Posted January 25, 200619 yr From the AP, 1/24/06: Taft focus on education in final address Wednesday's State of the State sets stage for initiative By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Associated Press COLUMBUS | Gov. Bob Taft will focus on making sure high school students are better prepared for college and the workplace in his State of the State speech Wednesday, the last of the annual addresses for the two-term governor. For more info, click the link http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/0124ohstate.html
January 25, 200619 yr From the 1/25/06 Enquirer: Address may signal Taft's loss of power BY HOWARD WILKINSON | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER When Ohio Gov. Bob Taft stands before the Ohio General Assembly today to deliver his final State of the State address, there may be few people in his audience who will have less to do with the future direction of the state than he will. For more info, click the link E-mail [email protected] http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060125/NEWS01/601250356/-1/rss
January 25, 200619 yr Let's improve the value of a high school education. Wow.... once again, reaching for the low-hanging fruit. Of course.... who doesn't want to imporve education? But where's the bold vision on this and other issues? Nowhere. This is so typical of this adminsitration and the current General Assembly (who thumbed their noses at the Ohio Suprme Court on education funding). Bland ideas from the poster child for dull.
January 27, 200619 yr ^ I couldn't agree with you more, noozer. From the 1/26/06 Toledo Blade: PHOTO: Gov. Bob Taft delivers his final State of the State address. ( ASSOCIATED PRESS ) PHOTO: Republican gubernatorial candidates Jim Petro, left, and Kenneth J. Blackwell, and former candidate Betty Montgomery hold a 'group hug,' as suggested by Mr. Blackwell, before the address. ( ASSOCIATED PRESS ) STATE OF THE STATE Taft: Raise education standards in Ohio; legislators react coolly to governor’s speech By JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU COLUMBUS — With just a passing reference to his problems of the last year, Gov. Bob Taft delivered his final State of the State address yesterday, receiving a largely lukewarm reception. For more info, click the link http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/0126statetext_html.html [/color]
January 29, 200619 yr Taft’s plan misses most crucial step: teachers Sunday, January 29, 2006 MIKE HARDEN Gov. Bob Taft threw political caution to the wind last week in his State of the State message and came out foursquare in support of better education. Political insiders say that Taft, emboldened by praise for his courageous stand, might soon endorse godliness, cleanliness, motherhood and Scouting. For more info, click the link Mike Harden is a Dispatch Metro columnist. He can be reached at 614-461-5215 or by e-mail. [email protected] http://www.dispatch.com/features-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/01/29/20060129-C1-00.html
January 30, 200619 yr Political insiders say that Taft, emboldened by praise for his courageous stand, might soon endorse godliness, cleanliness, motherhood and Scouting. LOL :laugh:
