08/25/10 by Campaign HQ
For Immediate Release:
August 25, 2010
Contact:
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Governor Ted Strickland Responds to Congressman Kasich's Press Conference on Regulatory Reform
COLUMBUS-Today, Governor Ted Strickland released the following statement in response to Republican gubernatorial candidate Congressman John Kasich's press conference on regulatory reform:
"This isn't Wall Street, this is Ohio and in Ohio it's not about what you say, it's about what you do. As Governor, I have already done what Congressman Kasich only talks about. In the face of the worst recession since the Great Depression, I recognized the need to make Ohio more business-friendly, which is why I was the first Governor in Ohio history to undertake comprehensive regulatory reform. Working with elected representatives and business leaders, I issued an executive order that in just a few years has made it easier to start and grow a small business, increased transparency in the regulatory process, and eliminated and amended over 2,000 rules and regulations for businesses. Given these steps and our work cutting the size of government and lowering taxes, it would be unwise to do as Congressman Kasich suggests. Regulatory agencies should be focused on helping small businesses and creating jobs, not duplicating what we have already done and getting caught up in red tape.
"Ohioans face a very stark choice in this election between continuing to grow the economy from the ground up, as we have done over the last few years, and Congressman Kasich's support for trickle down economic policies that help only Wall Street, big corporations, and the very wealthy. With signs of an economic recovery on the horizon, Ohioans can't afford Congressman Kasich's Wall Street values."
Background:
Strickland Reduced Business Regulation with Executive Order
Strickland Altered And Eliminated Hundreds Of Rules And Red Tape. Governor Strickland's Advantage Ohio initiative was undertaken to eliminate or change unnecessary and cumbersome rules, and resulted in the revision of over 2,025 rules and the elimination of nearly 280 rules after a review of approximately 4,100 rules by state agencies. Strickland was the first governor in Ohio history to undertake comprehensive regulatory reform, applying the principles he set out in his 2008 "Common Sense Business Regulation" executive order. [Executive Order 2008-04S]
Strickland Created E-Notification System for Potential Changes in Regulation. In 2008, Governor Strickland issued an executive order creating an electronic notification system to alert Ohio's business community when regulations or rules are up for review or change. Individuals can register at the Ohio Business Gateway to receive e-notifications for rule changes and review notices across 43 categories and offer comments on any potential changes. [Executive Order 2008-04S]
Kasich's Proposal Closely Resembles Strickland's Executive Order
Kasich Says Regulation Should Respect Businesses. According to the Kasich plan, "Regulations Should Facilitate, Not Hinder, Economic Growth: Regulators should respect the contributions that businesses make to economic growth and job creation by helping them comply with regulations instead of just trying to catch them in violations that agencies can exploit for fee and penalty revenue." [Kasich CSI Plan Viewed 8/25/2010]
Strickland Executive Order Already Established Being Business Friendly As The #1 Priority When Reforming Regulations. According to Strickland's Implementing Common Sense Business Regulation Executive Order, "Ohio Has A Rich History of Business Innovation and Technological Advancement. Ohio has long been a state that facilitates and promotes invention and innovation. Consequently, as the State's economic landscape becomes increasingly global and diverse, our state government must respond to that diversity by crafting better methods for appropriately regulating entities that conduct business in the State. Ohio Is Committed to Fostering an Environment that Facilitates and Promotes Business Growth. In order for Ohio to remain an attractive venue for entities doing or seeking to do business in the State, Ohio must ensure that its regulations create an atmosphere in which businesses and individuals affected by those regulations are treated as partners in identifying and achieving regulatory goals. Accessibility, flexibility, respect, timely responsiveness, problem solving, and continuous improvement must be the hallmarks of the State's approach to regulatory activity." [Executive Order 2008-048, 2/12/2008]
Kasich Says Government Should Develop Regulations Transparently. According to the Kasich plan, "Regulations Should be Transparent and Responsive: Government works for the public, not the other way around. Therefore, agencies should develop regulations in the full light of public scrutiny, regardless of whether it makes more work for agencies, and agencies should seek and consider public feedback while developing regulations." [Kasich CSI Plan Viewed 8/25/2010]
