COLUMBUS – Secretary of State Jon Husted today certified that petitioners seeking a referendum on Senate Bill 5 have collected 915,456valid signatures, meeting the necessary requirements to place the issue on the 2011 November ballot. Petitioners needed 231,147 signatures or six percent of the total vote cast for Governor in 2010.
Less than a quarter million signatures were needed to put repeal of the Ohio union busting law on that ballot. Almost a full million signatures were collected, and polls show a crushing victory for those who want repeal of this law. Chalk up a victory for the people of Ohio over corporate special interests.
Article is here.
Less than a quarter million signatures were needed to put repeal of the Ohio union busting law on that ballot. Almost a full million signatures were collected, and polls show a crushing victory for those who want repeal of this law. Chalk up a victory for the people of Ohio over corporate special interests.
Article is here.
According to a Quinnipiac poll of registered voters, 50 percent of Ohio voters disapprove of the job Kasich is doing as governor. Just 35 percent approve of his job performance. Almost one third of all registered voters are "very dissatisfied" with the way things are going in the state.
When Kasich ran for governor and defeated incumbent governor Ted Strickland, he promised he would close Ohio's $8 billion budget gap without raising taxes. He and the Republican dominated legislature passed numerous spending cuts to bring the budget into balance. The cuts in state services will impact Ohioans from all walks of life.
Kasich has also examined the possibility of leasing the Ohio Turnpike to a private operator and has pushed legislation to allow oil and gas exploration on state owned property as means of increasing revenue to the cash strapped state.
However, the issue that most voters identify with John Kasich is Senate Bill 5 which he signed into law in March. S.B. 5 fundamentally alters the ability of state and local employee unions to negotiate with their employers. The bill prohibits strikes by public employees, sets minimum levels of pension contributions and contributions toward health care.
Looks like the governor's approval ratings have taken a nose dive.
Gov. Kasich's approval rating on downhill slide : Politics : News : ToledoontheMove.com
That's the most recent article I can find... 20th of this month
I presume the million signatures were done by taxpayers. Democracy!!!uh public sector unions are a special interest that is contrary to the interests of the TAXPAYERS of Ohio
I presume the million signatures were done by taxpayers. Democracy!!!
I presume the million signatures were done by taxpayers. Democracy!!!
And even if the people are wrong in overturning his legislation, this government is for the people and by the people. Game on.
Indeed they have, but the rights of a group should never be put to a vote of the people.referendums cut both ways
gays have been on the short end of that stick a bunch of times
Indeed they have, but the rights of a group should never be put to a vote of the people.
Less than a quarter million signatures were needed to put repeal of the Ohio union busting law on that ballot. Almost a full million signatures were collected, and polls show a crushing victory for those who want repeal of this law. Chalk up a victory for the people of Ohio over corporate special interests.
Article is here.
depends on how you define tax payers
People who pay taxes.
those who pay taxes with money given to them by the government don't rate as such with me
The State of Ohio employs almost a million people?
non-sequitur Unionistas in the private sector think an attack on parasitic public sector unions is an attack on them
just like legal hispanic immigrants are up in arms over attempts to crack down on illegal latino immigration
Interesting the state voting itself free gifts from the treasury at the expense of the taxpayer, nothing like burning the candles from both ends.The State of Ohio employs almost a million people?
The State of Ohio employs almost a million people?
those who pay taxes with money given to them by the government don't rate as such with me
None of those people pay taxes, either.
The State of Ohio employs almost a million people?
None of those people pay taxes, either.
That is irrelevant and inconsequential. You wanted to know what a taxpayer was by definition --- you were informed that it is a person who pays taxes. End of argument.
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