Dispatch:
The Kasich administration’s decision to keep secret how it will determine whether Ohioans are getting a good deal from the $100 million a year that JobsOhio will spend on economic development did not stop the state Controlling Board today from approving the contracts to formally get the privatized entity going.....
...Hottinger and his fellow legislators on the bipartisan spending-oversight board questioned the heads of the state Development and Commerce departments for nearly an hour today about JobsOhio. When members of the panel asked what kind of results are expected, the answers were not clear.....
....Sen. Tom Sawyer, D-Akron, questioned how taxpayers are supposed to know if they are getting a good deal if JobsOhio will not disclose the criteria it is using to determine a positive return on investment. The Kasich administration is keeping the formula private, arguing that it is a trade secret....
Wasn't all that money invested in coins and beanie babies kept a secret during the Taft administration? Wasn't that how we had "Coingate" and hundreds of millions of dollars lost in investments? The Kasich administration and its enablers are gambling with our tax money. We have the right to know how they are spending it.
I just hope that everyone remembers this decision by Kasich & Co. when the stuff hits the fan.
* Trouble? Big bully, Bill O'Reilly, has issued a threat to the Muppets.
RawStory:
....O’Reilly was not very pleased that Miss Piggy hit back against the network’s recent criticism of their movie, saying, ”It’s almost as laughable as accusing Fox News of being, uh, you know, being news.”
“Though we still like The Muppets, they better watch it,” O’Reilly said.