Kasich Not Creating Jobs

Republican Gov. John Kasich criticized his predecessor, Gov. Ted Strickland, for not creating new jobs in Ohio.  While Kasich was a Vice President at Lehman Brothers and selling investments that eventually failed, Strickland was picking up the pieces of the recession caused by the Wall Street bankruptcies and bank disasters.  Now as governor, Kasich still hasn't delivered any new jobs.  To many people, Gov. Kasich seems to be playing a shell game by bragging about creating jobs that were already in Ohio (Ex. Bob Evans HQ, Diebold), and rewarding those companies with our valuable tax money.  While Kasich continues to fly around the state in state-owned planes,  someone needs to remind him that his bragadocious behavior is not creating any new jobs.

From the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services (ODJFS) we can see that layoffs are still occurring during Kasich's term:

Current WARN Notices
04/15/11

Date Rec'd	Company	City (County)	Number Affected	Layoff Date(s)	Phone Number	Union	WARN ID
04/15/2011	Palmetto GBA	Columbus (Franklin County)	92	June 17, 2011	(614) 473-6555	N/A	011-10-047
4/1/2011	Sodexo, Inc.	Lewis Center (Delaware)	82	May 31, 2011	(630) 810-1144	N/A	007-10-047
3/14/2011	International Brake Industries, Inc.	Lima (Allen)	153	Between 5/9/2011 & 6/3/2011	(419) 227-4421	UAW Local 975	007-10-046
3/9/2011	Worthington Steel	Middletown (Butler)	79	5/7/2011	(513) 539-9291	USWA	012-10-045
3/4/2011	M & M Restaurant Supply	Springfield (Clark)	171	5/1/2011	(513) 773-2315	IBT Local 957	007-10-044
3/2/2011	Influent	Marietta (Washington)	135	Between 5/2/2011 & 5/15/2011	(614) 280-1600 ext. 3008	N/A	015-10-043
2/23/2011	Kmart #3784	Fremont (Sandusky)	133	04/29/2011	(847) 286-1427	N/A	007-10-042
2/14/2011	WellPoint, Inc.(Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield)	Youngstown (Mahoning)	51	04/15/2011 & 05/31/2011	(330) 783-3723	N/A	017-10-041
2/10/2011	Therma-Tru Corporation	Archbold (Fulton)	79	04/1/2011	(800) 322-8688	N/A	007-10-040
03/24/2011	Cooper Standard Automotive, Inc.	Bowling Green (Wood)	200	04/05/2011	(419) 353-2500	USW Local 1152L	007-10-039
1/31/2011	Premier Manufacturing Corporation	Cleveland (Cuyahoga)	100	03/28/2011	(216) 941-9700	USW Local 48U	003-10-038
1/28/2011	Exel	Streetsboro (Portage)	69	4/2/2011	(614) 409-3757	IBT Local 507	019-10-037
1/28/2011	Kmart	Medina (Medina)	184	03/26/11	(847) 286-1427	N/A	002-10-036
01/27/11	YRC Enterprise Services, Inc.	Akron (Summit)	71	03/31/11 until 5/31/11	(330) 643-6929	N/A	002-10-035
01/27/11	USEC	Piketon (Pike)	500	03/28/11 until 4/11/11	(740) 897-5843	USWA Local 689	001-10-034
01/07/11	Sears Holdings Corporation	Akron (Summit)	85	04/3/11	(847) 286-2500	N/A	002-10-033
01/05/11	Kmart	Hamilton (Butler)	79	3/27/11	(847) 286-1427	N/A	012-10-032
01/03/11	Xpress Loan Servicing (CIT Group Inc.)	Cleveland(Cuyahoga)Cincinnati (Hamilton)	139	Begin 3/8/11 until 9/30/11	(216) 706-7440	N/A	003-10-031