From the monthly archives: November 2011
In today’s Dispatch, under the intentionally inflammatory headline “Unions Get Revenge…” we get a hint of next year’s anti-union rhetoric:
“But amidst all of the concessions and hat-in-hand rhetoric, there was a hint of defiance. Kasich, who opened by congratulating the labor coalition, said local governments should not expect a state bailout to manage their costs.
‘There is no bailout because frankly, there’s no money,’ Kasich said.”
Kasich’s year-long attack against public employees was two-pronged: Make them vulnerable, and strip away their defenses. Last night, not only did [...]
Full Story... →Just noticed this.
Issue 2 failed in the counties of the Speaker of the House and the President of the State Senate. They couldn’t carry their own districts on Issue 2. Niehaus is a lame duck in the Senate anyways. President Pro Tempore Keith Faber has campaigned across the State for Issue 2, representing Building a Better Ohio in the Statewide debate on the issue. Issue 2 only carried in two of the seven counties that compromise his district. (Although that is 1/3 of the counties Issue 2 actually carried… Shelby and Mercer.)
If the Senate GOP were smart, they’d realize that Bill [...]
Full Story... →ModernEsquire scores the first national live TV appearance in Plunderbund history. Nice work man!
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Full Story... →Here’s what the Issue 2 map looks like:
[Update:] Final numbers from the Ohio Secretary of State’s office shows that 46% of registered voters cast a ballot last night. In comparison, 49% cast a vote in 2010 election. Last night was the highest turnout for an off-year election in at least 20 years in Ohio. Turnout was higher than expected, but so much for the idea that the polls oversampled Democrats.
The most southern “green county” is Shannon Jones’ Warren County. Warren-Butler-Clermont Counties is the belt of > 60% GOP performance counties that the GOP regularly uses to [...]
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Full Story... →November 2010: John Kasich is narrowly elected Governor over incumbent Governor Ted Strickland with 49% of the vote. Kasich would act as if 100% of Ohio had just voted for him.
December 9, 2010: For the first time ever, John Kasich announces the outlines of what would eventually become Senate Bill 5 at a press conference billed as the announcement of his appointment to Tax Commissioner: [Source: Ohio Capital Blog]
January 21, 2011: After being embarrassingly caught misleading the press about an Ohio EPA air permit that Kasich falsely presented as evidence of his administration dislodging [...]
Full Story... →On the eve of the election, it’s hard to imagine a voter being moved by a long explanation of the factual details surrounding Issue 2, in either direction. We’ve detailed every conceivable angle of Senate Bill 5, starting with its inception in February, its coming of age as it became a law, and its mid-life crisis as Issue 2. Tomorrow, and in the days that follow, we will discuss its death and subsequent dismemberment by Republicans.
But tonight, as we think about voters who may still be undecided and looking to you, our readers, for direction, we wanted to find [...]
Full Story... →The strangest things tend to happen on or just before a big election day in Ohio. Shadowy out-of-state rightwing groups dump tons of money in our state. Ohio is a key battleground state, etc. We get all that.
What we don’t get is why a group out of Iowa cares what Ohio does in state referendum and Constitutional Amendment issues?
The Legacy Foundation, formed in 2008 by former Speaker of the Iowa House and gubernatorial candidate Christopher Rants, is sending out misleading, though innocuous looking mailers that appear to be simple reminders to vote tomorrow. The text clearly favors [...]
Full Story... →We’ve been hearing about this in comments and on our Facebook page. I know our readers are wanting to hear it, so I give you the Pat Boone Issue 2 Robocall:
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Not the most enthusiastic of robocalls, really. About what one would expect from a birther and recipient of a lifetime achievement award at CPAC.
I’m thinking Pat may be singing a different tune come tomorrow night:
Full Story... →Matt Ferris is a Republican financial planner who is running for Columbus City Council. Matt recently decided that attacking Council President Hearcel Craig for an incident involving a handicapped parking permit could be his ticket to success.
Matt has been out talking to the press about the Craig, recently telling the Dispatch that he was “disgusted” that Craig was breaking the law.
Funny story about Matt Ferris: he was once arrested for peeing off a balcony.
According to police reports, Ferris was observed creating “a condition which was physically offensive to others” after which [...]
Full Story... →Budget Watch
