Republicans vs. Women

The Republicans cannot understand why they cannot attract women voters. Here are a few examples of what the Republicans are saying and doing:

*  In a new book, Republican Rep. Steve Pearce believes that "...the wife is to voluntarily submit..." to her husband, according to a story at HuffPost. Pearce, who represents New Mexico's 2nd congressional district, must be trapped in the Dark Ages.

*  Republican Rep. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri's 4th district, has a view that most women would find disgusting.

RawStory:

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) told conservative activists on Wednesday that women should be forced to carry their babies to term because abortion “robs men” of their right to be fathers....

In Rep. Hartzler's view, women should have no rights and be 'forced' to continue with a pregnancy, no matter what her circumstances.  Does Rep. Hartzler think pregnant women should be chained to their beds if they won't cooperate?

* Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed a bill restricting women's reproductive rights in the summer of 2013. He signed the bill into law while he was surrounded by all men. (See ThinkProgress for story and picture.)  Once again, Kasich and the Ohio Republicans blatantly push their agenda to disrespect and disregard the rights of women.

Of course, we can't forget that Kasich pays the women on his staff less than the men. There is no equal pay within Kasich's office. See Citybeat.

* Women voters are always concerned about safety, especially to protect our children.  Unfortunately, some people didn't get the message. 

NorthJersey:

Governor Christie declined to sign a bill that would have required public notification whenever sewer-outfall pipes dump raw sewage into local rivers and bays, legislation that had received overwhelming support by both parties in the state legislature.
The bill also would have required outfall pipes to be clearly marked with signs for swimmers, fishermen, kayakers and other who use the water.
- See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/Christie_declines_to_sign_bill_requiring_public_notice_of_raw_sewage_overflows.html?page=all#sthash.hBK3yzab.dpuf

Governor Christie declined to sign a bill that would have required public notification whenever sewer-outfall pipes dump raw sewage into local rivers and bays,.........

Governor Christie declined to sign a bill that would have required public notification whenever sewer-outfall pipes dump raw sewage into local rivers and bays, legislation that had received overwhelming support by both parties in the state legislature.
The bill also would have required outfall pipes to be clearly marked with signs for swimmers, fishermen, kayakers and other who use the water.
- See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/Christie_declines_to_sign_bill_requiring_public_notice_of_raw_sewage_overflows.html?page=all#sthash.hBK3yzab.dpuf

So the next time sewage overflows in NJ, the public won't be warned.

•••  Roll Call has this little tidbit about Republican Rep. Pat Tiberi's comments about his constituents:

Italian-American members of Congress broke bread with Claudio Bisogniero, Italy’s ambassador to the United States, on Thursday at a Capitol Visitor Center lunch.

"For those of you who haven’t met him, he speaks incredibly good English, better than many of my constituents and certainly better than Pascrell’s constituents,” said Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, ribbing himself and Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J....

So Pat Tiberi thinks that his constituents don't have a good command of the English language????

Governor Christie declined to sign a bill that would have required public notification whenever sewer-outfall pipes dump raw sewage into local rivers and bays, legislation that had received overwhelming support by both parties in the state legislature.
The bill also would have required outfall pipes to be clearly marked with signs for swimmers, fishermen, kayakers and other who use the water.
- See more at: http://www.northjersey.com/news/Christie_declines_to_sign_bill_requiring_public_notice_of_raw_sewage_overflows.html?page=all#sthash.hBK3yzab.dpuf

Today.........

Today we honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We need to dedicate ourselves to continue his campaign for freedom, civil rights, and social justice. For more information, the King Center has a beautiful and informative website about Dr. King.

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Big news in Ohio----- Democratic candidate for Ohio Governor, Ed FitzGerald, has chosen his running mate.

Cleveland:

Democrat Ed FitzGerald reset his campaign for governor Friday, selecting Dayton-area attorney Sharen Neuhardt as his new running mate....

