The Associated Press has an explosive story that shows that Kasich campaign spokesman Scott Milburn instructed state pension executives friendly to the Kasich campaign what to tell the media about revelations of state pension losses attributed to Lehman Bros....
Then comes a local channel's update.
Fox8news:
E-mail shows a campaign operative of Republican John Kasich (KAY'-sihk) gave a state pension fund advice on how to explain its Lehman Brothers losses to reporters.
A message obtained by The Associated Press was sent May 3 amid efforts by Democrats to tie the Lehman losses to Kasich. The GOP candidate for governor worked for a time at the now-defunct investment bank.
In the e-mail, Kasich spokesman Scott Milburn told an Ohio Public Employee Retirement System executive to explain that not all the money it lost was a result of the Lehman bankruptcy....
According to Fox 8, OPERS originally estimated their loss at $111 million. According to the Dispatch, OPERS (Ohio Public Employee Retirement System) lost $368 million. Someone who worked for Kasich's campaign gave talking points to an executive at OPERS on how to talk to the press? Why am I not surprised? Is this another one of those Republican coverups?
**** Fox News is in the news.
MediaMatters:
Fox & Friends twice falsely reported that Ohio has lost 400,000 jobs "under the Obama administration," and advanced the claim that as a result, Obama "has a lot of 'splaining to do." In fact, the 400,000 figure includes job losses that occurred for two years before Obama took office in the midst of a deep recession....
...Ohio lost 393,568 jobs from January 2007 to December 2009, the bulk of which came after the recession began in December 2007. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in Ohio fell 393,568 from a peak of 5,661,252 in January 2007 (two years before Obama was inaugurated) to 5,267,594 in December 2009. From seasonally adjusted BLS Ohio employment data:
OMG! OMG! OMG! The Republicans and their cable channel have been lying!
The story about the pension fund cover up is now being reported by Cincinnati.com, and WTOL Toledo.