Ohio lawmakers now realize SB5's flaws
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To the editor:
It is encouraging to read that our governor, Senate president, and speaker of the House have begun reaching out to unions after recognizing that Senate Bill 5 is deeply flawed.
Now that a citizens’ veto is looking quite certain, perhaps they could call the Legislature back into session and repeal this hasty pudding they came up with behind locked doors.
That would deflect some of the animosity that this style of politics is clearly capable of generating.
My son-in-law and I were among the thousands of citizens demonstrating our displeasure outside the state Capitol, and it was mighty cold out there. There has developed a major lack of trust through this bill and the current efforts to disenfranchise Ohio voters.
Why resort to removing legislative members from committees? Why deny us the right to testify on the bill? Why try to split the referendum into pieces on the ballot, and attempt to confuse voters by ignoring our constitution on whether this should be a yes or a no vote?
As Justice Brandeis observed, “If the broad light of day could be let in upon men’s actions, it would purify them as the sun disinfects.”
My experience in teaching and my wife’s in social work have clearly informed us that our public professionals deserve the best conditions and compensation, but unfortunately, they still have to bargain in good faith to get the support they need in helping the most vulnerable among us.
Sincerely,
J. Kevin Bruce
Bainbridge[[In-content Ad]]
It is encouraging to read that our governor, Senate president, and speaker of the House have begun reaching out to unions after recognizing that Senate Bill 5 is deeply flawed.
Now that a citizens’ veto is looking quite certain, perhaps they could call the Legislature back into session and repeal this hasty pudding they came up with behind locked doors.
That would deflect some of the animosity that this style of politics is clearly capable of generating.
My son-in-law and I were among the thousands of citizens demonstrating our displeasure outside the state Capitol, and it was mighty cold out there. There has developed a major lack of trust through this bill and the current efforts to disenfranchise Ohio voters.
Why resort to removing legislative members from committees? Why deny us the right to testify on the bill? Why try to split the referendum into pieces on the ballot, and attempt to confuse voters by ignoring our constitution on whether this should be a yes or a no vote?
As Justice Brandeis observed, “If the broad light of day could be let in upon men’s actions, it would purify them as the sun disinfects.”
My experience in teaching and my wife’s in social work have clearly informed us that our public professionals deserve the best conditions and compensation, but unfortunately, they still have to bargain in good faith to get the support they need in helping the most vulnerable among us.
Sincerely,
J. Kevin Bruce
Bainbridge[[In-content Ad]]