....FitzGerald's pick telegraphs the likelihood that women's reproductive issues, including abortion, will become a significant campaign issue. Women are another key voting bloc for Democrats. Neuhardt is a past board member of Planned Parenthood of the Greater Miami Valley. Last fall, she helped lead a Columbus protest against abortion restrictions that Kasich signed into law as part of the most recent state budget.

"Looking at what the last state budget did to women’s health care, the state legislature and Gov. Kasich ought to be ashamed of themselves," Neuhardt said.....

It would be great to have a Lt. Governor that would address the needs and concerns of Ohio women. Current Republican Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor is nothing more than a puppet of Gov. John Kasich, who is brought out of her cave only occasionally.

News

* More layoffs coming to Ohio?

WKSU:

...Avon Lake's Mayor: More layoffs than expected likely at Ford plant
Northeast Ohio’s auto industry is bracing for layoffs this summer, and more than expected. In late 2011, Ford announced it would invest $128 million to retool its Avon Lake plant to switch from making vans to manufacturing chassis for trucks and RVs. Those plans included the elimination of about 100 jobs. Avon Lake mayor Greg Zilka tells the Plain Dealer he’s now been told to brace for a greater number of layoffs after the plant temporarily shuts down this summer.
The plant currently employs 1,800 people.....

* An Ohio tea party group wants to have a primary challenger for Speaker of the House John Boehner. The Dispatch has details.

* Two Target stores are closing in Ohio. WCPO has the locations.

* Gov. Kasich was asked if he might run for President. Cincinnati.com has his answer. 

* How are Gov. Chris Christie and Gov. John Kasich alike? Besides bullying teachers, disrespecting police, and making drastic cuts to public education, they have something else in common---

  LimaOhio:


...Christie said he Kasich “get along very well because we have very similar approaches to governing.

“We’re both very direct, we say what we believe, and we do so enthusiastically,” Christie said.


>>>> You need to be watching the Rachel Maddow Show at 9pm on MSNBC. She is the smartest woman on television.  Maddow has been fantastic in her coverage of the Chris Christie bridge scandal. 

Ohio's Charters Failing At An Alarming Rate

The Columbus Dispatch found that Ohio's charter schools are failing:

.... 17 charter schools in Columbus closed in one year, which records show is unprecedented....

....A Dispatch analysis of state data found that 29 percent of Ohio’s charter schools have shut, dating to 1997 when the publicly funded but often privately run schools became legal in Ohio. Nearly 400 currently are operating, about 75 of them in Columbus....

....Since 2000, when the state auditor began auditing charter-school finances, 110 schools have been found to have misspent a total of $22.6 million. Many of them are closed....

As long as Kasich and the Ohio GOP continue to protect the charter schools, they will continue to fail and lose taxpayer money.

This Happens Under Republicans

* Is anyone surprised by this news?

USA Today:   E-mails tie N.J. Gov. Christie's Office to Lane Closures

The Hill:  Staff emails link Chris Christie administration to bridge scandal

NorthJersey:  Top Christie aide to Port Authority: 'Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee'

MSNBC:  Christie cancels event after scandal revelations

HuffingtonPost: Chris Christie's Top Aide Linked to Traffic Jam Payback Against Democratic Mayor 

Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.

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>>>> The Republicans of Ohio tried to keep some other political parties off the ballot in the state. However, that has changed.

The Toledo Blade:

Ohio cannot change the rules on minor parties for the 2014 ballot in mid-game, a federal judge ruled today.
Republican-appointed U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Watson in Columbus issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of a new law and ordering Secretary of State Jon Husted to follow through with his original directive granting several small parties spots on the primary election ballot.

Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2014/01/07/Judge-Ohio-cannot-change-minor-party-rules-for-2014-ballot.html#yw1KDcpuBUeod3HM.99

Ohio cannot change the rules on minor parties for the 2014 ballot  in mid-game, a federal judge ruled today....

