The Chronicle of Higher Education has this about the petition drive to put a referendum on the ballot to repeal SB 5:
A coalition of union supporters called We Are Ohio says it has gathered more than three times the number of signatures needed to get placed on the November ballot a referendum to repeal a recently passed state law denying collective-bargaining rights to most public-college professors, The Columbus Dispatch reports. The law the campaign seeks to repeal scales back the collective-bargaining rights of all state employees and effectively prevents many faculty members from engaging in collective bargaining at all, by classifying them as managers, exempt from union representation, if they engage in any of several activities traditionally associated with their jobs. The law will go into effect if the repeal campaign fails.
DailyKos:
....Earlier today, We are Ohio announced on their Facebook page that they had collected 714,137 signatures, way above the 231,000 required. Even at a 60% validation rate for the signatures, which is the worst case scenario for the campaign, it now appears certain that enough signatures will be gathered by the June 30 deadline. In fact, it now appears certain double the required number of signatures will be deemed valid.
...This signature gathering campaign does not just force a November referendum on the bill. It actually prevents the bill from going into law until the results of the referendum are certified. As such, if the repeal wins in November, which seems likely, then SB 5 will never become law.....
This is an excellent start.
To those volunteers who worked on gathering the signatures for this campaign, I offer my sincerest appreciation for a job well done.
WAIT!!!!!!
There is more info from Plunderbund about the American Policy Roundtable/Ohio Roundtable:....Kasich’s casino deal is so blatantly unconstitutional that APR’s CEO, David Zanotti, says everyone in Kasich’s office “seems to have forgotten not only law school 101 … but pre-law school.” “This is stuff you can read on the internet,” he says. (We assume he was talking about Plunderbund, since we mentioned this back in December when Kasich first proposed it.)
According to Zanotti, APR is absolutely going to sue the Kasich Administration “and so are a bunch of other people.” John Kasich’s casino deal is “opening a Pandora’s box of lawsuits that is going to go on, and on, and on.”
According to APR’s press release: “Governor Kasich’s actions are unprecedented in Ohio history. No Governor has ever attempted to redefine the Constitution, the Ohio Revised Code, and tax policy based on a handshake with those who stand to profit the most. Such actions threaten the very core of representative government.”
Go to Plunderbund and read the 7 reason of "How the Casino Deal Breaks the Law" asap.