"They walked out on everything," he said. "They walked out on the Simpson-Bowles, they walked on the Group of Six, they walked out on the Biden talks, and they just walked out on the president's grand deal. This idea that both sides are to blame … the president put on the table some terribly painful things; Democrats didn't walk out."
Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. When will the Republicans grow up to face reality? Boehner and Cantor are more interested in helping billionaires, and saving tax cuts for private jet owners than protecting Social Security and Medicare for retired grandmas and grandpas. Shame on the Republicans!
*** Business First:
Gov. John Kasich has tapped some big hitters from Ohio’s corporate scene to serve as board members for JobsOhio, the new private, nonprofit entity that will direct state government’s economic development efforts.....
• Mark Kvamme, partner, Sequoia Capital
, and Kasich’s director of jobs creation.
, and Kasich’s director of jobs creation.• Bob McDonald, CEO of Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG).
• Gary Heminger, CEO of Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC).
• Steven Davis, CEO, Bob Evans (NASDAQ:BOBE).
• James Boland, retired vice chairman of Ernst & Young LLP and former CEO of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Gund Arena Co. He will serve as the board’s chairman.
and former CEO of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Gund Arena Co. He will serve as the board’s chairman.• Dr. Martin Harris, chief information officer of the Cleveland Clinic .
.• Pam Springer, CEO of Manta Media Inc., a Columbus-based provider of online business listings.....
Gov. Kasich provided super tax breaks for some on this list, and now he appoints them to a special board that uses tax money.
Dispatch reported the following-----
....Bob Evans also was offered an incentive package from the state that includes a research-and-development investment loan of $3 million; a job-creation tax credit of $2.4 million; a research-and-development investment-tax credit of $1.05 million; a roadwork-development (629) account (to Columbus) for $750,000; a rapid-outreach grant of $250,000; and a work-force guarantee of $250,000, said Bethany McCorkle, a Development Department spokeswoman.....
Dispatch reported about Marathon's tax credit gift from Kasich-----
...Marathon Petroleum will get a 75 percent, 15-year job retention tax credit from the state to keep its 1,650 employees in Findlay and a 60 percent, 10-year job creation tax credit the company says will allow it to hire 100 new employees.
The company also will benefit from an interpretation of Ohio's commercial activity tax included in the state's transportation budget exempting exchanges or transfers of gasoline from the tax.....
There is an expression that is similar to this----"I'll scratch your back, if you scratch mine." It looks like Kasich and Kwamme are looking for some returns. Will members of this board get bonuses as Kasich originally proposed?
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**** Even though Josh Mandel says he is focused on his job as Ohio Treasurer, people know that his activities in campaigning, fundraising, and recent attacks on Sen. Sherrod Brown, demonstrate his lack of interest in his current job. Josh Mandel wants to run against Sen. Sherrod Brown, even though he won't admit it.
What kind of a legislator was Mandel? According to Votesmart.org, Mandel voted against HB 9: Tenants Protection During Foreclosure:
-Requires a landlord to notify tenants within sixty days after a foreclosure action is filed that the property may be sold at auction. The landlord must also notify tenants of the date, time and place of the sale at least twenty-one days in advance (Sec. 1).
-Mandates that any rental agreement for a residential property that has been sold under a foreclosure action shall convert to a month-to-month rental agreement. To terminate this agreement, written notification must be provided 30 days before the date on which the rent payment is normally due (Sec. 1).
-Mandates that any rental agreement for a residential property that has been sold under a foreclosure action shall convert to a month-to-month rental agreement. To terminate this agreement, written notification must be provided 30 days before the date on which the rent payment is normally due (Sec. 1).
Josh Mandel is against tenants being given fair treatment if the property they are renting is sold, or in foreclosure, and possibly up at auction????? Doesn't Mandel care about renters and their families? Does he prefer that families be kicked out without notice and become homeless?
Where does Mandel stand on SB 5? He still has not stated. I don't think that Ohioans will vote for someone who refuses to verify whether they support this controversial bill.