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We Are Ohio “public” employee union crowd are running ads against SB-5 say our safety, fire protection and students will be hurt if the “public” employee unions can’t use collective bargaining as a tool to negotiate for enough “public” employees to do the job. Hogwash. The number of jobs is a function of the taxes collected, and collective bargaining can’t force a community to add jobs they don’t have money for.

Vote YES on Issue 2.

c’mon- ya gotta sign in to read this?? Can’t something be done about that?

Here’s a small piece on this by Dick Morris-and no I haven’t checked if the site’s on the list of ‘don’t make full curt & paste’-no time for that:

URGENT! THE OHIO SHOWDOWN
By Dick Morris
10.17.2011
http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/urgent-the-ohio-showdown/
On Tuesday, November 8, the public employee unions in Ohio are hoping to pass a ballot measure repealing the labor reforms Governor John Kasich has passed this year. They want to kill reforms to teacher tenure, stop merit pay for teachers, eliminate school choice, stop union members from paying more for pensions and health insurance, and keep mandatory collection of union dues.
Conservatives – everyone – needs to give money to stop the unions from winning this fight. If they repeal Senate Bill 5 – Kasich’s reform legislation – it will reassert union power and block reforms all over the nation.
The unions tried to kill similar reforms in Wisconsin by recalling state legislators. But they were turned back by a special outpouring of national conservative activism. Now they are trying outright repeal in Ohio.
The Wisconsin reforms are changing the face of public education. Giving teachers the right to pay their own union dues has triggered a 50% cut in teacher union funding. Particularly important is control of health insurance for teachers. The union uses this power to make profits of 30% which fund its political action operations. The Wisconsin and Ohio laws put an end to this ripoff.
If we sustain Senate Bill 5 in Ohio, we will doom the political power of the public employee unions. They will not have the muscle to dominate legislative elections anymore and the teachers union will no longer run our public schools. (And, if they do, we will have school choice and can send our children to good private or church schools or home schooling).
The stakes couldn’t be higher. The early polls in Ohio have shown the union winning by twenty points. Now the margin is down to less than ten. With a determined effort we can pull off the same kind of magnificent victory we had in Wisconsin.
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Thank you,
Dick Morris

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Yes, if one goes by the number of “NO on Issue 2” signs in the Youngstown area. I have never seen so many signs and put out by so many different interest groups. My favorite is the on that claims to “protect yourself” and support the police you must vote no. I have been arguing with members of my own family on this. The Youngstown Vindicator put out a piece today as part of a 5 part series. Provision 1 - employee seniority could not be the only deciding factor in layoffs. Response by the oppositionn - seniority is not always a bad thing especially with teaching since young teachers need mentors...WTH?? That is a supposed valid argument? Provision 2 - there is a limit on the amount of accrued sick and vacation time to cash out. Capped at 6 weeks plus 12 paid holidays and 3 annual personal days. Response by the opposition - they call it a reduction in benefits. For crying out loud, you are supposed to take your vacation time.