...Kasich wants to replace the Ohio Department of Development with a 9-member, nonprofit board of business leaders appointed by the governor. Kasich would serve as its chair.
He said Thursday the JobsOhio board would have four public meetings a year, but could have closed-doors talks about its negotiations with businesses. He says the members won't be compensated.....
If public funds are used, all meetings must be open to the public. Someone needs to remind Gov. Kasich that he is no longer working for Lehman Brothers where secret deals were made behind closed doors. We all know how well that went.
* Students at the University of Cincinnati are upset about Ohio Gov. John Kasich's plans for education in the state.
NewsRecord:
...Our newly elected governor has proposed shortening the school year and putting more students in each classroom so we can cut down on teachers' salaries, completely disregarding how this will play into the efficiency of our school system....
....Why should we be swayed by Gov. Kasich's calls for education cuts as a means of "fiscal responsibility" when, just last Friday, he announced huge pay raises for his cabinet positions, some by nearly $50,000?
If we are left in a society where education is only offered to those wealthy enough to afford it, not only will the middle- and working-class Ohioans suffer, this state will suffer, and our democracy will suffer....
Even as a member of Congress, John Kasich wanted to cut cut college grants and support for education. Here is a little history for the younger people who don't know much about Kasich....
* From the Dayton Daily News, Sunday, February 19, 1995 (retrieved from Newsbank):
Eight Antioch College students were arrested in Columbus after being sprayed with pepper gas Saturday at a protest against Republican-proposed cuts in student financial aid. About 75 Antioch students, members of a campus group called Student Aid Action, took part in what began as an informational protest outside the offices of U.S. Rep. John Kasich , said student Karali Pitzele, who was answering the SAA hotline at the school. Kasich , R-Columbus, is chairman of the House Budget Committee....
....students are trying to educate the public about proposed cuts in the
Republican-backed Contract With America.
According to articles in the Dispatch (Saturday, April 3, 1999-retrieved from Newsbank) and the Dayton Daily News (Tuesday, April 6, 1999-Newsbank), the city of Columbus had to pay
to settle a lawsuit with the arrested students because they were sprayed with mace and arrested
during a peaceful protest. It took four years for the case to make it to the settlement table.
John Kasich has never been a friend to students or public education. Here is another piece of evidence- - - NY Times: (2/15/95)
....Students must repay the principal when they graduate, but the Federal Government now spends about $9 billion a year subsidizing the Federal Family Education Loan program, including some Stafford loans, Supplemental Loans for Students and Parent Loans for UndergraduateStudents). The Government pays the interest while borrowers are still in college.
But Representative John R. Kasich, Republican of Ohio, the chairman of the House Budget
Committee, has proposed ending the subsidy by adding the interest to the loan balance.
Committee, has proposed ending the subsidy by adding the interest to the loan balance.
(President) Clinton said yesterday that removing the interest subsidy would amount to "the biggest cut in student financial aid in the history of the United States."
According to the article, Kasich also wanted to cut other grants, loans, student aid, and work
study programs. If not for President Clinton stopping it, Kasich's proposal would have doubled or tripled student college debt.
study programs. If not for President Clinton stopping it, Kasich's proposal would have doubled or tripled student college debt.