Ben Franklin famously said that only two things in life are certain: death and taxes.  Today, Ohioans can add a third certainty: that the Columbus Dispatch editorial page will always and forever see, hear and speak no evil of  John Kasich and whatever policies he happens to be pursuing at any given  moment. This week, Team Kasich is busily trying to stop Auditor of State Dave Yost from auditing the books of JobsOhio, Kasich’s private economic development corporation.  Never mind that watching over public money and making sure it’s spent correctly is Yost’s job description .  Never mind that it was the Dispatch’s  own reporters who uncovered the fact that JobsOhio somehow ended up with at least $5 million more in public money than the General Assembly authorized.  And never mind that Kasich’s attempt to stonewall Yost coincides, in what can only be described as a masterstroke of timing, with “Sunshine Week” — the week each year when Ohio newspapers laud, celebrate and cite the need for government transparency and open public records. [Read more…]