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Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on October 3, 2010 a campaign video
"Ted Strickland destroyed Ohio jobs when he busted the budget."
False
By Tom Feran • October 19, 2010
Loranne Ausley
Loranne Ausley
stated on October 11, 2010 a TV ad.
"(Jeff) Atwater's busy helping his friends and wasting our tax dollars -- $48 million for a government building so lavish it's dubbed the 'Taj Mahal,' $100,000 for a golf musuem, and $110 million to build a private prison to help a big contributor."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • October 13, 2010
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on October 9, 2010 a campaign brochure distributed door to door
In 2009, "the state Legislature passed more than $5 billion in tax increases."
False
October 11, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on September 17, 2010 a posting to the state's Office of Management and Budget website
About $4.89 billion in one-time money was used to balance the current state general revenue fund budget.
False
By Aaron Marshall • September 17, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 4, 2010 a campaign speech
"We didn’t have a development director for over seven months."
False
By Reginald Fields • August 17, 2010
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 4, 2010 an interview
Says an estimate that Texas will face an $18 billion budget gap is "a number that somebody just reached up in the air and grabbed."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 10, 2010
Anitere Flores
Anitere Flores
stated on April 30, 2010 a House floor speech
For the new state budget, "Floridians have sent us $3 billion less of their funding."
False
By Lee Logan • May 5, 2010
Ben Bius
Ben Bius
stated on February 9, 2010 a radio advertisement.
Says state Sen. Steve Ogden was the "driving force behind business income tax hurting small business, crafted the Robin Hood school finance scheme making property taxes skyrocket, wrote a budget that will result in a $14 billion deficit and voted against" gun freedoms.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 17, 2010
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