A letter to the editor in the Plain Dealer takes a very cursory look at the Republican candidate, Josh Mandel, and declares his trust in the candidate.
Personally, I don't trust Mandel.
1. Josh Mandel is against the EPA, the government agency that protects us and our environment. Josh Mandel is being supported by groups/PACs that want to pollute and have free access to our parks, land, and waterways.
2. Josh Mandel has refused to answer questions because he doesn't want to give voters any indication on how he'd vote.
3. Josh Mandel support SB 5.
4. Josh Mandel has misused the public trust by
a. hiring young, unqualified, inexperienced friends, buddies, and campaign workers in a department that handles our tax dollars.
b. being absent from work to campaign.
c. went to the Bahamas for a campaign event to get money from payday lenders at their convention.
d. refusing to release the resumes of his new hires and explain why his Republican hires got raises but long time employees got next to nothing.
5. Josh Mandel was for the rights of LGBT community when he was in college, but now he is against them.
6.Josh Mandel voted for a restrictive bill concerning the reproductive rights of women.
7.Josh Mandel supports the budget crafted by Paul Ryan, which would end Pell grants, give tax cuts to the rich, give vouchers to those on Medicare, and take away programs that help the poor and disadvantaged.
8.Josh Mandel was against President Obama's assistance to the American auto companies.
9. Josh Mandel has attended only one meeting of the board which oversees the state's investments. Instead, he sent unelected, appointed staff members in his place.
I will have more later.