When does Mandel work?

 ****  If you have a chance to look over Josh Mandel's records at the FEC you might notice that Mandel has spent a good deal of his disbursements on travel to other cities and states, receptions in other cities and states (including the Ritz-Carlton in Chicago on 6/27/11 where he spent $3,476 on catering), multiple taxi rides in NY City (5/12/11, 5/13/11, 5/16/11, 7/18/11, 7/21/11, 8/22/11, 10/26/11, 12/13/11), and even a $9,000 disbursement for a video production for Sunshine State Communications in Palmetto, Florida. (Aren't there any video production companies in Ohio????).  Mandel certainly has spent a lot of time out of Ohio getting campaign cash from other people.  When does he have the time and energy to do his job as Ohio Treasurer????? Exactly which people are doing Josh Mandel's job?

* An ethics complaint has been filed in Ohio and it involves Josh Mandel and his former aide, Joe Riter.
WTRF:

A Democratic lawmaker wants the Ohio Ethics Commission to investigate potential legal violations by a former aide to Ohio Treasurer and U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel....

....Lundy cites state payroll and lobbyist registration records that show Joel Riter (RY'-tuhr) left his job at the treasurer's office and began lobbying employees there within a single year, activity potentially prohibited under Ohio law.

Riter lobbied the treasurer's investment division for New York-based Charles Jordan and Co....

 

Ooooops! Cronyism, absenteeism, lack of a work effort, ethics problems, Josh Mandel's tenure in the Treasurer's office has been very messy.   

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>>>>  The Republicans don't want you to read this article in USA Today:

The government plans to announce today that the 2010 health care law will save Medicare beneficiaries $208 billion through 2020, and save Medicare itself $200 billion through 2016, based on a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services actuary report.

"We have achieved significant tangible savings that have been passed on to beneficiaries," said Jonathan Blum, director of the Center for Medicare. "There's a tremendous opportunity for even greater savings."

.....The report states that Medicare beneficiaries will save $59.4 billion through 2016 because of lower premiums and out-of-pocket costs. And Medicare will save $200 billion through 2016.....

With doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies embracing changes, more computerized medical records, and preventive care, health care reform appears to be a good thing.