Strickland Executive Order Already Established Transparency As a Priority For The Rule Making Process. According to Strickland's Implementing Common Sense Business Regulation Executive Order, "State Regulations for Entities Doing Business in Ohio Must Meet the Needs of All Interested Stakeholders. Ohio's citizens, their government, and those doing business in the State have a mutual stake in Ohio's business regulations and regulatory processes. Consequently, all of these parties must act as partners in the administration of State business regulations. Developing Common Sense Business Regulation in Ohio. Regulations for conducting business in the State exist to promote the health, safety, and economic vitality of Ohioans. These objectives can only be achieved when the process by which regulations are enacted is transparent and accessible to persons outside of government and when those regulations are crafted so that they are easy to understand.... All proposed rules should be drafted so that they promote transparency and predictability regarding regulatory activity, consistency of business regulation within the State, appropriate flexibility, and a reasonable balance between the underlying regulatory objectives and the burdens imposed by the regulatory activity." [Executive Order 2008-048, 2/12/2008]
Kasich Says Duplicate Regulations Should Be Avoided. According to the Kasich plan, "Compliance Should be as Easy and Inexpensive as Possible: Regulatory compliance increases when regulations are easier to understand and follow. Therefore, Ohio's regulatory code should be modernized to eliminate duplicative, outdated or excessive regulations, and paperwork and permitting processes should be streamlined to the minimum level necessary for effective compliance." [Kasich CSI Plan Viewed 8/25/2010]
Strickland Executive Order Already Declared Duplicative Rules Should Be Avoided. According to Strickland's Implementing Common Sense Business Regulation Executive Order, "All proposed rules submitted to JCARR should be written so that they are easy to comprehend. Specialized terms that are familiar to and used by specialists in their field must be defined and/or simplified so that they can be understood by a non-specialist reader of the rule. Duplication of rules already in existence is to be avoided." [Executive Order 2008-048, 2/12/2008]
Kasich Says There Needs To Be A Review Of All Regulations. According to the Kasich plan, "Conduct a Comprehensive Review of Regulations: As lieutenant governor, Mary Taylor will immediately initiate a review of agencies' regulations to ensure clarity and ease of compliance, identify duplication, obsolescence, or excess, and bring agencies' regulatory development and enforcement processes into agreement with the Administration's principles. Changes to regulations will be submitted to the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review for approval, and any needed reforms to regulations' underlying laws will be sought in partnership with the General Assembly. Sen. Keith Faber and Rep. Jim Zehringer will serve as the Kasich/Taylor Administration's liaisons for regulatory reform." [Kasich CSI Plan Viewed 8/25/2010]
Strickland Already Ordered A Review Of All Regulation. According to Strickland's Implementing Common Sense Business Regulation Executive Order, "Reviewing Existing Rules and Regulatory Processes. I also hereby order each cabinet agency, board and commission to review its existing body of promulgated rules, and the processes implementing them, to ensure that they comply with this Order. Each may do so as part of an existing statutory or other periodic review of rules and processes, but must: a. Determine, as if for the first time, whether each rule is needed to implement the underlying statute. b. Amend or rescind rules that are unnecessary, ineffective, contradictory, redundant, inefficient, needlessly burdensome, that unnecessarily impede economic growth, or that have had unintended negative consequences. c. Reduce or eliminate areas of state regulation where federal regulation now adequately regulates the subject matter. d. Select for earlier review those rules or processes that, in the agency's judgment, appear to be least consistent with developing and administering Common Sense Business Regulation." [Executive Order 2008-048, 2/12/2008]
Kasich Says Regulations Must Be Business Friendly And Treat Them As Customers. According to the Kasich Plan, "Foster a Constructive Environment: Agency directors and their leadership teams will guide regulatory staff in developing a constructive attitude toward businesses, an appreciation for customer service fundamentals and incentivize them to resolve regulatory issues quickly, fairly, and with a minimum of bureaucracy. All regulatory penalty funds will be deposited in the General Revenue Fund instead of agency accounts to eliminate any perception-among regulators, regulated businesses or the public-that agencies somehow financially benefit from levying fines for regulatory violations." [Kasich CSI Plan Viewed 8/25/2010]
