2017 May 25

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Plunderbund Sues Over Charter Scandal Records

After months of delays, Plunderbund has sued Kasich’s education department of public records

Voters Need A Voice On School Board

ECOT Lies About Enrollment Numbers

Ohio’s Largest Online Charter School, ECOT, Has Disturbingly Overstated Student Enrollment

Ohio Alliance For Public Charter Schools Going Out Of Business

The dismal reputation of Ohio’s charter industry may be the reason funders have withdrawn their support of OAPCS.

Help Fight Back Against Trump’s Agenda In Ohio

Here’s a quick list of some of the groups in Ohio that will be actively working against Trump’s backwards and divisive agenda.

From the daily archives: Thursday, May 25, 2017

John Kasich Extends Ohio’s Sub-Par Job Growth Streak to 53 Consecutive Months

On May 25, 2017 By John Michael Spinelli

53 Consecutive Months Of Sub-Par Job Growth

New data for April 2017 show Gov. Kasich, whose platform was to be a jobs governor, has extended his sub-par job growth streak to 53 consecutive months. Ohio’s preeminent number cruncher, George Zeller, reports that the new April 2017 data show that “Ohio is still recovering from both the 2000s recession and the 2007 ‘Great Recession.’ But, Ohio’s growth remains too slow and is well below the USA national average.”

One big pothole for Mr. Kasich comes with a revised downward change in jobs created in the past, a figure Zeller pegs […]

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Rob Portman’s Early Endorsement Of Josh Mandel Signals Expensive, Ugly Senate Race

On May 25, 2017 By John Michael Spinelli

Rob Portman skated to an easy win last year over Democratic challenger, former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland. Sen. Portman danced around his support for Donald Trump throughout his election campaign, trying to keep a safe distance from the non-traditional candidate Republicans slowly if not begrudgingly rallied behind, even though so-called establishment lane politicos like Gov. John Kasich sniped at the New York billionaire whenever they could.

But Sen. Portman isn’t dancing around which Republican he wants to take on Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown next year like he did Trump. Sen. Portman said he will support Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel for […]

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