Just in Time for Halloween: Jeep Ad Meant to Scare – But Claim is Fantasy
Innovation Ohio is on the op-ed page of The Plain Dealer today sharing our research – and the truth – about the positive jobs effect of the auto rescue for Ohio. But, just like Whack-a-Mole, one more lie about Ohio’s auto industry pops up as soon the record is corrected on the previous one.
Why fudge the facts on auto jobs and the importance of the industry to Ohio? Our state is at the center of the political universe until Election Day. Pundits from one end of the country to the other believe the presidential vote in Ohio will determine the outcome of the race. The Romney campaign has rightly identified President Barack Obama’s support of the auto rescue as a huge advantage for the president in the state. Since the rescue was fully implemented – mid-2009 – more than 17,000 auto jobs have been added in Ohio. Gov. Mitt Romney was publicly against the auto rescue – he’s trying mightily not to have to pay the political price for that position.
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Romney Campaign’s Assault on the Truth of the Auto Bailout – IO Answers
An op-ed piece co-authored by IO’s Janetta King and Tom Perriello of the Center for American Progress is running in the The Plain Dealer today. It clearly answers the question: “Who is right on the auto rescue debate raging in Ohio?”
Poised on either side of the debate are President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney (Romney, aided and abetted by Ohio Gov. John Kasich).
The answer to the question is: The President. From the op-ed:
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Debate recap: how do Brown, Mandel compare on reproductive choice?
Last night concluded the series of three debates between Ohio’s candidates for Senate, incumbent Sherrod Brown and challenger Josh Mandel. We listened carefully to their answers to questions on reproductive choice.
In the first debate (video), when asked about Roe v. Wade, Josh Mandel answered that his role as U.S. Senator would be to vote on the nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying he would do “anything he can to protect innocent life.” He then pivoted to jobs.
Senator Brown’s answer was: “Unlike Josh Mandel, I trust Ohio women to make their own healthcare decisions.” The Senator then called Mandel “extreme” for his position of refusing to allow for an abortion even in the case of rape or incest. [Read more…]
‘Blame the Teacher Movement’ a Union Thing
In last year’s budget bill, a provision was inserted that required core subject teachers in buildings that scored in the bottom 10% on the Performance Index to be re-tested. Schools can then use these re-tests in personnel decisions.
This spring the law was updated by SB 316. Now, the re-test requirement only applies to “teachers (who) have been rated ‘ineffective’ on evaluations for two of the three most recent years.” However, legislators and the governor actually approved the language of the budget bill, so in this post I put forward an examination of what lawmakers in Ohio actually voted to do and the consequence that action would have. There is no guarantee they won’t do this again.
Looking at the new Report Card data from last week, a total of up to 8,600 teachers would need to be re-tested in 35 districts under the budget language. It is difficult to know how many exactly would have been re-tested because the Cupp Report, which lists the number of full-time teachers, does not break them out by core and non-core subject teachers. The teachers listed there are the teachers who conduct “instructional service delivery of regular education to non-special and non-career tech education students.” If all the teachers listed in the Cupp Report had to be re-tested, it would be 8,617.
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VIDEO: Explainer on Our 2012 Levies Project
If you haven’t checked out the great work being done by our policy staff on our November 2012 School Levies page, check it out. We believe that the Kasich cuts to education in Ohio, which totaled $1.8 billion in the last state budget, are just coming home to roost in a local school district near you. Check out some of the individual levy profiles to see how much and how deep many districts have already cut budgets before going to the voters. First watch this two minute video of IO President Janetta King putting our work into context:
Rise of local levies in wake of state budget cuts getting media coverage
From The Columbus Dispatch today:
Two-thirds of the school levies on the Nov. 6 ballot are seeking additional local revenue to support public education, the highest percentage of new tax issues in a general election in at least the past decade. The rate of new money requests has steadily climbed since 2003 as school districts struggle to offset rising costs and the loss of state and federal funding to education. But if history proves to be an accurate indicator, most will fail. Statewide, there are 194 school levies on the November ballot, including 123 requests for additional funding. The others seek to renew or continue existing taxes, according to election records maintained by the Ohio secretary of state.[Read more…]
Busy Weekend on the Air for IO
IO President Janetta King and Communications Director Dale Butland stood up for progressive public policy on public affairs talk shows this weekend:
Not just schools seeking new money in levies this year
We released a study last week on how the Kasich cuts to education – $1.8 billion in the last budget – have stretched many Ohio school districts to the point of seeking new money or increased millage in levies this November.
In essence, the governor’s last budget simply balanced the state’s books on the backs of schools and local governments. Local governments were hit with the phaseout of the estate tax and drastic cuts to the Local Government Fund.
These cuts are apparent in local government levies as well this November.
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