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January 09, 2007
Ohio governor vetoes anti-consumer lead paint bill
[UPDATED] On his first day in office, Ohio's new governor Ted Strickland took advantage of a procedural error by his predecessor to veto an anti-consumer bill (Columbus Dispatch) limiting the liability of lead paint manufacturers: "This legislation weakens both consumer protections and corporate accountability, and I will not allow it to go into law, in its current form, during my administration," Strickland said. "Ohio's consumers must be allowed to hold companies fully responsible if a company has a product that harms Ohioans, especially children." Expect a legal challenge, of course, but it's encouraging, even exciting, to see a governor standing up strongly for consumer rights over the well-funded corporate campaign to restrict them. UPDATE (6pm, 9 Jan 07): I've been told that this bill, if it were to take effect, is worse than a lead paint dealer protection act. It would weaken the entire Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act by, among other things, limiting the ability of consumers to recover damages in numerous circumstances, including predatory lending and predatory auto financing cases.
Posted by Ed Mierzwinski at January 9, 2007 06:31 AM
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