin, as the city aims to hunt down your kind and shame you with signage.

The gubernatorial race is heating up, as the most pressing issue of our time is on the table: Should we A) legalize sports gambling and give the money to specific groups in Ohio, or B) legalize sports gambling and give the money to the state of Ohio general fund; truly a moral black and white question. In addition, Columbus's housing market continues to rise unfettered, even despite the best attempts of local pink bombers and suicide squirrel saboteurs. As for the feature, we attempt to convince your impressionable teen not to go to college. Eric wants them to go sit out in the desert for two years. Trevor would rather they go to trade school unless they have a (real) major in mind. In central Ohio news, we have more gun control press sparring, this time from the Buckeye Firearms Association and Ohioans for gun safety. More smart city initatives are also moving forward, and Eric finds misinformation published by the New York times in real time.

This week we visit a city council meeting in Worthington to watch the sparks fly as second amendment drama is on the agenda. In one corner we have three overly meta teens, a handful of thirtysomething suburbanite moms, and a guy who swears he knows how guns work. In the other, we have boomers in "AMERICA NEEDS GUNS" shirts, newsletter soldiers, and 1,500 different statistics. In other news, the gubernatorial primaries are over, and we run through the policy background (or lackthereof) of each frontrunner. Cardinal health is also attempting to bleed heat from accusations in congress of purposely flooding West Virginia with opioids.

CORRECTION: I referenced a letter written by a Worthington city council member named Scott Myers. In doing so I incorrectly referred to him as the mayor. I am an idiot, please ignore me. It's bicycle safety month in the US, so strap on your helmets kids. A new shared bike startup comes to Columbus, with an interesting business model: You can leave your bikes anywhere when you are done with them, no dock needed! I'm sure this can't have any unintended consequences. In local news, Worthington heard quite an interesting letter proposal regarding gun control that one councilman would send to send to his state representitives, Columbus is looking to detect gunfire automatically, and the state of Ohio finds the letters AF very offensive for some reason.

Tax season may be over, but the state and city are still looking for money where ever it can be found. ECOT's money? Ohio's money now. Extra revenue from John Glenn? Extra revenue for the city you mean. Luckily, with great budgets, come great libraries, free buses to downtown, and presumably less taxes needed next year. In larger news, the moderates are polling well, given that their competition seems very intent on throwing their own primary away. For those of you following the housing market, it seems the trend of people from New York coming to Columbus and gushing about the same four New Yorker owned businesses has no end in sight, so a house is basically an investment if you think about it.

As OSU football fans mourn the loss of Earle Bruce, fans of a different type of sports are cheering the announcments from a different Ohio university. Tens of thousands of dollars in scholarship money will go to people good at certain video games. In addition we talk about problems keeping your neighborhood nice in Hilltop, the Cleveland greyhound that got lost on it's way to NYC and ended up in western Ohio, and much more.

Eric's sworn enemy, the homeless masses, have had enough with his yuppie kind, and stabbed one. In addition, the Crew  move to Austin is on its way to being a giant legal drama, the kind that becomes a low budget cash grab film ten years after the fact. The city also may be getting a shake shack, and legalizing dogs in resturants and bars, although that seems like it'll happen over Eric's stabbed and bitten body.

This week we get a glimpse at this year's marajuana legislation, which seeks to treat the drug like alcohol in almost every regard, including liscening and home development. In city related news, Columbu's own ROOT insurance just recieved one of the largest stage 3 funding amounts ever, the city is dead set on buying the crew, OSU revokes Bill Cosby's honorary degree, and much more.

The title isn't a joke for once, wendy's literally put out a rap album. Listen to one of their original songs one minute into the podcast. Also, traffic cams may soon be a thing of the past in Ohio, as regulations may serve to make them a nonviable revenue model. In sports news, more is out about the city's case with precourt, and Columbus is on it's way to being a major hockey hub in the midwest, whatever in the world that means. More firearms protests and legal proposals from the city; we go through each one and respond.

What constitutes life? What constitutes a living wage? What constitutes terrorism? What constitutes a 'first world way' to do away with your enemies and hear the lamentations of their women? Join us this week as we talk state abortion laws, proposed OSU and state minimum wage changes, and a Russian global terror plot.