Strickland Already Ordered Agencies To Treat Business As Customers. According to Strickland's Implementing Common Sense Business Regulation Executive Order, "Agencies should treat those affected by their rules and regulatory processes as customers and treat them consistently across regions, offices, and departments... Agencies should coordinate with each other to combine and minimize regulatory filings and to minimize worksite interruptions necessary to regulatory activity." [Executive Order 2008-048, 2/12/2008]
Kasich Says Regulators Should Seek Public Feedback. According to the Kasich plan, "Disclose Proposed Regulations and Seek Public Feedback: All agencies will consistently disclose proposed new and revised regulations and seek public comment in advance of regulations' implementation, regardless of whether or not they require JCARR approval. In the event that businesses are not getting the advanced notice, cooperation or responsiveness they need from agencies, a special regulatory response contact and hotline will be created in the Office of the Governor to which businesses can turn to find help." [Kasich CSI Plan Viewed 8/25/2010]
Strickland Executive Order Mandated Agencies To Seek Business Feedback. According to Strickland's Implementing Common Sense Business Regulation Executive Order, "Agencies should engage in continuous regulatory process improvement including, but not limited to, eliciting customer feedback regarding their administration of regulatory responsibilities. Further, agencies should periodically evaluate their regulatory performance using measurable standards, data, or other objective criteria." [Executive Order 2008-048, 2/12/2008]
Strickland Executive Order Already Facilitates Business Involvement. According to Strickland's Implementing Common Sense Business Regulation Executive Order, "Providing an Agency Regulatory Ombudsman. When, despite the best practices and efforts, an agency does not address a concern regarding the implementation of a proposed rule to the satisfaction of a regulated industry, entity or person, an opportunity to address that concern should be provided. Accordingly, I order each of the following cabinet agencies, to the extent that they have not already done so, to designate a staff member to serve as a Regulatory Ombudsman to act as a problem 'solving liaison between the agency and those affected by its rules and processes: Administrative Services, Agriculture, Commerce, Development, Environmental Protection, Health, Industrial Commission, Insurance, Job and Family Services, Natural Resources, Taxation, Transportation, and Workers' Compensation. Each Regulatory Ombudsman shall have direct access to the director of the agency in question." [Executive Order 2008-048, 2/12/2008]
Kasich Says Regulations Should Seek Lower Cost And Consolidate Paperwork Where Possible. According to the Kasich plan, "Protect At-Risk Workers and Continuously Seek Lower Costs: As agencies develop new rules and revise existing ones, they will seek to minimize the adverse economic impact on at-risk workers and continuously seek to reduce regulations' economic impact and compliance processes. Streamline New Business Registrations: Require agencies to consolidate applications for registrations for new businesses in a single online tool to eliminate wasteful, duplicative efforts and save time and money for businesses." [Kasich CSI Plan Viewed 8/25/2010]
Strickland Executive Ordered Already Mandated Seeking Lowest Cost Regulations With Consolidation. According to Strickland's Implementing Common Sense Business Regulation Executive Order, "Agency rules are expected to impose the least burden and costs to business, including paperwork and other compliance costs, necessary to achieve the underlying regulatory objective. This will make Ohio a more attractive place to do business and avoid placing entities doing business in the State at a competitive disadvantage relative to businesses located in other states or countries." [Executive Order 2008-048, 2/12/2008]
Strickland Ordered Agencies To Reduce Processing Time For Permits And Licenses. According to Strickland's Implementing Common Sense Business Regulation Executive Order, "Agencies should strive to reduce the processing time for regulatory approvals, permits, licenses, and other actions requiring agency response. Additionally, agencies should work cooperatively with applicants to expedite processing, when possible, and keep in mind business deadlines and other commercial demands." [Executive Order 2008-048, 2/12/2008]
Kasich Plan Seeks To Establish Online Tools For Businesses. According to the Kasich plan, "Require agencies to consolidate applications for registrations for new businesses in a single online tool to eliminate wasteful, duplicative efforts and save time and money for businesses." [Kasich CSI Plan Viewed 8/25/2010]
Strickland Executive Order Established An Electronic System For Business To Assist With Understanding Rules And Regulations. According to Strickland's Implementing Common Sense Business Regulation Executive Order, "The Ohio Department of Administrative Services and the State Chief Information Officer shall establish a centralized electronic system that will allow interested parties to register and receive notices and communications regarding agencies' proposed development, amendment or rescission of any rule of interest to them." [Executive Order 2008-048, 2/12/2008]
