Sunday Papers - Illegal Immigration, Sick Days, Ohio RNC delegates, Dispatch begins series on Illegal Immigration, Ohio AG race, Kilroy - Stivers, Tubbs Jones’ Successor
September 7, 2008 by Pelikan · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Barack Obama, Gov Strickland, John McCain, Marc Dann, Ohio AG's Race 2008, Ohio Economy, Paid Sick Days, Presidential Campaign 2008, State of Ohio Govt, U.S. Congress
Filed under: Barack Obama, Gov Strickland, John McCain, Marc Dann, Ohio AG's Race 2008, Ohio Economy, Paid Sick Days, Presidential Campaign 2008, State of Ohio Govt, U.S. Congress
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,
September 6, 2008 by Pelikan · 1 Comment
Filed under: Gov Strickland, John McCain, Ohio AG's Race 2008, Ohio Economy, Paid Sick Days, Presidential Campaign 2008
Filed under: Gov Strickland, John McCain, Ohio AG's Race 2008, Ohio Economy, Paid Sick Days, Presidential Campaign 2008
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.
September 4, 2008 by Pelikan · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Gov Strickland, Ohio Economy, Paid Sick Days
Filed under: Gov Strickland, Ohio Economy, Paid Sick Days
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
August 31, 2008 by Pelikan · 1 Comment
Filed under: Barack Obama, Gov Strickland, Joe Biden, Ohio Economy, Paid Sick Days, Presidential Campaign 2008, Republican National Convention, State of Ohio Govt
Filed under: Barack Obama, Gov Strickland, Joe Biden, Ohio Economy, Paid Sick Days, Presidential Campaign 2008, Republican National Convention, State of Ohio Govt
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
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
August 21, 2008 by Pelikan · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Barack Obama, Gov Strickland, Ohio Economy, Paid Sick Days, Presidential Campaign 2008, State of Ohio Govt
Filed under: Barack Obama, Gov Strickland, Ohio Economy, Paid Sick Days, Presidential Campaign 2008, State of Ohio Govt
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
August 17, 2008 by Pelikan · 1 Comment
Filed under: Barack Obama, Cuyahoga Corruption, Gov Strickland, John McCain, Marc Dann, Ohio Economy, Paid Sick Days, Presidential Campaign 2008, State of Ohio Govt, U.S. Congress
Filed under: Barack Obama, Cuyahoga Corruption, Gov Strickland, John McCain, Marc Dann, Ohio Economy, Paid Sick Days, Presidential Campaign 2008, State of Ohio Govt, U.S. Congress
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 16th 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
UPDATE: Sick Days
Update of Plain Dealer article from last post. Still not looking good.
No Deal on Sick Days?
Today’s Media Reports Say Deal Unlikely
- No deal on sick days; issue headed to the ballot – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Sick day deal DOA – Columbus Dispatch
Thursday A.M. Read – Sick Days, Dimora, Uninsured, Brunner, Marc Dann!, Russia v. Georgia, Rice, McCain, Energy Policy
August 14, 2008 by Pelikan · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Bush Foreign Policy, Cuyahoga Corruption, Energy Policy, John McCain, Marc Dann, Ohio AG's Race 2008, Presidential Campaign 2008, Russian/Georgian Conflict, State of Ohio Govt, U.S. Congress
Filed under: Bush Foreign Policy, Cuyahoga Corruption, Energy Policy, John McCain, Marc Dann, Ohio AG's Race 2008, Presidential Campaign 2008, Russian/Georgian Conflict, State of Ohio Govt, U.S. Congress
Ohio News
- Editorial: Sick Leave Fight May Require a Power Play by Strickland – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Number of uninsured in Ohio may be higher than report shows – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Political party leaders spar over election rule – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Prominent Dems want Dimora out – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- By 2042, minorities to be majority – Columbus Dispatch
- Anniversary: Largest blackout in US history – Columbus Dispatch
- Dann had rejected favorite for Academy – Columbus Dispatch
- GOP Fear: Voting too soon – Columbus Dispatch
- GOP pushes Cordray to return money – Columbus Dispatch
- Editorial: Full Accounting on Factory Farms – Columbus Dispatch
National/International News
- Russian forces begin pullout from Gori – VOA
- Rice says Russia faces isolation – BBC
- Bush squares up to Putin – Times of London
- Russia rejects West’s call to recognize Georgian sovereignty – The Guardian
- Op-Ed, John McCain: We are all Georgian – Wall Street Journal
- Now is the key time for energy in presidential race – NY Magazine