Good lord, it seems like Eric can't go one week without a new story of weird encounters with the homeless. Oh well, I'm sure it's just random coincedence. Lots of happenings in local politics this week, as Kasich gives the State of the State, the Dem Governor primary debates estblish two clear frontrunners, and we talk about the implications on Trumps tariffs for jobs and income equality.

Lots of buildings being thrown up in the first week of March, as local businesses make public their budgets and plans for the year. We've also changed up the format a bit now, in order to more closely align our topics with Columbus news, and less often with regional/Ohio news. This week's feature is all about Xi Jinping, who half of the show's hosts are convinced is a dictator in all but name. Also, some local ice cream lady vents her feelings on twitter, some Dispatch journalist vents their feelings on Reddit, and more Ohioans than ever are packing heat.

High school activism is at an all time high, both good and bad, in Ohio. On one hand, a record number of threats to shoot up or blow up schools are being reported. On the other, local Upper Arlington students are setting an example nationwide with a civil protest. In other news, Kucinich is intent on throwing away his chances at the governorship before he even starts, Columbus City Schools are jockeying for money in response to a state budget shortfall, and Columbus has literally demolished it's vacant building percentage.

What city is brutally ripping away all that hard earned talent that the coastal cities earned fair and square? You guessed it, Columbus. In addition, a local business owner did the exact thing that you should never ever do on twitter in the wake of two dead Westerville police, the odds of the hyperloop not being vaporware looks to increase slightly, and we chat about yet another mass shooting, with a focus on the National Rifle Association this time around.

Would you spend $50 on a shirt or $120 on a pair of shoes? If you are the average American, then you just answered no. This week we talk about what is causing the fashion industry to bleed out, race baiting flyers put up around Hilliard, and a software developer who sought to use sexual favors as currency.   Columbus This Week on Podbean: https://columbusthisweek.podbean.com/Columbus this Week on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-columbusthisweeks-podcast/id1260782318?mt=2follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/cbusthisweekfollow us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/columbusthisweekfollow us on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvFwFccKFrh818EFYhfSe-A~~~~~~~Construction roundup~~~~~~~~~~https://www.reddit.com/r/Columbus/comments/7wgdb2/fivestory_15m_short_north_development_gets/New 5-story buildinghttp://www.columbusunderground.com/five-university-district-developments-set-to-open-this-summer-bw1~~~~~~TWO MINUTES HATE~~~~~~https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7vemlw/crypto_price_tracker_made_by_16yr_old_actually/dtrw983/?context=0Girl gives a classmate a blowie in exchange for being able to take credit for making a bitcoin tracking appApple Care damn youhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42952220Canada PM Trudeau faces PC backlash over 'peoplekind' comment~~~~~~~~~Columbus~~~~~~~~~http://www.columbusunderground.com/nonstop-flights-from-columbus-to-austin-added-to-allegiant-frontier-airlines-tm1Nonstop flights to Austin lolhttps://www.reddit.com/r/Columbus/comments/7vfvpf/panhandlers_more_aggressive_since_columbus/Told you so. http://www.dispatch.com/business/20180131/kroger-bringing-its-no-cashier-scan-bag-go-system-to-some-central-ohio-stores-in-marchFor Scan, Bag, Go, shoppers use a wireless hand-held scanner to identify items as they shop, or their mobile phone via Kroger’s app. The app can give customers a running total of their order, offer coupons and even steer customers to weekly deals.https://www.10tv.com/article/city-hilliard-responds-racially-targeted-fliers-popped-again-neighborhoods'It's okay to be white' flyers begin appearing in Hillard, the community and the mayor respond predictably.https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/obama-backed-national-democratic-redistricting-committee-invest-11-state-level-electionsA Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama said this week it plans to invest millions of dollars in state-level elections in 11 states this year, with its heaviest focus on Ohio.In Ohio, a perennial political battleground, the committee plans to support Democrats for five offices — governor, auditor, secretary of state, Ohio Senate and Ohio House — as well as pushing a redistricting ballot measure.~~~~~~~~~~~Debate and Discussion~~~~~~~~~~~~~https://www.standard.co.uk/fashion/news/gender-pay-gap-in-modelling-industry-sees-women-earn-75-more-than-men-a3597656.htmlhttps://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/7w593p/gender_pay_gap_in_modelling_sees_men_paid_75_less/?sort=controversial&st=jdf0zyuy&sh=47bdbaefMale models get paid anywhere from 10-25% of what female models do on average.http://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-can-uber-teach-us-about-the-gender-pay-gap/https://www.wired.com/story/esports-pyeongchang-olympics/Would it be cool to have Esports in the olympics? Which games?https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-08/twitter-posts-surprise-sales-gain-monthly-user-growth-stagnates~~~~~~~~~~~~~Feature~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-death-of-clothing/The death of clothing - Americans are spending less on clothing than before - somewhat being blamed on Amazon (which is stupid).

