The BSB has noted that the DSCC is running an ad in Colorado that could be used by the DCCC in Ohio's 15th congressional district. Republican candidate, Steve Stivers, a former corporate bank lobbyist and sweetheart of lobbyists/bankers/Wall Street/insurance PACs/major polluters, has very famously said that he'd like to repeal this:
U.S. Constitution
Amendment 17 - Senators Elected by Popular Vote. Ratified 4/8/1913. History
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist, wants to repeal the 17th Amendment. Stivers wants to take away your right to vote for your U.S. Senators.
But wait, there is more! Stivers want to repeal the 16th Amendment too.
U.S. Constitution:
Amendment 16 - Status of Income Tax Clarified. Ratified 2/3/1913. Note History
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
Sounds very radical to me.
Here is the list of things Stivers wants to repeal or eliminate:
1. Repeal the health care reform bill
2. Repeal the 16th Amendment to the Constitution
3. Repeal the 17th Amendment to the Constitution
4. Eliminate the Department of Agriculture
5. Eliminate the Department of Education
6. Eliminate the Department of the Interior
7. Eliminate the Department of Housing of and Urban Development
8. Eliminate the Department of Transportation
9. Eliminate the Department of Energy
(To see the complete survey that Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist, filled out for the Glenn Beck meet up 912 group of central Ohio, visit - OH15 MTC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.)
Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15th) works for the people of her district. Steve Stivers, her Republican opponent, wants to work for bankers and corporations.
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> John Kasich, Republican candidate for Ohio Governor, has big plans: he wants to eviscerate the public schools. Why should you care? Kasich has always been a person who sticks his nose into things where he knows nothing. Kasich wants to take apart the public schools, remove control from local school boards, and open everything to charter schools. (Do you think he'll give total control to his biggest contributor: David Brennan & Family, owners of the large charter school corporation in our state, White Hat Management?????) In other words, Kasich wants to take your tax money and give it away to people who, in my humble opinion, are not qualified to oversee/supervise children and education. Right now in Ohio, people who are principals in public schools are required to have a certain level of education, supervisory certification, and teaching experience. Kasich is willing to give your tax money to anyone who calls themselves an entrepreneur. Here are some other plans Kasich has for education:
(a) cut funding to education,
(b) change the way college classes are taught
(c) limit the types of classes and programs of study that are offered at state universities,
(d) put more technology in the classroom,
(e) Kasich wants to break the backs of teachers' unions.
Plunderbund has even more about Kasich's moronic plans for schools in Ohio.
And there is this about Ohio's schools from Fox8:
A chief architect of last year's overhaul of Ohio's school funding system says the state could end up back in court if it follows a call by Republican governor candidate John Kasich to scrap the changes.
State Rep. Stephen Dyer, a Democrat, says the new model reduces the state's reliance on property taxes to fund schools. The Ohio Supreme Court has four times ruled that Ohio's previous system was unconstitutional....
...In a Cincinnati Enquirer interview published Tuesday, Kasich says rival Gov. Ted Strickland's signature overhaul would be "gone" if he's elected this fall. He says the model isn't fully funded and doesn't direct enough money to classrooms. GOP Senate President Bill Harris echoed similar concerns.
Can you imagine the disarray, lawsuits, and massive confusion that Kasich's education plans will create in Ohio? Kasich, who thinks of himself as some business mogul, is still the person that helped the Ohio pensions lose over $400 million in their retirement funds. Do you think you can trust Kasich? Why not ask the retirees who lost money?
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