Kasich's Lack of Transparency

* After the tantrum yesterday of Governor-elect John Kasich at his press conference, many people are shocked that Kasich gets so upset at questions from the press about conflicts of interest and transparency.  Opinionati, makes it clear to Kasich, that even though Kasich has been whining about the need to follow laws about government transparency, it doesn't matter.  Kasich can whine and kick all he wants, but the public has the right to know how the government conducts business.

In an opinion piece titled, Pharoah Kasich trips over anthills on his way to the pyramid, writer KWellesley lets him have it.
Opinionati (at Cincinnati.com):

....The public has a right to scrutinize a public office to be sure they are being best served, both by the people who work there and the money that is spent.

And it is those vexing sunshine laws — err, anthills — that make that possible, and the reporters’ — err, fire ants — job to make sure that the public has that opportunity, to cut through the bureaucratic red tape sometimes needed to actually get records.

We are sorry if Pharaoh Kasich does not appreciate our anthills, but the anthills are necessary to be sure that the pharaoh, high up in the pyramid, is doing his job....

Kasich needs to be reminded he was elected Governor, not Pharoah or King or Dictator (even though the picture from Cincinnati.com of Kasich as a Pharoah is very funny).

(pic from Cincinnati.com)

Secret wheeling and dealing may have been the backbone of how business was conducted at Kasich's former place of employment, Lehman Brothers, but that kind of stuff must not be allowed to work in government.  Hasn't Kasich heard of all the scandals from the Taft administration like Coingate, the Taft ethics charges, the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars from the Bureau of Workers Compensation,  etc., etc.??????  These scandals hatched out of the secret backroom deals.