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Updated with Strickland response Rep. Morgan asks for mediation in Strickland case
State Rep. Seth Morgan has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to refer his ongoing effort to get public records from Gov. Ted Strickland about Strickland’s “evidence-based” school plan to mediation.
Strickland said on Wednesday, April 29 that he was not sure that there was a problem to be mediated but added:
“….if there’s something that needs to be mediated, I believe in mediation and people coming together…so I’m not ruling out mediation.”
The Supreme Court last week ordered Strickland to continue turning over records to Morgan “within a reasonable time” in the case. In a separate, concurring opinion, Justice Paul Pfeifer, said the court should have ordered mediation.
“Given the fact that it took Supreme Court action to get the governor to follow Ohio law, it seems only reasonable that the court would assist the people of Ohio, through my office, to see the full picture of what the governor used to produce this ‘evidence-based’ education plan,” Morgan said in a press release.
Strickland said the court last week “indicated that we were responding to the good representative and they told us that we should continue to do so and that’s what we’ve been doing….”
Strickland’s office said more than 9,000 pages or records already have been turned over to Morgan. Strickland has dismissed Morgan’s lawsuit as “little more than a disappointing attempt to detract from” the discussion about modernizing Ohio’s education system.
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By MM
April 29, 2009 2:35 PM | Link to this
Dear “The Hon” - have patience young grasshopper - if you are really watching everyone this arena, and not just one person, you will see the next phase unfold.By The Hon
April 29, 2009 12:54 PM | Link to this
Morgan should go a step beyond all this and propose a solution for funding education. His complaints are just another smokescreen from the Republican party of ‘No.’