Governor Kasich recently hosted a Virtual Town Hall to explain his proposed education funding and plan to lift student achievement around the entire state. Toward the second half, he and a panel of education leaders also took questions from Ohioans via Facebook and Twitter.
Here is the recorded broadcast in case you weren’t able to tune in:
Original video can be viewed from the Ohio Channel here.
Governor Kasich and a panel of Education Leaders will host a Virtual Town Hall on Ohio’s Education Future and we hope that you can tune in!
Date: Thursday, January 31st
Time: 6:00PM
Watch live online here: http://KasichForOhio.com/Live
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Colorado’s Governor also attended the World Economic Forum last week and had some observations to share about how productive Gov. Kasich’s visit was. The Dispatch has more below:
DAVOS, Switzerland — Colorado’s Democratic governor said he approached the chief executive of a fertilizer company here last week, and one of the first people mentioned in their conversation was Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
“This executive said, ‘Yeah, Gov. Kasich was all over me about Ohio, about coming to Ohio,’ ” John Hickenlooper said on Saturday, the final day of the World Economic Forum, an annual summit for global political and business leaders in a small ski community in the Swiss Alps.
“Of course, I was trying to do the same thing, get (the chemical-company executive) to look at Colorado,” Hickenlooper said. “From everything I’ve heard, Gov. Kasich represented Ohio exceedingly well. He seemed to be everywhere — that makes it harder on the rest of us.”
The Republican Kasich’s first trip abroad as governor was nothing if not active. Kasich and two senior staff members flew to Switzerland for the forum — famous for lavish parties, A-list entertainers and some of the biggest names in business and politics — determined to meet with as many chief executives as they could to sell them on Ohio.
In four days here, Kasich spoke with Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent and Cisco chief John Chambers, plus executives of Dow Chemical, ThyssenKrupp and Mitsubishi Chemical. He sat down with Google Vice President Sebastian Thrun and ArcelorMittal’s Lakshmi Mittal.
There were other meetings with top executives — more than 20 in all. He had meetings with energy companies and aerospace companies, and companies in other sectors considering projects in Ohio that Kasich and his aides declined to identify because they are pending.
“This was well worth my while,” Kasich said. “I didn’t want to come to something just to rub elbows with people; I’m not interested in that. What we found was this was very targeted — a lot of different people from lots of different companies from lots of different countries all in one place, and all you’ve got to do is walk across the street to see them.
“I think what’s going to come out of this is a number of delegations from different companies are going to come into Ohio.”
You can read the entire article here.
After attending the World Economic Forum in Switzerland to encourage business leaders to invest in Ohio and create jobs, Gov. Kasich is headed home to prepare for the unveiling of his state budget proposal. The Dispatch has more below:
DAVOS, Switzerland — Jet lag is not an option for Gov. John Kasich.
The Republican governor returns home today from the World Economic Forum following four hectic days recruiting business executives and investors to consider Ohio. What awaits him is a dizzying schedule of landmark events over the coming days, beginning this week with the unveiling of his K-12 school-funding formula.
The rest of Kasich’s proposed 2014-15 budget is due on Feb. 4, his State of the State address in Lima is on Feb. 19, and in between will surely be an untold number of events promoting his plans.
In a normal year, unveiling a much-anticipated school-funding formula, announcing a tax-cutting budget and giving a State of the State speech in a period of about 20 days would constitute a trying, pressure-packed month.
Embarking on his first overseas trip as governor and knowing that this will be the last full-fledged budget he proposes before he seeks re-election next year would only seem to compound the pressure, but Kasich insists that this breakneck period for him is consistent with the pace he has kept throughout his two years in office.
“The most important thing of the term is, we got out of the (budget) hole, we’re running surpluses, our credit has improved, we’re job-friendly and we’re developing a reputation,” Kasich said. “These individual policies are one thing, but it’s the overall change in attitude, the excitement. Things are popping.”
Among the key differences in this upcoming budget cycle for Kasich, compared with his first in 2011, is that this time, people know what to expect.
A cut in the state income tax — geared especially toward helping small businesses, Kasich said — will be paid for in part by Kasich’s proposal from 2012 to raise the severance tax on shale oil and gas drillers. He has hinted at possibly eliminating some sales-tax deductions and closing tax loopholes, and there could also be some surprises in his tax “reform” package. He said last week that he expects to end the fiscal year on June 30 with about $1 billion in the rainy-day fund.
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Already-announced plans to leverage the Ohio Turnpike to pay for road projects and increase the amount of public funding for higher-education that’s tied to graduation rates also will be included in his proposals in eight days.
“These are not things in a 10-second sound bite you can just describe,” Kasich said. “But they’r e exciting — they’re very exciting — so we have lots to discuss.”
You can read the entire story here.
Governor Kasich is attending the World Economic Forum this week to sell Ohio as a great place to expand businesses and create jobs.
He asked that we share this note with you:
I’ve been in Davos less than 48 hours and have already met face-to-face with almost a dozen senior executives of major companies considering growing in Ohio.
Many already have a presence in the Buckeye State and are thinking about expanding it. What also connected almost all of them was that they knew Ohio was on the move.
It’s great to learn firsthand that our work to get Ohio back on track is not only paying off at home, but restoring our international reputation as a leading place to live, work and grow.
We’ve got more work to do, and on Feb. 4 I’ll unveil my budget with new job creation strategies, but it’s been encouraging to know we’re making progress.
Let’s keep going.
-John
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