Eric is back again to detail yet another story of the homeless hating him. Why does one man have so many stories about the homeless wanting to knife him? Are they Chinese sleeper agents trying to execute the anti manadrin propgandist? Does he offer to give them money through wechat? To find these answers, and more, tune in to this episode of Columbus this Week! Columbus This Week on Podbean: https://columbusthisweek.podbean.com/Columbus this Week on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-columbusthisweeks-podcast/id1260782318?mt=2follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/cbusthisweekfollow us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/columbusthisweekfollow us on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvFwFccKFrh818EFYhfSe-A ~~~~~~~Construction roundup~~~~~~~~~~https://www.reddit.com/r/Columbus/comments/7ryrbc/columbus_considers_urban_high_line_park_trail/Imagine walking or bicycling along an abandoned rail line with a clear view of the Downtown skyline. That’s what’s being planned for Franklinton: a mini-version of Manhattan’s wildly popular High Line trail.The one in Franklinton would be 1,000 feet long, between the intersection of Lucas and Chapel streets and the Scioto River, and would run along an abandoned railroad viaduct and on bridges over West Town and West Rich streets near the 400 West Rich artist colony.“It’s just a really cool view of Downtown,” said Brian Hoyt, a spokesman for Columbus Recreation and Parks Department.The elevated Columbus trail would be part of the Franklinton Loop Trail, a series of on-street and dedicated trails linking areas of Franklinton with the Scioto Trail along the Scioto River.http://www.columbusunderground.com/public-art-to-transform-short-north-construction-sites-we1Short North will be allowing people to paint the construction barriers and whatnothttp://www.dispatch.com/news/20180124/cogo-expanding-bikesharing-network-in-city-suburbsCoGo will be expanding bikeshare to other neighborhoods like Upper Arlington, Bexley, and Grandview~~~~~~TWO MINUTES HATE~~~~~~https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/41352/ Students take over campus building, issue list of 23 demands, including expulsion of right-wing student https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/01/opinion/quitting-twitter-lindy-west.html"Well, here’s what my new life is like: I don’t wake up with a pit in my stomach every day, dreading what horrors accrued in my phone overnight.""I don’t get dragged into protracted, bad-faith arguments with teenage boys about whether poor people deserve medical care, or whether putting nice guys in the friend zone is a hate crime.""I shouldn’t have had to walk away from all that because for Twitter to take a firm stance against neo-Nazism might have cost it some incalculable sliver of profit"  https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/957411344688603136 NYT is now a white supremacist paper. The multiple Nazi puff pieces, constant pro-Trump PR, and praise for Miller on today of all days is not exceptional -- it's the guiding ideology of the paper. I don't think every writer there shares it, but it dominates coverage #Unsubscribe~~~~~~~~~Columbus~~~~~~~~~http://radio.wosu.org/post/columbus-ranks-near-bottom-economic-well-being-immigrants#stream/0Students take over campus building, issue list of 23 demands, including expulsion of right-wing student. At Wooster University someone posted a racist meme in some conservative facebook group, and students decide to stage a protest to close down the building. Jesus. http://www.columbusunderground.com/short-north-retailer-pursuit-will-outfit-2018-usa-mens-curling-team-ls1Pretty cool - Pursuit is a suit company here in Columbus and they will be outfitting the USA Men's Curling Team which is pretty coolhttp://www.columbusunderground.com/city-unveils-new-policy-for-incentives-and-tax-abatements-bw1The City of Columbus today unveiled a new set of policy guidelines that would change the way tax abatements are awarded for development projects and formalize the system of tax breaks offered for new businesses promising job growth.In response to a growing chorus of opposition to the existing tax abatement policy – in which any new development in one of 16 designated neighborhoods is eligible for a 15-year, 100 percent property tax abatement – the city commissioned a study last year to examine the issue.The number of affordable units required would break down like this – 10 percent of units “affordable and rented to” households making up to 80 percent of the average median income (AMI), and another 10 percent of units would go to households making up to 100 percent of the AMI.http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180130/columbus-building-technological-heartbeat-of-future-smart-citiesSmart Columbus wants proposals to create and build the backbone of an information system to allow all the elements of a “smart city″ to talk to one another.“This is really the heartbeat of the Smart Columbus” project, said Brandi Braun, deputy innovation officer for the city of Columbus who is working on the project. “All of our projects require data and will give off data.”Smart Columbus is looking to build a web-based information system that will collect and share all of that data, Braun said. It will include data that allow vehicles, roads and streetlights to communicate.The data will be open source — available to anyone online to allow entrepreneurs to look at and analyze the information and spark ideas for applications to make transportation more efficient.https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/01/amazons-second-headquarters-gay-groups-say-amazon-should-avoid-indianapolis-8-cities/1085837001/SAN FRANCISCO — Gay-rights advocates plan a "No Gay? No Way!" campaign Thursday to pressure Amazon to avoid building its second headquarters in a state that does not protect its residents from discrimination for their sexual orientation or gender identity.Of the 20 cities on Amazon’s list of finalists, nine are in states with no anti-gay-discrimination laws, according to the campaign. They are Indianapolis; Austin and Dallas; Nashville; Atlanta; Columbus, Ohio; Miami, Raleigh, N.C.; and the D.C. suburbs of northern Virginia.http://www.columbusunderground.com/more-than-half-of-columbus-residents-are-now-renters-we1Over the course of past decade, Columbus has become a “renter-dominated market” along with 21 other major U.S. cities. That means that more than half of the population of the city of Columbus now lives in a rental units rather than an owned unit.~~~~~~~~~~~Debate and Discussion~~~~~~~~~~~~~https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/01/31/preventing-data-leaks-by-stripping-path-information-in-http-referrers/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-30/amazon-berkshire-jpmorgan-to-create-healthcare-company-jd1lraa9“I’m in favor of anything that helps move the markets a bit, incentivizes competition and puts pressure on the big insurance carriers,” said Ashraf Shehata, a partner in KPMG LLP’s health care and life sciences advisory practice in the U.S.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/opinion/nationalize-5g-network.htmlNo one can accuse the Trump administration of being boring, even when it comes to telecom. According to leaked documents, there is a proposal going around the White House to build a federally owned 5G telecommunications system — the next version of a mobile broadband network — or perhaps even to nationalize the 5G networks that private telecom companies are now building. (5G is the “fifth generation” wireless protocol, which promises to be faster and more secure than its predecessor, 4G, but requires new antennas and cell towers.)The White House proposal, which at the moment is just an idea, appears driven by concerns about security threats related to China’s development of 5G networks. But the strongest case for building a national network is different. Done right, a national 5G network could save a lot of Americans a lot of money and revive competition in what has become an entrenched oligopoly. Done wrong, on the other hand, it could look like something out of Hugo Chávez’s disastrous economic playbook.https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/1/16721230/wechat-china-app-mini-programs-messaging-electronic-id-systemWeChat is popular in China - platform for everything, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and others blocked though, also China is implementing a national ID system through WeChat and you can even pay to upgrade to a color version!

