Editorial: Resist restrictions on Gov.-elect Acton
Gov. Mike DeWine’s advice for the lame-duck legislative sessions, set before Governor-elect Acton takes office Jan. 11, is solid and should be followed. As Blade Columbus Bureau Chief Danny Eldredge reported in a front page Friday story, Mr. DeWine is warning Republican lawmakers not to tamper with gubernatorial powers in an effort to curtail Dr. Acton’s executive authority. “I’ve spent the last eight years trying to get companies to come into Ohio, and stability and some predictability is something that is very, very valuable,” he said. Read more Blade editorials While Republicans currently have the power to override a veto from Mr. DeWine, if it comes to that, GOP lawmakers would be foolish to use that power to impede the first woman elected governor in Ohio history while damaging the state’s economic development narrative. There are bills Republicans have introduced that would limit state agency rule-making and impose spending limits without legislative approval. There’s no need for either of these bills because the Joint Committee on Agency Rule, a House and Senate oversight body, already requires legislative approval of executive agency rules to implement laws passed by the General Assembly. On spending issues, the legislature has the long established Ohio
