By WAR

September 30, 2009 11:04 PM | Link to this

Lets see if l’ve got this right. We are going to lose 2.3 billion dollars of OUR school tax money if we don’t shift (Shift ?) certain funds (whose tax dollars are those?) Hmmm—- There are hundreds of thousands of the ILLEGAL aliens in the USA. Likely there are thousands upon thousands in Ohio sending their children to OUR schools on our tax money. would’nt it be fairer to send the ILLEGAL Aliens back home. That would clear up most of that 2.3 billion that we need for OUR schools. Note: l am NOT putting down LEGAL Americans, from all over the world, that worked hard to get their Citizenship and learn to speak English, the recognized language of our country. You who entered this country illegaly, get the hell out of our country and let us enjoy what is left of our tax money so we can give a decent education to OUR children.

By nullgary

September 30, 2009 2:32 PM | Link to this

i love it everybody an expert.

By Mom of 4

September 30, 2009 1:48 PM | Link to this

I think cutting funding to schools is horrible. What is worse is all the liberal haters who just spread hate. What a waste of human life with your self righteous attitudes. I know many people who lost their jobs and say one thing while they line up for the childrens health insurance programs but would never want their buddies at church to know they’re using free health care for their kids. CAN YOU SAY HYPOCRITS!!

By SillyMe

September 30, 2009 1:47 PM | Link to this

The issue with politics in Ohio is simple, its our fault. We keep voting these losers in and wonder why nothing changes. I say we vote against every candidate who you can not honestly say you can remember doing something right. The election is in November, vote against every candidate who is talking instead of acting.

By mdizzie

September 30, 2009 11:50 AM | Link to this

STUPID IN AMERICA. A 20/20 special. If you think this is a good idea, cutting money from out school systems, think again. Our school systems are FAILING. We are on the bottom of the list in education as a country, and as a state we placed 30 in 2008 out of 50 states in education. Stickland, you are voted off the island. You don’t care about our students education, you old man. PUT HIM IN HIS PLACE, AT THE POLLS! (don’t vote for him next time, he cares about gambling, not education. he wants the stupid kids that he is in control of, the Ohio kids, to spend money gambling.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx4pN-aiofw

By red

September 30, 2009 9:36 AM | Link to this

Thanks for the Laugh (of your poor grammar) You obviously flunked the English portion of your liberal arts curriculum. It’s “have gone” sweetie.

By Grandma1940

September 30, 2009 9:35 AM | Link to this

I agree with Stacy about the scare tactics & also about the lottery that is suppose to be taking care of the schools. WHERE IS ALL THAT MONEY GOING????? Look at our roads. Here’s an idea, instead of our politians being paid a HUGH SALARY, they should be volunteers. If they weren’t paid they would work harder & think clearer because they wouldn’t be worrying about making more money at helping society. I also feel we have too many slackers on all jobs. I have 2 sons that didn’t go to college & they have worked they way to good paying jobs. I am so proud of them. I also agree that a lot of our politians don’t really know what it is like to hold a real job because they come from weathy families. Money buys a lot. I somewhat agree with the comment about religion, but I feel the person was referring to the Catholic Church when it was mentioned about Bingo. But just look around at all the Church’s we have, pratically one on every corner and yes they aspire to get bigger & bigger, and fancier & fancier, just like the houses that have been built in the last 25 years. Why in the world does a family of 2 or 3 need a home as large as what is being built today. My husband & I raised 3 children in a house of only 1300 Sq.Ft. A cracker box house today. I live in a small subdivision that the biggest house in here is only around 1600 Sq.Ft. Plenty big for a family. The world is getting TO SPOILED & IT HAS GOT TO STOP. Everyone needs to live within there means. They would be more happy & the children would turn out better if everyone had to struggle more.

By red

September 30, 2009 9:18 AM | Link to this

I don’t have answers but lots of questions. What good is a liberal arts degree when you’re flipping burgers @McD’s? And if the schools can’t teach my kids after 9-1/2 months out of the year, why should they go even longer just to increase teacher’s salaries?

By Concerned mom

September 30, 2009 8:54 AM | Link to this

I don’t understand why, with all the possibilities out there to be thought of, they think school funding should rest on gambling. This is the best they can do?

