Gov. Strickland pulls his budget trap

By: Kevin Holtsberry (Diary)  |  June 27th at 07:58 PM  | 

We have reached the moment I knew was coming.  I said it when Strickland pulled his flip-flop on slots: I have a suspicion this is a setup.  There will be a battle over gambling and when it doesn’t work, the response will be we have to raise taxes.  This is a last ditch effort to avoid tax increases.  If Ted Strickland was a leader he | Read More »

Ohio House Refuses to Stop Digging

By: Kevin Holtsberry (Diary)  |  April 30th at 09:52 AM  | 

These are difficult times.  Everyone is having to tighten their belt and make sacrifices.  Except for the federal government who under Barack Obama seems intent on spending itself into oblivion. Usually states can’t follow this route because their constitutions require a balanced budget.  But in hard times states often push the envelope using one time funds, fee increases, and any other gimmicks they can find | Read More »