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Ohio: Bainbridge

June 1, 2009 - 01:24 pm
NEWS FEED: Columbus Dispatch

Drilling reform advances

By Spencer Hunt

"It went up and came back down on the foundation," said Thelma Payne, 85. "That was a very rude awakening."

The same could be said for state lawmakers, environmentalists and oil and gas industry lobbyists, who now refer to the explosion and evacuation of 19 nearby homes in Geauga County as the "Bainbridge incident."

The December 2007 explosion was caused when a cloud of natural gas in the basement ignited. No one was injured. State mining regulators found that gas from an improperly drilled oil and gas well leaked into groundwater and then into area basement water wells.

As a result, state lawmakers plan to advance a bill that would impose new restrictions and higher fees on oil and gas wells.

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March 6, 2009 - 03:36 pm
NEWS FEED: Cleveland Plain Dealer

New Democrat eyes LaTourette seat

By Mark Naymik

Democratic lawyer Michael Wager is interested in the 14th Congressional seat currently occupied by Bainbridge Township Repubican Steve LaTourette.

Wager, an active party insider and partner at the law firm, Squire Sanders & Dempsey,
says, "I am giving consideration to a run." He is expected to make a more formal announcement in several weeks.

Democrats say Wager, 57, already has the backing of party leaders. He's expected to talk up his bid at Ohio Democratic Party dinner in Cleveland on Saturday night.

He is the former chairman of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority. (He wanted to stay on but Mayor Frank Jackson did not reappoint him.) Wager lives in Shaker Heights and is outside the 14th Congressional District, but he is said to be shopping around for a new home.

LaTourette, who hasn't always voted in Congress along party lines, has cruised to re-election in the past.

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