Lots of SB5 news from around the state

Yesterday, police from all around the state held mass efforts to protest SB5. It garnered a lot of local press coverage. Here's a sampler of some of those stories;

• Toledo police and fire rally against SB5
• Valley police tie Police Memorial Week to push against SB 5
• Local law enforcement protests SB5
• Safety forces decry bargaining law, state budget cuts
• Police Memorial Week Begins With SB5 Protest
• First-responder unions meet on SB5

In related SB5 news, businesses seem to want to either back away form supporting the collective bargaining busting measure, or wholly support its repeal

• Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber CEO: 'Time to move on' from SB 5 debate
• Some small businesses pushing to repeal SB5

We should start seeing some petition signature counts in the next week or so. Don't forget to return your petition books once you are done, so the signatures you have collected can be verified and counted. There's only about 50 days left until the June 30th deadline!

Dublin SB5 Referendum Petition Signing

Invite you to sign the SB5 Referendum Petition WEDNESDAY MAY 11 5:30-6:45 p.m. at COFFMAN PARK on Coffman Park Drive (the corner of Coffman Rd and Emerald Pkwy) Please also consider attending the Dublin Schools Town Hall Meeting at Coffman High School regarding the State Budget at 7:00 p.m.

SB5 signature collection continues apace

All day today, people from all over central Ohio formed a steady stream of petitioners at OEA HQ, downtown Columbus. Volunteers from the Columbus Education Association worked shifts manning tables and assisting people signing the petitions.

Even with incessant April showers people still came to show their support for public education and express their disgust with SB5.

Ten down, 230990 more to go!

All around Ohio this weekend, citizens in their thousands lined up to sign the petitions. Here's a news sampling

• The Mahoning Valley: Valley residents among the first to sign collective bargaining bill petitions
• Youngstown: Petition Drive Against SB5 Begins in Youngstown
• Dayton: Petition drive against SB 5
• Ravenna: Ravenna council backs S.B. 5 repeal
• Columbus: Efforts Continue to Repeal SB5
• Cleveland: Cleveland: Effort to repeal SB 5 kicked off Saturday
• Toledo: Toledoans turn out to help overturn SB 5
• Cincinnati: Petition Drive Under Way To Place SB5 Before Voters
• More Cleveland: Clevelanders fight SB 5
• Even Wildwood: Petition drive draws crowd at Wildwood

Nice job to everyone who helped organize these efforts all around the state. There's a lot of work left to do, but we're off to a flying start!

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Top 3 Today

Your top 3 news stories today

1. NEW STUDY: RECKLESS BUDGET COSTING 29,000 K-12 JOBS
   29,133 jobs directly at risk
2. Two House Dems threaten legal action after funding-info request is rebuffed
   More on this tomorrow. Stay tuned!
3. Monday, Apr. 25 SB 5 referendum petition signing!
   The workers strike back!

Petition training pics and update

A packed house at JTF world HQ last night for petition training. Folks were excited and ready to go!

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Thanks to the OEA staff for taking the time to deliver the training.

We also learned that We Are Ohio have begun printing 100,000 petitions which should start being available Friday. Stay tuned.

Petition training at JTF world HQ

Now that we are just about ready to hit the streets and collect signatures to repeal S.B.5, we need to make sure everyone who is going to help is fully trained. Our adversaries are waiting to pounce on the smallest irregularity, and we're determined to not only win by a huge margin, but fair and square.

To that end, you are cordially invited to the JTF world HQ for petition training.

When: April 18th
There are two sessions to choose from:
Session 1: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Session 2: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Where: 947 Goodale Blvd., Columbus, OH. 43212

Parking is available at the rear of the building, and the training will be on the second floor.

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