Ohio Gov. John Kasich...
Week in Review
Saturday, June 11 through Friday, June 17, 2011

Saturday, June 11, 2011 

·         Gov. John R. Kasich announced an agreement with Rock Ohio Caesars LLC that allows the company to resume work on the Cincinnati and Cleveland casino projects and said details of the agreement would be made public later in the week. 

·         Kasich addressed more than 4,000 students, parents and school officials in Columbus at the 11th annual graduating ceremonies for the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow. 

Monday, June 13, 2011 

·         Kasich joined employees at ThyssenKrupp in Hamilton to announce a new investment to manufacture high-end shock absorbers for cars and trucks that will result in the creation of 60 new full-time jobs over three years. 

·         Kasich joined the residents of Millbury and Lake Township in Wood County to remember those who died and to praise the community’s emergency response when tornadoes ripped through the area roughly one year ago. 

·         Kasich addressed more than 1,300 high school juniors at the annual Buckeye Boys State program at Bowling Green State University and participated in the student’s mock government. 

·         Kasich issued a resolution naming the Dallas Mavericks as “Honorary Ohioans” for their NBA championship win over the Miami Heat and recognized finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki for choosing to renew his contract with Dallas in 2010 and forgoing free agency.  

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 

·         Kasich signed Senate Bill 71 (Manning), legislation exempting from property taxes any public recreational facility used primarily by minor league baseball teams and Senate Bill 132 (Patton), legislation that designates the new I-90 innerbelt bridge in Cleveland as the “George V. Voinovich Bridge.” 

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 

·         Kasich was joined by Rock Gaming CEO Dan Gilbert in Cleveland and Cincinnati to discuss details of an agreement reached between the administration and Rock Ohio Caesars LLC that allows work to resume on the Cincinnati and Cleveland casino projects and provides for ROC to pay $110 million more to Ohio. 

·         Kasich addressed members of the National Federation of Independent Business during its Small Business Day at the Statehouse in Columbus and discussed The Jobs Budget. 

·         Kasich issued a statement praising the Ohio General Assembly’s passage of SCR4, a concurrent resolution supporting a U.S. Department of Energy loan for the United States Enrichment Corporation Inc.’s American Centrifuge Plant which could create 4,000 jobs in Ohio. 

·         Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor discussed CSI Ohio and its impact on job creation during an economic development forum in Green. 

Thursday, June 16, 2011 

·         Kasich addressed more than 600 certified public accountants at the Ohio Society of CPA’s annual meeting in Columbus where he talked about The Jobs Budget and JobsOhio. 

Friday, June 17, 2011 

·         Kasich toured and dedicated the new, state-of-the-art Tremco Inc. headquarters in Beachwood that will reduce gas use by 84%, electric use by 43%, materials sent to landfills by 90% and save thousands of gallons of water. 

·         Kasich announced a new agreement with Penn National Gaming, Inc. that would require the company to pay $110 million to the state over 10 years and would apply Ohio’s Commercial Activity Tax to all wagers minus payouts. 

·         Kasich appointed Daniel T. Swanson to the Radiation Advisory Council and Monte W. Yates to the Ohio Geology Advisory Council.