function poll() { document.write('Survey 12/29/2009

What were the biggest news stories of the decade in Geauga County?
Geauga County Courthouse proposed expansion and Save Our Square
Former Chester Township clerk Michael Spellman's embezzlement
Burton Township asphalt plant wars
"Parkman Monster" widening of U.S. 422
Former sheriff George "Red" Simmon vs. the Board of County Commissioners over budgeting, new county jail
Half-percent increase in sales tax
James D. Cline's 12th DUI that killed two Hiram College students and severely injured a third
Building of the Geauga County Safety Center
Ousting, reinstatement of longtime Chardon Board of Education member Larry Reiter
FirstEnergy Corp.'s plans to build a new transmission line through Thompson, Montville and Huntsburg
Midge, the world's smallest drug-sniffing chihuahua

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