Will Republicans Do Anything for Money?

Holy Smokes!  The Dispatch allowed Tom Needles, a registered lobbyist for White Hat Management, to write an editorial for the newspaper in support of charter schools.  White Hat Management's owners, and employees are major contributors to the Ohio GOP.  The good people over at Plunderbund have all the dirty details, but here is just a peak:

...Tom Needles is a registered lobbyist for White Hat Management.

He has personally contributed thousands of dollars to the campaigns of Kasich, Amstutz and other Republicans.

.....And here’s the clincher: according to multiple source, Tom Needles actually helped write the charter school-related language in the budget.....

Looks like all the contracts, jobs, legislation writing, and other benefits are going to FOK (friends of Kasich) and Republican contributors.

Here is another piece of information to show exactly how Kasich and the Republicans are rewarding White Hat---------

 Sunlight Foundation's Influence Explorer, has this little tidbit:



1999-2010, White Hat Management (Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee) gave

$2,133,661.00 

in political donations to Republicans......(from Influence Explorer)....

 TOP RECIPIENTS

Jon Husted (R-OH)........$75,990
William Batchelder (R-OH)....$73,000
Josh Mandel (R-OH)...$66,141
John Kasich & Mary Taylor (R-OH)...$46,185
Mark Wagoner (R-OH)....$40,200
Keith Faber (R-OH)....$37,700
Tom Niehaus (R-OH)....$37,700
Shannon Jones (R-OH)...$35,000
Matthew Dolan (R-OH)....$30,000
Ron Amstutz (R-OH)...$27,500


If White Hat Management is making so much money off of the charter school business in Ohio, they must NOT be providing (1) quality education for students, (2) proper educational material for classrooms, and  (3) a living wage for teachers.