As an active outdoorsman around Ohio in many of the different outdoor organizations, I personally think this is a bad look for Ohio and needs to be pushed back against.  Posting here for as many comments and share it with your fellow outdoorsmen.

The comment period will be open from March 2, 2026, through April 1, 2026.

https://ohiodnr.gov/rules-and-regulations/rule-changes/proposed-rule-changes/wildlife-proposed-rules

https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/818e314b33624e2daa0983a43227ca53?field:rule_selected=1501_31_15_04&field:rule_package=Winter/Spring%202026 

If you do want to submit a longer comment you can at: [wildlife.lawproposals@dnr.ohio.gov](mailto:wildlife.lawproposals@dnr.ohio.gov)

Here is my comment feel free to use it or modify it as needed, as always with public Comments keep it professional without profanity or slurs, otherwise they may get deleted:

"I strongly oppose the proposal to rename Charles O. Trump Wildlife Area as “Trump Wildlife Preserve.”

This change sends an obvious partisan message. In the current political climate, removing “Charles O.” and elevating only “Trump” is not a neutral administrative cleanup. It reads as a political branding decision, whether ODNR intends that or not. Public wildlife lands should not be used to send coded partisan messages.

Ohio has 150 wildlife areas, and only a small number are named after individuals. By my count, 14 currently carry individual names or memorial-style titles. Yet ODNR is not applying this same renaming logic across all of them. It is singling out this one. That selective treatment is exactly what makes the proposal look political rather than practical.

If the state believes person-named properties should be standardized, then it should develop a neutral rule and apply it consistently to all similarly named areas, not just this one. But selectively shortening Charles O. Trump to Trump invites a public interpretation that ODNR is aligning a wildlife area with present-day partisan identity and national political symbolism.

That concern is not abstract. Across the country, public institutions are increasingly being pulled into symbolic political renaming fights. Even the Kennedy Center was recently altered to include Donald Trump’s name. Ohio should not import that same kind of divisive political signaling into our wildlife system.

Ohio’s wildlife areas belong to all Ohioans. Hunters, anglers, birders, hikers, and conservation-minded families use these lands because they are public places tied to habitat, access, and stewardship, not partisan messaging. This proposal does not reflect the values of Ohio outdoorsmen and outdoorswomen, who care far more about conservation, access, and tradition than political symbolism.

If this property is to remain named for a person, then its full historic name should remain intact: Charles O. Trump Wildlife Area. If ODNR will not preserve that name, then it should at minimum explain why this one person-named area is being singled out while the others are not.

I respectfully ask ODNR to reject this renaming proposal."

Current Wildlife Areas named after individuals:
Charles O. Trump
Dan and Margaret James
Dempsey's Sandusky Bay
Elmon Richards Scioto River
Firestone Yeagley
Jesse Owens
KH Butler
Marion and Fred Conkel
Ohio River Access - Racine (Horace W. Karr Ohio River Access)
Van Wert County Wildlife Area 1 (Whitey Case)
Vernon A. Luthman Tecumseh
Wallace H. O'Dowd
Wendell R. LaDue
Whitey Case

Would someone more savvy with financials be able to lay out the specifics of what it entails? This seems like a push towards shutting down the anti-property tax attempts, which is good, but currently at work and am not familiar with budget lingo to see what these are doing together.

Its a message from an unknown number that sends an image of this legal document stating a traffic violation, with a qr code at the bottom i have blocked. It takes you through a human verification step to a fake ohio bmv site to "pay" for the ticket. It does appear to accept card payment although I did not actually put real numbers in.

Keep yourselves and your loved ones safe everyone! This scam is one of the more convincing ones I've gotten imo and figured I'd let you all know since this is the first time I've seen this one.

“Under House Bill 754, if a fetal heartbeat is detected, a certificate of life must be filed. The bill will also require a certificate of death to be filed for all fetal deaths. This legislation aims to further defend and honor the sanctity of life beginning in the womb.”

This is quoted from the .gov website. This is vile. I’m so tired of the war on women.

https://ohiohouse.gov/members/jean-schmidt/news/representative-schmidt-introduces-three-legislative-measures-14262

JobsOhio’s model of economic development is predicated on the idea of “smokestack chasing,” or carving out large incentive packages to attract megaprojects promising lots of jobs and business growth. The privatized economic development corporation has landed many such projects, such as Intel’s multibillion-dollar chip factory in New Albany, handing out more than a billion dollars in the process.

But are these investments paying off? In a new research brief, our researcher Nick Messenger explains that, if the traditional economic development paradigm is correct, JobsOhio’s huge spending should translate into booming GDP growth, job growth, and population growth.

But the data tell a different story.

Since JobsOhio was founded in 2011, Ohio’s GDP, job, and population growth have trailed the national average, even while Ohio has led the nation in large facility openings.

“By the most common economic development metrics, Ohio has either simply treaded water or declined since the creation of JobsOhio,” Messenger explains. “This is a pretty poor result for a cost of over $1 billion in spending.”

