DailyAmerican:
The Ohio Senate on Tuesday voted to reject nearly a quarter of outgoing Gov. Ted Strickland’s appointments to state boards and commissions, a move one fellow Democrat called a stab in the back.
On the last scheduled day of the two-year legislative session, the GOP-led Senate voted 18-12 to deny the confirmations of 78 of the Democratic governor’s appointments.....
....The governor had 351 appointees pending before the Senate. Lawmakers voted 28-0 to approve 251 nominees, and 22 were allowed to keep their seats without objection....
Do you remember what happened when Gov. Bob Taft, Republican, left office?
Ohio.com:
....When Taft appointees to the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio had to resign on Strickland's watch because of a technical glitch (their nominations were decided in closed meetings), the new governor gracefully reappointed them. Strickland also kept others named by Republican governors, among them Thomas Charles, the state inspector general, at times harshly critical of the administration.
Senate leaders plan to meet Tuesday. They should listen to one of their colleagues, Kevin Coughlin. The Cuyahoga Falls Republican, unable to run this fall because of term limits, argues for confirming the Strickland's appointments unless an ethical breach or legal problem arises. ''It sets a poor precedent for the future,'' he said. It's not a precedent a governor elected with 49 percent of the vote can afford.
This is another reminder of Ted Strickland's honesty and integrity. Keep him in mind while the Ohio Republicans create the groundwork for their total control of the state government. How long will we have to wait for the first Ohio Republican scandal? With Republicans so hungry for power, it is just a matter of time before a new "coingate" scandal breaks.
"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
- John Emerich Dalberg Acton (Thinkexist)
We'll be watching and waiting.