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Monday, June 21, 2010
UPDATED: Ohio Dems mock Kasich for praising Nevada; Kasich campaign responds
The Ohio Democratic Party on Monday, June 21, launched a Web video mocking John Kasich, the Republican candidate for governor, for Kasich’s praise of Nevada and Nevada tax policies.
Nevada is one of seven states with no state personal income tax and Kasich has proposed phasing out Ohio’s personal income tax over time.
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics last week reported that Nevada had the highest unemployment rate among the states for May, 14 percent. It was the first time Nevada had the highest rate among the states and the first time since April 2006 that a state other than Michigan ranked first in joblessness, according to the BLS.
Ohio’s May jobless rate was 10.7 percent, the 14th straight month of double digit unemployment.
Here’s the video:
Kasich campaign spokesman Rob Nichols fired back at the Democrats in an e-mail:
“Over the past 10 years, states without an income tax - including Nevada — saw their populations grow by millions, their average job growth outpace Ohio’s by more than 20 percentage points, and their overall economic outputs more than double Ohio’s.
“It’s a fact Ted Strickland and the Democrats can’t deny and a problem we can only fix by reducing government spending so we can lower taxes.”
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Brunner launches “My Dream for Ohio”
Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has launched a new Facebook page “My Dream for Ohio” to urge Ohioans to share their visions for the state’s future.
Brunner, who lost the Democratic U.S. Senate primary to Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, announced the initiative on Monday, June 21, as one of four goals for the rest of her term as secretary of state which ends this year.
“There’s still more we can do before I turn over the reins of this office to a new secretary of state,” Brunner said in a press release.
“It has been my pleasure to share our journey, and I look forward to our final six months as we show the nation once again that Ohio’s reputation for innovation and moving forward is not just part of our heritage, but our future.”
The other goals are:
Increasing citizen participation in elections, focusing on under-represented groups such as youth, seniors who no longer live in their homes and communities of color.
Using information that her office has collected through its “Better Lives, Better Ohio” online statistical resource to develop a “Social Health Report Card” for the state.
Using secretary of state activities to help economic development, including connecting innovation with resources needed to create jobs.
Brunner announced the goals as she opened the three-day conference of county elections officials in Columbus.
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Yvette McGee Brown to offer “major” speech on urban issues
Yvette McGee Brown, Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland’s lieutenant governor running mate, will deliver a “major campaign address” on issues facing Ohio’s urban areas on Tuesday, June 22, in Columbus, Strickland’s campaign announced on Monday, June 21.
McGee Brown’s speech will be at 11 a.m. in the Cardinal Health Ballroom, 769 E. Long St., the campaign said.
Her speech will follow by a few hours Strickland’s appearance in Dayton at a Tuesday campaign event at the Crowne Plaza Hotel sponsored by the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce.
Strickland is running for re-election against Republican John Kasich whose lieutenant governor running mate is Auditor Mary Taylor.
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GOP Governors Association blasts Strickland in new TV ad
The Republican Governors Association on Monday, June 21, rolled out a new TV ad attacking incumbent Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and also unveiled a new Web site, www.TedFailedOhio.com, to highlight what the group called the “low lights” of Strickland’s first term.
The ad features two men in hard hats in a truck discussing job losses in Ohio during Strickland’s term as governor. Republican John Kasich is running against Strickland. It is the RGA’s second TV ad blasting Strickland.
Here’s the ad:
Jobs from Republican Governors Association on Vimeo.
“Ted Strickland rode a whole raft of grand promises into office four years ago,” Tim Murtaugh, spokesman for the Republican Governors Association, said in a press release.
“The reality is that he has broken so many of them. Far from being the economic dynamo he promised to be, he has overseen the loss of 400,000 jobs, rampant unemployment and massive budget shortfalls. Ted Strickland has been a painful disappointment to Ohioans.”
Lis Smith, Strickland’s campaign spokeswoman, responded to the ad in an e-mail:
“Like Congressman Kasich, the Republican Governors Association seems to have a short memory regarding how this global economic recession started.
“Ohioans understand that this recession didn’t start in Ohio, it started on Wall Street and in Washington, where Congressman Kasich supported unfair trade deals and trickle-down economic policies that helped him make a fortune at Lehman Brothers, but didn’t work out so well for Ohio companies and workers.”
The job loss charge in the ad is a little high; the most recent information from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the state has lost 383,000 jobs since Strickland took office in 2007
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Morgan heads back to campaign trail - for Kasich
State Rep. Seth Morgan, R-Huber Heights, is headed back to the campaign trail to support Republican John Kasich’s campaign for governor.
Morgan, who lost the GOP primary for state auditor to Delaware County Prosecutor Dave Yost, will join the Kasich campaign’s door-to-door grassroots efforts on Saturday, June 26 in Huber Heights, Morgan said on Monday, June 21.
“We will continue to advocate for issues and candidates,” Morgan said. “John Kasich is just one of those.”
Morgan said he will meet with others at 7135 Old Troy Pike in Huber Heights, office of dentist Dr. William Gioiello, and walk from about 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Mike Henne, the GOP candidate to succeed Morgan int he 36th House District, is expected to join the group, said Morgan. Henne is running against Democrat Carl D. Fisher Jr.
Kasich is running against incumbent Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland.
As for his own future political plans, Morgan said he is considering several options which he declined to discuss - yet.
