Gov. John Kasich has been getting every single one of his desires fulfilled by the Republicans in the Ohio General Assembly. He says jump, they jump. He says cut the pay, security, and rights of Ohio's teachers, firefighters, police officers, and public workers, and the GOPers respond with record speed and pass SB 5. On top of Kasich mouthing off at the President, Kasich might only be agitating those people that make decisions about federal funds.
In an article that appeared in the Columbus Government section in the Examiner, some members of the Kasich administration have voiced their opinion that SB 5 won't stop the flow of federal money for transportation in Ohio.
The Examiner:
...Responding for ODOT, communications chief Melissa Myers said, "It is the opinion of the Ohio Department of Transportation that Senate Bill 5 will have no effect on the ability of Ohio’s transit systems to procure and utilize federal funding through ODOT."
A professor at Youngstown State, John Russo, disagrees with ODOT's opinion, as stated in the Examiner article:
...Professor Russo said the endangerment of federal transit funds could be a case of the unintended consequences of the enactment of SB 5, which Gov. Kasich signed on March 31st. The effective date of the bill - 90 days after its signing - has been suspended pending the collection of enough valid signatures of registered voters to place it on the ballot this fall....
Have you noticed that everything that Kasich and the Republicans touch only makes things worse? Where are the jobs????