Ohio cannot change the rules on minor parties for the 2014 ballot in mid-game, a federal judge ruled today.
Republican-appointed U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Watson in Columbus issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of a new law and ordering Secretary of State Jon Husted to follow through with his original directive granting several small parties spots on the primary election ballot.
The ruling, however, applies only to 2014.

Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2014/01/07/Judge-Ohio-cannot-change-minor-party-rules-for-2014-ballot.html#yw1KDcpuBUeod3HM.99

Ohio Republicans cannot win elections fairly so they try eliminating other political parties, and throwing roadblocks for minority voters that usually vote for Democrats.

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••••  Why do Republican governors like Ohio's John Kasich and Pennsylvania Tom Corbett try to destroy public schools with budget cuts?  A recent article in Philadelphia City Paper illustrates how those cuts have hurt city school students.

Philadelphia City Paper:

...Some Philadelphia high schools reached a counselor-to-student ratio of 1 to 3,000 this fall, according to Philly School Counselors United. That's much higher than the 1-to-250 ratio recommended by the American School Counselor Association.

The School District of Philadelphia, following budget cuts made by Gov. Tom Corbett that aggravated a long-term fiscal crisis, opened this school year with 3,000 fewer staff members than last year. In September, there were only 126 counselors, down 236 from the 362 on staff the year before. Recently, the District rehired some laid-off counselors after Corbett, facing mounting political pressure, released $45 million in one-time federal funds that he had withheld over demands for concessions from the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers.

Philly School Counselors United pointed to a number of cases that illustrate the crisis: Northeast High School, with 3,000 students, has just two full-time and two-part counselors this year, down from 11 five years ago; Masterman, one of the state's top high schools, began the school year with only one counselor, and recently added a second; Academy at Palumbo, a school of 800 students, has only one....

Kasich and Corbett, like most Republican governors, have displayed their ignorance with their lack of support for public education. Remember that for the future when you go to vote.

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There are more layoffs in Ohio. See ODJFS for details. Why did it take so long to have this latest layoff (Altos IT) posted?

Republicans Fail to Deliver Jobs

What can we do to get more people employed and end homelessness?

When given the opportunity to create jobs, the Republicans have refused to do anything. Their solution always comes to the same thing----the "trickle down" method--- tax cuts to the rich.  Face it. We've given tax cuts to the wealthy and the so-called "job creators, " but nothing has come from it.  Here in Ohio, Republican Gov. John Kasich has continued to shower tax cuts, tax credits, and grant money to his corporate buddies, but our unemployment rate remains higher than the national average.

Added to the unemployed are the military veterans who've returned, but they are also finding it difficult to find jobs. A recent story at Philly.com, highlights some of the struggles that the homeless and unemployed vets are dealing with everyday.

Republican members of Congress state that they support our troops, care for families and children, but their lack of action on a jobs bill shows their real concern.  The Republicans just don't care.


With so many unemployed in our country, why did the Republican leader of the House, Eric Cantor,  schedule so few work days in 2013, and even less in 2014? The Republicans are only concerned about their own jobs, fundraising for their re-election campaigns, and keeping their right wing base happy. The GOP doesn't care about the middle class.

Ladies!

The Duck Dynasty reality star that recently got in trouble for his views on African-Americans, and gays, has also revealed his thoughts on women. Phil Robertson, the Duck Dynasty star embraced by conservatives, has some other caveman-like opinions.

RawStory:

....some Americans could also be shocked to find out that Robertson believes that the age of 15 is the perfect time for girls to get married — as long as they can cook and carry a Bible.

At a Sportsmen’s Ministry talk in 2009, Robertson had some advice for a young man. 

“Make sure that she can cook a meal, you need to eat some meals that she cooks, check that out,” he said. “Make sure she carries her Bible. That’ll save you a lot of trouble down the road. And if she picks your ducks, now, that’s a woman.”

Obviously, a young woman's education is not a priority for Mr. Robertson.

To the ladies out there----
If you meet someone that claims that they love Phil Robertson and the Duck Dynasty people, run away from them as fast as you can.

