Want to see what one of Kasich's buds thinks about consumers and our Consumer's Counsel?

From John Curry, May 24, 2011

"Thibaut does not hide his disdain for the office: ‘I think it is nothing but a bastion for left-wing attorneys to sit around and get paid by the taxpayers to take care of what they perceive to be serious problems,’ he said."

Note from John...of course, Thibaut doesn't want to talk about who pads his paycheck (besides IGS Energy), does he? You might want to read the second article below which pulls back the curtains far enough to see that this same Kasich lobbying buddy, Thibaut, also wallowed in the OSU "feed trough" by "escorting" Kasich around the OSU campus while getting paid 20K for his troubles while King Kasich gorged himself on $4,000 per day guest lectures!

http://moneyinpoliticsohio.org/

Kasich friends in high demand

On May 24, 2011, in Lobbyists News, by admin

3 who have long been advisers to governor become top lobbyists

COLUMBUS — “But [John] Kasich and [Donald G.] Thibaut [lobbyist], conceded that they’d had at least one conversation about a topic of interest to one of Thibaut’s clients. Thibaut has asked the governor why the state needs the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel, the utility watchdog, when it has the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to represent consumers….

Thibaut does not hide his disdain for the office: ‘I think it is nothing but a bastion for left-wing attorneys to sit around and get paid by the taxpayers to take care of what they perceive to be serious problems,’ he said.

One of Thibaut’s clients, IGS Energy, a Dublin-based natural-gas marketer, was not happy in October when Consumers’ Counsel Janine Migden-Ostrander filed a complaint with the PUCO accusing IGS of deceptive marketing.” Joe Hallett, The Columbus Dispatch.

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http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/ohiopolitics/entries/2010/08/18/strickland_rips_kasich_for_osu.html?cxtype=feedbot

Strickland rips Kasich for OSU gig

By Laura Bischoff
August 18, 2010
"Democrat Ted Strickland ripped into his political opponent, Republican John Kasich, and Ohio State University on Wednesday, Aug. 18, for striking a deal that paid Kasich $50,000 a year and an aide $20,000 a year over seven years to make guest lectures and interact with students."

Strickland called it appalling and selfish, particularly since Kasich has advocated that universities cut costs and expect more out of teachers.

The annual payments worked out to about $4,000 per day spent on campus, according to a schedule provided by OSU.

“It says to me that John Kasich thinks he is a very special person, that the rules that apply to everyone else don’t apply to him. He ought to be ashamed of himself,” the governor said.

The Kasich campaign said Ohio State paid Kasich what the university officials thought he was worth and continued to ask him back. OSU officials said they received nothing but positive feedback on Kasich’s guest lectures and campus activities.

Strickland said Ohio State is culpable for the arrangement as well and he questioned why an aide was paid to assist Kasich with his campus duties.

“If he only showed up four days a month, what did the campus aide do? Look for a parking place?” Strickland said.

Kasich resigned as a presidential fellow at OSU in May 2009 when he announced his candidacy for governor.