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Mar. 4th, 2011 10:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kittydesadeAnd we're back, jadeds and gentlepersons. For your friendly neighborhood news aggregator's sanity and for the sake of not exhausting myself again, we're going to go to a M-W-F approach. Or a screw this, no one's listening anyway approach, so please, sound off if you're reading? Have a brownie if you know where the entry subject comes from.
Ohio
* The San Francisco Chronicle reports Gov. Kasich saying that when the bill passes the House, he'll sign it with little fanfare. This indicates a fair bit of confidence.
* The Dayton Daily News offers a comparison between Wisconsin and Ohio. Yesterday, the newspaper reported a Godwin's invocation, and there is a video link. (For those of you who don't hang out on the internet too much, Godwin's Law states: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1." The facts the Senator invoking Godwin's cites, however, are true.)
* Central Ohio news reports on teachers' opinions on Senate Bill 5. The article also states that "if Senate Bill 5 passes it will go into effect after the current contract with the teachers union expires on July 31st 2012."
* The Cincinnati Enquirer has an interesting take/point on the removal of a State Senator from the committee on Senate Bill 5 in order to get the bill to a vote. Apparently, they're housemates.
* And here is the text of Senate Bill 5.
Indiana
* It may or may not be related to the bill, but IndyStar reports that the Secretary of State in Indiana was indicted on charges of voter fraud, theft, and perjury. He is being pressured (by both sides) to temporarily step down until the charges can be resolved one way or another, but refusing.
* Indy Star also reports fines are also being levied against the fled Democrats, to the tune of $250/day. This will begin Monday. There is precedent for levying the fines, but not for actually having to pay them. We'll see.
New Jersey
* Nothing specifically union, but the North Jersey Herald I believe has some interesting news on partisan politics and Gov. Christie's veto of 9 bills supposedly to spur job creation.
* Elsewhere, an AP story reported here by the North Jersey Herald describes Gov Christie calling the Illinois governor Quinn a "disaster." Quinn had no strong words to say in return, or at least, not that kind.
Tennessee
* Nothing on unions. The Tennessean reports that the GOP claims it is open to discussing concerns about the anti-Shariah bill.
* This opinion article from the Knoxville News gives another opinion on the Tennessee Education Association, as well as other teacher's organizations.
Overall, it looks like most of the country is waiting on public hearings and other procedural things, except the big three. (Which I define here as Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin.) We'll see what happens on Monday.
Ohio
* The San Francisco Chronicle reports Gov. Kasich saying that when the bill passes the House, he'll sign it with little fanfare. This indicates a fair bit of confidence.
* The Dayton Daily News offers a comparison between Wisconsin and Ohio. Yesterday, the newspaper reported a Godwin's invocation, and there is a video link. (For those of you who don't hang out on the internet too much, Godwin's Law states: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1." The facts the Senator invoking Godwin's cites, however, are true.)
* Central Ohio news reports on teachers' opinions on Senate Bill 5. The article also states that "if Senate Bill 5 passes it will go into effect after the current contract with the teachers union expires on July 31st 2012."
* The Cincinnati Enquirer has an interesting take/point on the removal of a State Senator from the committee on Senate Bill 5 in order to get the bill to a vote. Apparently, they're housemates.
* And here is the text of Senate Bill 5.
Indiana
* It may or may not be related to the bill, but IndyStar reports that the Secretary of State in Indiana was indicted on charges of voter fraud, theft, and perjury. He is being pressured (by both sides) to temporarily step down until the charges can be resolved one way or another, but refusing.
* Indy Star also reports fines are also being levied against the fled Democrats, to the tune of $250/day. This will begin Monday. There is precedent for levying the fines, but not for actually having to pay them. We'll see.
New Jersey
* Nothing specifically union, but the North Jersey Herald I believe has some interesting news on partisan politics and Gov. Christie's veto of 9 bills supposedly to spur job creation.
* Elsewhere, an AP story reported here by the North Jersey Herald describes Gov Christie calling the Illinois governor Quinn a "disaster." Quinn had no strong words to say in return, or at least, not that kind.
Tennessee
* Nothing on unions. The Tennessean reports that the GOP claims it is open to discussing concerns about the anti-Shariah bill.
* This opinion article from the Knoxville News gives another opinion on the Tennessee Education Association, as well as other teacher's organizations.
Overall, it looks like most of the country is waiting on public hearings and other procedural things, except the big three. (Which I define here as Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin.) We'll see what happens on Monday.