By cda

September 30, 2009 8:02 AM | Link to this

As difficult as it may be, the public sector is going to have to kick its addiction to more and more taxes that it has grown acustomed to during the past 40+ years. The shrunken private sector can no longer support the behemoth and obese federal, state and local sectors. We have regulated and taxed most of our wealth-producing economic engines out of existence or off-shore. Shame on us for allowing politicians, public and private unions and bureaucrats to despoil our once robust economy…

By red

September 30, 2009 7:35 AM | Link to this

Jerry,the left wing lemming liberals cannot be taught common sense. Obama’s appointees have proven that. They all have degrees & teach but cannot function in their jobs without experience & with their elitist intellectual attitudes.

By john

September 30, 2009 7:06 AM | Link to this

Good!!The educational system is out of control! If the government wants to reform something, this would be a good start. Money isn’t going where it should be, like to the teachers, and is being wasted on building super sports complexes for a handful of kids to use a couple times a year. Its not right. Property owners are getting screwed. It needs fixed!

By lucifer sam

September 30, 2009 6:55 AM | Link to this

Actually I voted against the last school levy because I agree that schools shouldn’t be funded through property taxes. Calling people indigenous to the Americas “illegal aliens” isn’t really fair since the Europeans were the original invaders. Also since most of Texas was Mexico before they moved the border, many undocumented workers have a valid claim to live here. Regardless, the reality is these folks aren’t going anywhere so the sooner they are given a path to citizenship the sooner they can pay more taxes (they already pay sales tax), get driver’s licenses and join in paying for universal health care. You and Lou Dobbs might think freeloaders born here are better than hard working immigrants just because they’re called “citizens,” but I don’t.

By WAR

September 30, 2009 1:41 AM | Link to this

lucifer sam, person coming into this country ILLEGALY does NOT have the right to use MY tax money for their education of medical care. This is stealing just the same as if they came into my house and stole my money. Why don’t YOU round up all these ILLEGAL aliens and support them yourself. You would go broke, right! Well, the same thing is happening to our country. We have to foot more and more of the bill, ( Yea, be sure you vote FOR the next school levy, and don’t be whining when your next medical insurance bill comes in the mail.) Yes, the SOLUTION lS getting the freeloaders out of the Country WE built.

By lucifer sam

September 29, 2009 11:50 PM | Link to this

If you’re here in this country and you work hard and stay out of trouble I don’t care if the government calls you a citizen or not. Everyone has the right to affordable education and health care and housing no matter who they are. The problem with the schools isn’t too many students, it’s the funding mechanism. I don’t really see calling congress to complain about Mexicans a “solution.” But to your credit mr. war, at least you weren’t arguing about what constitutes liberal arts.

By dwm

September 29, 2009 11:39 PM | Link to this

I think that we should look at why we have to fund the schools, the lottery sure should have been enough to run all the schools but someone has thier hands in it.. so let’ s put in the slots, and watch the schools close forgood.. that money will not help the schools.

By S.T.

September 29, 2009 11:22 PM | Link to this

I think it is time that the Ohio Congressmen and Senators opposed to using gambling receipts to fund the state’s obligations should stop ridiculing plans that are already on the table and figure out some equally viable options—or shut up. It’s perfectly ridiculous that the state cannot balance its budget—in any viable manner, other than, of course, slashing funding for the poorest citizens of this state. Raise taxes, use the gambling receipts, and take advantage of every other method of procurring money—and be done with it. The state is going down the proverbial toilet, and the Ohio House and Senate are on a rant. Wow….isn’t that clever?

By tournoir

September 29, 2009 11:21 PM | Link to this

I think it is time that the Ohio Congressmen and Senators opposed to using gambling receipts to fund the state’s obligations should stop ridiculing plans that are already on the table and figure out some equally viable options—or shut up. It’s perfectly ridiculous that the state cannot balance its budget—in any viable manner, other than, of course, slashing funding for the poorest citizens of this state. Raise taxes, use the gambling receipts, and take advantage of every other method of procurring money—and be done with it. The state is going down the proverbial toilet, and the Ohio House and Senate are on a rant. Wow….isn’t that clever?

By tournoir

September 29, 2009 11:20 PM | Link to this

I think it is time that the Ohio Congressmen and Senators opposed to using gambling receipts to fund the state’s obligations should stop ridiculing plans that are already on the table and figure out some equally viable options—or shut up. It’s perfectly ridiculous that the state cannot balance its budget—in any viable manner, other than, of course, slashing funding for the poorest citizens of this state. Raise taxes, use the gambling receipts, and take advantage of every other method of procurring money—and be done with it. The state is going down the proverbial toilet, and the Ohio House and Senate are on a rant. Wow….isn’t that clever?

