CORE member's letter to editor is published in the Aurora Advocate

From John Curry, September 22, 2011

Thank you, CORE member Debbie Rudy-Lack!

http://www.auroraadvocate.com/news/article/5091755

September 7, 2011

The Advocate's article headlined "Unions ignore invitation to discuss Senate Bill 5" should have read "Why didn't the governor want to discuss SB5 in February?" What an interesting turn of events. The governor and some GOP leaders now want to "talk" about SB5!

Where was the governor when Sens. Bill Seitz (R) and Tim Grendell (R) spoke out against SB5 and the fact that it was an "overreach" and could cause potential litigation down the road?

Where was he when, in early August, editorials appeared in the Plain Dealer and Columbus Dispatch highlighting the fact that SB5 went too far and faces likely defeat in November.

When asked by radio talk show host Bill Cunningham in February, "Why won't you just listen to them?," the governor responded, "I've listened, I've heard, I've made a decision." Kasich even admitted on that show that he had never spoken with union leadership, rather "his people" had.

This was a publicity stunt, nothing more. The day prior to the scheduled meeting, union leaders informed Kasich they had no intention of meeting with him, yet he chose to run with this charade.

Placards with the names of four unions were placed on a table, but obviously missing from union leadership were police and firefighters. Why was that? The members of both of those organizations will be impacted by SB5.

Only after 1.3 million Ohioans signed the referendum petition did Kasich and GOP leadership decide that it was time to "talk." Brent Larkin of the Plain Dealer recently wrote, "nevertheless, some astute Republicans here privately concede that their odds of prevailing are diminishing." The lastest Quinnipac poll shows a 24-point lead in opposition to SB5.

Clearly, Kasich has shown many of us who he really is.

Debbie Rudy-Lack, Aurora