Ohio Senate President Tom Niehaus was recognized for something he said that rated a "Pants On Fire" award by PolitiFact. Niehaus made comments that union people had done damage to the Statehouse and PolitiFact looked at his claims:
"Unfortunately, we have documented instances where people defecated in the building. We have documented instances where they have written on the walls," Niehaus said. "This is the people’s house. I used to say treat it like it’s yours. Well, I don’t want it to be like it’s theirs if that’s the way they treat their own home."
Some union groups responded immediately, denying that a group featuring police officers, firefighters, teachers, nurses and others unionized workers would commit such vile acts in the storied building.
PolitiFact Ohio looked into Niehaus' claim. It was chosen as one of it's favorite items from the year.
Niehaus and Batchelder (see my previous post below) are willing to do anything to win----even tell lies.
>>> Here is an update on a lawsuit against White Hat Management, Ohio's largest charter schools owner. Dispatch:
The 19-month fight over whether Ohio’s largest for-profit manager of charter schools must share detailed financial records could be coming to a close.
Franklin County Common Pleas Judge John F. Bender has decided he can rule on the case, and he reiterated an order he made in August that White Hat Management release records showing how the charter-school operator spends the millions of tax dollars it gets each year.
Bender had halted the case last month to determine whether the court had the authority to preside over the lawsuit. On Friday, Bender stated that the court had jurisdiction.....
If our tax dollars are going to charter schools, their refusal to detail their financial records is a slap in all our faces. What makes charter school owners think they are above the law and the courts? Republicans have made it too easy for charter schools to operate and get away with substandard results.