The Toledo Blade has done some investigative reporting about the money given out for job development. In a series of articles, the Toledo Blade has unmasked some of the failures of funding job development in Ohio.
ToledoBlade:
....Three years after it received almost $3 million from the state of Ohio, Buckeye Silicon has failed to launch....
ToledoBlade:
The state of Ohio has little idea whether the loans and grants it awards to businesses actually spur job growth,.....
Take a few minutes to read the articles and stay informed about how our tax money is being spent.
* State Rep. Matt Lynch (OH-R) has come out against any compensation to the kidnapped victims of Ariel Castro. ABC News has the detail. If you recall, Matt Lynch was the lawmaker that made of fool of himself when he appeared on MSNBC-TV.
In
the case of Willard & Kelsey Solar Group, a defunct Perrysburg
solar-panel manufacturer that received $10 million in state loans, the
state was unaware the firm laid off its staff in January, 2012. Willard
& Kelsey’s 2011 annual report, which was filed with the state in
May, 2012, stated the firm had 59 employees as of December, 2010.
Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2013/10/27/State-does-little-to-track-jobs-from-loans.html#04jHVirpRwfBBm0P.99
Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2013/10/27/State-does-little-to-track-jobs-from-loans.html#04jHVirpRwfBBm0P.99
In
the case of Willard & Kelsey Solar Group, a defunct Perrysburg
solar-panel manufacturer that received $10 million in state loans, the
state was unaware the firm laid off its staff in January, 2012. Willard
& Kelsey’s 2011 annual report, which was filed with the state in
May, 2012, stated the firm had 59 employees as of December, 2010.
Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2013/10/27/State-does-little-to-track-jobs-from-loans.html#04jHVirpRwfBBm0P.99
Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2013/10/27/State-does-little-to-track-jobs-from-loans.html#04jHVirpRwfBBm0P.99
Republican
Gov. John Kasich and the General Assembly eliminated the Ohio
Department of Development and created the downsized Development Services
Agency in September, 2012. Some of the work that was performed by the
former Department of Development is now conducted in private by
JobsOhio, a nonprofit agency created by legislators to drive economic
development.
Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2013/10/27/State-does-little-to-track-jobs-from-loans.html#04jHVirpRwfBBm0P.99
Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2013/10/27/State-does-little-to-track-jobs-from-loans.html#04jHVirpRwfBBm0P.99
Republican
Gov. John Kasich and the General Assembly eliminated the Ohio
Department of Development and created the downsized Development Services
Agency in September, 2012. Some of the work that was performed by the
former Department of Development is now conducted in private by
JobsOhio, a nonprofit agency created by legislators to drive economic
development.
Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2013/10/27/State-does-little-to-track-jobs-from-loans.html#04jHVirpRwfBBm0P.99
Read more at http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2013/10/27/State-does-little-to-track-jobs-from-loans.html#04jHVirpRwfBBm0P.99