Obama Transition: Obama Team Taking a Page From Strickland Playbook
Filed under: Barack Obama, Gov Strickland, Obama Transition, Ohio Economy, State of Ohio Govt, ohio politics
Here in Ohio, Governor Ted Strickland made a statement in the opening hours of his term in January 2007.
His first official act was not an executive order undoing some GOP policy an interest group was clamoring for; his first act was to make good on a promise made during the campaign to change the culture on Capitol Square. President-elect Barack Obama’s transition is sounding a similar note this week in Chicago.
On January 8, 2007 - just hours after taking office - Strickland signed his first executive order which tightened ethics rules on his own administration. Strickland had run a campaign to “Turnaround Ohio.” Part of that turn around was to run an administration which was grounded in service and the public’s interest. This meant taking measures to set the tone to avoid the ethics issues and scandals of past state governments. His rules are the tightest of any other Ohio governor and cover areas such as the ‘revolving door’ and gifts.
Two articles caught my eye this morning and had me thinking about those initial actions taken by Strickland. From the Washington Post is a piece about Obama’s efforts to control the influence of lobbyists during the transition. And Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Tribune focuses on the issue of transparency in how the Obama team will fund the transition. Read more
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