November 11, 2011 AkronNewsNow.com post-election analysis of Issue 2 includes expert commentary from John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences. Text and video are available at http://akronnewsnow.com/news/local/item/9240-state-issue-2-post-election-analysis .
November 10, 2011 John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is noted in an Akron Beacon Journal editorial on off-year auguries. Text is available at http://www.ohio.com/editorial/the-perils-of-off-year-auguries-1.244624 . Dr. Green is quoted in a Detroit Free Press story on voters being wary ofchange, http://www.freep.com/article/20111110/NEWS15/111100473/To-some-election-outcomes-around-nation-suggest-voters-wary-change ; and a New York Times story on collective bargaining issues, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/us/politics/ohio-vote-on-collective-bargaining-is-parsed-for-2012-omens.html.
Stephen Brooks, Bliss Institute associate director and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in a Cleveland Plain Dealerstory on Issues 2 and 3. Text is available at http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/11/ohio_voters_send_mixed_signals.html.
November 9, 2011 John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in articles on the defeat of Issue 2 available from the Akron Beacon Journal, http://www.ohio.com/news/local-news/state-issue-2-rejected-by-2-1-margin-1.244560 ; Cleveland Plain Dealer, http://www.cleveland.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/11/senate_bill_5_repeal_sets_tabl.html ; Youngstown Vindicator, http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/nov/09/buckeye-voters-set-table-for–election/?newswatch ; Bloomberg, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-09/ohio-repeals-union-law-to-set-stage-for-2012.html ; Kent Patch.com, http://kent.patch.com/articles/analysis-issue-2-never-stood-a-chance ; Governing.com, http://www.governing.com/blogs/politics/what-does-no-ohio-issue-2-mean-for-future-elections.html ; San Francisco Chronicle, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/11/08/bloomberg_articlesLUBD596KLVRM.DTL ; BusinessWeek, http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-09/ohio-repeals-union-law-as-u-s-voters-reject-leaders-policies.html ; and Boston Herald, http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/midwest/view/20111109ohio_gop_may_revisit_issue_of_collective_bargaining_after_election_defeat/srvc=news&position=also.
David Cohen, Bliss Institute fellow and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is was interviewed for coverage of the defeat of Issue 2 in the Wisconsin Badger-Herald, http://badgerherald.com/news/2011/11/08/ohio_votes_down_limi.php ; WKSU-FM, http://www.wksu.org/news/story/29892 ; and Minnesota Public Radio http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/11/09/midmorning3/.
November 8, 2011 John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, was interviewed for a Marketplace story on Issue 2. Text and audio are available at http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/11/08/am-ohio-to-vote-on-collective-bargaining/?refid=0 . Dr. Green also is quoted in articles on Issue 2 from Public News Service, http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/23139-1 ; Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/133386198.html ; and Bloomberg, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-08/ohio-vote-on-kasich-s-union-law-may-set-tone-for-2012-national-elections.html.
November 7, 2011 John Green, Bliss Institute director and distinguished professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, volunteers at the OPEN-M food pantry.This Akron Beacon Journal story is available at http://www.ohio.com/news/local/popular-political-scientist-opens-his-faithful-heart-at-open-m-1.243791 . Dr. Green also is quoted in a Dayton Daily News story on Issue 2, http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-news/issue-2-to-shape-2012issue-2-to-shape-2012-election-1280616.html; a Daily Beast story on labor political fundraising, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/06/labor-amasses-war-chest-to-fight-ohio-collective-bargaining-measure.html ; a Toledo Blade story on Gov. Kasich campaigning for Issue 2, http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2011/11/05/Kasich-plugs-Issue-2-to-friendly-crowd.html ; a Cincinnati Enquirer story on Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel’s fundraising efforts for his senate campaign, http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20111104/NEWS01/111050329/Ohio-Senate-candidate-gets-Carolina-patron?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE ; and a Huffington Post story on evangelicals in the 2012 election, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-i-pinsky/jews-evangelicals-and-2012-elections_b_1076454.html .
Stephen Brooks, Bliss Institute associate director and professor of political science in UA’s Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, is quoted in an Akron Beacon Journal story on Akron mayoral campaign spending, http://www.ohio.com/news/local/spending-in-akron-mayoral-race-breaks-records-tops-500-000-1.243991 ; StateImpact (NPR) story on Issue 2, http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2011/11/07/getting-to-the-bottom-of-the-facts-about-issue-2/ ; WKSU-FM story on Issue 2, http://www.wksu.org/news/story/29842.