Top 10 issues of 2008

Here is our ranking of Top 10 issues of 2008 from today’s editorial:
1. Presidential election
2. Economy
3. Iraq
4. School bond
5. Coal plant
6. City manager search
7. City policies (TIFs, smoking ban, etc.)
8. Local elections
9. Child welfare (record number of child deaths, complaints about D.A. Office)
10. Casinos
We tried to base the rankings on political and policy issues that generated the most public passion, not just big news stories. Did we miss something, or get them in the wrong order?