Category: Opinion
Brown: Mega-banks controlling aluminum mean rising prices
### Executive Overview Senator Sherrod Brown outlines how Wall Street "mega-banks" have expanded beyond traditional banking into the physical ownership and control of essential commodities […]
School district should slow down on transportation outsourcing
### **Overview** The Vandalia-Butler Board of Education scheduled a special meeting to consider approving a contract to outsource student transportation to **First Student**, a private […]
Vandalia has government that works
### **Core Insight: Fiscal Stability and Cooperation** The editorial highlights the Vandalia City Council’s recent certification of tax levies for 2013, emphasizing a rare level […]
Butler Township asks for police levy
## Executive Summary Butler Township officials are requesting a **3.0 mill police levy** on the November 6 ballot. The township warns that without this additional […]