Kasich On Senate Bill 5: 'I Am Very Optimistic'

Source: NBC

COLUMBUS, Ohio --
One day after thousands of Senate Bill 5 opponents crammed the Statehouse to voice their anger with lawmakers pushing collective bargaining reform, Governor John Kasich said he is optimistic the legislation will pass with the changes he wants to see enacted.

"I am very optimistic that there will be a meeting of the minds between the people who are moving this bill and our operation, and I think we'll get there. I feel very good about it," Kasich told reporters Friday afternoon.

"What we're trying to do is to restore some power in management. We want to narrow the scope of bargaining. We want to eliminate the right to strike, but we want people to talk, sit down, negotiate, get through this whole thing."

The Ohio proposal, sponsored by Republican Sen. Shannon Jones, would abolish collective bargaining rights for state workers and restrict teachers, firefighters, police, university employees and local workers in their bargaining abilities. Unions would lose the ability to negotiate salary schedules and step increases in favor of merit-based raises. Unions would be barred from requiring non-members covered by their contracts to pay dues.



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peaceful protests in Ohio! This may be the awakening we've been waiting for.

Kasich and the repukes think this is a fad, and will die down.

Ohioans need to stick it so far up his ass, he won't be able to fart for the rest of his term. Wisconsin and Florida too.

This ain't a game anymore.

he deserves in life and very soon.

Gov. John Kasich signs JobsOhio bill, addresses doubts that his hand-picked leader for the corporation is eligible to serve

Friday, February 18, 2011, 2:42 PM

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Republican Gov. John Kasich signed the JobsOhio bill Friday, following through on a campaign promise to replace the Department of Development with a private corporation in an effort to revive the state's economy and create jobs.

The triumphant mood at the ceremonial bill-signing was somewhat dampened, however, when Kasich acknowledged concerns that his handpicked leader for JobsOhio -- Mark Kvamme, a wealthy venture capitalist from California -- could be ineligible to serve in that role.

JobsOhio will be a publicly funded yet privately operated nonprofit corporation with duties to lure and retain businesses to the state. The Department of Development has been a failure in that regard, Kasich has said.

"People will look back on this day, with the creation of JobsOhio, and see it as the vehicle for the transformation for our economy," Kasich said before signing his first bill as governor. "People need jobs. With jobs comes hope. Without jobs, people become hopeless."

More: http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/02/gov_kasich_signs_jobsohio_bill.html

Snip~ "Lawmakers passed a bill authorizing Kasich to establish JobsOhio earlier this week, despite objections from most Democrats in the House of Representatives who said the company will be allowed to operate in secrecy. JobsOhio will be exempt from the state's public records laws."

"TED 2010" bumper sticker on for Kasich's whole term.

The guy I voted for joined the protesters at the statehouse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kasich
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During 2008, Lehman Brothers paid Kasich $587,175 in salary, bonuses, and other benefits. Over $400,000 of that bonus is credited to Kasich using his political connections to facilitate investment of $480 million from the state pension fund with Lehman Brothers. That money was lost to the state.
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