By WAR

September 29, 2009 10:49 PM | Link to this

Lucifer sam, Sorry my capitals offended you Did you happen to notice that l DID give the answer to curing our school problems. How long do you want to pay for the ILLEGAL alien’s schooling, medical care, housing, etc. Call your congressman ! (Just ONE exclimation Point.)

By CN

September 29, 2009 10:47 PM | Link to this

If I recall correctly, after hurricane Katrina, Mississippi really cried the blues over the loss of revenue from the casinos being destroyed. That should tell you something!

By idiocracy alive and well

September 29, 2009 10:24 PM | Link to this

“Every time we look in the news - there is a story about school funding - has anyone look(ed) at the school system infrastructure in Ohio” Yes,we build these ridiculous huge over priced palaces(stebbins high school)etc. ,and yet still turn out dumb and dumber. waste of money i say

By tlclsw

September 29, 2009 9:59 PM | Link to this

city resident: I am a democrat who could never play video games, (didn’t want to) worked through college, currently works as a social worker for menial pay with a bachelor’s degree, and I don’t think you should make blanket comments. I also believe we have to fund schools differently.

By Really???

September 29, 2009 9:58 PM | Link to this

EJ states “He admits he’s Muslim” referring to Obama. Ummm, nope, sorry. He is admittedly Christian (and I am absolutely not, so I wouldn’t care if he wasn’t). I wouldn’t care if he was Muslim, but he happens to just NOT be, no matter how much you want to fabricate that he is to create mass panic. AHHHH, the sky is falling, the sky is falling! Keep on spreading the propaganda and paranoia, apparently it’s the only angle you’ve got. Foxy Fox Fox fox.

By City Resident

September 29, 2009 9:27 PM | Link to this

@Jerry, the liberals are usually over educated idiots who can do nothing but sit in class through their twenties. The rarely work, party hardy, are great at video games and become educators, especially at the college level. Traditionalists, who are from all walks of life, are the workers and doers. They own the businesses, employee their neighbors pay the bulk of taxes and know how to save a buck. I find it funny not many government officials have ever really held a “real” job, especially in Ohio and that goes for Repubs and Dems. Get the business executives involved in administrating the schools and the funding issue would take care of itself. NO MORE TAXES!

By Show us the numbers

September 29, 2009 8:59 PM | Link to this

Every time we look in the news - there is a story about school funding - has anyone look at the school system infrastructure in Ohio - are we truely educating the children in Ohio effectively and EFFICIENTLY? How about showing some budget numbers so we can see how the school systems spend money!!! I’d bet there are some HUGE salaries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By You have got to be kidding

September 29, 2009 8:53 PM | Link to this

Are you kidding - now the deal is to tell us we all should become gamblers in order to save the schools? They received A LOT of money from the smokers and now with the laws prohibiting smoking in public areas… well, there is that lose in TAX… now they want us to become gamblers - why not raise the tax on beer and alcohol and fund the schools with that money? WTF ?

By jase krist

September 29, 2009 8:51 PM | Link to this

It’s time to tax religion. Religion is a business just like any other only it gets preferential treatment from the state. Religious institutions suck money away from the public schools in order to convert more people. And then they work against gambling so they can keep their bingo and raffle money. It’s a smart scam on their part, but it needs to end.

By Stacy

September 29, 2009 8:39 PM | Link to this

Decades-sex offender will molest your children unless we spend tens-of- millions every year registering them. Your children will die young unless we raise the drinking age to 21. We will all succumb to Swine flu unless… Schools will close by the hundreds unless we have legalized slot machines. Just more scare tactics? Wasn’t the lottery supposed to be the fix-all for Ohio’s schools? If the lottery couldn’t financially help in 20 years, the slots certainly won’t either.

By EJ

September 29, 2009 8:22 PM | Link to this

My God..when is America going to wake up? This is not a Strickland problem, not a republican problem, this is America’s problem. And that is being perpetuated quickly down hill by the idiot that sits in the White House. This man is not a friend to the American people. He admits he’s muslim, and who wants this country dead more than they do? He’s taking from the rich to give to the poor, raising taxes on corporations, which will be passed to the middle class. He wants and is working diligently toward a 2 class society. Read history, and read from the founding fathers…government spending, esp debt spending, is death. Sooner or later there will be massive inflation rates for all this debt spending…which is doing nothing except running up enormous deficits..there are no free rides. Not he govt..nor business, can create wealth..only the people and the consumer can create wealth. And the people are being robbed of anything they have to spend.

