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The view from the Idea Center
Ohioans Against Corporate Bailouts鈥� effort to get a voter referendum on House Bill 6, the power plant bailout legislation, suffered yet another big blow yesterday when a federal judge in Columbus rejected the group鈥檚 request for more time to collect signatures.
The reason? The group sought relief from the wrong court.
that Ohioans Against Corporate Bailouts was raising questions pertaining to Ohio鈥檚 Constitution, not the U.S. Constitution, and therefore should go to a state court. He referred four legal questions arising from the matter to the Ohio Supreme Court.
The wrong court? How鈥檇 that happen?
It was another misstep for Ohioans Against Corporate Bailouts, which lost time in its signature-gathering efforts because of an improperly-written referendum question. The group also could not get its message heard over what one state Democratic leader called , and was overwhelmed by bailout supporters鈥� aggressive tactics.
We鈥檒l see what happens in the Ohio Supreme Court. According to The Columbus Dispatch, it is 鈥渘ot required to hear the case, but typically rules on such questions from federal courts.鈥�
I鈥檓 going on vacation for two weeks. I鈥檒l be spending some of it at NPR West in Culver City, California, for a convention of 鈥淢orning Edition鈥� hosts from around the country. I鈥檓 going all fan girl over the chance to meet David Greene.
While I鈥檓 away, my colleagues Rick Jackson, David C. Barnett and Marlene Harris-Taylor will be filling in.
See you Monday, Nov. 11, on the radio!
Amy Eddings
Need to KnOH
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Your ideas
Bailout opponents spent considerable time and effort trying to get a referendum on the ballot only to come up short on time and signatures 鈥� and in the wrong court. Did you sign a petition? Call us at (216) 916-6476 or post on . We'll feature some of your thoughts and comments here in Noon(ish) and on Morning Edition.
