Ohio's governor did the responsible thing

Congratulations to Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland for cutting state spending to accommodate reduced income, and congratulations to the Cleveland Plain Dealer for its concise explanation of the forces at work.

The governor's reaction to lowered income should be instructive to politicians in Licking County and elsewhere: When you don't have the money to spend, you cut services and government employees. You do not further burden the already-over-burdened taxpayer by raising taxes. And you don't whine about it and send up balloons; you just do it because that's the responsible thing to do.