Good News! OH Gov KasichApproval Down To 40% In Latest Ohio Poll: Only 30% Of Independents Approve

[mod mom]

Cincinnati, OH--The latest Ohio Poll finds more Ohioans disapprove than approve of Governor John Kasich's performance as governor. The latest Poll also asked Ohioans their opinions on Ohio's budget situation.

KASICH'S FIRST OHIO POLL APPROVAL RATING AT 40 PERCENT

The latest Ohio Poll finds 40 percent of Ohio adults approve of John Kasich's performance as governor, 47 percent disapprove and 13 percent neither approve nor disapprove.

Kasich's approval rating is lower than the initial gubernatorial approval rating recorded by the Ohio Poll for former Governors Strickland (68%), Taft (49%) and Voinoich (61%). Kasich's rating is higher than the initial approval rating of former Governor Richard Celeste (32%).

As is often the case, Ohioans are sharply split along partisan lines when it comes to ratings of their governor. While far more Democrats disapprove (63%) than approve of Kasich's performance (25%), far more Republicans approve (65%) than disapprove (26%). More independents disapprove (52%) than approve (30%) of Kasich's performance at the present time.

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http://www.progressohio.org/blog/2011/03/kasich-approval-down-to-40-in-first-ohio-poll-only-30-of-independents-approve.html

It's a start! We've got to defeat him before he sells off assets to cronies:

Kasich considers selling 5 prisons, newspaper says
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 11:27 AM


Associated Press

DAYTON -- A newspaper reports that Gov. John Kasich is considering selling five prisons to private operators as part of the two-year budget he'll release next week.

The Dayton Daily News reports it has obtained Ohio department proposals also indicating the state could cut funding for child care, food banks and drug courts, and shut down regional taxpayer service centers.

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http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/03/09/kasich-might-sell-five-prisons-dayton-newspaper-reports.html?sid=101




NOTE WHO KASICH CHOSE TO HEAD THE OHIO DEPT OF REHABILITATION & CORRECTIONS:



Kasich announced Gary Mohr as his pick to head the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

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Mohr is a managing director at the Corrections Corporation of America, which designs, builds, manages and operates federal, state and local prisons across the country.

http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/jan/04/kasich-picks-new-ohio-prison-chief/




No wonder Kasich is so gungho on selling off prisons: $.23 per hour! Are these the jobs Kasich is planning for Ohio?



U.S. Prisoners Build Missile Parts for Raytheon and Lockheed to Sell Abroad
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Inmates in American prisons have come a long way from the days of making license plates. Nowadays, prisoners are helping build missiles and other sophisticated weapons, and providing dirt-cheap labor in the process.

While earning as little as 23 cents an hour—and no more than $1.15—inmates assemble electronic components for the Patriot missile, which has been used by the U.S. military and sold to allies like Israel, Egypt, Kuwait and Taiwan . The use of prisoners employed by Unicor, a government-owned corporation formerly known as the Federal Prison Industries, saves the makers of the Patriot, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, a lot of money on labor costs.

Unicor inmates also have contributed work to the building of the McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F-15 fighter, the General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin F-16, Bell/Textron’s Cobra helicopter and BAE Systems’ Bradley Fighting Vehicle.

Prisoners used to make helmets for the military, until 44,000 of them had to be recalled for shoddy quality.

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http://www.allgov.com/Top_Stories/ViewNews/US_Prisoners_Build_Missile_Parts_for_Raytheon_and_Lockheed_to_Sell_Abroad_110310





Prisoners Help Build Patriot Missiles
By Noah Shachtman March 8, 2011 | 12:24 pm |


This spring, the United Arab Emirates is expected to close a deal for $7 billion dollars’ worth of American arms. Nearly half of the cash will be spent on Patriot missiles, which cost as much as $5.9 million apiece.

But what makes those eye-popping sums even more shocking is that some of the workers manufacturing parts for those Patriot missiles are prisoners, earning as little as 23 cents an hour. (CreditJustin Rohrlich with the catch.)

The work is done by Unicor, previously known as Federal Prison Industries. It’s a government-owned corporation, established during the Depression, that employs about 20,000 inmates in 70 prisons to make everything from clothing to office furniture to solar panels to military electronics.

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http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/03/prisoners-help-build-patriot-missiles/

[we can do it]

1. Keep Educating People, We Got Something Going On

[elleng]

6. Right, somethings going on in several places,

and hope we can sustain it. W/O recalls, there's a fair amount of time until next elections, and we know what repug $ does.

[Deep13]

2. Idiot. nt

[OhioChick]

3. Hope the ass doesn't run us further into the ground during his term n/t

[liberal N proud]

4. But will there be anything left once he is finally taken down?

Giving everything to corporate interests

[HughBeaumont]

5. "You ain't seen NOTHING yet".

Governor Fascist hasn't added one net new job yet, wants to lease the turnpike and defund nursing homes. Hope you all got some cash stored away if you live in SlowHio, because it's gonna be a BUMPY RIDE!

Also, it's not good news if we cannot recall his stupid ass.

[Deep13]

7. We can't recall him. There is no provision...

...for it in the state Constitution.

We can and will overturn SB 5 by referendum. Unfortunately, that will divert resources away from candidate campaigns which may have been a main purpose of SB 5 in the first place.

[emulatorloo]

8. Related Thread: "Ohio gov forbids broadcast of budget announcement"

Sounds like he is getting desperate.\

upstatecajun's thread (with links)
Ohio gov forbids broadcast of budget announcement
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4770335&mesg_id=4770335

[blm]

9. KnR...turn up the heat on this fascist

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[mod mom]

10. ABC6: Gov. Kasich Forbids Broadcast of His Budget Plan

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Reporters have been told they will not be allowed to broadcast sound and images from the Tuesday release of Ohio Gov. John Kasich's budget plan.

Spokeswoman Connie Wehrkamp says journalists can bring only pens, notepads and tape recorders to the afternoon briefing, where Kasich is to announce the first details of his state spending blueprint for the next two years. She says videos and photos will be prohibited and the audio may not be used for anything but checking accuracy.

Members of the Statehouse press corps registered complaints with the governor's office on the matter. They noted a lack of precedent for such limits on their ability to cover a governor's budget release. An invitation-only town hall meeting later Tuesday will be broadcast on government television.

http://www.abc6onyourside.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wsyx_vid_9778.shtml

[HughBeaumont]

11. Hmmmmmmmmm . . . remind you all of anyone?

Teh Failure Fuhrer was infamous for his exclusive, boy-in-the-bubble "Need to Know Basis" gatherings, as was Meg Whitless.

"The People's Governor" that excludes the people on what he's doing. You know, those dumb enough not to be able to guess, that is.

[rg302200]

12. I can't belive that 40% actually support Kasich...

I refuse to believe that his support is that high!!!!

[Fuddnik]

13. Bad News.

You're stuck with the prick for four more years. He can do a lot more damage in that time.