Posts Tagged ‘Budget’
Does budget proposal address Ohio’s needs?
Interesting point/counterpoint in The Columbus Dispatch based on one question, Does budget proposal address Ohio's needs? No: By slashing services, it makes Ohio less desirable for businesses is one side. A small part of: One Ohio United is creating a false perception of Ohio's taxes and budget in order to support these cuts. They ignore that [...]
State Sen. Wagoner on biennium budget
COLUMBUS—The biennium budget measure passed today by the Ohio Senate successfully closed the $8.5 billion shortfall that threatened to further burden the financial stability and future of Ohio’s families. Highlighted in the bill is a combined $5.4 billion reduction in spending for Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013, the elimination of Ohio’s [...]
Upcoming Council meeting Yeah and Boo
It appears after quite a bit of discussion, media attention, which included several columns I wrote on the topic, the Toledo-Lucas County Housing Fund will finally get the disbursement they were owed and there will be a plan for future payments. The legislation for those of you interested that will be before Toledo City Council on May [...]
Abstinence Education Funding in Ohio
(COLUMBUS, OH) - The Ohio Right to Life Society commends yesterday's budget amendment that requires the Ohio Department of Health to apply for federal abstinence education grants. Ohio's Abstinence Law requires that all schools teach abstinence education, but the measure in the House budget bill assures that Ohio will again have access to federal [...]
Kasich’s “secret six”
Innovation Ohio, a progressive think tank headquartered in Columbus, today presented its second “Taxpayer Rip-Off of the Week” Award to the “Secret Six” pages of the Kasich budget which would not only give the Administration unprecedented contracting authority, but also exempt winning contractors from paying any state or local business [...]
We are not going to throw women under the bus
A defiant group of Senate women said Friday they'll oppose any spending bill that would affect reproductive health funding, which Republicans have targeted for steep cuts. The nine lawmakers — all Democrats — said the politically charged Planned Parenthood provision has no place in legislation to fund the government, and warned Republicans [...]
Job loss of more than 51,000 predicted by Innovation Ohio
KASICH BUDGET COULD DESTROY OVER 51,000 JOBS Think Tank says losses could derail Ohio's economic recovery Columbus, Ohio -- Innovation Ohio, a progressive think tank headquartered in Columbus, released an analysis today which finds that passing the Kasich Administration's proposed two-year budget could mean a direct loss of 51,052 existing [...]
Avoiding Referendum?
That's the question some are asking when it comes to attempts to place some of what is in Senate Bill 5 into the budget bill so that it can't be decided through a referendum. Part of the recommended Columbus Dispatch article: Gov. John Kasich and House Speaker William G. Batchelder are exploring a plan to include at least some of the just-passed [...]
Solid Waste Analysis by Collins
The following was sent to members of council from Toledo City Councilman D. Michael Collins on March 28: To: President Brown and Members of Council From: D. Michael Collins Ref: Solid Waste Analysis Colleagues, I have taken the time to perform an analysis on the decision before us as to whether or not to transfer our Core Service of [...]
Public Safety, Law and Criminal Justice March 22
Toledo had 596 police officers with a ratio of 1.8 and a daily requirement of 32 officers as of February 4, 2010, 25 retirements were anticipated. Collins asked for an update on the strength numbers with or without a budgeted police class. Chief Navarre introduced those with him at the committee hearing. Currently they are projecting 50 [...]
