Ohio - Breaking: Citizens locked out of Statehouse, Lawsuits being filed!

[SugarShack]

http://www.plunderbund.com/
Breaking: Citizens locked out of Statehouse, Lawsuits being filed!
by Joseph on February 22, 2011 · View Comments

Thousands are rallying in front of the Statehouse – but we’re hearing it’s nearly empty inside. No one is being allowed to enter the building and flyers are being passed out urging citizens to call John Kasich and Senate President Neihaus to tell them to “open up the Statehouse NOW.”

We’re hearing legal actions are also being taken. Don McTigue is rumored to be filing on behalf of concerned citizens, petitioning AG DeWine to open the Statehouse. If he does not comply a lawsuit will be filed asking for immediate relief.

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"It's important that people know what you stand for.
It's equally important that they know what you won't stand for. "

[FSogol]

1. K & R. n/t

[ejpoeta]

2. they don't want the images like in wisconsin. i hope they lose.

this is the people's house and they should have access.

[Dappleganger]

3. So is it the people's house or not?

Kasich: "You damn hippies, get off my lawn!"

[glinda]

30. Not when it becomes a takeover of a Government.

[blackspade]

41. The citizens of Ohio are the government..

[LaurenG]

4. Wow - how utterly surprising...

OK not really. K&R

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. I knew of the lockout not the lawsuits

do these governors realize that the whole nation is watching? It ain't gonna make them look good with a large swath of the population. It is making them look great with those who actually benefit, but still JAYSUS... there are days.

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. Even the tea party crowd is all for "open government" ...

[KansDem]

46. So they say...

But I'd imagine Wikileaks has their undies in a bind.

[Ikonoklast]

6. Kasich will give this state away to his hedge-fund buddies.

And he wants to do so with no witnesses.

[mod mom]

17. He has probably already sold the State House to a crony for a

pittance. :mad:

[Ikonoklast]

19. He already has his pals lined up to be the agents for selling our turnpike.

Fucking Republicans want to privatize everything held in common by taxpayers.


Like Mitch Daniels did in Indiana...their turnpike is now falling apart, and the foreign consortium that owns it is bankrupt.

[socialist_n_TN]

7. Sit down at the entrances.............

AND DON'T BE MOVED!

[phleshdef]

8. Ack, my wife and brother in law are down there.

[LiberalAndProud]

10. Locked out of their own house? Disgraceful!

[samplegirl]

11. Kasich said he would take it a step further and prevent

protesters. He thinks he can screw the unions silently.
Maybe the Coward should call in the National Guard!!!!

[Uncle Joe]

12. Too many cowards; that don't respect the Constitution are in power.

Thanks for the thread, SugarShack.

[samplegirl]

13. Kasich is coming here to my town...on thursday

was suppose to meet with the chamber at a restraunt and now they are talking airbase....behind gates to prevent protesters!
Everytime Bush came here he went to the airbase that was filled with Republican ticket holders!!!

[ndsgn00]

14. ...while one state west...

...Indiana Democrats have followed Wisconsin's lead and left the state for parts unknown. Glad to see people rising up against this right-wing assault on unions and their members. What's incredible to me are the number of anti-union people I've talked to who were able to have a good life because one or both of their parents were union members. Amazing!

[obxhead]

34. I had a friend who would bitch endlessly about union dues.

I had to explain to him that his much higher wages, benefits, and safety conditions more than made up for those dues. Funny, with all the bitching he was never willing to go to another company without those dues. He couldn't afford to take the pay cut even though he had to pay those evil union dues.

Welcome to DU. :hi:

[KurtNYC]

37. Too many know the price of everything but not the value of ANYTHING.

Welcome to DU.

[xchrom]

15. Recommend

[SoCalDem]

16. Let's see... How ever would republicans respond?

Like This?



or this?



or this?



or this?



or these?
(outside Gore's home during the recount nightmare)

[mod mom]

18. "patrol SWAT vehicle stationed across Third Street from the Statehouse"

With a patrol SWAT vehicle stationed across Third Street from the Statehouse and heavy security across the grounds, the patrol allowed only about 750 inside the Capitol. Seats were placed in the Atrium so the protesters could listen to the scheduled testimony of about 15 opponents to the bill at a Senate committee hearing.