This week we are joined by a guest host and friend of the show, Sam, while Eric is on vacation. Lots of updates on ongoing Columbus happenings, as well as a discussion on a potentially controversial physician assisted suicide bill proposed on the Ohio legislature. Columbus This Week on Podbean: https://columbusthisweek.podbean.com/Columbus this Week on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-columbusthisweeks-podcast/id1260782318?mt=2follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/cbusthisweekfollow us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/columbusthisweekfollow us on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvFwFccKFrh818EFYhfSe-Ahttp://www.columbusunderground.com/updated-millennial-tower-approved-by-downtown-commission-bw1-- Millenial Tower construction has been approved.https://www.facebook.com/events/206338693270247/-- Indianapolis band The WldLfe is playing at Spacebar Feb 3rd from 9pm-12am.https://twitter.com/search?q=donut dress code&src=typd&lang=en-- The bar above the little donut shop has some interetsing things to say about certain groups of persons, also it's a laugh and a half because the sign is posted @ the donut shop itselfhttps://theintercept.com/2018/01/24/nsa-core-values-honesty-deleted/-- the NSA valued honesty and openness as core values, lolwuthttps://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/worlds-top-1-earn-82-wealth-generated-2017-says-oxfam/-- Top 1% earn 82% of the World's wealth."Okay but like let’s not make any rash decisions @amazon. Call us when you’re ready. ☎️ #BringAtoB" - Birmingham, alabamahttps://twitter.com/SteveDucey/status/955518012995416064 - more amazon salt-- Mad about HQ2 http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180123/columbus-lawmakers-proposal-would-allow-physician-assisted-suicide-in-ohio-- Upcoming legal proposal to allow certain classes of persons to voluntarily end their own lives earlyhttps://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/01/24/john-glenn-international-posts-busiest-year-since.html-- John Glenn has second busiest year ever, columbus shaping up to be a *TOURIST* destination.http://www.columbusunderground.com/kroger-to-provide-shuttle-from-closed-northern-lights-location-bw1-- Kroger is going to shuttle shoppers from closed norther lights location. Food desert?http://www.dispatch.com/sports/20180117/crew-sc--austin-officials-halt-stadium-site-work-after-team-owners-dont-provide-feedback-- Precourt hasn't been in contact with the city of austin RE construction so it's temp halted.https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/now-even-youtube-serves-ads-with-cpu-draining-cryptocurrency-miners/http://thehill.com/policy/technology/370133-montana-becomes-first-state-to-implement-net-neutrality-rules-following-fcc-- Montana implements net neutrality at the state level for isps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnj0UG9biLc-- YOUVE GOT TO, MAKE A LITTLE PROFIT + BCC talk and scams in generalhttps://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#2.00/-112.31003/28.61347/hot/all-- Company provides tracking info, unintended consequences. Would like a general exploration of the fact that we are being tracked everywhere, all the time. Your phone, youtr car etc can all be tracked.

