Monday, November 22, 2010

Keep your Eyes Open

* We are already seeing some indications about how the incoming Republican administration will conduct themselves:
Fox59:




Ohio's next agriculture director wants to review at a deal arranged by the outgoing governor and animal rights activists that would bring tougher laws governing farm animals.

The agreement calls for banning certain crates and cages and strangulation as a form of euthanasia for sick or injured animals.

Republican Gov.-elect John Kasich has tapped former poultry farmer and current state lawmaker James Zehringer to be the next agriculture director....


What out of state animal activists?  Does Zehringer think that Ohioans don't care about the welfare of animals?

>  Jobs created during Presidency of Bill Clinton = 22.7 million jobs
>  Jobs created during Presidency of George W. Bush = 1.1 million jobs
 (This is a perfect example of how trickle down economics, tax cuts for the rich, does not work.)

The Canton Repository Opinion is already noting Kasich's lack of transparency:
Gov.-elect John Kasich has been promising to conduct state business differently from his predecessor. But if that means conducting state business in the dark, it’s a promise he needs to break.

Kasich is taking applications for state jobs on a website, FixOhioNow.com. The site received so many applications — 1,500 in less than 24 hours — that an aide said the computers were “blowing up.”

...The résumés belong in the public domain. Not only is Kasich sending the wrong message about his commitment to openness, he’s also not doing himself any favors when it comes to winning support for one of his more controversial ideas....

Kasich promised transparency, but won't deliver it. I have a feeling some news agency will be suing to get real trasnparency.