Kasich Tells Residents They Are On Their Own

* Has Gov. John Kasich has given up on bringing jobs into Ohio?
  CoshoctonTribune:

Gov. John Kasich today told Coshocton residents it's up to them to bring new jobs into the community.

The government throwing money at high unemployment is not the best solution, Kasich said during an event at the Medbery Marketplace in Roscoe Village. He said local business owners will have to step up to tackle the problem, encouraging anyone with ideas to bring them to his office.

Coshocton's unemployment rate was 10 percent in December, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Muskingum County's was 10.7 percent.....  

Is Kasich telling us that his JobsOhio is a failure?  If it is all up to the residents to solve their unemployment problems, why did Kasich give millions of tax dollars to Bob Evans, Diebold, American Greetings, etc., etc.?  

Here is a great slogan for the 2014 Kasich re-election campaign----

"I'm Out of Ideas- You're On Your Own"

If you only listened to Gov. Kasich and watched Fox News, you might not know the truth. Despite the fact that Kasich continues to pat himself on the back, the layoffs are still happening in the state.  More layoffs, not yet noted at the ODJFS warn notice page, will be occurring at Eastman Kodak in the Miami Valley Research Park, according to the Dayton Daily News.

*  Ohio Republicans and conservatives are trying to get practically absent Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel elected to the U.S. Senate.  Mandel, rarely found in Ohio, has become a jet setter with his fundraising parties from one end of the country to another.  Many voters are realizing that Mandel's legislative experience is fluff.

As I've written before, Mandel's legislative experience is weak.  Republican Josh Mandel was the primary sponsor of only 4 bills while he served in the Ohio House of Representatives.  In the 128th General Assembly, Mandel and Jay Goyal sponsored HB 123 (there are no recorded votes on HB 123) and HB 171 (HB 171 never came up for a vote).   Both HB 123 and HB 171 were assigned to a committee, but nothing else happened to his legislation.

Mandel's activity in the 127th session, wasn't noteworthy either.  Mandel only sponsored 2 bills, HB 151 (there was no vote on HB 151) and HB 644 (there was never a vote taken on HB 644). HB 151 and HB 644 never came before the entire Ohio House for a vote. On the other hand, according to Govtrack, Sen. Sherrod Brown has sponsored 32 bills in the U.S. Senate just in the 112th Congress (2011-2012).