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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Strickland wraps up State of State address
Gov. Ted Strickland wrapped up his fourth State of the State address to the General Assembly by promising to create jobs and rebuild an economic foundation.
He quoted football coach Vince Lombardi saying that it’s not whether you get knocked down but rather whether you get back up that matters.
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Ohio food for Ohioans
Gov. Ted Strickland wants to find ways to get Ohioans to eat a larger percentage of food grown in Ohio.
Ohio families spend $43 billion a year on groceries but only 3 percent of it comes from Ohio farms, he said.
He is advocating the ‘Ohio Neighborhood Harvest,’ a mapping system to help Ohioans find locally grown, healthy food.
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State saving pennies and dollars
Gov. Ted Strickland highlighted changes his administration has made to save taxpayer money:
- The Ohio Department of Health has saved $232,000 by making long-distance calls over the internet.
- Restrictions on when the state will pay for meals has saved $1.6 million.
- Ohio Medicaid began aggressively billing third party insurers to pay $796 million in medical bills.
“We have tracked down waste and inefficiency like a hungry blood hound because our taxpayers deserve no less,” Strickland told the audience.
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Girl power in Strickland’s appointments
Gov. Ted Strickland noted that half of the members of his cabinet are women, 40 percent of the judges he has appointed are women, and one-third of the judges he has appointed are African-American.
He also noted that he appointed the first two judges who identify themselves as gay.
“My friends, public servants should look like the public they serve,” he said.
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Ohio schools rank high, Strickland says
Gov. Ted Strickland’s comments on his reforms to K-12 education in Ohio only brought his fellow Democrats to their feet for a standing ovation during his State of the State address.
But Democrats and Republicans both stood and applauded when Strickland noted that Education Week ranked Ohio schools first in the midwest and fifth in the nation.
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Something everyone can applaud
Gov. Ted Strickland received a robust standing ovation when he noted that while California jacked up college tuition by 32 percent, Ohio held tuition increases to the lowest in the nation in the last three years.
As a result, there are 65,000 more Ohioans in colleges this year than in 2006, he said.
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Strickland: universities to work with P&G
The Strickland administration is working an a “ground breaking agreement” between the state’s public universities and Cincinnati-based Proctor & Gamble that will allow the consumer giant to collaborate with university researchers, Gov. Ted Strickland announced during his State of the State address.
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Strickland: Ohio business climate better
During his State of the State address, Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat, said the state will increase infrastructure spending by 30 percent this year while at the same time, the Ohio Department of Transportation is operating on its smallest workforce in 30 years.
He noted that state job training programs have helped re-train 140,000 people since he took office in January 2007.
Strickland also said Ohio is reforming regulations to make it easier to do business. He noted that his administration scrapped 220 rules and revised more than 1,000 others.
He announced that state Treasurer Kevin Boyce and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher are working to establish the Small Business Growth Partnership, which will run a business lending clearinghouse to help small businesses find capital.
He also said he’ll start programs to foster entrepreneurs and to encourage companies to switch from using non-Ohio labor to hiring in-state workers and vendors.
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Strickland: Ohioans hurting
Gov. Ted Strickland said Ohio is still suffering from the “worst economic collapse in generations.”
He noted a news story about 835 people scrambling to apply for a single janitor’s job in an Ohio school district.
Ohio’s unemployment rate sits at 10.9 percent, which translates to 641,000 adults looking for work.
“I will move heaven and earth to create jobs in Ohio,” the governor pledged.
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Strickland touts green economy
Gov. Ted Strickland is highlighting energy projects across the state and an electricity reform law that is laying the ground work for Ohio’s recovery.
Delivering his fourth state of the state address, Strickland said only a few years ago, DuPont Corp. said it wouldn’t expand its plant in Circleville south of Columbus because electric service was unreliable. Yet, last week, DuPont announced $175 million retooling of the plant so it could produce film for solar panels, Strickland said.
The governor announced the creation of the Energy Gateway Fund, which will use $30 million in federal stimulus money and $10 million in state stimulus money to help new and expanding advanced energy companies in Ohio.
He said there will come a day when Ohio casts off the moniker ‘rust belt.’
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Ohio making progress on green jobs
Gov. Ted Strickland kicked off his state of the state address this afternoon with the statement: “I believe in Ohio because you can’t write history without us.”
He cited Ohio’s role in bringing the world tomatoes, tires, ignition switches, Jesse Owens, John Glenn, street lights, powered flight, professional football.
“I believe in Ohio because Ohio will power the future,” he said.
He touted Ohio’s new law requiring that utilities use renewable energy sources and said the state ranks first among the 50 states in renewable energy projects. Ohio has made smart, responsible investments and policy changes, Strickland said.
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Strickland begins his fourth state of the state address
Gov. Ted Strickland entered the House chambers to applause from lawmakers, his cabinet members, supreme court justices and guests.
“Thank you very much. You are very kind. Thank you for the warmth of your welcome,” Strickland told them.
He immediately invited the audience to applaud Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, and Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Moyer, who are leaving office at the end of the year, and prison director Terry Collins who is retiring next week.
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Governor to begin state of the state address
House Speaker Armond Budish, D-Beachwood, and Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, are calling the joint session of the General Assembly to order so that Gov. Ted Strickland can deliver his fourth State of the State address.
The color guard from Thurgood Marshall High School in Dayton is presenting the flags.
