Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Husted: How can you live so far out of your district?

Here is an interesting fact---- Jon Husted, Republican candidate for Ohio Secretary of State, has to travel 77 miles from his family home in Upper Arlington to the district he represents in Kettering. Husted can claim the house he owns in Kettering for voting purposes, because of a declaration by the Republican controlled Ohio Supreme Court. (Surprise! Surprise!) Husted doesn't reside in Kettering. His own testimony and utility bills provided to the Montgomery Co. Board of Elections, showed that his water usage was near zero (see ProgressOhio). If elected, Husted could question your residency. Don't you think there is something wrong with this?


***John Kasich proposed cutting student aid when he was in Congress in 1995.

New York Times
:

....Other suggestions advanced by Mr. Kasich include the elimination of Federal aid programs managed by colleges, including the Perkins loan, the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants and the work-study programs....

....Under Mr. Kasich's suggestions, an additional 23 grant programs in the Federal Department of Education, some of them covering higher education, would be eliminated. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the savings would be $1.1 billion over five years....

...The potential reductions and possible elimination of programs would have a chilling effect on higher education, said university administrators. The added debt to loans would figure prominently in student decisions about advanced degrees and careers, they said, particularly in lower-paying fields that are critical to society, like social services....

Kasich just didn't seem to have the concerns for the struggles of college students and their families. How does he feel about this today? We know Kasich has proposed eliminating certain programs at state colleges if that program is taught at another school within the state. Since Kasich won't discuss his future plans, we have no idea what he'd cut education in the state.


**** Jon Husted, state senator representing Kettering even though he lives 99% of the time in Upper Arlington, has some very interesting rating by groups.

Operation Vote Smart has these scores for Husted---

On abortion and women's reproductive freedom, Husted has a solid "0"

On environmental issues, Husted has scores of 66, 50, 80, 0, 29, 29, 50
(We can conclude that he doesn't care about the environment.)

On Labor Husted scored a "0"

Husted, who seems to be best friends with the family associated with the largest charter school corporation in the state, is a big proponent of charter schools.


More later.....