Ohio's Mess

The following is an example of some of the Ohio Republicans who've been elected in the state legislature.

YouTube:





Buchy doesn't care or want to know why a woman would seek an abortion. Like most Ohio Republicans, it is just their way of controlling women.

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In case you are interested, there is no economic miracle in Ohio. If Gov. John Kasich and member of the Ohio GOP try to tell you that, just call it what it is---- BS.

LimaOhio:

.....The national unemployment rate not too long ago exceeded the rate here. That has reversed, Ohio at 7.4 percent, the country at 7 percent....

....Part of the trouble facing the governor results from his own actions. If he has closed a huge budget hole and launched initiatives, from the third-grade reading guarantee to JobsOhio, he also celebrated early, when Washington was no less troubled, declaring on his watch mounting interest in a “miracle” here.....

....there has been a sharp slowing the past year of momentum, the state adding a mere 19,800 jobs....

Kasich has been a failure at creating jobs in Ohio.  W.P. Carey School of Business notes that Ohio is 46th in job creation. The only people that benefit are those CEO's at corporations that have received tax incentives and grant money from JobsOhio. The regular people in Ohio are losing jobs, services, and are facing cutbacks to our schools. The increase of school levies on the ballot demonstrates that Kasich's cuts to schools have forced districts to go to voters more frequently. 

Someone is making out on Kasich's "trickle down economics" and it isn't the people of Ohio.

Peace to all!

Happy Holidays!

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If you live in Ohio, you know that Gov. John Kasich's lack of leadership on job creation has resulted in Ohio being ranked as the 44th state in job creation.  Kasich has used his "trickle-down" policies to reward the rich and corporate buddies by granting tax cuts, while the poor, unemployed, and even school children suffer because of his cuts. Hopefully, 2014 will bring us a new governor like Ed Fitzgerald.

The saddest part is that Kasich had the chance to save 1,000 jobs at Ormet, but he didn't make the effort. As a result, former Ormet workers and their families are faced with a depressing future---- no jobs and no gifts under the tree.

Best wishes for a New Year with a new Democratic Ohio governor and Democratic elected officials!

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What!  Another questionable appointment has been made by Gov. John Kasich!!!! 

The Toledo Blade  reports that an appointee to the Owens Community College board had some incredible background!

One of Gov. John Kasich’s appointments last week to the Owens Community College Board of Trustees is in jeopardy after the governor’s office later learned the appointee had withheld information during the vetting process about a criminal record.
The governor’s chief counsel on Friday sent a letter to Keith Bernard Jordan, Sr., president of the Toledo Board of Community Relations and vice president/​director of development for JLJ Vision Outreach.
The letter noted four dates, three in 2001 and one in 2004, when Mr. Jordan was booked in Toledo on a variety of charges that included driving under suspension, failing to leave information after an accident involving a car off the street, obstructing official business, giving false information to a police officer issuing a ticket, and other primarily traffic-related charges.

Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2013/12/22/Kasich-pick-for-trustee-questioned-on-his-past.html#agiuoExV1rqOEZXv.99

One of Gov. John Kasich’s appointments last week to the Owens Community College Board of Trustees is in jeopardy after the governor’s office later learned the appointee had withheld information during the vetting process about a criminal record.
The governor’s chief counsel on Friday sent a letter to Keith Bernard Jordan, Sr., president of the Toledo Board of Community Relations and vice president/​director of development for JLJ Vision Outreach.
The letter noted four dates, three in 2001 and one in 2004, when Mr. Jordan was booked in Toledo on a variety of charges that included driving under suspension, failing to leave information after an accident involving a car off the street, obstructing official business, giving false information to a police officer issuing a ticket, and other primarily traffic-related charges.

Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2013/12/22/Kasich-pick-for-trustee-questioned-on-his-past.html#agiuoExV1rqOEZXv.99

We'll just add this latest Kasich appointee to the list of people that should not be appointed to any office.

