Retrieved from the Columbus Dispatch, May 4, 1996 (from Columbus Library):
....In the 12th District, which includes northeastern Franklin County, western Licking County and all of Delaware County, Democrat Cynthia L. Ruccia of Bexley said opposition to an increase by U.S. Rep. John R. Kasich of Westerville is "more evidence he is out of touch with people in central Ohio."
She said Kasich and 217 other Republicans blocked a floor vote on a Democratic proposal to raise the minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.15 an hour....
This is proof that the Kasich of 1996 was out of touch with regular people just as he is out of touch today. Kasich doesn't get it. While he'll work to get tax cuts to millionaires, eliminate 11,000 state workers, and remove funding to counties, cities, and villages by removing the state income tax, your local city taxes will skyrocket. How are local governments expected to make up the millions of dollars they'll lose without state funding?