Ohio Governor Silent on Right to Work
Kasich still isn’t biting on questions related to efforts to ban mandatory union membership and dues payments, via right-to-work petitions being circulated in the state for the next general election.
“I’ll just say it one more time,” he said. “We have a very aggressive agenda that’s moving Ohio in the right direction – higher ed reform, K-12 reform, our school funding, our whole job-training initiatives, the ability to take care of infrastructure. That is my focus, period.”
Pressed on whether he would support an effort by proponents to place the issue on the November 2013 ballot, Kasich would only respond, “When you have a focus, you have to focus on your agenda. That’s what I’m focused on. Think of me as a horse trying to run to the finish line with blinders on. I’m not looking at any horse next to me. If I just do this, Ohio is going to be in much better shape, and focus is an awful lot about what this job is about.”