Anti-SB 5 group sees hypocrisy in Statehouse
Kasich, legislators get benefits, perks that workers don’t, critics say
By Jim Siegel
A liberal research group says that although the governor and legislative leaders ask public workers to sacrifice through the provisions in Senate Bill 5, they are not doing the same.
Innovation Ohio said Gov. John Kasich’s salary, currently $148,165, automatically increases up to 3 percent a year under current law. The governor’s cabinet directors earn an average base pay of $131,000 a year, and most also get a $6,600 car allowance. Seven, according to the group, also are drawing public pensions.
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Husted, Republicans open to better process — next time
By Jim Siegel
As the state Apportionment Board finished new state legislative maps yesterday, Secretary of State Jon Husted announced that he and Republican legislative leaders have agreed to consider a constitutional amendment that could end the hyperpartisan process of drawing political districts in 2021 and beyond.
Husted for years has advocated changing the system of drawing political boundaries, which, he says, produces maps that lead to sharply divided, partisan government.
“I am not naive about this,” Husted said. “There are plenty of partisans who will say they are for it and then figure out a way to throw marbles under the feet of the people that are trying to change this. But I think people are tired of the way government works.”
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District maps prompt calls for reform
Republican Jon Husted among those calling for less partisan approach to redistricting process.
COLUMBUS — Before casting a vote to approve new maps for Ohio House and Senate districts that could lock Republicans into power for a decade, Secretary of State Jon Husted declared that the partisan mapmaking system is flawed and should be replaced.
“I am hoping we can prove to the people of Ohio that we can work together on something worthwhile,” Husted said Wednesday before the Apportionment Board voted 4-1 for the new districts.
It’s not the first time Husted, a former House Speaker, has suggested changing the state’s system for redrawing political boundaries every 10 years. As a state senator representing a mostly suburban Dayton district in the last session of the General Assembly, Husted proposed a plan to require bipartisan approval for new districts.
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Apportionment Board OKs new legislative districts - Husted urges new effort at redistricting reform
The Republican-controlled Apportionment Board Wednesday voted 4-1 for 99 new Ohio House and 33 new Ohio Senate districts, based on the 2010 Census.
Even House Speaker William Batchelder, R-Medina, has said the new districts favor Republicans, although he said they were “fair and equitable.”
House Minority Leader Armond Budish, D-Beachwood, cast the only “no” vote. Voting yes were four Republicans: Gov. John Kasich; Secretary of State Jon Husted, Auditor Dave Yost and Senate President Tom Niehaus, R-New Richmond.,
Anti-Kasich bloodhounds sniff out executive, legislative pay, perks hypocrisy
John Michael Spinelli
Columbus Government Examiner
September 28, 2011
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CGE) - Entering his 10th month as governor, Republican Gov. John Kasich, who won his seat by fewer than 78,000 votes statewide, is getting a taste of the same lash of criticism he whipped former Gov. Ted Strickland with last year. The whip this time is being wielded by Innovation Ohio, a progressive think tank headquartered in Columbus, that Wednesday charged Gov. John Kasich and legislators who voted for Senate Bill 5 (Issue 2 on the November ballot) with "gross hypocrisy." Innovation Ohio, run by political bloodhounds who have long been associated with Gov. Strickland and the Ohio Democratic Party, say the Governor and his allies have not only exempted themselves from many of the sacrifices they are demanding of other public employees, but also enjoy salaries, perks and privileges that far exceed those available to regular working Ohioans.
Apportionment Board OKs New House/Senate Maps; Husted Announces New Reform Push
Hannah Report 9/28/11
In a 4-1 vote, the Ohio Apportionment Board adopted the House and Senate maps drawn by Ray DiRossi and Heather Mann after making a few changes to districts, while Secretary of State Jon Husted announced that he has an agreement with House Speaker William Batchelder (R-Medina) and Senate President Tom Niehaus (R-New Richmond) to hold new hearings on apportionment reform.
The panel, made up of Gov. John Kasich, Husted, Auditor Dave Yost, Niehaus and House Minority Leader Armond Budish (D-Beachwood), added two amendments to the plan. The first was described as technical in nature, cleaning up language and clarifying precincts in the plan originally introduced on Friday. (See The Hannah Report, 9/23/11.)
In a 4-1 vote, the Ohio Apportionment Board adopted the House and Senate maps drawn by Ray DiRossi and Heather Mann after making a few changes to districts, while Secretary of State Jon Husted announced that he has an agreement with House Speaker William Batchelder (R-Medina) and Senate President Tom Niehaus (R-New Richmond) to hold new hearings on apportionment reform.
