* U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown has been promoting the use of Mansfield Air National Guard Base to bring jobs and opportunities to the area.
Mansfield News Journal:
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) sent a letter this week to U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates expressing concern over what he believes is underutilization of the Mansfield Air National Guard Base.
A Mansfield native, Brown was a proponent of efforts to bring to Richland County the C-27Js now housed at the base. In October, he led a letter of the Ohio Congressional delegation to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force urging placement of the C-27J formal training unit in Mansfield. The FTU was recommended to be placed elsewhere.....
New programs and the increased usage of the Mansfield Base could do wonders to bring in new jobs to the area. I wonder how Kasich will try to stop job growth in Mansfield.
**** Ohio's new Attorney General, Mike DeWine, is preparing to waste Ohio's time and money on trying to fight against the new health care reform law, according to the Dispatch. Doesn't that say a lot about the partisanship of Mike DeWine?
** Plunderbund understands the reasons for Kasich's new push for permits and plans to end delays at the Ohio EPA. Ohio Citizen Action will keep an eye on these anti-environmental moves at the Ohio EPA.
* If you know anyone who has worked with Kasich in the past, there are certain words that they use to describe Kasich: "arrogant" "jerk" "prick"
Unfortunately, those are the cleanest words I've heard to describe him.
* From a number of sources, we get some good news- - - Sarah Palin's TLC program will not be renewed. Thank goodness! Shooting defenseless animals for pleasure is not something that most Americans consider a fun activity. The Palin family will lose a rumored $1 million/episode paycheck.