More Job Losses in Ohio?

There is a potential job disaster in Monroe County, Ohio. The operator of a large aluminum plant has been waiting, and waiting, and waiting for a response from Gov. John Kasich, JobsOhio, AEP, and the PUCO, regarding electricity rates. Even though this has been going on for months, Kasich & Co. seem to be dragging their feet.

Here is an editorial from TimesLeaderOnline:

...Tom Byers, USW Local 5724 president, said Ormet is the third largest aluminum smelter in the country and the plant has a $238 million economic impact....

...Unfortunately, Kasich, PUCO and AEP have their collective heads buried in the sand, refusing to discuss potential remedies....

....With that being the case, we do not understand why Kasich will not go to bat for the aluminum maker. Having Ormet pay a fair price for electricity while saving a 1,000 jobs is a no-brainer....

Why won't Kasich and the related parties act? Are the executives of Ormet not major contributors to the Republican Party? Does Kasich not care about job losses in the Ohio Valley? Does the fact that the area has more Democratic voters than Republicans make it uninteresting to Kasich & Co.?

**** Democratic candidate for Ohio Governor, Ed Fitzgerald, has been visiting voters all over Ohio explaining why a change is needed in Columbus.
Advertiser-Tribune:

Gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald spoke to Seneca County Democrats about Gov. John Kasich's economy and his campaign platform in Fostoria Saturday.

He started his public service career by becoming a special agent with the FBI. As an agent, he was assigned to the Organized Crime Task Force in Chicago. There, he investigated political corruption and mafia influence, including stopping the Cicero crime syndicate. After his service, he returned to Ohio and served as assistant county prosecutor and mayor of Lakewood. After the establishment of the county council in 2009 to eliminate corruption among the board of county commissioners, FitzGerald was voted county executive....

...One of FitzGerald's main points against Kasich was the JobsOhio program and the corruption found within the program. He said public money is going into a private corporation. Because of this shift, the public then does not know what is done with the state money, since it is placed into private hands.

"We're not allowed to know," he said....

Kasich doesn't want Ohioans to know how our tax money is being spent. Ridiculous.