Ohio's Business Climate Accolades
Ohio's Small Business Climate Improved To #1 In The Midwest. In 2009, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council ranked Ohio 11th in the nation and 1st in the Midwest for overall business climate. When Strickland was elected Governor in 2006, Ohio was ranked 38th in the nation and 7th in the Midwest. [Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council]
Ohio's Business Climate Rated #4 in the Nation. In 2009, Site Selection Magazine rated Ohio's overall business climate as the 4th best in the nation. [Site Selection Magazine, November 2009]
Ohio's Small Business Tax Climate Ranked 10th Best in the Nation. In 2009, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council ranked Ohio's tax climate as the 10th best in the nation for small businesses. [Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council]
CEOS Applaud Ohio Business Climate
Don Washkewicz, Chairman And CEO, Parker Hannifin Corporation: "Ohio has been our partner in providing premier customer service, steady growth, and financial performance from which we serve customers in towns and cities across the world." ["Ohio Key Benefits." Ohio Department of Development]
Malachi Mixon, III, Chairman and CEO, Invacare Corporation: "From our headquarters in Ohio, Invacare has become the world leader in the manufacture and distribution of home medical products. The state's new tax laws will help us to continue to grow." ["Ohio Key Benefits." Ohio Department of Development]
Steve Grier, Vice President, Transportation Hub Operations, BAX Global Inc.: "Our Toledo sorting hub and warehouse facility is the heart of an international logistics solution network. Ohio's world-class infrastructure helps us rise to the toughest transportation challenges." ["Ohio Key Benefits." Ohio Department of Development]
John M. Stropki, Chairman, President And CEO, Lincoln Electric: "Lincoln Electric built its business on innovative products and management. Ohio's business-friendly tax environment encourages and stimulates innovation, growth and expansion." ["Ohio Key Benefits." Ohio Department of Development]
Christopher M. Connor, Chairman, President And CEO, The Sherwin-Williams Company. "In Ohio's increasingly business-friendly environment, we'll continue to invest in product innovation, new technology and capacity to strengthen our position as an industry leader." ["Ohio Key Benefits." Ohio Department of Development]
Tsuneo Tanai, President And CEO, Honda Of American Manufacturing, Inc.: "Success comes from teamwork, and Honda's partnership with Ohio has been rewarding for everyone involved. We're already looking forward to the next 25 years." ["Ohio Key Benefits." Ohio Department of Development]
Alexander M. Cutler, Chairman And CEO, Eaton Corporation: "At Eaton, we view change as a source of strength. Ohio provides a healthy environment for businesses to innovate, adapt and prosper." ["Ohio Key Benefits." Ohio Department of Development]
Bahman Taheri, CEO, AlphaMicron, Inc.: "We brought our light controlling technology to market much more quickly with help from Ohio. That made the venture profitable more quickly as well." ["Ohio Key Benefits." Ohio Department of Development]
Wayne Simmons, CEO, Velocys Inc.: "Microchannel processing will have a major impact on energy and chemical industries, greatly improving their efficiencies. Ohio has helped us bring this important technology to market quickly." ["Ohio Key Benefits." Ohio Department of Development]
James Hagedorn, Chairman And CEO, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company: "Every day we see our work reflected in the world around us...in the environmental benefits of healthy lawns and gardens and the lives that are enriched through gardening. We believe there is no better business to be in than ours, and no better place from which to conduct business than Ohio." ["Ohio Key Benefits." Ohio Department of Development]
A.G. Lafley, Chairman Of The Board, President And Chief Executive, The Procter & Gamble Company: "There are many cities and towns around the world that P&G people call home, but Ohio has always been home to our corporate headquarters. We're proud of our Ohio history and committed to a future of growth in Ohio." ["Ohio Key Benefits." Ohio Department of Development]
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08/24/10 by Campaign HQ
For Immediate Release:
August 24, 2010
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Strickland Campaign Manager Pickrell Introduces New TV Ad, Reveals New Information on Kasich's Connections with Lehman Brothers in Congress
COLUMBUS - Strickland for Governor Campaign Manager Aaron Pickrell today unveiled the campaign's new ad, "Revolving Door," while highlighting the real revolving door that brought Congressman John Kasich from Washington to Wall Street. Pointing to Kasich's congressional public schedules that show Kasich's connections with failed Wall Street firm Lehman Brothers began years before he left Congress, Pickrell said Ohioans need to know when Kasich was offered a job and what he discussed with Lehman leadership prior to leaving Congress.
