Sunday Papers – Illegal Immigration, Sick Days, Ohio RNC delegates, Dispatch begins series on Illegal Immigration, Ohio AG race, Kilroy – Stivers, Tubbs Jones’ Successor

Ohio News

• Backlash: Illegal Immigrants in the Heartland – Columbus Dispatch
• Foreign Fallout – Columbus Dispatch
• Latinos flee Oklahoma – Columbus Dispatch
• Cracking Down: Proposed Legislation – Columbus Dispatch
• Kilroy, Stivers trade potshots – Columbus Dispatch
• Strickland the big winner in Sick Days issue – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Jonathan Riskind: Ohio delegates zealous over Palin – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Joe Hallett: Obama, Palin Dynamic Makes for Special Election – Columbus Dispatch

• 3 Ohio resignations add to spate of GOP seats at risk – Columbus Dispatch
• Well done Strickland, Fisher – Columbus Dispatch
• CAT fight – Columbus Dispatch
• Choosing Tubbs Jones successor reveals dissension in ranks – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Op-Ed, Thomas Suddes: Good sense in Ohio is back from sick leave – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Ohio AG race preview – Dayton Daily News

Ohio News Roundup – Jobs for Cambridge, Sick Days Editorials, Light to be out, Ohio AG race,

Government, Politics, Economy

• Florida company buys Cambridge mental health facility – Zanesville Times-Recorder

This deal came about with the help of the Strickland Administration through the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Administrative Services. Earlier this year, budget cuts led to 128 state employees at the facility to lose their jobs. Oglethorpe, the new owner, is scheduled to hire 200 from the Cambridge area.

• Oglethorpe buys Cambridge facility – Akron Beacon Journal
• Hocking College prez to depart at end of school year – Columbus Dispatch
• No Dem candidate for prosecutor – Columbus Dispatch
• Ohio AG fundraising gap widens – Columbus Dispatch
• Cordray gets FOP endorsement – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Cordray winning fundraising race – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Ohio escapes the jobkillers – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: High bar for Tubbs’ successor – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Ohioans for Healthy Families avoids a headache – Akron Beacon Journal
• First month of Keno sales below expectations – Dayton Daily News
• Ohio delegates say McCain hit home run – Dayton Daily News
• Editorial: Strickland saves Ohio from Issue 4 – Canton Repository
• Editorial: Avoiding a ballot fight – Toledo Blade

Thanks Ohioans For Healthy Families, SEIU, Dale Butland, et. al.

Paid Sick Days Issue Coming Off the Ballot Puts Issue in Proper Venue – Federal – and Saves Governor’s and Others Resources for Defeat of Republicans in November

The right decision was made today by the coalition which had worked to the Ohio paid sick days measure on the state ballot.  As had been argued here and elsewhere, albeit a noble cause, the timing and micromanaging nature of the proposal couldn’t have been worse.  By working with Governor Ted Strickland and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown to find a different path for the issue, Ohioans for Healthy Families will allow progressives all over Ohio to focus singly on defeating Republicans at the polls this November.

The plight of the American worker – or the opportunity for an American to find meaningful work – will not be improved by returning the White House or the Statehouse to another term of Republican leadership.  Onward to the sound of battle!

News Clips

• Sick day issue pulled from ballot – Columbus Dispatch
• Sick Leave Plan pulled from ballot – Dayton Business First
• Sick day measure pulled – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Labor Group drops fight over Ohio sick days – Forbes

Sunday Papers – Obama in Dublin, Race and the race, SEIU scandal?, Dispatch at RNC, Ohio GOP, Ohio Economy, Tubbs Jones, Payday Lenders

Ohio News

• Obama, Biden start wooing Ohio – Columbus Dispatch
• Obama Bus Tour Makes Dublin Stop – Dayton Daily News
• Op-Ed, Ben Marrison: Race will influence vote, but how much? – Columbus Dispatch
• Unity the key for McCain too – Columbus Dispatch
• Key backer of sick day proposal faces scandal – Los Angeles Times (Columbus Dispatch)
• Op-Ed, Joe Hallett: Obama’s big moment overshadowed by McCain’s gains – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Jonathan Riskind: McCain can exploit experience factor – Columbus Dispatch
• Tubbs Jones spirit honored – Associated Press
• Editorial: Stay on Message (Sick Days) – Columbus Dispatch
• Cleveland says farewell to Tubbs Jones – Cleveland Plain Dealer

 

• New Ohio law helps you guard against ID theft – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• McCain’s unconventional choice – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Endorsement for Issue 5 – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Ohio GOP in needless lather – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Bad times getting worse in Ohio – Dayton Daily News
• What can be done to rejuvenate state’s economy? – Dayton Daily News

• New Ohio GOP leaders emerge – Dayton Daily News

Sunday Papers – Dispatch Poll: McCain Ahead (barely), Tubbs-Jones, Paying fines with Pennies, Voting Machines, Frank Russo, First Solar, Biden Pick, GM Lordstown, Economy, New Poll, Al Qaeda

