Wyoming Rule: Ohio
This installment of the Wyoming Rule series looks at Ohio, which instead of losing two seats would go up to 21 under the rule. As shown by the 2008 and 2010 elections, Ohio is currently one of the...
View ArticleMillion Signature March
Petitions containing nearly 1.3 million signatures of Ohio voters favoring the repeal of Senate Bill 5 were delivered to the office of Secretary of State Jon Husted about an hour ago. A parade of...
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Campaign to repeal Ohio's SB 5 delivers more than 1,000,000 signatures
Photo: Progress Ohio The effort to get a referendum on Ohio's SB 5 needed 231,149 valid signatures from 44 counties. Today, pro-repeal groups marched in Columbus to deliver 1,298,301 petition...
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Ohio legislature passes disastrous budget
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, smirking even in his official portrait. Cut, cut, cut: State senators voted [Tuesday] to approve Ohio's nearly $56 billion, two-year state budget bill, a far-reaching collection...
View ArticleBREAKING- what a smackdown!
As most of you already know, the Ohio General Assembly, at the behest of our lunatic governor, John Kasich, passed an attack on public employees called Senate Bill 5 (SB 5.) Some have argued that it's...
View ArticleAnother "family values" hypocrite
This week the Ohio House passed the so-called "heartbeat" bill which basically bans abortion and puts government in control of women's lives in the most intrusive way. Some state legislators felt so...
View ArticleAdventures in Worker's Comp Part 02: A-face-what?
So shortly after I posted this diary, my family doctor's office called to say they had received my CT scans from the hospital taken on Sunday night and they looked clear. The receptionist was kind of...
View Article'No On SB 5': How we got 1.3 million signatures
Ohio's new union busting law just got stopped in its tracks by a historic citizens' campaign. While the success getting it on the ballot may seem inevitable in retrospect, it certainly did not seem...
View ArticleThen They Came For Me....
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out -- Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out -- Because I was not a Trade Unionist....
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Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (Independence Days weekend edition)
Welcome to Science Saturday, where the Overnight News Digest crew informs and entertains you with this week's news about science, space, and the environment. In keeping with the theme of the past...
View ArticleOhio's Statehouse Adds Full-Scale Bar
Ohio's Capitol building is adding a bar that will sell beer, wine, and liquor, and feature "private happy hours" for Ohio lawmakers. There will be no guns allowed in this bar, even though Ohio's GOP...
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1.3 Million Signers, 6000 Marchers and a Semi-Truck Bring Referendum on Ohio SB5
On the last day of March, Ohio governor John Kasich signed the Republicans' anti-democratic law, Senate Bill 5 (SB5). Soon after, a citizens alliance began using the state's democratic public...
View ArticleSlave Labor - Comes to Wisconsin to replace Union Workers - Brought to us by...
I just read about the new trend in Wisconsin of replacing union and public sector workers with prisoners! I know many of you who have followed my diaries and blogging, know that I predicted just such...
View Article'No On SB 5': The summer pause
The signatures for a citizen veto of Ohio's union-busting law have been submitted. As the ballot details get worked out behind the scenes, what can activists look forward to when they can resume...
View Article'No On SB 5': The summer pause
The signatures for a citizen veto of Ohio's union-busting law have been submitted. As the ballot details get worked out behind the scenes, what can activists look forward to when they can resume...
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Almost Cut My Grass
Almost cut my grass. It happened just the other day. It's getting kind of long. I could've said it was in my way. But I didn't, and I wonder why ... Well, I did eventually cut my grass, but not till...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Science Saturday (Last launch of the Space Shuttle...
Welcome to Science Saturday, where the Overnight News Digest crew informs and entertains you with this week's news about science, space, and the environment. In keeping with the theme of the past...
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Effect real change: retake state legislatures
The California Capitol. (wikimedia) As we ponder whether Obama's offering to cut Social Security represents a betrayal of Democratic values, whether it's an as-of-yet-unexplored opening in yet another...
View ArticleSquall Line Moving Into WV, More Severe Possible Later Updatedx9
NOTE: This system is no longer a derecho, but just a squall line with gusty winds and heavy rain, therefore the intro section of this diary below this paragraph is no longer valid. Severe storms may...
View ArticleKasich Faces Wrath of New York Labor (ACTION W PICS!)
What is with our city? We keep attracting the worse of the Tea Party, union-busting Republicans in the nation. First, Scott Walker was in town so two weeks ago to shake the Republican money...
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