News from Ted Celeste http://tedceleste.com/index.php?page=news 2012-05-18T01:04:07+01:00 text/html 2011-06-09T08:50:01+01:00 http://tedceleste.com/ http://tedceleste.com/index.php?page=news&full=75 From the Columbus Dispatch A pair of Democratic lawmakers want to remove at least some of the secrecy surrounding the process of writing legislation and ensure lobbyists do not get too much access to the states nonpartisan bill-drafting agency.Reps. Ted Celeste of Grandview Heights and Jay Goyal of Mansfield say text/html 2011-04-21T15:51:53+01:00 http://tedceleste.com/ http://tedceleste.com/index.php?page=news&full=74 Im a firm believer in collective bargaining Celeste said. It works.Thats why Celeste who represents Ohios 24th House District -- which includes Grandview Upper Arlington and parts of Columbus and Hilliard -- voted against Senate Bill 5. The law passed last month limits collective bargaining rights of public employees and text/html 2011-04-02T07:14:17+01:00 http://tedceleste.com/ http://tedceleste.com/index.php?page=news&full=73 From the COLUMBUS DISPATCH If Ohio and other states are truly interested in looking at all possibilities for cutting budgets they should shut down Death Row. ... Fox News carried a story in March 2010 about the high cost of the death penalty. The cost of killing killers is killing text/html 2011-03-14T18:47:50+01:00 http://tedceleste.com/ http://tedceleste.com/index.php?page=news&full=70 From the Columbus Dispatch As Ohio heads toward a possible record number of executions this year two lawmakers have introduced legislation to abolish the states death penalty.The Execute Justice Bill is sponsored by Democratic state Reps. Ted Celeste of Grandview Heights and Nickie Antonio of Lakewood.The costs associated with litigation text/html 2011-01-25T19:38:29+01:00 http://tedceleste.com/ http://tedceleste.com/index.php?page=news&full=68 From the Columbus Dispatch For more than 32 years I had the honor of working at the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. During my career I held various positions including warden regional director assistant director and then director. In carrying out the responsibilities of my positions and the law text/html 2011-01-15T08:24:18+01:00 http://tedceleste.com/ http://tedceleste.com/index.php?page=news&full=66 From Columbus Dispatch Some time ago I wrote an opinion piece for The Dispatch in which I said that perhaps a timeout needed to be called much as had been done in elementary school when I was a kid. Hateful language had reached a crescendo and it was worrisome where text/html 2010-11-07T13:14:02+01:00 http://tedceleste.com/ http://tedceleste.com/index.php?page=news&full=63 From the Dispatch The election is over so the negative advertising finally is over. We hear that negative advertising pays off even though the public doesnt like it. Did anyone notice that state Rep. Ted Celeste a Democrat from the 24th Ohio House District was re-elected for his third term text/html 2010-10-07T15:15:56+01:00 http://tedceleste.com/ http://tedceleste.com/index.php?page=news&full=60 From Columbus Dispatch Two-term incumbent Democratic Rep. Ted Celeste deserves re-election in the 24th District. In a political environment growing increasingly poisonous Celeste is a welcome antidote refusing to go negative and insisting on civility in politics. He is a champion of public education safety-net social services and alternative energy. text/html 2010-02-23T07:33:10+01:00 http://tedceleste.com/ http://tedceleste.com/index.php?page=news&full=40 Focus on foreclosures The crisis continues in Ohio. Lawmakers must act quickly to deal with the fallout Published on Sunday Feb 21 2010 nbspIf any persuasion is needed new figures on home mortgage delinquencies and foreclosure filings emphasize that Ohio cannot sit idle. This crisis is not abating. That reality text/html 2010-01-20T15:27:49+01:00 http://tedceleste.com/ http://tedceleste.com/index.php?page=news&full=35 From Dispatch PoliticsThe selection of the shuttered Delphi auto-parts plant on the Far West Side as the site for a casino provides a welcome fresh start on this development for Columbus and Penn National Gaming Inc.Over the past three weeks hundreds of central Ohioans have participated in an open and