More Bad News in Ohio

*** If you need further evidence of Gov. John Kasich's failure to stimulate the economy and hiring in Ohio, you need to look at the ODJFS Warn page. Two more companies have announced layoffs--
http://jfs.ohio.gov/warn/current.stm, and that includes BEF (Bob Evans Farms) and Huntington (Camco Financial Corporation).  Considering the millions of dollars that Bob Evans Farms received from JobsOhio, layoffs like this should not be happening.

>>> A civil rights violation in the government of Ohio?????

Plunderbund has uncovered a serious investigation in the Kasich administration:

....we have confirmed that the Ohio Inspector General is indeed investigating Rutherford and Ryan.    The Inspector General’s Office has not yet released the report and is not commenting on the investigation.

We have also confirmed that ODOT’s Office of Equal Opportunity has a case pending on Mr. Rutherford involving an allegation that he “retaliated against another Department employee for engaging in a protected activity under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination of employees based on an “individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.”    Later court decisions have also held that sexual harassment in the workplace is illegal under the act.   The act also prohibits retaliation by an employer against an employee who has filed an equal opportunity complaint or an employee who testifies as a witness regarding a complaint....

The lack of diversity in the Kasich administration has been documented.  If this civil rights accusation is true, it is just another problem for the Kasich administration. 

Have you noticed?

*** By now you've heard Fox News talker Megyn Kelly claimed that both Jesus and Santa Claus were white (see RawStory). I'd suggest that Megyn Kelly and the rest of the right wing racists on Fox check out the history of St. Nicholas (AKA Santa Claus). Kelly might want to look at where Jesus lived and the fact that Jesus was a Middle Eastern Jew. Any educated person knows that Megyn Kelly and Fox News are just plain wrong on this and everything else.

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** Will Gov. John Kasich accept the invitation to pass out Christmas gifts to the families of the jobless Ormet workers and their families? The USW has offered Kasich an invitation, according to BizJournals.  Is Kasich willing to face them after he ignored them for so many months?

Would you like to see Kasich's job creation? It is all located at ODJFS Warn page. These are the
 layoffs in the state.

•••••••• Plunderbund has a big story on how JobsOhio has altered their recent report:

If you recently tried to read our story about JobsOhio’s disappointing third quarter report you may have noticed that the link to the report no longer works.   That because JobsOhio removed the original report and replaced it with a new, modified version of the document.

The first file had a create date of 11/21/2013 at 3:18:08 AM and a modified date of 11/22/2013 at 3:29:08 PM.   It was quietly released on JobsOhio’s website sometime over the weekend of November 29th......

......Based on an automated comparison of the two documents, we determined that the document had been altered by modifying the text describing the number of job commitments made by companies in the quarter.....

Thank you, Plunderbund, for your hard work exposing Kasich's shenanigans.

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*  As the winter continues to hit us with snow, it is nice to have a few websites to divert our attention from the cold. Here are a few of my favorite places to visit:

The Tiny House movement is showcased at
 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/
 http://tinyhousesmallspace.tumblr.com/
 http://tinyhouseswoon.com/

Beaches in the U.S. worth a visit like
 http://www.earthcam.com/usa/hawaii/

Targeting Women Voters

The Republican Party has had a difficult time getting support from women voters. Now, the GOP is going to try some special training so that Republican candidates learn how to talk to women.

PoliticsUSA:

Republicans may be pretending to learn how to talk to women, but don’t get the idea they really care what women think. Nothing with regard to the substance of Republican policies toward women is really changing. 

The GOP has spent all of 2013 trying to prevent women from having access to contraception or access to accurate medical information about abortion – let alone access to an abortion itself. Just look what they did in Kansas early this year if you must have an example.

For Republican men, women are still the second-class citizens, the inferior humans, they have been historically. Pretend the Nineteenth Amendment never happened: When Republicans want an opinion out of a woman, they’ll give it to her and then tell her to “shut her hole” and let the cranky old white men govern as God intended....


