Taft and the Three Stooges
The political season is starting in Ohio. We have the three Republican candidates for governor (the three stooges----Blackwell, Montgomery, and Petro), working on a tour of the state. This state does not need any further tampering by the Republican Party. Because of Governor Taft, this state has lost businesses, tax dollars, thousands of jobs, and a disastrous lack of leadership in solving school funding.
Education
There are ten school districts designated with "fiscal emergency" status. Thirteen districts are on a "fiscal watch." Why? Our state supreme court has ordered our state legislature (controlled by the gop) to work on a fair school funding policy. Unfortunately, the gop leadership is more interested in passing bills like DOMA (the defense of marriage act) and a new bill to protect the public from mothers breastfeeding their babies. These elected officials need to wake up and get serious before this whole state is in a fiscal emergency.
Coin-gate
You have heard of the political scandal Watergate. In Ohio, we have "Coin-gate." A gop donor has been given the privilege of investing state money. Unfortunately, he invested the state's portfolio in rare coins. If that was not bad enough, approximately 100 of the rarest coins are missing. Great!!! If a gop donor had suggested investing in Beanie Babies or rare comic books, would the governor and his cronies taken the advice? There has been little coverage about "Coin-gate" in the Columbus Dispatch, but the Toledo Blade has been doing some great investigative reporting. The Dispatch just doesn't like to do bad stories about friends.
Strickland or Coleman
The Democratic Party has a chance to remove the gop from their control of Ohio. Rep. Strickland and Mayor Coleman are the two best Democratic candidates for governor to emerge in a long time. We need to work hard to advance their candidacies so that Ohio can save itself.
