Pacman, In reference to the ballot language and Les's decision to place the two issues on one ballot, I had an extensive conversation with him last Monday about the confusion of the ballot language he created. My inquiry had to do with the Ohio Secretary of State's common rejection of a ballot that can be shown to be "confusing" to the public. As stated in my column of July 26th, it is not common for  one ballot to contain two issues for the public to decide at once. At the conclusion of our conversation, Les said he was considering checking the language with a higher source of credibility. He obviously has. However, he orginally was placed in this position because of the insistance of the major power brokers on the charter commitee who refused to simply put up for public vote only a change in the ward system. They wanted both. You should have been there. It was one of the best examples of stagecrafting I've ever seen. Anyway, we're all going to have the chance to vote on the two for one ballot and I intend to support keeping the 4 Ward system.