At its most basic level Issue 1 is a failure of political will mixed with the lure of corporate welfare and a willingness to deceive voters. Mayor Coleman and City Council simply lack the will to propose real budget solutions in order to avoid raising taxes. And the corporate interest who are supporting Issue 1 …
Tag Archive: budget
Aug
04
Dispatch right about all-day kindergarten
I am not shy about criticizing the Columbus Dispatch when their coverage or editorials deserve it. But they also offer some good coverage and some worthwhile editorials. So in the interest of fairness allow me to point out today’s example. All day kindergarten is a favorite of the liberal spend more on education types despite …
Jul
20
Batchelder on the budget
I am still fighting some weird virus or bug that is sapping my energy so not sure how much posting I will be able to do. But for your mid-morning viewing here is Ohio House Minority Leader Bill Batchelder discussing “the state budget and the Republican solutions that have largely been ignored by Governor Strickland …
Jul
15
Politics win; voters lose
The Dispatch is in high dungeon: But the machinations that went into the two-year budget deal reached Friday and approved Monday were particularly odorous, because the goal and result was a betrayal of Ohio voters. While lawmakers and lobbyists scrambled to decide what few privileged interests would reap how much from foisting video-slot-machine gambling on …
Jul
13
Sneek peak at inevitable anti-Strickland Ads
The folks over at 3BP have a YouTube slamming Strickland for his slots flip-flop. You have to think this kind of thing is going to be offered regularly as we get closer to 2010.