JobsOhio To Get A Boost
Within the pages of Governor Kasich’s budget proposal exists a section dedicated to the Ohio Department of Commerce, and its role in the regulation of liquor control. We’ve recognized a will to abandon the status quo previously, and our governor’s embrace of innovation, so the proposal to use profits from the privatization of Ohio’s liquor control apparatus to generate jobs shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. What should come as a surprise is the size of the war chest that JobsOhio will have at its disposal,...
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Governor Kasich’s budget proposal challenges the status quo and continues to be a driving force for innovation. Of the many innovative policy proposals the governor proposed today, the profits derived from privatizing the Division of Liquor Control would go toward the funding of Jobs Ohio. Today in the halls of the Ohio Capitol our governor and legislators are taking a step in the right direction for many reasons. The Division has run the sale of liquor in Ohio in some form for a long time. When prohibition ended, the Federal...
read moreEmbracing Innovative Budget Ideas
Today is the day. Our governor will unveil a budget that is bound to spark national stories and local debate. Given the backdrop of SB5, our fellow struggling Midwestern industrial economy Wisconsin, and a projected $8 billion budget hole, Governor Kasich has called for innovative ideas to reduce spending and proposals to create new revenue in order to compose “one of the most reform-oriented budgets Ohio’s ever seen.” If there is one thing Governor Kasich is not, it would be indirect. Not simply holding a press conference, there will...
read moreOhio: embrace reform, forget status quo
In his first state of the state address yesterday, our governor asked us all, legislators and citizens alike, to embrace reform, and forget the status quo. As an economic issue, this is an objective appraisal of the needs of our state, and an absolute necessity if our government is to digest the downward pressure being placed on tax revenues. Governor Kasich is asking that we all get creative, that we embrace this reform, and to quote directly, that we not let “fear clog our minds.” This sounds like an opportunity for those who...
read morePrivatization Consideration
There is an epigram in the business world that I have always believed in. It goes something like: Do what you are good at. It has broad reaching applications, but it’s thrust is that businesses should focus on their core strengths. If you’re an insurance company, sell insurance. No need for a huge marketing department, you can hire an expert that will do a much better job. And if you’re a state government, you may be able to save some money by not running a turnpike, or marketing the state to businesses. Governor Kasich is...
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