"It's clear that before he retired from Congress, Congressman Kasich began positioning himself for a lucrative Wall Street job with Lehman Brothers," Pickrell said. "Congressman Kasich's meetings with Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld and subsequent employment at Lehman Brothers raise serious questions about his motivations and whether he leveraged his position as a Congressman to receive a multi-million dollar job on Wall Street."
Through a mutual acquaintance, Wilbur James, who founded a joint venture between James' company Citizen Energy and Lehman Brothers, Congressman Kasich was introduced to Lehman CEO Dick Fuld. In a recent Reuters story, James revealed that he introduced Congressman Kasich to Fuld because he "hoped that the politician turned banker would become an asset to Lehman Brothers." [Reuters, 8/4/2010]
James met with Kasich dozens of times throughout the 1990's, meeting for lunch, dinner, and even golf outings in San Antonio, Texas. On September 8, 1998, Congressman Kasich went to Lehman Brothers' headquarters in New York to have lunch with Lehman CEO Dick Fuld and James. Subsequently, Kasich met with Fuld at the Lehman Brothers Headquarters on January 28, 2000. [Congressman Kasich's public schedule, 9/8/1998; Congressman Kasich's public schedule, 1/28/2000]
Congressman Kasich's contact with Lehman Brothers and Dick Fuld culminated with a keynote address at the Lehman Brothers Select Conference at the luxury "The Breakers" hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, and a multi-million dollar job as a managing director at Lehman. [Congressman Kasich's public schedule, 11/28/2000 - 11/30/2000]
"Given this new information, Congressman Kasich owes the voters of Ohio answers to serious questions about his contact with Fuld and Lehman while he was serving as an elected representative," Pickrell said. "These meetings raise serious questions about Congressman Kasich's votes and motives in Congress. When was Congressman Kasich offered a job with Lehman Brothers? Did he discuss potential salary with Lehman CEO Dick Fuld while serving in Congress? While meeting with Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld, did Congressman Kasich discuss any votes before Congress?"
The Strickland campaign's new television ad, airing statewide beginning today, highlights how Kasich supported the policies that outsourced Ohio jobs then cashed out on these policies on Wall Street.
The ad script and background information is below:
STRICKLAND FOR GOVERNOR
"Revolving Door"
| Audio |
The Facts |
| NARRATOR: It's the revolving door between Washington and Wall Street - and Congressman John Kasich stepped right through. |
Kasich Was Hired By Lehman In 2001, After He Decided Not To Run For Reelection. In 2001, the New York Observer interviewed John Kasich from his corner office at Lehman Brothers' New York City headquarters. "In his power blue suit, with a snappy little cell phone attached to his belt, the 49-year-old Mr. Kasich certainly looks like an investment banker... Yes, it is that John Kasich. For a time in the mid-1990's the Ohio Congressman was something of a C-Span celebrity-chairman of the House Budget Committee during the Gingrich years... He did not seek reelection and instead decided to do something besides politics with his life. Now he commutes a few times a month from Columbus, Ohio, where he lives with his wife and twin 20-month-old daughters, and tucks into Lehman Brother's corner office to talk about mergers and acquisitions in the health-care space." [New York Observer, 9/16/01] |
| 18 years voting for big business. Trade deals that ship our jobs overseas and give corporations billions. |
Congressman Kasich Voted For NAFTA And It Cost Ohio At Least 49,886 Jobs. Ohio lost 49,886 jobs from the signing of NAFTA from 1993 to 2004. [HR 3450, Vote #575, 11/17/93; Scott et al, "Revisiting NAFTA: Still not working for North America's workers," Economic Policy Institute Briefing Paper #173, 9/28/06, p. 4]
Congressman Kasich Voted For Free Trade With China And It Cost Ohio At Least 91,800 Jobs. In 2000, Kasich voted for normalizing trade relations with China, paving the way for China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001. Since then, Ohio has lost at least 91,800 jobs as the trade deficit with China has increased. [HR 4444, Vote #228, 5/24/00; Dallas Morning News, 5/25/00; Chicago Tribune, 5/25/00; Economic Policy Institute, 5/23/10; Akron Beacon Journal, 3/24/10] |
Kasich's reward? A big job on Wall Street. Kasich makes millions while Wall Street outsources our jobs using laws Kasich passed to do it.
Now Kasich says his Wall Street experience is the answer for Ohio.
