Plunderbund

State Senator Kevin Coughlin (R-Cuyahoga Falls) doesn’t give up.
He’s always trying to privatize something i.e. give away OUR tax dollars to HIS big campaign contributors.
This time he’s using Special Education students as pawns in his plan to give away much-needed public school funds to his private-school-operating pals.
As we’ve mentioned here before, Kevin has received TENS […]

For the past few weeks, Governor Strickland has been traveling around the state on a publicity tour- for his budget.
Specifically, his tax cut for Ohio’s seniors.
And everyone seems to love the idea- even the Buckeye Institute!
According to the toledo blade:
The Buckeye Institute - a think tank where failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell holds a […]

OK, they don’t hate poor kids. They hate investing in keeping poor kids healthy. It’s pure conjecture at this point as to whether or not they actually hate the kids themselves…
From today’s Dispatch:
The governor’s plan to provide health insurance for some of Ohio’s neediest families likely will be dropped by House Republicans to […]

“I am getting rather sick of these lifestyle nazis that are using the blunt force of government to crack down on … the eating of crappy food.”
Matt Naugle on Strickland’s Health Insurance Plan
I know Matt doesn’t understand this concept- any more than he understands why we have to wear seat belts. So let […]

After Strickland’s State of the State speech, ONN’s crack political reporters were on the scene at the State House to find out what people like State Senator Kevin Coughlin thought of the speech.
Not suprisingly, Mr. Coughlin hated the school voucher cut and the proposal to eliminate for-profit schools- what he calls the ‘proposal to […]

Ted Strickland was getting a bunch of standing ovations from the entire audience.
The Republicans seemed to love the talk about cutting the budget- until he announced he was cutting the EdChoice Program (school vouchers) from his budget.
That got a bunch of woo-hoos from the Democrats in the room- and sad looks from the Republicans.