Those Republicans

*  The war on women continues, even in Ohio.

Plunderbund shows that Gov. John Kasich pays his female staff members far less than what he pays his male staffers.

Has anyone seen or heard of Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor recently?  Did Kasich put her in a cave?

>>>>  I'm surprised that Ann Romney didn't mention the au pairs (fancy French name for nannies) that she employed while her boys were growing up.  Have you ever employed an au pair?  I think that there is a certain income level that comes with hiring au pairs from France.

Ann Romney never had to worry about when she would get her next paycheck, if her male colleagues were making more money, and what she would do if her children were sick, and she had no sick days.  She has always had help and money.


* Republican candidate Josh Mandel apparently only rewards those that he hired in the office of the Ohio Treasurer. Once again we see that Mandel, on the country club luncheon circuit, likes to reward his friends and Republicans.  I bet Mandel doesn't meet many teachers, fire fighters, police officers, nurses, auto workers, and underpaid state workers at those fancy private clubs.

Toledo Blade:

Josh Mandel, Ohio treasurer of state, has given his staff appointees large raises since he took office while awarding more modest raises to the employees he inherited when he became treasurer a year ago.....

Six Mandel political appointees received raises ranging from $250 to $1,153 per two-week pay period since the time he took office.

In the same period, raises for the six highest-paid holdovers from former Democratic Treasurer Kevin Boyce ranged from $147 to $441 per pay period.

The biggest dollar-amount raise went to Mr. Mandel’s general counsel, Seth Metcalf. His salary zoomed to $5,961 per two-week pay period from $4,808, a 24 percent increase, after he joined the staff in January, 2011. According to Seth Unger, press secretary for Mr. Mandel, Mr. Metcalf also took on the job of chief financial officer, eliminating a position and saving $45,000 a year......

Further examination finds that "Seth Metcalf" is "James" Seth Metcalf and he passed the bar exam in 2004 (see Ohio Supreme Court attorney info).  Once again we see an example of Josh Mandel giving a friend a higher salary and a boatload of responsibility.  I wonder how the rest of the more experienced, mature, highly trained, employees feel about having this newbie overpaid.  I know if I worked in that department I'd be raising my voice about this situation.