Could the sometimes crazy behavior of our Ohio officials and lawmakers in Columbus possibly be drug-fueled or alcohol related? Two Democratic legislators are proposing we find out. State senator Nina Turner of Cleveland and state representative Bob Hagan of Youngstown have put together two separate bills that would call for drug testing legislators.
Hagan’s proposed law goes even further and would also mandate testing for officeholders statewide, including the governor, Supreme Court Justices, and JobsOhio board members. All would be tested for alcohol too. Hagan’s inspiration for that is presumably the recent rash of alcohol-fueled antics among his fellow legislators.
With either bill, state officials failing a drug or alcohol test would be subject to a dock in pay.
This article appears in Sep 14-20, 2011.
Thank you for posting this, people do not understand the cost of something like this at all. I work for the state in IT, and just imagine how much it would cost us to put functionality into our computer systems to track, report, send notices, etc.
I would guess a LOT of money.
In these times, to do something so fiscally irresponsible is beyond belief.