After receiving an annoying or threatening telephone call, most government officials would get an unlisted home telephone number. Marc Dann’s staffer, Brian Laliberte, got an expensive taxpayer funded security system.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol investigated Mr. Laliberte’s call and concluded it was unfounded. Nonetheless, Mr. Dann set an imprudent precedent. […]

The following video offers State Senator Kevin Coughlin’s perspective on the $52.4 billion state budget. We encourage all legislators who have produced similar videos to send a link to Eye on the Statehouse.
The Buckeye Institute recently recognized Sen. Coughlin for his leadership on the special needs voucher provision passed by the Ohio House […]

The Dispatch’s Ann Fisher had a piece last week detailing spending out of public coffers by Attorney General Marc Dann and his predecessors, Republican and Democrat, for a booth, sponsorship and a parade slot in Columbus’s Fourth of July festivities.
Good stuff, but what puts Fisher in the running for our Pistol of the Week award […]

Each Friday, Eye on the Statehouse announces its “Porker of the Week.” It’s our way of calling attention to a particularly big or wasteful spender.
Over the next biennium, the state of Ohio will spend $52.37 billion, including millions of dollars in pork.
Ohioans, through the state budget, will continue to provide corporate welfare to […]