We just learned that Ohio Governor John Kasich has replaced state school board member Martha Harris, a highly qualified retired teacher who is passionate about quality education, in the middle of her term on a technicality. Although she has served two years since being appointed by former Governor Ted Strickland in early 2009, Kasich's office is now claiming that the proper paperwork was never filed in the state senate for her to be confirmed so her term was voided at the end of the last legislative session. Kasich has appointed Angela Thi Bennett to replace Harris.
It seems like an unnecessarily confrontational move (as if that would stop John Kasich) and like Kasich was digging deep to find a way to get Harris off the board and replace her with one of his own choices. So why did he do it?