Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Way to Go!

It appears that Democratic Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy's effort to bring jobs to Columbus has paid off. Kilroy had written a letter to Chase when it appeared that they planned to send jobs overseas.
Dispatch (April 3, 2009):

....The letter exchange began March 13 when Kilroy contacted Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.

She wrote that members of Congress were "outraged by the potential actions of your company to outsource tens of thousands of U.S. jobs" after accepting $25 billion in federal bailout funding.

Kilroy made reference to a newspaper report that Chase plans to spend $400 million on jobs in India....

Today, we have this news, as published at 10tv.com:

JPMorgan Chase will add at least 1,150 new jobs to central Ohio as it expands operations over the next three years, the company announced Tuesday.

According to news release issued by Chase, at least 1,000 of the new jobs will be in Columbus. The rest of the positions will be created in Westerville.

As incentive, the company is being offered about $20.5 million in tax breaks from Ohio, Columbus and Westerville, 10TV's Tino Ramos reported.....

Mary Jo Kilroy should get some credit for getting those jobs here.