📰 Where to vote

Issue 4

November 08, 2022

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1. It's Election Day. Here's how to find your precinct and plan your ballot.

VOTE411

Election information you need. Brought to you by The League of Women Voters Education Fund.

https://www.vote411.org/

Just go to that page and enter your address. It'll tell you where to vote and show you what will be on your ballot.

2. Akron was 'plain ugly,' but then in the '90s some positive things started happening

How Downtown Akron's Renaissance Began

An Akron historian explains how the area continues to evolve.

https://www.akronlife.com/education/how-downtown-akron-s-renaissance-began/

"Akron was just plain ugly. Not only was there a lot of smoke in the sky, the streets weren’t very clean."

This is a really cool interview with a local historian who traces the roots of Akron's downtown revival. It involves some major infrastructure projects in the mid-1990s and The Black Keys.

3. Some people crashed into a gun store and stole 30 guns

$10K reward offered for gun store smash-and-grab suspects

At least three people wearing masks, gloves and heavy coats were seen on surveillance footage driving a car previously stolen from a 91-year-old Cleveland man through the storefront of Summit Armor…

https://fox8.com/news/10k-reward-offered-for-gun-store-smash-and-grab-suspects/

ATF is offering $10,000 if you know anything about it. (Not that you would, obviously.)

4. Landlords can't let you die of CO poisoning anymore

Akron will now require carbon monoxide detectors in residential buildings after Timber Top death

Akron City Council unanimously passed an ordinance requiring CO detectors in residential dwellings that use fuel-burning appliances.

https://www.wksu.org/government-politics/2022-11-07/akron-will-now-require-carbon-monoxide-detectors-in-residential-buildings-after-timber-top-death

At least they're not supposed to. If you haven't followed along, this Twitter thread explains what happened.

5. The University of Akron went to $15/hour

University of Akron announces pay increase

Roughly 67 union and non-union workers will see a raise ranging from $1 to $5 for workers who were making the state minimum wage of $9.30 an hour.

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/akron-canton-news/university-of-akron-announces-pay-increase

Some employees had been making $9.30/hour. That's $19,344 a year for full-time work. It's astonishing that's still legal. (The state minimum wage will go to $10.10 in January.)

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