Ends and odds, 3/12/07

What does a city do when the corporate bigwig who heads your civic redevelopment efforts decides to move the corporate headquarters thousands of miles away? Ask the people in Detroit.

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I'm not much on the actual sport of sports. I prefer following the political and business ends of the topic. So I looked at the NCAA tournament brackets this morning, and if I counted right, all of one C-USA team and all of one MAC team made the 65-team field. Yep, Marshall sure moved up when it spent millions to jump from the MAC to C-USA. Funny, I no longer get letters saying Marshall should be in the Big East.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Three former Ohio governors — John Gilligan, Richard Celeste and Bob Taft — said limiting state lawmakers to eight years in office has made it tougher to pass meaningful legislation.

I hate to say it, but I have to agree with the governors here. I can see the case for term limits, but eight years for legislators is too short. Maybe 15 or 20, but more than eight. Legislatures need some stability, but they don't need people who see their offices as a birthright.

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The big daylight savings time thing came and went. The only problem I had was wondering why the morning 10:30 meeting was starting an hour early. It wasn't until after I got out and saw some clocks on the wall said 11 a.m. and some said 10 a.m. that I realized my desktop machine's clock was still on standard time. All is well now. So much for the end of the world, March 2007 version.

But, a new global warming study is coming out next month, and we can re-live Armageddon all over again.