GOP Laziness

>>>> If you live in Ohio's 15th congressional district, you might be under the assumption that newly elected former bank lobbyist, Republican Rep. Steve Stivers, and the Republican leadership are hard at work in the U.S. House of Representatives. 

WRONG!

The Republican leadership in the U.S. House have created a work calendar that shows their lack of work ethics.  The Republican leadership has published their calendar for the year:

From the website of Eric Cantor, Majority Leader:

 2011 Legislative Calendar    




If you're waiting for Steve Stivers, John Boehner, Eric Cantor, and the rest of the lazy Republicans to create jobs, you are out of luck.  They'll get paid, even though their unemployed constituents and business supporters continue to wait for the Republicans to deliver on their promises.  While their published calendar indicates only 123 work days for 2011, the Republicans cannot be accused of overworking. The Republicans can get elected but are unable to provide new jobs and positive leadership.

I'm suggesting a new slogan for the Republicans:

No We Can't

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*  Isn't it incredible that the Ohio Republicans in the Ohio General Assembly are willing to give up transparency in Gov. John Kasich's JobOhio plan (aka as "Robs Ohio" per Plunderbund)?  Even though Ohio Democrats tried to add some transparency and guidelines to allow the public to see how Kasich's privatization plan, the Republican members refused to add rules for the public's right to know.

Ohio Democrats have not given up the fight.  In an effort to allow the public to see how their tax money is spent, a Democrat in the Ohio House is still fighting the good fight for transparency.

Moneyinpolitics:

....A new bill by Rep. Matt Lundy, D-Elyria, would require that JobsOhio, Gov. John Kasich’s proposed nonprofit corporation designed to bring jobs to the state, must adhere to the state’s current public-records and open-meetings laws.

‘There is nothing in the current state public-records law that prohibits sensitive or confidential business information from being just that, confidential,’ he said...

The whole privatization ploy by Kasich and his Republicans smells of possible scandals, misuse of public funds, and backroom deals for cronies.  Obviously, the Republicans have already forgotten how Tom Noe was able to invest funds from the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation in Beanie Babies and coins.  Needless to say, the scandals saw the state lose hundreds of millions of dollars and provided years of work for lawyers, prosecutors, investigators, and grand juries. 

Are we willing to let the Republicans spend our tax money on backroom deals?