Gov.-elect John Kasich has done it again!
WCPN: ...Former Franklin County Auditor Joe Testa has been chosen to be Ohio's next tax commissioner. Kasich says he chose Testa because he's hard working and honest...
Testa has one other qualification not listed in the story - - - he is a white male.
**** John Kasich doesn't know much about Ohio law.
Cleveland.com:
Gov.-elect John Kasich has wisely reversed course and says he'll release the names and resumes of people applying for patronage jobs with his new administration after he's sworn in Jan. 10. Unfortunately, that may not be the end of the story.
Kasich had sought to keep the information confidential -- even after taking office. He said he didn't want to jeopardize applicants' current employment by tipping their bosses. Now the Republican governor-elect says lawyers have advised him that Ohio's Open Records Act won't allow such post-inaugural secrecy.
Kasich purports to be "mystified" and "shocked" by Ohio law and court rulings that make Statehouse job seekers' information public. He shouldn't be. Ohio, for all its political frailties, has a strong open-records culture, despite officeholders' attempts to weaken it....
I guess Kasich had gotten accustomed to all those secret deals on Wall Street that he didn't understand the state's open-records requirements.