Women are smart enough to know that Republicans are still going to pedal the same old right wing agenda. It won't matter if Republicans take sensitivity training because they are still against women's reproductive rights, limiting birth control, blocking equal pay for equal work, public schools, and keeping Social Security. These are concerns of women and Republicans don't care about any of these items.

If you are interested in what women really think of Republicans, check out Jezebel's opinions on the GOP outreach to women. Face it---- women believe the GOP is a party of old white guys that care only about old white guys, especially those with lots of money.

Losing Support? Good!

Apparently, the organization known as ALEC is facing some financial problems and has lost some corporate members. ALEC promotes a pro-business, anti-labor, anti-public school, anti-middle class agenda by pushing their own legislation to state and federal elected officials.

The Guardian has an article about ALEC's financial crisis:

...The Guardian has learned that the American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec), which shapes and promotes legislation at state level across the US, has identified more than 40 lapsed corporate members it wants to attract back into the fold under a scheme referred to in its documents as the "Prodigal Son Project".

The target firms include commercial giants such as Amazon, Coca-Cola, General Electric, Kraft, McDonald's and Walmart, all of which cut ties with the group following the furore over the killing of the unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida in February 2012.....

...Despite the losses, Alec continues to be supported by some of the largest rightwing foundations in the country, including the energy tycoons the Koch brothers, the Bradley Foundation and the Searle Freedom Trust set up by the creator of NutraSweet. Alec's list of corporate members includes companies such as the telecoms firm AT&T, energy concerns Exxon Mobil and Peabody Energy, the pharma company Pfizer, drinks giant Diageo and the tobacco multinational Altria....

Visit the article at The Guardian for a very interesting article, including documents about membership and finances.

>>> The Guardian has another article about how ALEC is trying to go after people who are using solar energy. 

Worst Ever!

Do you need another reason to vote Republicans out of office?

HuffingtonPost has the proof that the Republican controlled House of Representatives is definitely the worst ever:

...The House is only scheduled to work eight days between now and January 7, when members return for the second session of the 113th Congress.

The House had 239 days off scheduled during 2013, and they have even more off days scheduled for next year.

The 2014 calendar for the House, released in October by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), shows members will only work only 113 days. That's down from 2013, when House lawmakers were scheduled to meet for 126 days. Only 107 days were scheduled in 2012....

Boehner, Cantor, Issa, and the rest of the GOP should be ashamed of themselves. Unfortunately, they are too arrogant to feel shame.

50 Years Ago

On November 22, 1963, I was a seventh grader in a Catholic school. It had started out as an ordinary day, but that soon changed. Our principal came into our classroom and announced that President Kennedy had been shot, and that the entire student body would immediately go into the church to pray for the President and his family.

Soon after we returned to our classroom, someone brought a radio to our teacher's desk where we heard an update about the President. We were all in shock, and many of us were crying, especially when the announcement was made that the President had died. It was difficult to understand how something so terrible could happen to someone so young like President Kennedy.

The next few days, my family, and the nation were glued to the television. It was all so unbelievable and so very sad. We watched every interview and report surrounding President Kennedy and his family.

On Sunday morning, November 24th, 1963, my brother and I were watching television before we went to church. The news was showing Lee Harvey Oswald being taken out of a building and into a car. We watched in horror as Oswald was shot on live television. We yelled for our parents and told them what happened.

On Monday, November 25th, schools and businesses across the country were closed for the funeral of President Kennedy.  We watched the entire funeral on our black and white television. The streets of Washington, D.C., were lined with sobbing mourners. We saw Caroline and John-John with their mother, Jacqueline Kennedy, and then watched John-John salute. It was more than we could bear.

Fifty years later, and we still grieve and remember.

Oh?

* The stupidity of Fox News is apparent in this item from RawStory, when Elizabeth Hasselbeck shows concern for elderly pregnant women under the ACA. If there are 70, 80, and 90 year old pregnant women, Hasselbeck should provide some examples and notify scientific experts.

