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Rep. proposes stiffer fines for dumping sewage Published by news@presspubli... on Fri, 07/30/2021 - 4:00pm By:  Larry Limpf Cities would face stiffer fines for dumping sewage into Lake Erie under a bill proposed by State Representative Jon Cross, R – Kenton. Rep. Cross said the recent report of the City of Maumee dumping as much as 150 million gallons of sewage each year into the Maumee River for the past 20 years was one reason for sponsoring the bill. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency fined the city $29,936. Under Cross’ bill, cities w...

Statehouse News Bureau Rep. Jon Cross (R-Kenton) speaks about the amount of raw sewage that's being dumped into Lake Erie. He says although farm runoff is often the cause that's cited, cities dumping the sewage into the lake is a more significant problem. A bill has been introduced in the Ohio Legislature that would levy stiff fines and penalties on cities that dump raw sewage into the western basin of Lake Erie.  Republican Rep. Jon Cross (R-Kenton) says a 2010 estimate says there are at least 41 billion gallons of sewage in Lake Erie alone.  “My God, how disgusting,” Cross said. C...

COLUMBUS – The Republican infighting over now-former Rep. Larry Householder spilled over into a Columbus restaurant earlier this month, with Green Township Rep. Bill Seitz emerging as Householder's defender once again. Seitz and Rep. Jon Cross, R-Kenton, were both dining separately at Lindey's, a sophisticated restaurant in Columbus' German Village frequented by GOP lawmakers, on June 9. That's when a verbal dispute broke out, observed by several other lawmakers and lobbyists.  Seitz opposed Householder's removal, publicly and privately, and Cross backed the effort to expel Householde...

Old-school heavy metal. Rock and roll. The song selection was less about musical preference and more about what caused the largest ruckus. "Why do you hate Ohioans so much?" a man yelled through a loudspeaker, carrying a stick affixed with two flags: the Ohio Burgee and the yellow "Don't Tread on Me" flag, a symbol of limited government and gun rights. The crowd gathered outside Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's Cedarville estate wasn't filled with Democrats protesting his signature on one of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws or his support of "stand your ground" gun legislation. In...