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Chris Redfern lacks basic logic and math skills
A story from the Dayton Daily News on John Kasich’s reaction to the Ohio budget deal highlights just how lame Chris Redfern really is these days. First Kasich’s statement: “Today’s agreement is strictly stopgap and turns a blind eye to the massive shortfalls we will be facing during the next budget cycle,” Kasich said in [...]
Government funding conundrum
The Dispatch offers yet another story about how the stimulus is affecting local communities. The angle is clearly aimed at making the funding distribution controversial: With budget cuts already forcing layoffs this year, Union County Sheriff Rocky Nelson was certain that he could qualify for federal stimulus money to hire and retain deputies. So were [...]
Despite budget crisis Strickland gives $2M to AFL-CIO
Image by aflcio2008 via Flickr First is was turning to labor unions to fix the auto industry, now Ted Strickland is looking to his labor union cronies supporters to help job seekers find government help. You read that right. Strickland is sending two million dollars to the AFL-CIO so they can help those out of [...]
Mike DeWine was right
Say what you will about Mike DeWine, and there is much that can be said, but he was right about the budget and about the stimulus back in February. On the stimulus: Whatever you think about the federal economic-stimulus plan, this much is clear: It’s going to be the most costly “free” money Ohio ever [...]
Bob Taft is feeling pretty good these days
What with Ted Strickland taking all the heat from left and right while the economy makes Taft’s time in office seem like an oasis of prosperity. The folks over at the Education Gadfly had the bright idea of talking to him about his new found perspective. And it produced some interesting quotes. These two in [...]
The bottom line on Issue 1
At its most basic level Issue 1 is a failure of political will mixed with the lure of corporate welfare and a willingness to deceive voters. Mayor Coleman and City Council simply lack the will to propose real budget solutions in order to avoid raising taxes. And the corporate interest who are supporting Issue 1 [...]
Dispatch right about all-day kindergarten
I am not shy about criticizing the Columbus Dispatch when their coverage or editorials deserve it. But they also offer some good coverage and some worthwhile editorials. So in the interest of fairness allow me to point out today’s example. All day kindergarten is a favorite of the liberal spend more on education types despite [...]
Batchelder on the budget
I am still fighting some weird virus or bug that is sapping my energy so not sure how much posting I will be able to do. But for your mid-morning viewing here is Ohio House Minority Leader Bill Batchelder discussing “the state budget and the Republican solutions that have largely been ignored by Governor Strickland [...]
Politics win; voters lose
The Dispatch is in high dungeon: But the machinations that went into the two-year budget deal reached Friday and approved Monday were particularly odorous, because the goal and result was a betrayal of Ohio voters. While lawmakers and lobbyists scrambled to decide what few privileged interests would reap how much from foisting video-slot-machine gambling on [...]
Sneek peak at inevitable anti-Strickland Ads
The folks over at 3BP have a YouTube slamming Strickland for his slots flip-flop. You have to think this kind of thing is going to be offered regularly as we get closer to 2010.
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