Plunderbund

I have to be honest, I had tempered my expectations going in… and Strickland blew me out of the water. Belt-tightening in excess of Blackwell’s ridiculous spending cap nonsense, a freeze on college tuition, and a real focus on improving the lot of Ohioans living in the bottom half. In addition to killing […]

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.

This is Ted Strickland’s week. It started with a huge, front-page article in the dispatch on Sunday- and it’s only going to get better with today’s State of the State speech and tomorrow’s budget release.
Given the previous administration’s support for the status quo- I’m sure Strickland’s budget is going to seem like a […]

Not only is Strickland getting things done- but he is, thankfully, doing things differently than the previous two Governors.
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Strickland is not like predecessors
By Dennis Willard
COLUMBUS - After two months in office, whether you like or loathe him, agree or disagree with his ideas, Gov. Ted Strickland is making decisions that put to rest the […]