Short Notice: Meeting Tonight 12/30 @ 69 Taps 8:30p

We have received confirmation for a huge fundraiser we will be doing in February.  We are going to have a very special and well known guest speaker!  We have a lot of work to do to get the word out.  Please come down to 69 Taps, Downtown Akron at 8:30pm if you can.

Akron's Sewer Problems

As you can see from the picture, Kurt and attended the Sewer meeting at the Morley Health Center, on Broadway, downtown Akron last night.  We wanted to get some answers on the sewer rate hike, rumors of which have been floating around lately, but without adequate detail.

About 200 of the 900 miles of sewer lines running through Akron have what is referred to as an Combined Sewer.  This was put in, for the most part, in the neighborhood of 100 years ago, and was a state-of-the-art system at the time.  It saves money by combining both Sanitary and Storm Run-Off sewers into one.  Here is a graphic that shows how it works ..

The education question..

Here is a very interesting piece from 20/20 with John Stossel.  It really gets at the heart of the education question and more or less illuminates the Libertarian position.  We really can do much better, and it is absolutely vital that we do!

Things starting to heat up .. consider this your Invitation!

Things are heating up in these cold months. Summit County Libertarians are needed now more than ever if we are going to accomplish our goal of getting the first Libertarian ever elected to the Ohio State House!  Here is a run down of recent activities and goals: