More Jobs Stopped by Kasich

 *  While Gov. John Kasich has been messing around with the casino owners on trying to renegotiate the tax plan that was addressed in the state referendum, more casinos are stopping the construction of their multi-million dollar complexes. How many construction jobs went down the tubes this time? 

Bizjournals:

The company developing voter-approved casinos in Cincinnati and Cleveland is putting construction at both sites on ice as a fight over the sites' level of taxation rages on, the Cincinnati Business Courier reports.....

.....The company said in its statement that the provision has "created an environment of uncertainty concerning the projected economic vitality of our planned developments." Gov. John Kasich, who pushed for the amendment, has insisted the state got a raw deal when the four-casino plan was approved with a 33 percent tax rate.

 Thanks for holding up the jobs and the economic development, Gov. Kasich.  How many more jobs are you planning to kill like you did with the rail project?

* Just as GM announces plans for expansion, Gov. John Kasich has to run to try to get the credit for the additional hiring that will take place.  Unfortunately for Kasich, he opposed President Obama's auto loan program that has American car companies reaping the rewards. Don't be fooled by Kasich's sudden interest in the auto industry, he was against President Obama's economic stimulus too.


>>>>> Here is some good news from Bizjournals:  Someone just got "dissed."

....The FOP board said it voted this weekend to retract its endorsement of Sen. Shannon Jones, who sponsored Senate Bill 5. The group said it felt betrayed by Jones, who allegedly told them she wasn't a proponent of collective bargaining “but believed that police and fire were different.”

Shannon Jones never quite gave us the full explanation of which group/individual/lobbyist helped her write SB 5.

******  Are you ready for another dumb idea from the Ohio Republicans? They are pushing legislation to allow guns in bars.  (See the Middletown Journal) Can you imagine a more toxic environment--- guns & alcohol?  It might be just another reason to stay home and have something to drink.


*****  Has anyone seen any job creation legislation penned by Republican Rep. Steve Stivers yet?  Is he still meeting with and/or  catering to the wishes of the banking lobbyists and the Koch Brothers?  Stivers, who voted against consumer protection laws as a state senator, is doing his best to protect all those big business contributors.  He is even part of a group of Republicans that receive special written legislation handed out by ALEC (the group assembled by the Koch Brothers to protect their corporation and others).  Check out BecauseICan.