Gov. John Kasich spent part of the day visiting a chili place in Cincinnati.
WLWT:
Ohio's governor visited Price Hill Chili as part of a statewide tour to meet with business owners.
Gov. John Kasich spoke to reporters Monday about replacing or improving the Brent Spence Bridge, among other issues.....
"The state of Ohio may be saved if that budget can be balanced, and I do know, the Constitution of Ohio says you've got to be balanced by June 30," said Stan Aaronoff, former Ohio Senate president.....
Is Kasich only visiting the businesses owned by Republican contributors? Hey, I'm just wondering. According to
Follow the Money and and
Transparencydata.com, the owner of Sam Beltsos has contributed financially to the Shannon Jones campaign. Is Kasich afraid to rub elbows with regular people who don't support his voodoo economics? Does Kasich only care about visiting firefighters and police officers when he campaigns? Doesn't he want to hear what they have to say? Shouldn't he be visiting all those nurses and school teachers that will lose their jobs because of his proposals?
What about that Ohio budget that needs to be balanced by June 30th? Although Kasich continues to claim that there is an $8 billion deficit in Ohio,
Innovation Ohio explains that the deficit is really
$5.1 billion.
In April 2009, then-Auditor of State (now Lt. Governor) Mary Taylor and her Senior Policy Advisor (now OBM Director) Tim Keen called a news conference to grimly warn Ohioans that an historic $8 billion dollar deficit loomed in the FY2012-13 budget. Thanks to constant repetition in the Capitol Square echo chamber, the $8 billion deficit figure has now, two years later, become conventional wisdom throughout the state.
The need to close this alleged $8 billion deficit was used by newly-inaugurated Governor John Kasich to justify his proposed two-year budget (HB 153) containing unprecedented and draconian cuts to Ohio’s schools and local governments.....
What if Kasich cut too much from education?
What if the Kasich administration's push to dump seniors out of nursing homes is unnecessary?
What if Kasich and the GOP cooked up the $8 billion deficit as a smokescreen to destroy public education?
* The U.S. House of Representatives, whose calendar has been set by Republicans, is on a recess for a couple of weeks. They better watch out or they'll work as little as the Republicans in the Ohio General Assembly.