The panel, made up of Gov. John Kasich, Husted, Auditor Dave Yost, Niehaus and House Minority Leader Armond Budish (D-Beachwood), added two amendments to the plan. The first was described as technical in nature, cleaning up language and clarifying precincts in the plan originally introduced on Friday. (See The Hannah Report, 9/23/11.)
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Issue 2 Battle Continues with Think Tank Accusing Republicans of Hypocrisy
Hannah Report 9/28/11
Progressive think tank Innovation Ohio revived criticisms Wednesday about political leaders not sharing in the pay and benefit sacrifices of public employees under collective bargaining changes in SB5 (Jones).
Meanwhile, more commercials have hit the airwaves in the referendum campaign on SB5, Issue 2.
Innovation Ohio sought to contrast pro-SB5 cost-savings rhetoric with the pay and benefits for those in Gov. John Kasich's administration and the General Assembly.
The think tank noted that while SB5 eliminates automatic pay increases for government workers, by law Kasich's salary increases yearly by the lesser of three percent or the growth in the consumer price index.
Progressive think tank Innovation Ohio revived criticisms Wednesday about political leaders not sharing in the pay and benefit sacrifices of public employees under collective bargaining changes in SB5 (Jones).
Meanwhile, more commercials have hit the airwaves in the referendum campaign on SB5, Issue 2.
Innovation Ohio sought to contrast pro-SB5 cost-savings rhetoric with the pay and benefits for those in Gov. John Kasich's administration and the General Assembly.
The think tank noted that while SB5 eliminates automatic pay increases for government workers, by law Kasich's salary increases yearly by the lesser of three percent or the growth in the consumer price index.
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The former Republican senator, who pushed for a constitutional amendment last session to change the way congressional and General Assembly maps are approved, said his proposal would have given minority Democrats more influence in the reapportionment process. (See Separate Story)
"If any of these plans would have been passed, the process today would have been dramatically different," he said about Democratic and Republican redistricting proposals he brought to the House floor as speaker in 2006 and the plan he later pushed in the Senate (SJR5, 128th General Assembly).
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Representatives from the progressive think tank decried at a news conference what they called the "hypocrisy" of the enactors of the measure (SB 5
The group gathered data showing Gov. Kasich's annual salary of $148,165 is more than $10,000 higher than his predecessor and he is exempt from performance pay requirements outlined in the law. Despite wishing to eliminate automatic annual "step increases" in pay for public workers under SB 5, Mr. Kasich remains eligible for an automatic annual 3% raise, Innovation Ohio said.
http://www.gongwer-oh.com/programming/news_articledisplay.cfm?article_ID=801880206&newsedition_id=8018802&locid=2
HUSTED RENEWS PUSH TO REVAMP REDISTRICTING PROCESS
Gongwer 9/28/11
Before voting in favor of Republicans' controversial new General Assembly maps Wednesday, Secretary of State Jon Husted said legislative leaders agreed to reconsider a plan to overhaul the mapmaking process.The former Republican senator, who pushed for a constitutional amendment last session to change the way congressional and General Assembly maps are approved, said his proposal would have given minority Democrats more influence in the reapportionment process. (See Separate Story)
"If any of these plans would have been passed, the process today would have been dramatically different," he said about Democratic and Republican redistricting proposals he brought to the House floor as speaker in 2006 and the plan he later pushed in the Senate (SJR5, 128th General Assembly).
http://www.gongwer-oh.com/programming/news_articledisplay.cfm?article_ID=801880204&newsedition_id=8018802&locid=2
GROUP CLAIMS ‘HYPOCRISY' AMONG SB5 BACKERS; BUILDING A BETTER OHIO REBUKES CLAIM
Gongwer 9/28/11
Innovation Ohio said Wednesday that lawmakers and Gov. John Kasich exempted themselves from the shared sacrifice proposed in legislation that restricts collective bargaining for public employees.Representatives from the progressive think tank decried at a news conference what they called the "hypocrisy" of the enactors of the measure (SB 5
The group gathered data showing Gov. Kasich's annual salary of $148,165 is more than $10,000 higher than his predecessor and he is exempt from performance pay requirements outlined in the law. Despite wishing to eliminate automatic annual "step increases" in pay for public workers under SB 5, Mr. Kasich remains eligible for an automatic annual 3% raise, Innovation Ohio said.
http://www.gongwer-oh.com/programming/news_articledisplay.cfm?article_ID=801880206&newsedition_id=8018802&locid=2
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