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If John Kasich gets his way, Mark Kvamme and his private development organization JobsOhio will be taking control of hundreds of million of state dollars to be given away in the form of grants, loans and tax incentives. And now it seems they are accepting unknown amounts of private “donations” from undisclosed donors as well. And while we are now getting a glimpse of how part of this money is being spent, most of JobsOhio’s expenses will never have to be revealed.
We’ve already discussed the many, many reasons this is a bad idea. Not only do private development organizations [...]
Full Story... →34 resumes have vanished into thin air and no one knows where they went. Josh Mandel’s Treasurers office is now reporting that the office cannot locate the resumes of 34 political cronies and friends that Mandel hired to fill positions after winning election in 2010. These resumes are the Area 51 of this entire circus – we assume that they existed at one point but now we are told that if they do exist the Treasurer’s office says they do not have the slightest clue where they are so stop asking us and go away.
Now that [...]
Full Story... →In 2004, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was only in his second year in office when he felt the need to release a statement that clearly stated his opinions on President George W. Bush’s stated need for a federal amendment defining marriage. With questions now lingering about our current president’s stance on the subject centering around how strongly (but not “if”) the Obama administration will support same-sex marriage, we wanted to focus on one thing that is perfectly clear — Mitt Romney opposes same-sex unions.
Without elaborating further, please read Romney’s statement below. The media isn’t discussing Romney’s position on same-sex [...]
Full Story... →It’s about time that John Kasich and the General Assembly started touting their investments in our state to attract visitors from across the United States (and Canada). Thankfully, Ohio House Bill 489 will do just that — promote the state as a travel destination. Governor John Kasich’s plan includes a five-year test program in which the state’s tourism budget would be funded entirely by the growth in sales-tax revenue generated by the industry beginning in fiscal year 2014 with an annual cap in funding of $10 million and ending the practice of paying for tourism marketing out of the state’s [...]
Full Story... →On Saturday, May 5, 2012, at the Schottenstein Center at The Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio, President Obama held the first rally of his reelection campaign. He came on stage and paused to give a special greeting to an area of the arena where campaign volunteers were seated.
He waved to the volunteers up in the high seats.
He thanked First Lady Michelle Obama for giving his introduction.
Then he began to spell out the sharp contrast we’re faced with in the coming election. He reminded us that we have the power to choose between an [...]
Full Story... →A new Quinnipiac Poll released today shows Obama holding a 2 point lead in Ohio, but more importantly, maintaining his significant edge among women. Obama leads Romney among likely Ohio voters by 44-42. Among women, the President’s margin is 50-37.
The real concern for the Obama folks has to be the turnaround among Ohio’s independent voters–another key voting block. The President led by 4 points in both the February and March polls, but now trails Romney by 5.
Women’s opinions about both candidates are largely unchanged. 50% of women still view Obama favorably, compared to 53% [...]
Full Story... →I honestly don’t know if Josh Mandel thinks women are too stupid to decide what to do with their own bodies, or if he’s just siding with these extremist because he heard it would help get him elected to the Senate. What I do know is this: when it’s comes to women’s rights, Senator Sherrod Brown beats Josh Mandel hands down.
Full Story... →Are you ready for some outrage?
Earlier this year, the Ohio Emergency Management Agency repaid $2.9 million from Ohio’s General Fund to the Federal Department of Homeland Security for misspent homeland security grant money. (A request for spending authority was buried as item 48 on the agenda of the January 30, 2012 Controlling Board.)
A brief background: In 2004, the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police received a $21 million federal anti-terrorism grant to develop the Ohio Local Law Enforcement Information Sharing Network. The network is still is in operation today, and probably has provided some benefits to law enforcement [...]
Full Story... →I know this is going to come as a shocker to some of you but it seems that Josh Mandel might be hiding something from the public. Right, I know. You never saw that coming.
According to information released by the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) multiple public records requests, relating to resumes of 34 staffers, have gone unanswered by the Treasurer’s office since April of 2011.
Recently, reports have surfaced that Mandel has a slight cronyism problem on his hands. Mandel hired numerous campaign staffers to fill high-level positions directly after taking office. Many of these staffers [...]
Full Story... →Last week Mitt Romney and John Kasich met with a hand-picked set of Otterbein University students. Mark Kovac captured it all on video. Over their boxed lunches, Kasich, the students and (sometimes) Romney talked about a variety of topics including job prospects for graduating college kids. Unfortunately for Romney, it seems Kasich didn’t get the messaging memo about the economy.
Be forewarned: the video is kind of painful to watch. Romney comes across as stiff and boring and not amazingly informed or really even interested in being there. And Kasich, as usual, comes on annoyingly strong: overly chatty, pushy [...]
Full Story... →The Cleveland Schools plan is certainly pushing the limits of Ohio’s law surrounding the operation of public school districts, but we’ve uncovered a part of the proposed changes that would appear to violate a law specifically written for the Cleveland Schools back in 1997.
That law, originally House Bill 269, authorized the mayor of a municipal school district to appoint the members of the school board for a district under a federal court order (i.e., Cleveland) and created seven completely new sections of Ohio Revised Code that pertained specifically to the municipal school district. One section in particular, ORC 3311.75, [...]
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