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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Strickland makes “final” release of school data to Rep. Morgan
Gov. Ted Strickland has made a fifth and the governor’s office says “final” release of information to Rep. Seth Morgan, R-Huber Heights, in response to Morgan’s request for information on Strickland’s “evidence-based” model for school reform.
Strickland’s office announced the release on Tuesday, May 26 and referred to Rep. Morgan’s “overly-broad public records request.”
Morgan said he was reviewing the material. He said the latest release came after he sent Strickland’s office a letter on May 19 complaining that he hadn’t received any additional material after an Ohio Supreme Court ruling in the case. Morgan had gone to the Supreme Court in an effort to get the material.
The new release contained over 10,0000 pages of e-mail and e-mail attachments, as well as 216 pages of electronic copies of scholarly works cited in the previously-released bibliography, and five books that have been set aside for Rep. Morgan’s inspection, Strickland’s office said.
Altogether, more than 20,000 pages of materials have been released to Morgan or made available to him to review, the governor’s office said.
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Brown and Voino on Supreme Court pick
Judge and U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s next step will be to go before the U.S. Senate for confirmation.
Here’s what our two senators think of her:
Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, said he plans to treat her fairly and review her “impartiality, integrity, legal expertise and judicial temperament.”
“It is the Senate’s role to exercise the constitutional power to advise and consent, and I look forward to fair and rigorous hearings to that end,” he said.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, was a little more glowing: “Judge Sotomayor will be a tough, fair, and thoughtful addition to our nation’s highest court,” he said in a statement. “She has been nominated to our courts in the past by both Republican and Democratic presidents and confirmed each time by strong bipartisan majorities. I hope we will proceed with the same bipartisan approach to this nomination.”
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Coughlin to Ohio GOP: “Butt out” - let voters decide
State Sen. Kevin Coughlin, R-Cuyahoga Falls, apparently isn’t ready to concede the GOP nomination for governor in 2010 to former U.S. Rep. John Kasich of suburban Columbus.
Kasich is scheduled to formally launch his campaign on Monday, June 1. Coughlin announced earlier this year that he’s seeking the nomination.
In a letter on Monday, May 26, to Ohio GOP Chairman Kevin DeWine, Coughlin said the state party had promoted Kasich’s announcement and asked the GOP to step back.
“…we are the party of free markets. We are the party that trusts the people,” Coughlin said in the letter to DeWine.
“Let the horses run. Let the Ohio’s Republican voters decide for themselves which vision for our state they prefer. Let the voters decide our nominee. It’s their election.”
Asked if the Ohio GOP had any reaction, John McClelland, party spokesman, said in an e-mail:
“Not really.”