By Terri

September 29, 2009 7:15 PM | Link to this

Blame this on all the goody two shoes and their ” We can’t have gambling in Ohio” These are the people just as much to blame. They have a choic: Don’t go if u don’t want to gamble. I am not a Strickland backer but he did put a plan together and these wholy molies are going to cost thousand of teachers jobs. I hope they are happy!

By lucifer sam

September 29, 2009 7:14 PM | Link to this

Lots of finger pointing going on, not so much constructive dialogue. Most of the offenders seems to favor CAPITAL letters and overuse of punctuation (!!!!!! or ?????). How about some more solutions people. If a four day school week works elsewhere it can work here too. Eliminate all sports and clubs too. Streamline the education process.

By daniel

September 29, 2009 6:59 PM | Link to this

just think if we had all the money wasted on busing to please the blacks!!! all that did was bring the whites down to their level!!!!!

By strickland is a loser

September 29, 2009 6:34 PM | Link to this

Where in the hell is the money from the lottery going,in uncle Ted’s pocket??????

By WAR

September 29, 2009 6:25 PM | Link to this

l KNEW that was coming. We spent one third of our tax money sending lLLEGAL Aliens to school.(lsn’t it OUR government that mandates that we MUST provide schooling for them?) Now our federal government is going to cut off OUR tax money school funding ! Next they will throw the American kids out to make room for the ILLEGAL aliens.Call your congressmen. Tell him what he does will ensure the way you will vote.

By chooser

September 29, 2009 6:25 PM | Link to this

I can’t believe our state budget came down to a make-or-break situation based on slot machines. Every layer of government involved in a service adds, best case, 10-20% to the cost of providing that service. In other words $1.00 you could have paid to a school becomes $0.80 when the state gets involved and $0.60 when the feds are involved, too. The administrators don’t work for free!

By null and void

September 29, 2009 6:21 PM | Link to this

put slot machines..blackjack and crap tables in the schools….that will do it

By Becky

September 29, 2009 5:56 PM | Link to this

It’s no use blaming the current state government for the economic situation. All states are in the same boat. It’s a shame that people are so shortsighted they will let school suffer for their own political agenda. These people want the governor to look bad so they can get into office. Strickland is a good man who governor of a state having hard times. Anything he cuts will make someone mad - there just aren’t any good choices.

By rj

September 29, 2009 5:49 PM | Link to this

Cut the Gov’nah’s perks. Slash his staff. Cut the perks for the legislature too. Cut at the top (Strickland) and everything from the BMV and State Police….

By CFNeumann

September 29, 2009 5:29 PM | Link to this

“Without money from slot machines, Ohio may also lose federal stimulus funding for schools and see a $2.3 billion gaping hole in K-12 funding, the Strickland administration said Tuesday, Sept. 29.” - the stimulus is based on money from slot machines??? Time for Strickland to leave if they think we are that stupid!!!

By kett-bone

September 29, 2009 5:13 PM | Link to this

The whole reason schools have been funded with property taxes is to keep poor people uneducated. If we switched to a state wide sales tax pool that all schools drew from, it might upset the apple cart. There could be rampant equal education everywhere. Scary.

By ThanksForTheLaugh

September 29, 2009 5:10 PM | Link to this

Dale1 — Apparently you must have went to the wrong college to have the view you do — but you are making irrational generalizations. There are conservative (many religious) liberal arts colleges, “liberal” or even radical ones, and moderate liberal arts colleges as well. I don’t think anyone’s teaching math “one-sided” -LOL! You are so very judgemental and angry, like you were beat up by a liberal arts degree. Anyway, I’m going to bow out of this conversation now, mainly because I’m right.

By Independent

September 29, 2009 5:07 PM | Link to this

The D’s and R’s are all out for re-election, and none will do what is needed. In the short term they need to revoke half of the 21% state income tax that Bob Taft enacted and use this to maintain the schools. In the longterm they need a complete overhaul of Ohio’s tax code that places the state fifth highest in America and which stops most business growth. We are behind California, Oregon, New Jersey, and New York in high taxes. We need a complete and total overhaul, but no politicians have the courage to do it.

By dale1

September 29, 2009 5:02 PM | Link to this

thanksfortheluagh -No $hit liberal arts doesn’t mean the political term liberal. My wife teaches liberal arts and I majored in liberal arts at one time so I think I know what it means. I ualso know for a fact it IS NOT a rounded education and is completely SLANTED left and you know it is. It is not consdiered a good education if they don’t tell you both sides. Communications, polital science, history, social sciences and art are completely run by left wing nut bars. The languages and english are at least difficult and actually takes some brains but I could get straight “A” in most liberal arts classes without hardly trying. I think the classes could be valuable if both sides were taught and they actually taught critical thinking.

