The so-called "Third Frontier" package is really just a second bite at the corporate welfare apple. It's slated to be on this November's ballot.

The "Jobs For Ohio" package got approval of the Republican controlled Ohio House 84 - 7. The Senate should be a pushover as well. Apparently, Ohio Republicans have no qualms about turning the state of Ohio into a lender. I don't know though. Look how well they've run, say the Bureau of Worker's Compensation.

According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

"The bond measure,...would ask voters to approve $2 billion in bonds for improving local infrastructure, pushing high-tech research and development and preparing large properties across the state for business development."

House Speaker Jon Husted, a suburban Dayton Republican, said scrapping the Third Frontier name places emphasis where it belongs. He said most of the money will go to basic water, sewer, road and bridge improvements while only a portion will go to high-tech grants.

I wonder what a "portion" of $2 billion is? My other question is: Isn't the state already spending money on "basic water, sewer, road and bridge improvements"? And a follow up question: How much? And this: Why wasn't enough previously budgeted to keep up with an obviously ongoing expense?

There's more.

"We don't want it to be about any one person or any one party," Husted said. "We want it to be about the future of the state and our economic growth and job creation."

Most likely it will benefit the "State's" economic growth, not yours.

Somehow I'm also supposed to feel good that Governor Taft won't be a part of the 'marketing' of this. How shrewd. Don't use a damaged politician to push a pork-filled package of political payback.

And lastly:

Rep. Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican, also won approval of an amendment that calls for a limited interpretation of a "public purpose" when grant recipients exercise eminent domain.

When, not if. So remember, when the bulldozers roll, your tax dollars are pushing them along.

This, like all big government projects, won't work the way we're told it will, it will take longer than planned, and of course, cost more than the the "experts" anticipated. Anyone want to wager on it?

When the inquisition starts, Republicans in Columbus have only themselves to blame. And once again, average Ohio Republicans will have to deal with the fallout.