GOP sets off-limits areas for Strickland
Jim Siegel
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Welcome Gov. Ted Strickland. Prepare to make yourself comfortable in your new government. Just don’t touch Medicaid spending as it relates to abortions. And don’t even entertain the idea that schools should start paying union-scale wages on state-funded building projects. Oh, don’t think you’re going to milk no-bid state contractors for big campaign donations. And as for all those rules your agencies are going to create, be ready for more scrutiny than Gov. Bob Taft ever had to deal with. Also, get to know new Attorney General Marc Dann really well. He’ll be approving all state contracts over $1 million. And leave the garden at the Governor’s Residence alone, too. In these final weeks of the 126 th General Assembly, the lame-duck, Republican-controlled legislature is eyeing ways to ensure Strickland can’t walk through the door in January and reverse years of GOP-backed policies. You can read the entire article on the Columbus Dispatch website.
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