Haven't we had enough of Wall Street and John Kasich? |
Congressman Kasich Made Millions Working For Lehman Brothers. According to Kasich's tax returns, he made $587,175 working for Lehman Brothers in 2008. His campaign told the Dayton Daily News the figure was "representative of the income Kasich earned" in the over seven years he spent working for the Wall Street firm. 7 * $587,175 = $4,110,225. [Dayton Daily News, 4/3/10] |
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08/17/10 by Campaign HQ
For Immediate Release:
August 17, 2010
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Strickland Campaign Responds to Kasich Campaign Plan to Outsource Job Creation to Wall Street
COLUMBUS- Today, Strickland for Governor Communications Director Lis Smith released the following statement responding to Republican gubernatorial candidate Congressman John Kasich's economic announcement:
"After years of supporting unfair trade deals and outsourcing that cost Ohio over 460,000 jobs and helped Wall Street, it's not surprising that Congressman Kasich wants to outsource economic development to corporate interests at the expense of working Ohioans. Ohioans know that this economic recession started with economic greed on Wall Street and the bankruptcy of Wall Street investment firm Lehman Brothers, where Congressman Kasich worked for eight years."
"Ohioans don't need a fox guarding the hen house, they need a governor who will fight to grow jobs from the ground up by improving education, lowering taxes, and making Ohio more business-friendly. That's exactly what Ted has done as governor and will continue to do over the next four years."
Background:
Kasich Supported Outsourcing Ohio Jobs
Ohio Lost At Least 466,000 Jobs Because Of Bad Free Trade Policies. According to Policy Matters Ohio, from 1995 through May 17, 2010, 119,215 Ohioans were eligible for the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. TAA "provides help to workers who lose their jobs because of rising imports or shifts in U.S. production to overseas locations. Workers may receive additional unemployment benefits, training and a health coverage tax credit, among other benefits." According to the Economic Policy Institute, every 100 manufacturing jobs sustain 291 support jobs. 119,215 + (119,215 * 2.91) = 466,130 Jobs.[Schiller, Zach and Mordue, Brandon. "Trade Adjustment Assistance In Ohio 2010." Policy Matters Ohio. July, 2010, Economic Policy Institute August, 2003]
Strickland Has Fought to Grow Ohio Jobs
Strickland Altered And Eliminated Hundreds Of Rules And Red Tape. Governor Strickland's Advantage Ohio initiative was undertaken to eliminate or change unnecessary and cumbersome rules, and resulted in the revision of over 1,800 rules and the elimination of nearly 250 rules after a review of approximately 3,800 rules by state agencies. Strickland was the first governor in Ohio history to undertake comprehensive regulatory reform, applying the principles he set out in his 2008 "Common Sense Business Regulation" executive order. [Executive Order 2008-04S; Ohio Business Gateway]
Strickland Successfully Implemented The Third Frontier Program And Fought For Its Expansion. In 2009, Governor Strickland called for a reauthorization and expansion of funding for the Third Frontier Program. Third Frontier has created over 55,000 jobs, including 14,000 in 2009, and has distributed more than $1 billion in grants to support high-tech research and stimulate job growth in high-tech sectors. On May 4, Ohioans will vote on a $700 million bond proposal to fund the extension of the program, up from the $500 million approved by voters in 2005. [Dayton Daily News, 12/1/2009; Cleveland Plain Dealer, 3/28/2010]
Strickland Strengthened Workforce Training To Create And Retain Jobs. Governor Strickland has supported workforce training programs in Ohio and worked to tailor them to business needs. The Ohio Workforce Guarantee offers direct reimbursement for companies seeking to train their employees. Ohio has trained over 140,000 workers since Strickland came to office, helping to create and retain tens of thousands of jobs. Strickland called on the legislature to expand support for this and other successful workforce development programs in his 2010 State of the State address and he is now working with the legislature to make that happen. [Ohio Department of Development; Office of the Governor]
Strickland Created The Ohio Skills Bank To Tailor Training To Employers' Needs. Governor Strickland and the Ohio Board of Regents created the Ohio Skills Bank to regionalize the state's workforce training efforts. Educators and workforce professionals work together with regional employers to identify their workforce priorities to ensure Ohio's workforce education programs and institutions of higher learning are meeting those needs. [Ohio Board of Regents]
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