By liberty

September 29, 2009 4:45 PM | Link to this

Raise sales taxes by .5 % for 3 years until the economy starts to improve because there is no sign of the job market changing in Ohio with no new incentives to lure business into our state.

By ThanksForTheLaugh

September 29, 2009 4:44 PM | Link to this

To Dale1, I don’t think you know what “liberal arts” means — it’s not about the political term “liberal”. You made yourself sound like a real idiot. “The term liberal arts denotes a curriculum that imparts general knowledge and develops the student’s rational thought and intellectual capabilities, unlike the professional, vocational, technical curricula emphasizing specialization. The contemporary liberal arts comprise studying literature, languages, philosophy, history, mathematics, and science.” So Dale1, you don’t support learning language, math and science????!!! Thanks for the laugh at your expense.

By lucifer sam

September 29, 2009 4:40 PM | Link to this

would anyone not offering a solution please go argue somewhere else. this is an important issue involving all our kids and the future of ohio. there are no doubt massive corporate tax loopholes that need closed and a redesign of the school system in general is probably overdue. online options should be considered, and switching from property taxes to a sales tax funding option could be another route. name calling on the other hand will do nothing but get us nowhere fast.

By karon

September 29, 2009 4:34 PM | Link to this

to heck with the schools, we need streetcars.

By concerned

September 29, 2009 4:33 PM | Link to this

What i really dont understand is if Obama isnt helping schools the way they are right now, how does he expect to fund them to spend more time in school which is what he wants.I dont know about other cities and states but I know Dayton cant even afford to bus their kids to school much less pay teachers more money to stay longer days and weekends.

By null

September 29, 2009 4:28 PM | Link to this

We want this, we want that! The wants are served before the needs. Perfect example is the falling in debt so far, the only way to get out is at the mercy of the dictatorship of the US Federal government. As usual, many seem surprised. If that is the only way the beaurucrats can pick my pockets, the short fall will get deeper and deeper

By dale1

September 29, 2009 4:28 PM | Link to this

Jim - read what papers the liberal sponsored media papers. Of course all the liberal papers say the bailouts worked. The bank bailouts didn’t even buy back the bad debt and haven’t worked. I just heard that most of the money will not be paid back. I guess if you are talking getting back a fraction of the money then it worked. Bottom line is Obama misspent the money. BTW, I heard this on ABC so don’t blame FoxNews. I heard this crisis will happen again because the bad debt is still on the bank’s books. The stock market hasn’t changed much in 3 months. Like a majority of americans I base the economy on jobs not the stock market. Where are all the jobs the stimulus was supposed to create and dont’ give me the bull that many more jobs would have been lost there is no proof to back that statement up. Bottom line is you need to seek alternative views instead of drinking Kool Aid.

By jc

September 29, 2009 4:23 PM | Link to this

90% of all schooling should be online with kids showing up to schools only to take tests. This would allow for students to learn at their own pace without distractions from their peers, and save tons of money at the same time.

By Jim

September 29, 2009 4:14 PM | Link to this

Dale1, The bank bailout worked perfectly, as most of the banks have repaid their loans plus interest, which is a profit for the government. Obama’s stimulus is starting to take effect as the bulls are starting to run on Wall Street as the DOW approaches 10,000. Dale, you might try reading a paper once in awhile so you have something to base your opinion on.

By Jim

September 29, 2009 4:08 PM | Link to this

I don’t think people realize the ramifications this may have. This is the continued fall out from Taft and the Republicans refusal to follow the Ohio Supreme court order and fix school funding in Ohio. Now it’s coming home to roost, and it’s not good.

By Jaime

September 29, 2009 4:07 PM | Link to this

Painfultruth- you’re the idiot. I voted for both and would do so again. Look at what the alternative was- Dumb and Dumber. And you seem to be forgetting all of this didn’t occur over night….

By jimmie

September 29, 2009 4:03 PM | Link to this

Right out of the ole lib playbook. Scare the bejeebers out of everyone and get all the teacher unions to jump on board. How about cutting some of the bloated state payroll first?