>>> The good people at Plunderbund point out that Gov. John Kasich's Medicaid website is a disaster in itself. Check out the complete story at Plunderbund. 

*** Ohio has had the 9th suicide by a prisoner in a state correction facility. Circleville Today has the story. Rumors of a lack of prison staff might be true since it appears to be a lack of supervision going on in the state prisons.

Kasich's Cuts

The people of Ohio are upset about the cuts that Gov. John Kasich has made to local governments and school districts.  Ohioans just don't know the full extent of Kasich's cuts and how they've hurt their communities.  Luckily, a website will provide information on Kasich's cuts----www.cutshurtohio.com.

Here are a few examples from www.cutshurtohio.com -

Washington County, Ohio: 
   Cuts to Education $9 million
   Cuts to Local Government $5 million
   Total Cuts to the community $14 million

Franklin County, Ohio:
   Cuts to Education $129 million
   Cuts to Local Government $133 million
   Total Cuts to the community $262 million

Hamilton County, Ohio:
   Cuts to Education $117 million
   Cuts to Local Government $105 million
   Total Cuts to the community $222 million

Check out how Kasich has hurt your community by visiting www.cutshurtohio.com and share with your contacts.

Ohio Needs Him

Talking Points Memo has a super news item on Democrat Ed Fitzgerald, candidate for Ohio Governor.

Here is an excerpt from TPM: 

...According to FitzGerald, Kasich's policies are "laying the foundation" for corruption to be a major problem in Ohio.

"What they're doing with economic development out there, I am so opposed to the philosophy that's guiding it right now," said FitzGerald. "Here's what they've done, they've gone from saying government should be run like a business. ... They're running it as a private corporation. ... They took the state's economic development company, they put it into a corporation they claim is private, but the governor appoints all the members of it. They are approving loans to other companies that they have received compensation from and that they have sat on the board of, including some that they currently sit on the board of."

FitzGerald, who also worked as a country prosecutor, described the current situation in Ohio as reminiscent of his experiences in law enforcement...

Ohio needs Fitzgerald to clean up the state!

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Oh, no! Joe Scarborough is on Hardball with Chris Matthews. Why do people like Scarborough idolize and worship Ronald Reagan??? I lived through 2 Reagan administrations and they were not good for average Americans.

Today....

Huffington Post has news about the latest action by employees of Walmart:

Surrounded by about 100 police officers in riot gear and a helicopter circling above, more than 50 Walmart workers and supporters were arrested in downtown Los Angeles Thursday night as they sat in the street protesting what they called the retailer's "poverty wages." 

Organizers said it was the largest single act of civil disobedience in Walmart's 50-year history. The 54 arrestees, with about 500 protesting Walmart workers, clergy and supporters, demonstrated outside LA's Chinatown Walmart. Those who refused police orders to clear the street after their permit expired were arrested without incident. Those who fail to post $5,000 bail would be jailed overnight, Detective Gus Villanueva, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman, told The Huffington Post...


"Where is the American economy going if we're all working poverty wages?," Sellers said. "There will be no working class. We'll all be in a poverty class."

This is why I don't shop at Walmart. Period.

>>>  WKSU is reporting more info involving the Suarez Corporation investigation.

New details are emerging about the connection between North Canton-based Suarez Corporation Industries and several republican lawmakers.

The company’s owner has been charged with making illegal campaign contributions while facing a consumer protection law investigation in California.

Founder Benjamin Suarez sought help from numerous Ohio officials in the case, including Governor John Kasich.....

Read the entire story at WKSU.

*** It looks like CBS News has a problem with their report on Benghazi-----CBS got it WRONG!

Ohio's Economy Under Kasich

If you are wondering how things are going in Ohio under the leadership of Republican Gov. John Kasich, you need only to view this video- YouTube:



What is going on in Ohio? A quick look at ODJFS Warn page shows how the state is bleeding jobs. Just since the first of November of this year, Ohio has lost 253 jobs, as noted on the ODJFS Warn page.