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Monday, July 26, 2010
Fisher mouthpiece makes a move
John Collins, spokesman for Democrat Lee Fisher’s U.S. Senate campaign, is moving on.
Collins is moving to Kentucky to work for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jack Conway. Conway is running against Republican Rand Paul in one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate races.
Lynne Bowman, Fisher’s campaign manager, said in a prepared statement on Monday, July 26, that Fisher’s campaign won’t miss a beat:
“Ohioans aren’t the least bit concerned about campaign staffing. They’ll have a clear choice this fall: between Lee Fisher who’s been on the ground fighting with them to create Ohio jobs, and Congressman Portman, who’s spent two decades in Washington supporting devastating trade policies that shipped thousands of Ohio jobs overseas.”
Jeff Sadosky, spokesman for Rob Portman, Fisher’s Republican opponent, had a different take in his prepared statement:
“Just like over a thousand others, this is one more job that’s moved south to Kentucky on Lt. Governor Lee Fisher’s watch.”
A replacement for Collins is expected to be named soon. Fisher is Ohio’s lieutenant governor and Portman is a former Cincinnati-area U.S. House member who also served as U.S. trade representative and budget director under President George W. Bush.
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$600,000 loan pending for Miami County business
The Strickland administration is recommending approval of loans worth more than $14.5 million for seven companies.
The loans, pending state Controlling Board approval, would help create 248 jobs and retain 165 jobs, according to the Ohio Department of Development.
Among the seven companies is Creative Extruded Products, Inc., in Miami County, which is in line for a $600,000 loan for the use of purchase of new equipment. Their $1.4 million expansion is expected to create 34 jobs and help retain 139 positions.
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Midwest govs announce Columbus investment summit
The Midwestern Governors Association will hold an investment summit in Columbus on Sept. 21-22 to explore how to increase investments in the “new energy economy.”
“If we want to continue the midwest’s progress in becoming a global leader in the new energy economy, we must fund ways to increase investment in our region,” Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, the group’s chairman, said in a press release on Monday, July 26.
The summit will focus on how investors - including venture capitalists, angel investors and traditional financial institutions - can work with regional business, government and non-profit leaders to increase new energy investments, the press release said.
