Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, Ed FitzGerald, wants current Gov. John Kasich, to end the disaster of Ohio's charter schools: http://tinyurl.com/msdcngo
In the Chronicle-Telegram, Ed FitzGerald says average Ohioans are in a bind under Kasich:
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald on Sunday accused Republican Gov. John Kasich of balancing the budget on the backs of local governments.
Analyzing state statistics, One Ohio Now, a liberal policy
group, estimates local governments and schools have lost $1.86 billion
in state taxpayer aid between the 2010-11 fiscal year and 2014-15. That
works out to $1.5 billion to cities and counties and $349 million to
schools. Lorain County lost $48.4 million — $33.8 million to local
governments and $14.6 million to schools, the policy group said....
...FitzGerald cited Kasich’s income tax cuts and sales tax increases.
Analyzing state statistics, Policy Matters Ohio, a liberal group
affiliated with One Ohio Now, said the wealthiest 1 percent of Ohioans,
who earned at least $335,000 annually in 2012, received about a $6,000
annual tax cut in the first Kasich budget. Those earning between $33,000
and $50,000 annually received a $5 annual tax cut, while those earning
less than $33,000 earned a $24 tax cut, Policy Matters Ohio said....
The middle class is losing in Ohio!
* The Review looks at job loss in Ohio:
....Overall government employment fell from January 2011 to June, led by
nearly 25,000 jobs lost in local government. Median incomes in Ohio have
fallen about $7,000 over the past decade....
According to WP Carey at Arizona State, Ohio is 33rd in job growth for June 2014.
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