- Insurgency’s scars mar Afghan main road – New York Times
- GOP in House at risk in NE – New York Times
Paid Sick Days Plan Job Killer: Ohio’s Major Newspapers
Ohio Newspapers Hold Out Hope Strickland Can Save Day
- Strickland’s Challenge – Columbus Dispatch
- Strickland Has to Derail Paid Sick Leave – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Sick Day Proposal for Ohio Doesn’t Have to be Poison – Dayton Daily News
You can’t call this an endorsement … - Sick Leave Law Would Kill Ohio – Youngstown Vindicator
- Drop Sick Leave Issue From Ballot – Cincinnati Enquirer
- Got Compromise? – Akron Beacon Journal
Driving home from some camping and kayaking on Lake Michigan today, I heard on the radio of another 100 jobs lost in Ohio. This time, the unemployed will hail from the Diebold plant in Newark. Could there be a worse time for this proposal? Read more
Saturday Night – Russia v. Georgia, Jackson helps FBI, Sick Days, Dems,
August 9, 2008 by Pelikan · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Cuyahoga Corruption, Gov Strickland, Ohio Economy, Russian/Georgian Conflict
Filed under: Cuyahoga Corruption, Gov Strickland, Ohio Economy, Russian/Georgian Conflict
News from South Ossetia
- Georgia and Russia Near All-Out War – New York Times
- Putin accuses Georgia of genocide – BBC
- UN says Georgia conflict widening beyond S. Ossetia – Reuters
- What is the conflict in Georgia really about? – Jerusalem Post
News from Ohio
- Democrats parking – Columbus Dispatch
- Next Week do or die for Sick Days deal – Columbus Dispatch
- Cleveland mayor helping FBI in corruption probe – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Op-Ed, Aaron Marshall: Payday Lending Debate – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Gov: Time short on sick day compromise – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Medical Mart’s cost jumps – Cleveland Plain Dealer
Thursday a.m. – Cuyahoga Flash: FBI Probes Fixing Speeding Tix? WTF?; Traster in OH-58; Sick Days opposed, Keno slammed; Brunner sues; Natl Century execs to big house
August 7, 2008 by Pelikan · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Cuyahoga Corruption, Ohio Economy, State of Ohio Govt, U.S. Congress
Filed under: Cuyahoga Corruption, Ohio Economy, State of Ohio Govt, U.S. Congress
Ohio News
- Did Kelley try to influence traffic court in Bera – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Traster to run for Dems in OH-58 – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Brunner sues voting machine maker – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Tribe extends stay at Progressive Field – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Attempt to rally Cuyahoga County workers fizzles – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Op-Ed, Phillip Morris: Ohio pretends Keno isn’t casino gambling – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Local leaders oppose mandatory sick days – Middletown Journal
- America’s fastest dying cities – Forbes
Four of the list of ten are in Ohio: Canton, Youngstown, Cleveland, Dayton.
- Editorial: Too much life here to be a ‘dying’ city – Canton Repository
- Boccieri target of new radio ad – Akron Beacon Journal
- Editorial: Sick day proposal doesn’t have to be poison – Dayton Daily News
- National Century execs headed to prison – Columbus Dispatch
Ohio Sunday Papers – Paid Sick Days, Strickland, Stivers v. Kilroy, Russo and Dimora, Ohio House Races
August 3, 2008 by Pelikan · 1 Comment
Filed under: Cuyahoga Corruption, Environment, Gov Strickland, Ohio AG's Race 2008, Ohio Economy, State of Ohio Govt
Filed under: Cuyahoga Corruption, Environment, Gov Strickland, Ohio AG's Race 2008, Ohio Economy, State of Ohio Govt
Ohio News
- Strickland presses compromise on sick days – Dayton Daily News
- Editorial: Strickland has to derail paid sick leave initiative – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Op-Ed, Thomas Suddes: Battle over paid sick leave already nauseating – Cleveland Plain Dealer
- State coal committee too insider? – Columbus Dispatch
- Op-Ed, Joe Hallett: Others will turn Kilroy-Stivers race sour – Columbus Dispatch
- Strickland bringing home cash for Dems – Columbus Dispatch
- Op-Ed, Johnathan Riskind: Dems should ‘test-drill’ Rs on drilling – Columbus Dispatch
- Russo, Dimora have been life of the party for Cuyahoga Dems – Clevleand Plain Dealer
- Op-Ed, Dennis Willard: Paranoid politicians – Akron Beacon Journal
- Cordray has $1.9 million for AG’s race - Dayton Daily News
From the Columbus Dispatch: 20 House Races to Watch in Ohio
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