Kinda Pissed off about Ohio GOP Rep. Wants Drug Tests For Anyone Who Seeks Unemployment Benefits
Look below the fold for a proposal we'd all prefer. (I can dream can't I)
Columbus, Ohio
Voters in Ohio are prposing a new law requiring all Ohio legislators, administration officials, and the governor pass monthly lie detector tests related to kickbacks, campaign contributions, sweetheart contracts, voter caging, and lobbying activity.
Each month government officials would be required to pass a battery of questions regarding government expenditures and legislation. Officials who failed the tests would be suspended pending further investigation and subject to recall elections.
Sample of the questions:
1. Have you accepted any campaign donations as a condition of access to your office?
2. Have you failed to report any offers of campaign donations as a prerequisite to performing a service or awarding a contract?
3. Have you discussed proposing legislation for receiving campaign contributions with anyone?
4. Have you lied to your constituents about the purpose of any proposed legislation?
5. Have you accepted campaign contributions from any interest groups without revealing the source of the contributions.
6. Have you spent time soliciting campaign contributions during normal work hours from 8:00 AM till 5:00 PM?
7. Have you or any member of your staff participated in attempts to reduce the participation of legal voters by sending false information regarding voter eligibility, time or date of elections?
The promoters of the referendum collected more than 246,000 signatures in the first 2 days. They are said to have difficulty supplying enough signature request lists.
"The phones haven't stopped ringing since we started. We have had more than 60,000 requests to volunteer to gather signatures." stated the referendum spokesman. "At this rate, we will have twice as many signatures as necessary to put it on the ballot by Thursday"
In a related development both state assembly and senate, as well as the governor have met in emergency session to propose legislation to mute the effect of the referendum.