This week we talk about Columbus making Amazon's top twenty list, Columbus's lack of concern for throwing sheets of snow at other drivers at 50 MPH, and all the hottest spots to spit on people in our great city. Columbus This Week on Podbean: https://columbusthisweek.podbean.com/Columbus this Week on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-columbusthisweeks-podcast/id1260782318?mt=2follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/cbusthisweekfollow us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/columbusthisweekfollow us on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvFwFccKFrh818EFYhfSe-A show notes: https://pastebin.com/N5vRA5D6

We are back from our winter hibernation, just in time to lose heat, and have to record in a frozen building. This episode features James Damore's new lawsuit, a very expensive whiskey tasting event, and Eric getting mad about things.   Columbus This Week on Podbean: https://columbusthisweek.podbean.com/Columbus this Week on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-columbusthisweeks-podcast/id1260782318?mt=2follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/cbusthisweekfollow us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/columbusthisweekfollow us on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvFwFccKFrh818EFYhfSe-A

With the rising murder rates in Columbus, there's a 200% chance one of the cohosts gets murdered before next episode, so listen in to hear the dying words of a dead man. Show notes: https://pastebin.com/iBh1qZJz Columbus This Week on Podbean: https://columbusthisweek.podbean.com/Columbus this Week on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-columbusthisweeks-podcast/id1260782318?mt=2follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/cbusthisweekfollow us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/columbusthisweekfollow us on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvFwFccKFrh818EFYhfSe-A

Have you ever wondered why clickbait is so darned effective? Probably not, but that question is designed to draw you in regardless. Luckily for you, it turns out that exploiting your easily manipulated primate brain isn't paying dividends for news orgs anymore, and some of your least favorite news media are probably cutting their staff as we speak. Why is this happening? Tune in to find out (yes, that was more shameless attention highjacking) Show Notes: https://pastebin.com/zP5cgKq0 Columbus This Week on Podbean: https://columbusthisweek.podbean.com/Columbus this Week on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-columbusthisweeks-podcast/id1260782318?mt=2follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/cbusthisweekfollow us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/columbusthisweekfollow us on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvFwFccKFrh818EFYhfSe-A

Is it okay to be white? Is it okay to support the crew? How about being a TA in a strange land where the locals ride mooses and extract maple syrup from trees by whacking them with hockey sticks? None these questions, and more, will be spoonfed to you in this episode of Columbus this week! Columbus This Week on Podbean: https://columbusthisweek.podbean.com/Columbus this Week on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-columbusthisweeks-podcast/id1260782318?mt=2follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/cbusthisweekfollow us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/columbusthisweekfollow us on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvFwFccKFrh818EFYhfSe-A Show notes: https://pastebin.com/8sEBpgdm