Ohio News

• So far, voters in Ohio like McCain a bit more (Dispatch Poll) – Columbus Dispatch
• Obama needs to use this week to unite his party – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Jonathan Riskind: Loss of Tubbs-Jones felt on both sides of aisle – Columbus Dispatch
• Man tries to pay fine with pennies – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: Dropped, then caught – Columbus Dispatch
• Communities rethink benefits of drilling for gas – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Russo’s son closes business – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Op-Ed, Thomas Suddes: Strickland works while legislators sleep – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Strickland must lead sustained campaign against sick leave initiative – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Patients suffer as care, coverage limits collide – Toledo Blade
• Editorial: Sunny news for a change – Toledo Blade
• Local Ds and Rs like Biden for different reasons – Dayton Daily News
• New stars for Ohio Dems at convention – Dayton Daily News
• Local delegates see convention as time to unite – Dayton Daily News
• Editorial: Only Obama can make the case for Obama – Dayton Daily News
• Local Dems cheer Biden – Cincinnati Enquirer
• Editorial: News is good at GM Lordstown – Warren Tribune Chronicle
• Editorial: Ohio plays crucial role in GM Lordstown – Youngstown Vindicator

National/World

• In Obama’s choice a ‘very personal decision’ – New York Times
• Obama’s pick adds foreign policy expertise – New York Times
• A senate stalwart who bounced back – New York Times
• U.S. and global economies slip in unison – New York Times
• A teacher on front line as faith and science clash – New York Times
• A courteous call and a quick strike from McCain – New York Times
• Fear keeps Iraqis out of their Baghdad homes – New York Times
• At conference on risks to earth, few are optimistic – New York Times
• Poll: Support for each candidate holds steady – Washington Post
• Obama calls pick a statesman and fighter – Washington Post
• Al Qaeda masters terrorism on the cheap – Washington Post

Clips Late Thurs-Early Fri: Ohio Voting Machines Do Suck, Governor Does Oppose Paid Sick Days Plan, Tributes to Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Dems Look for New Candidate, GM Lordstown, Aaron Pickrell

Ohio News

• GM Lordstown Unveils New Car – Youngstown Vindicator
• Obama, McCain not only picks for president – Columbus Dispatch
• Ohio’s Voting Machine Glitch Exposed – Columbus Dispatch
• Strickland won’t support Sick Days mandate – Columbus Dispatch
• GOP balks at wage proposal – Columbus Dispatch
• No Deal on Sick Days – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial (Sick Days): Draw the Line – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Phillip Morris: Cleveland Loses Its Champion – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Op-Ed, Connie Schultz: A Courageous Woman – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• What’s Next for Tubbs Jones’ Seat – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Tax Credits Proposed for College Grads Who Stay in Ohio – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Ohio Dems Look for New Congressional Candidate – Associated Press
• Climbing the Dem Career Ladder – The Oskaloosa Herald (That’s in Iowa)

Sunday Papers – Ohio Pres Campaign, AG Harassment, Cuyahoga Land Deal, Casinos, Strickland, Boccieri, Schuring, DHL, Sick Days

Ohio News

• On the trail in Ohio: The Spots that Draw Politicians Like Flies – Columbus Dispatch
• State gets hearing in AG-Harassment case postponed – Columbus Dispatch
• Editorial: November’s Prospects – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Joe Hallett: Here’s a fishing trip both candidates should go on – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Jonathan Riskind: Ohio’s conservatives still distrustful of McCain – Columbus Dispatch
• Land deal a series of missed chances – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Editorial: Ohio must make itself heard by the candidates – Plain Dealer
• Op-Ed, Thomas Suddes: Casinos as revenue machines ‘iffy’ – Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Strickland supporters gather for cornhole & speeches – Akron Beacon Journal
• Editorial: Depceptive ballot language – Akron Beacon Journal
• Editorial (from Friday): Deadline for a deal – Akron Beacon Journal
• Rural economic woes may provide opening for Obama – Dayton Daily News
• Editorial: McCain Right on DHL But it’s Not Pretty – Dayton Daily News
• Meet the men behind 16^th Congressional Distr Race – Canton Repository
• Ohio sick days compromise heading to big fight – Canton Repository
• Editorial: Sick Days initiative could cost more Ohio jobs – Warren Tribune Chronicle

In Labor’s War for Paid Sick Days, Ohio is the Wrong Battleground

In places like Ohio where many battles great and small have been fought by organized labor on behalf of underpaid, overworked, and exploited workers we understand the great advancements this movement has brought to the ordinary American’s standard of living. What labor – and its front-group – Ohioans for Healthy Families doesn’t seem to grasp is that those battles were waged in an American economy that was transcendent.

Competition these days, especially in states like Ohio and Michigan, are eating the U.S. and former industrial states like Ohio alive. Just a month ago my wife and I traveled over to the Zanesville area to check out the once-thriving pottery industry in Ohio. Walking up the pathway to the entrance of the Ohio Ceramic Center you traverse a graveyard of signs which list the names of dozens of former ceramic businesses that have gone under. Looking at the dates of operation on the signs most of them went under in the last 35 years.

Center staff then informed me that Friendship Pottery – which had been afloat by producing Longaberger items – is also gone. Longaberger now has their all-American goods made in China.

Many of these workshops and small factories were the sorts of businesses that employed 25 people or less. Twenty-five is the number of employees that would trigger seven mandatory paid sick days in Ohio’s small businesses if the proposal by the Ohioans for Healthy Families stays on the ballot and passes.

I may be willing to say that Labor had picked a good issue to champion if it weren’t for where and how they are waging their campaign. Read more