Toledo Blade:
Gov. Ted Strickland was cheered by members of the Ohio Federation of Teachers at a convention in Toledo Friday as he lambasted political opponents who want to eliminate the state income tax or are "cheerleaders for failure."
...State Sen. Gary Cates (R., West Chester) criticized the award as "political" and said the state is undeserving....
Strickland is right. Cates, Kasich, Husted and the rest of them want Ohio's schools to fail so that they can let their buddies/campaign contributors put charter schools all over the state.