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Kasich Marks 100 Days in Office
Highlights Progress and Emphasizes Need to Continue Working
COLUMBUS – Today marks 100 days since Gov. John R. Kasich and Lt. Gov.
Mary Taylor were sworn into office. By emphasizing teamwork,
communication and a change in the way the state does business, Gov.
Kasich and his Cabinet directors have implemented significant policy
changes that are already positively impacting Ohio.
“I was looking at this [fact sheet] last night…this is nine pages of
work that we have been able to achieve as a team. It’s just
amazing in 100 days. But we did not have time to waste, and
frankly we gotta keep ramping it up. We’ve got enormous
challenges in this state...Ohioans want things done. Change is
difficult for folks; there is no question about it. Change is
extremely complicated. But you know what? Ohioans don’t
want the same old same old. Ohioans want this state to be
strengthened again and prosperous again and successful again. And
that’s my motivation,” said Kasich during today’s press conference.
Highlights of the first
100 days:
· Keeping Ohio
Companies in Ohio—American Greetings, Bob Evans, Diebold and Goodyear
saving more than 5,500 jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in tax
revenue are saved.
· JobsOhio was
established through House Bill 1 and is a non-profit economic
development corporation that will work more effectively than Ohio’s
current state-centered efforts to retain and attract businesses.
JobsOhio will be managed by a board of directors who are leaders in the
business world, and because it is not a government entity, it will move
at the speed of the market rather than at the speed of statute.
· The Jobs Budget
returns Ohio to fiscal stability by closing an $8 billion shortfall
without raising taxes while preserving an $800 million tax cut for Ohio
families.
· Common Sense
Initiative (CSI), led by Lt. Gov. Taylor, is already eliminating undue
burdens on business and helping Ohio companies grow and thrive.
· Statewide
Coordination in the Fight Against Opiate Abuse through the new
Cabinet-level Opiate Task Force will direct addiction prevention
efforts across the state. The task force has already led to the
raid of two pill mills where importance evidence was collected that may
assist in this effort.
100 DAYS FACT SHEET
100 DAYS VIDEO
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