Governor Grinch

[Hoosier Daddy]

from theotherpaper.com

Show Prep.

[quote]GOVERNOR GRINCH?
Ted Strickland annoys state employees with a new order: Do charity work on your time, not the taxpayers’

by Erik Johns / December 20, 2007


You can almost picture Charles Dickens writing this in an early draft of A Christmas Carol. Bob Cratchit, the downtrodden clerk for wealthy financier Ebenezer Scrooge, asks his grumpy boss for the afternoon off so he can help out at the local orphanage.

“Bah, humbug!â€

[Dr. Whiplash]

From the AP Ohio year in review...

Newly elected Gov. Ted Strickland later got passed a $52.3 billion, two-year state budget with near unanimous support of both Democrats and Republicans. The budget included expanded health coverage for uninsured children, pregnant women and low income families, tax breaks for senior citizens, and a two-year freeze in college tuitions.

Grinch? Nope.

[Arp2]

AP Ohio: Democrats wresting 16 years of control over the governor's mansion from the GOP and gaining three other statewide offices topped the list of the state's most noteworthy stories of 2007... Gov. Ted Strickland later got passed a $52.3 billion, two-year state budget with near unanimous support of both Democrats and Republicans. The budget included expanded health coverage for uninsured children, pregnant women and low income families, tax breaks for senior citizens, and a two-year freeze in college tuitions.

Grinch? Nope.

Are you kiddin' me??

Where do you think all that money comes from? From the gifts that could and/or would have been given to the children and grandchildren of those who earn a living in Ohio! Now, though, those offspring won't get those gifts, and many will find themselves having to get used to new friends and schools as their parents' companies rapidly look to relocate and leave the state!

[Lee]

You shouldn't say things like that. You'll give me ideas.