By dale1

September 29, 2009 4:03 PM | Link to this

Liberals always make personal attacks because they have no substance to their arguments. I know lots of republicans that are very educated. Actually the statisitcs show more republicans are educated than democrats. If you have a liberal arts degree you are brain washed not educated. If you were taught to look at both sides you are educated, but no liberal arts program ever tells students of the conservate side. When exactly is Obama and the liberals going to take responsibility for the economny. Its been almost a year since obama and Bush came up with the stupid bailout and its not working except if your Biden or a blind follower. When jobs come back the states will be back on their feet and until then the states will have major shortages.

By kett-bone

September 29, 2009 4:00 PM | Link to this

Cut the school day in half and have students take the remainder of their classes online. Offer tax credits to help buy laptops for low-income families.

By look before you leap

September 29, 2009 4:00 PM | Link to this

This is what happens when you budget or spend money before you have it. Of course, society does it, the federal government does it, and now the state does it. Soon it’ll be local. Of course, they’re all spending money that doesn’t even exist. Wait until people figure that out.

By William

September 29, 2009 3:57 PM | Link to this

So where are all the loto $ going to? It was supposed to fund the schools, right?

By paul reverel

September 29, 2009 3:53 PM | Link to this

same old song and dance. everytime politicians want something they start the same old scare tactics. the sky is falling, the sky is falling, run auntie Em

By sue

September 29, 2009 3:51 PM | Link to this

I thought that the lottery games were supposed to pick up the shortfalls of our misguided managers of the education budget!

By Death and Taxes

September 29, 2009 3:46 PM | Link to this

Just go ahead and raise my property taxes. I’m already paying 2% of my home’s value every year to local government. Why stop there?!?! It’s for the kids, right? By the way…where is the school funding solution we were promised a few years ago???

By hello right hand/hello left hand

September 29, 2009 3:43 PM | Link to this

Obama says keep kids in school year round.. Ted says we’re going to have to cut over a billion dollars from the school budget. No wonder kids are confused these days.

By Jerry

September 29, 2009 3:41 PM | Link to this

Well Kelly at least the “Flemming Liberals” are educated beyond high school so they can examine a problem that is looming in the funding of our school systems in Ohio. But you Yahoo loud right wing fringes just like to disrupt meetings and hold rally’s about nothing instead of offering constructive alternatives. Then you could talk about the differences in your ideals.

By lucifer sam

September 29, 2009 3:32 PM | Link to this

Let’s switch to a four day school week.

By InconvenientFacts

September 29, 2009 3:31 PM | Link to this

Poor painfultruth. Can’t stand knowing that the financial house of cards built by the Republican administration is finally collapsing, and like a good little GOPer, he’s refusing to take responsibility. As a result, all he can do is lash out. Your side had it’s chance, painfultruth, and nearly wrecked the country as a result. Time to get out of the way and let the adults try to clean up the mess the Republicans left behind.

By taxin ted

September 29, 2009 3:29 PM | Link to this

Thanks to all those teachers that had “teachers for Strickland” bumper stickers. Two months before Ted’s election he claimed to have a plan for education, and three years later we know he not only didn’t have a plan, he doesn’t have a clue.

By Bob

September 29, 2009 3:26 PM | Link to this

It can’t be Strickland’s fault … just ask him

By Sickofit

September 29, 2009 3:26 PM | Link to this

Ah yes, Obama wants mothers to return to college and will give them money to do so BUT if we don’t place the #(# slot machines in the racetracks it is going to cost Ohio’s kids education! Good night! Foreign countries are already light years ahead of a lot of US kids. Lets help this country not continue to beat it down.

By painfultruth

September 29, 2009 3:21 PM | Link to this

You MORONS voted in Strickland and Obama with their vast social services. You now are getting EXACTLY what you deserve - NOTHING! Go find a job, you leeches of society. I’m TIRED of paying YOUR way with MY TAX DOLLARS!

By kelly

September 29, 2009 3:14 PM | Link to this

LOL…. you got jacked Ted Dsrickland… let me ask all you flamming liberals…. how do you like your “change”…?

By parent

September 29, 2009 3:11 PM | Link to this

The right and left hand doesn’t know what it is doing. Obama wants to keep the kids in school longer and Gov. Strickland wants to cut funding for their education. What a joke!!!!

By ReelHelp

September 29, 2009 3:04 PM | Link to this

They should offer incentives for movie productions here in Ohio. It would provide income from temp jobs for xtras and help businesses. Plus, if we excel at it, we could become a more permanent location for filming.

By Advisor

September 29, 2009 3:01 PM | Link to this

Ted…You are going to have to commit political suicide and raise taxes. Show us some unselfish leadership!!!