Governor Kasich
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QuakerOats
Much of it is first hand experience, and the rest of it is being witness to the facts of the financial ruin of our largest urban districts. As most know, over the last 30 years, it has been taxpayers, students and parents held hostage just about every time a school district became financially troubled. When most of the school boards respond with levies as opposed to real management of the 85-90% of the budget that is comprised of wages and benefits, then you get the idea of who most of the board members are answering to. When focused only on protecting the status quo, as some of you are, then the true facts will remain elusive, and the economic realities will get ignored ............. until the checks start bouncing some day down the road.stlouiedipalma;1009929 wrote:Have you got links, statistics or actual names to substantiate your claim of board majorities being owned by public unions, or is this just another of your wild-assed-guesses you like to use to back up your dream of 1950's America? -
Gblockstatistics abound he says...but he'd rather go with personal experience than post any of them...where are you from? what districts are you referring to?
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Al Bundy
The leaders of both parties allowing our industrial jobs to go to other countries has done more to damage the economic conditions of our urban areas than any teachers union could do. If the leaders did a better job of protecting steel and the other big industries, there would be a greater revenue stream, less people living on public assistance, less crime, etc.QuakerOats;1013726 wrote:Much of it is first hand experience, and the rest of it is being witness to the facts of the financial ruin of our largest urban districts. As most know, over the last 30 years, it has been taxpayers, students and parents held hostage just about every time a school district became financially troubled. When most of the school boards respond with levies as opposed to real management of the 85-90% of the budget that is comprised of wages and benefits, then you get the idea of who most of the board members are answering to. When focused only on protecting the status quo, as some of you are, then the true facts will remain elusive, and the economic realities will get ignored ............. until the checks start bouncing some day down the road. -
BigdoggLooks like Kasich got played by Sears big time.
Some economic development experts speculated that Sears never intended to leave Greater Chicago but was simply pressuring Illinois for a new deal as an existing series of tax breaks came to an end. At the eleventh hour, Illinois lawmakers approved a new, 15-year incentive package worth an estimated $275 million. "I think Sears should give 10 percent to Ohio as a thank you gift," said Edward Hill, an economics professor at Cleveland State University.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/12/sears_hq_isnt_coming_to_ohio_a.html
KASICH AT THE BAT
The outlook wasn’t brilliant for Ohio that day:
The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play.
And then when Kvamme died at first, and Bob Evans was the same,
A sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game.
A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The rest
Clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast;
They thought, if only Kasich could get but a whack at that -
We’d put up even money, now, with Kasich at the bat.
First Taft preceded Kasich, as did also Preacher Ted,
The former was a legacy and the latter was well read
And people hoped and prayed to see Ohio back on track,
Putting their faith on proud King Kasich getting to the bat.
And Taft let drive a single, to the wonderment of all,
And Strickland, the much yearned for, tore the cover off the ball;
And when the dust had lifted, and the men saw what had occurred,
There was Strickland safe at second and Bobby a-hugging third.
Then from 5,000 throats and more there rose a lusty yell;
It rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;
It knocked upon the mountain and recoiled upon the flat,
For Kasich, mighty Kasich, was advancing to the bat.
There was ease in Kasich’s manner as he stepped into his place;
There was pride in the King’s bearing and a smile on Kasich’s face.
And when, responding to the cheers, he lightly doffed his hat,
No stranger in the crowd could doubt ’twas Kasich at the bat.
Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt;
Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt.
Then while the writhing pitcher ground the ball into his hip,
Defiance gleamed in Kasich’s eye, a sneer curled Kasich’s lip.
And now the leather-covered sphere came hurtling through the air,
In the guise Chiquita leaving Ohio, not wanting to be there.
Close by the sturdy batsman the ball unheeded sped-
“That ain’t my style,” said Kasich. “Strike one,” the umpire said.
From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar,
Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and distant shore.
“We need jobs! A living wage!” shouted someone on the stand;
The people around him nodded, and King Kasich raised his hand.
With a smile of forced charity great Kasich’s visage shone;
He spun the rising tumult; he bade the game go on;
He signaled to the pitcher, and once more the spheroid flew;
But Kasich still ignored it, and the umpire said, “Strike two.”
“Idiot!” cried the maddened thousands, and echo answered fraud;
But one disdainful look from Kasich and the audience was awed.
They saw his face grow stern and cold, they saw his muscles strain,
And they hoped that Kasich wouldn’t let that ball go by again.
The sneer is gone from Kasich’s lip, his teeth are clenched in hate;
He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon the plate.
And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go,
Four hundred million dollars for Sears is the force of Kasich’s blow.
Oh, somewhere in Illinois the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing in Carolina and Wall Street hearts are light,
And the Sears’ CEO is laughing, and Chicago children shout;
But there is no joy in Ohio – mighty Kasich has struck out. -
BigdoggEmployment drops, Kasich takes the credit, but guess why it dropped?
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20111216/BIZ01/312160026/Ohio-unemployment-drops?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|FRONTPAGE|sBut frustrated workers abandoning their job hunts may have had the greatest impact on the unemployment rate as a whopping 22,000 dropped out of the state’s labor force — the highest monthly exodus since May 1975.
Where are the jobs king James? -
stlouiedipalmaQuakerOats;1013726 wrote:Much of it is first hand experience, and the rest of it is being witness to the facts of the financial ruin of our largest urban districts. As most know, over the last 30 years, it has been taxpayers, students and parents held hostage just about every time a school district became financially troubled. When most of the school boards respond with levies as opposed to real management of the 85-90% of the budget that is comprised of wages and benefits, then you get the idea of who most of the board members are answering to. When focused only on protecting the status quo, as some of you are, then the true facts will remain elusive, and the economic realities will get ignored ............. until the checks start bouncing some day down the road.
As we expected, your claims are nothing more than hot air, wishful thinking and a desire to return to the lily-white America of long ago. How long before you offer up some proof about what you say?