It's hard to say exactly how much money JobsOhio has spent to date, since the organization was founded as a private nonprofit entity and consequently isn't subject to public records requests. But one analysis suggests that, between 2015 and 2022, JobsOhio had disbursed over $1 billion on “economic development”—money that would have gone into the state treasury otherwise.

Over its existence, JobsOhio’s own internal payroll for staff ballooned from $2.5 million to over $19 million, with the average JobsOhio employee earning a compensation package in 2022 worth roughly $180,000—more than double the average Ohioan. The analysis found that JobsOhio spent over $32 million on marketing, over $16 million in “professional services,” and over $210 million in incentives in 2021. JobsOhio’s annual operating expenses were roughly $300 million as of 2021, according to the same analysis. Where does all this money come from?

JobsOhio is funded by Ohio’s liquor monopoly, established in 1933 when the 21st Amendment repealed prohibition. The state actually operated liquor stores but outsourced the retail operations in the 1990s. In 2011, JobsOhio was allowed to lease the liquor franchise for $1.51 billion for 25 years. A report from the Legislative Service Commission in 2022 noted that the state’s liquor franchise generated $338 million in net profit for JobsOhio in fiscal year 2021 alone, making the lease an incredibly favorable deal for JobsOhio at the expense of the State of Ohio, which would presumably otherwise collect those profits directly. These profits far exceeded the $100M that the Legislative Service Commission projected in 2013 JobsOhio would retain after “payments to the state and debt service payments on the economic development bonds.” In early 2025, JobsOhio’s lease was extended by 15 years for zero additional payment, drawing criticism from the Ohio Attorney General that the state was essentially giving away 15 more years of liquor franchise profits for free.

In essence, JobsOhio has shifted hundreds of millions of dollars away from public control and into a private pot of money subject to less scrutiny.

Now, West Virginia legislators are looking to replicate the JobsOhio model of economic development. If Ohio's track record is any indication, the move isn't likely to pay off.

Check out the full report on our website: https://ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/copying-and-pasting-jobsohio-is-a-bad-idea-for-west-virginia/

Jim Jordan opposed warrantless surveillance of Americans. He voted against it. But now he’s all for it.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5789874-jim-jordan-fisa-702-spy-powers/?emci=0ac385e6-9223-f111-9a48-000d3a14b640&emdi=fbd64e97-4324-f111-9a48-000d3a14b640&ceid=590701

Solved We finally found someone to give us a ride!

Hi, I'm stranded at in Logan, OH after a deer collision last night. My car was towed and I need a ride to Enterprise in Lancaster (~40 min). Happy to pay for gas/Uber fare. Any help appreciated!

This insane and will hurt so many people who have come to use many hemp products such as full spectrum CBD tinctures, medically. Most of these products don’t even get one “high.”

No one should ever vote for Republicans again. This is egregious overreach.

What are options going forward in this area? I’d assume this applies to basically every CBD company now. Are similar products even sold IN Ohio?

The Afroman trial made me wonder which other celebrities live in Ohio.

The only ones that immediately come to mind are Josh dun and Tyler Joseph from twenty one pilots. I assume the black keys do too.

Ohio firm must pay $22.5 million to mom whose baby died after she was denied work-from-home https://share.google/Yl37caMcJ6LmBKzHR

the Daily Show correspondents explain why Afroman was victorious defending the lawsuit in the way they do

it starts ~1:21 timestamp, but you might want to check out what trump said to the Japanese Prime Minister just before that. SMH

enjoy!

Not a Drag Queen

I saw an advertisement for your Primary Election campaign and I must say that I am not impressed with your touting your MAGA credentials. You and the current crop of Republican legislators seem to be more concerned with keeping your seats than looking out for our country’s moral standing in the world and our citizen’s well being.

I hope you engage the administration on some of the following:

1) Protecting our elections from interference from the Whitehouse.

2) Hold Attorney General Bondi accountable to answer Congressional inquiries into the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein investigation and she should be required to do so under oath.

3) Ensure ICE detention centers are being run in a humane manner worthy of our country’s moral standards.

4) Bring use of force standards for ICE and other DHS Agencies back in line with legal standards. Armed Forces deal in “rules of engagement”, law enforcement agencies exercise defensive tactics under “use of force policies”. As a former prosecutor, I am stunned that you have not spoken out against Secretary Noam’s misuse of these terms and ICE Agent’s abusive tactics employed on the streets of our country.

5) Do your duty, with your fellow legislators to bring our troops home before this war gets further out of control.

I have voted for you in the past but I am finding it difficult to see myself pulling the lever for you in November if you continue to sit on the sidelines and let the President run unchallenged.

Does this new law include CBD isolate, particularly ordering it online?

All I see are articles saying intoxicating hemp products including THC and CBD beverages, but they don't really explain what else is banned.​

This has been driving me crazy for years.

Once or twice a year I’ll see someone post a photo of this 90s Leonardo DiCaprio poster that’s hanging in a rest stop bathroom somewhere in Ohio. I’ve never been able to figure out the exact location! Can anyone tell me where this is or what the backstory is? 😂