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Crooked River Cast — Show #75, week of September 21, 2026.

Wine toast + Billy Idol at Blossom (light cold open). Critter Corner held.

• Ohio–Indiana I-70 truck platooning (driver lead, automated follower); Einride cabless electric haulers on a short Ease / Marysville loop; driver shortage vs Teamsters pushback; Kasich-era testing EO, thin state statute
• I-480 safety corridor (Lorain Co. to Jennings / 176): ~334 speeding tickets in five days, 166 at 20+ over; partners pile on more speed and seat-belt hits
• Gulf of Cleveland: Council’s tongue-in-cheek Lake Erie rename (Chris Harsh)
• Husted vs Brown Senate special (Vance seat): polls, FirstEnergy digs, debate non-commit, Trump boost for Husted, expensive race
• RTA delays cuts; May 2027 special for 0.5% sales-tax bump (already get 1%)

Good Things
• John Ream home-distill case toward SCOTUS (federal ban; Buckeye Institute)
• AutumnFest Harvest Moon, Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, Sat. Sept. 26, 3–7 p.m. (60th anniversary)