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  • Ohio’s Ben Konop Wants Kids to Starve so he can Give Gov’t Payoffs to Unions

    11/24/2009 9:51:11 AM PST · by Mobile Vulgus · 296+ views
    Publius Forum ^ | 11/24/09 | Warner Todd Huston
    Magie Thurber is reporting that Lucas County, Ohio County Commissioner Ben Konop is trying to force unions on non-union labor in his jurisdiction. What about freedom to chose? Forget it. Konop as big brother knows better. On Tuesday, the commissioners will discuss an agenda item ominously entitled "Incorporating Project Labor Agreements into Bidding Specifications for all County-Supported Projects." (Download PDF) Apparently the commissioners will be pursuing PLAs in all contracts in Lucas County's future. What is a Project Labor Agreement or PLA? I discussed this back in February right after President Obama signed his Executive Order 13202 pushing PLAs and...
  • Wikipedia Protects Heckled Toledo Mayoral Candidate

    07/30/2009 6:46:38 PM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 9 replies · 932+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | July 30, 2009 | P.J. Gladnick
    Call it the Press Conference From Hell.Toledo mayoral candidate Ben Konop, an earnest young liberal, thought it would be a great idea to conduct a press conference in front of the home where his mother grew up. Little did Ben know that Maxwell the Heckler, the next door neighbor, would completely destroy his press conference and forever burn that incident into the public memory of Mr. Konop. To get the full hilarious flavor of how Maxwell destroyed the press conference, take a look at the video. Most of the heckling consisted of "Boo! LIAR! BOOOOO!" The first reaction of your...