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    Sick Days are popular, bonds not so much

    The Dispatch wrote Sick-day proposal popular

    Ohioans split on Strickland’s idea to sell bonds to add jobs

    Monday, March 10, 2008

    BY DARREL ROWLAND

    Even with the lure of 80,000 new jobs, Ohioans are far from sold on Gov. Ted Strickland’s $1.7 billion economic-stimulus plan.

    A proposal to require most Ohio employers to provide at least seven sick days wins more support.

    A Dispatch Poll of nearly 4,500 registered Democrats and Republicans just before the Ohio primary showed varying opinions on both issues, which could share the November general-election ballot.

    A small majority of Democrats said they at least “probably” would vote for the Democratic governor’s bond-selling plan, while nearly half of Republicans said they would at least “probably” vote against it. However, a quarter or more of each party’s respondents said they don’t know enough about the idea to take a position.

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