This November, Ohio voters will decide whether Senate Bill 5 lives or dies. Early polling has Ohio leaning toward repealing the controversial collective bargaining bill, and while that very well come to fruition, each side continues to battle for the hearts and minds of voters, and newspapers continue to weigh in with opinions.
The Columbus Dispatch, for example, published an editorial this past Sunday on the issue, and the paper, long viewed as leaning to the right and falling in line behind Governor Kasich, said that a movement was afoot for a compromise between the two sides, including Kasich, but labor pulled away. The report from the editorial, via Plunderbund:
This article appears in Aug 10-16, 2011.
Damn another example of liberal (?) media spin.
Kind of recalls the Plain Dealer’s little snafu with their 2004 presidential endorsement, when the publisher overruled the editorial board and dictated that they would endorse George Bush. After news got out and he was embarrassed, the paper tried to save face by writing an editorial endorsing neither. That was awkward.