Dayton Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
When Gov. Ted Strickland approved the June 2008 closure of Dayton’s Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare on Wayne Avenue, ending a 153-year history, it was with the promise that local people with severe mental illness would still have access to state hospital care, though they’d have to go to Cincinnati to get it.
Dayton Daily News (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
When Gov. Ted Strickland approved the June 2008 closure of Dayton’s Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare on Wayne Avenue, ending a 153-year history, it was with the promise that local people with severe mental illness would still have access to state hospital care, though they’d have to go to Cincinnati to get it.
Election Addict (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
We're adding coverage of US Senate and gubernatorial elections one state at a time. Today: Ohio. OK, so I haven't nearly finished catching up on the last few days' stories on the existing races I'm blogging about, but I promised to introduce Ohio at the start of the week and I haven't yet, so it's time I did. Despite the competitive nature of the state, along with its size, the line-up of candidates...
Naugblog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
His name is Lou Gentile of Steubenville, a former Strickland congressional staffer who worked for the Strickland office worker who exposed himself to 12 year old girls . The unpopular Governor gave his former employee a glowing endorsement: “I know how much Lou loves this region,” said Gov. Ted Strickland. “I know how honest he is and I know how hard he works. I have waited for him...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
A few moderate Ohio senators trying to craft a compromise to fix Ohio's budget gap are being thwarted by two opposing forces: the majority of Republican senators who adamantly oppose any portion of Gov. Ted Strickland's tax cut delay, and the Democratic governor's outright rejection of the compromise.
Third Base Politics (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
This morning we learned that unemployment in Ohio jumped up to 10.5% in October . That means that since Strickland came into office… The unemployment rate has increased by 94%; The number of employed Ohioans has shrunk by nearly 376,000; and The labor force shrank at a rate not seen in over 25 years. With the next election all about jobs, that’s bad news for Ted Strickland. But is there...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A few moderate Ohio senators trying to craft a compromise to fix Ohio's budget gap are being thwarted by two opposing forces: the majority of Republican senators who adamantly oppose any portion of Gov. Ted Strickland's tax cut delay, and the Democratic governor's outright rejection of the compromise.
Naugblog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Unemployment continues to skyrocket: COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s unemployment rate was 10.5 percent in October, up from 10.1 percent in September, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said today. Ohio’s nonfarm wage and salary employment increased 1,400 over the month, from 5,097,000 in September to 5,098,400 in October. And this number doesn’t include workers who simply...
Third Base Politics (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
In light of the budget mess I mentioned this morning, word from an inside source is that 14-15 GOP members of the Ohio Senate have agreed in principle to a comprehensive plan that would address not only the current budget shortfall, but also work to solve the $7 billion budgetary tidal wave coming in 2011. The plan restructures state government, increases privatization of state services, and uses income...
Third Base Politics (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
“I think it would be unseemly for the legislature to leave this town with this matter unresolved.” Those were Ted Strickland’s words this morning as quoted in the Columbus Dispatch Daily Briefing. Unseemly, indeed. Ladies and Gentlemen, I take you back to July 2 nd , 2009. Governor Ted Strickland, as quoted in the very same Daily Briefing, calls for the legislature to join him and...
Ohio 15th District (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Ohio Republican Jon Husted, who is so accustomed to getting his way (remember the residency case?), has called Gov. Ted Strickland's remarks " almost childish ", according to the DaytonDailyNews : Gov. Ted Strickland has told Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, that the Senate Republican budget plan unveiled on Wednesday, Nov. 18, “is not a responsible way to address the serious...
Third Base Politics (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Legislative term-limits in Ohio have been an utter and complete failure. And State Rep. Tyrone Yates, Democrat from Walnut Hills, wants to do away with them. Unfortunately, that has about as good a chance of happening as Ted Strickland doing a background check before hiring someone . When voters enacted term-limits in 1995, they effectively took away their power to hold their representatives accountable....
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Ohio lawmakers were deadlocked once again on how to fix Ohio's budget, as a Senate Republican proposal blending most of Gov. Ted Strickland's tax cut delay with a slew of other funding sources met with swift Democratic opposition. The GOP proposal calls for a... Ohio - Republican - Ted Strickland - United States Senate - United States
Third Base Politics (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Ohio's budget is a mess. Democrats want to raise taxes. Some Republicans want to find alternatives. Some don't. And everyone is confused. All because of a measly $841 million shortfall that Ted Strickland failed to adequately address beginning 9 months ago when the budget was first introduced in the General Assembly. Since then the Governor's office and the legislature, both Democrats and Republicans,...
Naugblog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
From the Dayton Daily News this evening: It is rather amusing to hear Ted Strickland’s office talk about responsible budgeting. By “responsible,” does Spokesbabe Amanda mean: 1) plugging budget holes with incredibly optimistic projections about revenues that could be generated from various morons at slot machines in Ohio’s seven race tracks, 2) raising taxes with a so-called...
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