We know that Republican candidate, Josh Mandel, has been campaigning his pro-job creator agenda to those individuals and companies that supported and contributed to the
anti-working class/pro-SB 5/Issue 2 agenda. Now is Josh Mandel playing like a lap dog to outsourcers?
Republican Josh Mandel, the Ohio Treasurer that is rarely found in his office, was involved in a conference call with Invacare, and the lobbying group, Ohio Coal Association, according to the Morning Journal. Invacare is a company that has routinely cut jobs in Ohio, and then outsourced them to China and Mexico. If you check an Invacare wheelchair or walker, you'll see a "Made in China" sticker on it.
Josh Mandel's "jobs tour" has been nothing more than photo opportunities with businesses and owners that already are supporters of the Republican pro-business, anti-human being agenda. In checking Open Secrets, you can see that the Ohio Coal Association contributed $4000 to the Josh Mandel campaign, as of April 30, 2012. Also, individuals that are employed by Invacare have contributed to the Mandel campaign (see Open Secrets).
Here is a partial list from Open Secrets:
| MIXON, A MALACHI CHAGRIN FALLS,OH 44022 | INVACARE CORPORATION/EXECUTIVE | 8/20/11 | $2,500 | Mandel, Josh (R) |
| MIXON, A MALACHI CHAGRIN FALLS,OH 44022 | INVACARE CORPORATION/EXECUTIVE | 8/20/11 | $2,500 | Mandel, Josh (R) |
Josh Mandel's whole campaign has focused on talking to business owners, PACs, local Chambers of Commerce, and local GOP county groups. Why hasn't he reached out to office workers, teachers, carpenters, sales clerks, nurses, etc.? Is he afraid that his pro-business agenda will turn them off? Is he worried that voters will see that he isn't really interested in their issues? Is Mandel campaigning to represent voters or businesses??? For some reason, given his emphasis on business owners, I think Mandel really doesn't care about you or me.
>>>> As another example of how poorly Gov. Kasich's JobsOhio is working, we see more layoffs are occurring in the state. The following information is from the Warn Notices posted at the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services---
ODJFS Warn Notices:
5/29/2012
RG Steel LLC
City: Warren (County: Trumball)
1020 layoffs
5/29/2012
RG Steel LLC, Wheeling
City: Steubenville, Martins Ferry, Yorkville (County: Jefferson & Belmont)
534 layoffs
5/21/2012
AVI Foodsystems, Inc
City: Cleveland & Ashtabula (County: Cuyahoga & Ashtabula)
803 layoffs
Kasich and the Republicans aren't doing anything to help Ohioans.