From the monthly archives: November 2011
Building a Better Ohio has a real hard problem finding a good community story to use as a case study as why Issue 2 is needed. First, they tried to use the news coverage of how the Village of Mt. Sterling was laying off all but its police chief as evidence of the need for Issue 2. That was until we had to point out that Mt. Sterling’s workforce isn’t unionized, so collective bargaining reform won’t change the situation. Now, they’re claiming that Issue 2 would prevent the layoffs of 14 firefighters in Lancaster (they’ve [...]
Full Story... →Yesterday, John Kasich held a pro-Issue 2 rally at the (I’m not making this up) “Spread Eagle Tavern” in Columbiana County. Roughly 200 people showed up in favor of Issue 2 (although at least one media outlet pegged the crowd roughly around 100, instead.)
A year ago, candidate John Kasich held one of his largest rallies at the same venue, attracting roughly 300 folks to hear him talk about how lobbyists weren’t going to drive policy in Ohio if he’s governor (something that is still a work not in progress with the new Governor.)
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Full Story... →Last week, JobsOhio unveiled a request for bids for full-service marketing firms to market the State of Ohio to the nation with an estimated initial budget of $2 million. Here’s how JobsOhio describes the aims of the marketing:
Key Objectives/Scope of Work
— Support the state of Ohio’s key industry sectors, and if possible, improve upon the false perception that Ohio is a non-innovative, non-business friendly and rust belt state. (Background information on current marketing efforts can be found at www.ohiomeansbusiness.com and www.jobs-ohio.com.)
Gee, I wonder where Ohio got that reputation from?
The Seneca County Commissioners are now planning to demolish the 1884 County Courthouse. Today, Governor John Kasich released a letter to the media in which he wrote to the county commissioners and urged them to back off the plan. Of course, the Governor failed to include any check from the State to help pay for the cost necessary to fix the building to keep it usable. The Seneca County Commissioners said in response that they had every intention of saving the courthouse… until John Kasich’s budget took away the funds to save it.
From the Toledo Blade:
The board [...]
Full Story... →Today’s headline in the Columbus Dispatch:
Folks in Zanesville ‘not blaming’ Kasich over exotic-animal incident
Until you read the story, and realize that the entire basis for the headline was a Dispatch reporter asking Zanesville residents about whether John Kasich deserved the blame… at a Building a Better Ohio Issue 2 rally… featuring Governor John Kasich as the speaker.
Zanesville a pretty Republican town, but still, I’d call it a stretch to call that crowd truly representative of the sentiment in the town. After all, would people who blamed Kasich show up at a John Kasich rally that [...]
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