...Kasich
1. is not yet governor.
2. Ohio's Public Employees' Collective Bargaining Law is one of the strongest in the country.
3. was elected governor - - - not king.
(I bet, even as I type this, labor lawyers are already preparing for an attack by Kasich.)
* According to an article posted at Raw Story, Rep. Darrell Issa, has written several hundred letters to the White House:
The House Republican set to lead an important committee that will have jurisdiction over many government operations said Wednesday that he expects the White House to respond to "several hundred" letters.
As chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Darrell Issa (R-CA) will wield subpoena power, but in an interview with MSNBC, he wouldn't say exactly how he would use it.
"I don't have any subpoenas to the White House," Issa said. "I have several hundred letters, most of which have not been responded to that I'll ask the White House to dust off and answer our questions. Some of them are obsolete but most of them are still important."
President George W. Bush ignored inquiries. President Obama should do the same. Hopefully, Issa's letters were ignored. Besides Darrell Issa has some very, very shady connections --
Debbie Schlussel:
...Issa has made a career of being a shill, cheerleader, and personal representative in Congress for Hezbollah, Arafat, Syria, and the global Islamic terror machine. He has a track record of anti-Semitic statements–dismissing critics (like myself) because they are “Jews”–and of using his Congressional office to try to intimidate others, mostly conservatives and many political enemies. And then there’s his long criminal record. During his life–he stole at least three cars, stole his multi-million dollar business, stole patents, fired an employee at gunpoint, committed arson and insurance fraud, at a plant (and then the detective investigating it mysteriously “died”), lied about his military record, was caught carrying a concealed weapon and ammunition including tear gas (believed to be for the purpose of committing armed robbery), and even stealing one of his fellow soldier’s cars....
The National Jewish Democratic Council also has this tidbit about Issa:
After rereading a San Diego Union-Tribune blog post and lifting my jaw from my desk, I still can't believe Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) told a Union-Tribune editorial board member that he would cut homeland-security funding for cameras and other security measures for JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS.
When responding to a member of the Union-Tribune's editorial board about the overspending in the GOP Congress, Issa offered only two criticisms of current spending:
- crop subsidies for well-off farmers
- homeland-security funding for cameras and other security measures for Jewish organizations...
Darrell Issa, the anti-Semite, is soon going to be chair of a committee in Congress now that the Republicans have won control of the House.
* Do you think that Mike DeWine will halt the ongoing fight to get back Ohio's public pension fund money from Lehman Brothers?