-snip

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/02/22/statehouse-protest-collective-bargaining.html

WTF?

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. Kasich will NOT allow this to become

Madison... it is transparent

[mod mom]

21. That asshole talks about budget cuts but instead of moving into the Governors Mansion

has had taxpayers finance the security at his 10 acre estate so he can remain there. Such an asshole!

[socialist_n_TN]

24. Well things are such that it COULD become a ..........

choice of Madison or Libya. I think that things are poised on a knife edge right now.

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Yep

[Tatiana]

22. These Republican governors are letting the world see America has its own home grown dictators.

It's ludicrous to lock the people out of their own house.

They should file the lawsuit immediately. This cannot be legal.

[Rex]

23. Why does our government hate us so?

What did we do to get shit upon by so many politicians? Simply wanting a retirement now is nuff to send Repuke scumbags into a fascist frenzy? Jesus Howard Craft, we really are moving forward toward oblivion.

Pathetic. America stands for the rich and mega-corporations now. Fuck the working class, fuck the small business owners. :mad:

Fuck them.

[Maeve]

26. Whose house? OUR HOUSE!!!--just came home from there

A wonderful show of solidarity and democracy; the right to assemble (and yes, it has been very peaceful).

[Rex]

27. You rock!

[lfairban]

28. Update:

As regular Ohioans were locked out of the Statehouse in the cold; Republicans were being wined and dined in the Statehouse basement

After lawsuit threat, protesters allowed into Ohio Statehouse

[Manifestor_of_Light]

29. Jeez.

My father was born in NE Ohio so that makes me one-half Ohioan, or in Texas, one-half Damn Yankee.

I love the Midwestern solidness of Ohioans and I only felt at home and among MY PEOPLE when I was with my dad, and his sister and brother, in Ashtabula. It was a profound experience.

[djp2]

31. RECALL

Why aren't we hearing more about recalls beginning...I know in WI subject of recall has to have been in office 1 year...what bout those REpugs House and Senate members? Get those petitions going now!

[ChoppinBroccoli]

32. Unfortunately, It Can't Happen

I've been researching this issue in the hope that I could help spur a recall of Kasich, but it's simply not allowed under Ohio law. In Ohio, State-elected officials cannot be recalled. Only non-State-elected officials can be (i.e. County-elected, City-elected, Municipality-elected, et al.) And even then, you're required to wait a full year before you can begin the recall process. So unless Kasich wanders over the line and does something impeachable, we're stuck with him for 4 solid years of this nonsense.

[femrap]

44. Damn.....I really

thought we could RECALL this ass. :mad: :puke: :wtf: :argh: :hurts: :nuke: :cry: :banghead:

[defendandprotect]

33. kr --

THANK YOU FOR THE HEARTS -- AND ANOTHER :hug: --

[Blacksheep214]

35. Hey Ohio!

:wtf:

Who the hell are you guys voting for?

Or can't the majority of Ohioans be bothered to do that?

Like Wisconsin, the Retards will try to take the vote away too!

USE IT!

Boehner? Really?

Idiot!

[EnviroBat]

40. The Stupid is a powerful force here in Ohio.

I hate living in this state, and it isn't because of the weather or the scenery...

[Major Hogwash]

36. Did Kasich crawl back under his rock?

What a slug!!

[JJW]

38. The fight is only beginning

This is what corporate person-hood is. Billions of corporate and have-more dollars (that evade taxation) devoted to destroying American living wages.

[EnviroBat]

39. The protesters need to go to Kasich's house.

Cocksucker lives just down the road from me...

[Historic NY]

42. +100

[femrap]

45. +100 nt

[femrap]

43. Start RECALL PROCEDURES

against Kasich. He is NOT a king....he is a servant of the people. That is OUR HOUSE.