A RARE opportunity in Ohio

Rarely do voters in any state get to confront the arrogance and greed of public employee unions at the ballot box.


When taxpayers get that chance, as in Wisconsin (the birthplace of government worker unions), they vote to defeat government of, by and for the staff and re-institute government of, by and for the people.


Such an opportunity is now before the voters of Ohio.

Issue 2 on the Nov. 8 ballot is a referendum by WeAreOhio.com of Senate Bill 5, which was championed by Ohio's new Republican governor, John Kasich, and passed last March by the new Republican majority in the Ohio Legislature.

S.B. 5 removes pension and health issues from collective bargaining while retaining collective bargaining rights for wages and hours for about 400,000 government workers in Ohio.

S.B. 5 prohibits public worker strikes, prohibits government unions from charging "fair share" dues to employees who opt out of union membership, and authorizes increases in government employee contributions (up to 15 percent) for health insurance and pensions.

A "yes" vote will keep S.B. 5, and a "no" vote will repeal it.

A similar reform effort in Wisconsin resulted in a nationally televised confrontation but has resulted in "unexpectedly" balanced budgets in school districts and city governments. School teachers have not been fired, cops are on the beat, firefighters at the ready.

Wisconsin has fallen out of the national media because Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicans were right and the unions were wrong. Reform has saved teacher jobs that were in jeopardy because of falling tax revenues.

Hey....Here is a short Police STOP Story.

An elderly man is stopped by the police around 1 a. m. and is asked where he is going at this time of night.

The man replies, "I am going to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body."

The officer then asks, "Really? Who is giving that lecture at this time of night?"

The man replies, "That would be my wife..

Mexico returns 400 of 513 migrants found in trucks

This handout X-ray photo, provided by Chiapas State Attorney General Office, shows, according to the attorney's office, migrants from Latin America and Asia inside a truck heading to the US at a checkpoint near Tuxtla Gutierrez, in Mexico's southern Chiapas state, Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Police in Chiapas state found over 500 migrants Tuesday inside two trailer trucks.

FRIGHTENING ...........

Italian police arrest 2 Japanese smuggling $134 billion in bonds into Switzerland

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – 3 hours ago

ROME — Italian authorities say they have arrested two Japanese men who allegedly tried to bring $134 billion (C96 billion) worth of undeclared U.S. bonds into Switzerland.

Anti-fraud police in Como, near the Swiss border, said Monday the men hid the bonds in the bottom of a suitcase. They were caught in Chiasso's train station June 3 after an inspection.

Police said the two suspects were carrying a total of 259 bonds, including 10 with a value of $1 billion (C721 million) each and 249 with a value of $500 million (C357 million).

Police said they were checking whether the bonds are authentic. If they are found to be real, the two men could face a fine of C38 billion ($53 billion).

Copyright © 2009 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.

DOES THIS WORRY ANYONE?
ARE THEY REAL?
WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?
134 BILLION?
IF THEY ARE FAKE, WHO IS PRINTING THEM?
IF THEY ARE REAL, ???????????????????????
THIS JUST GOT A LITTLE MENTION IN THE NEWS ....... KINDA WORRIES ME!
IF THEY ARE REAL, HECK OF A FINE ..... 53 BILLION ..... WILL HELP BALANCE SOME ONE'S BUDGET .....Can you imagine this headline .............

COLUMBUS OHIO POLICE ARREST TWO JAPANESE SMUGGLING 134 BILLION IN BONDS

AND THEY ARE REAL ..... COLUMBUS GETS 53 BILLION TO SPEND ..... AND THEY SPEND IT ALL ON HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION ................