Kasich's Energy Sermon

Ohio Governor John Kasich preaches at his energy summit, and Ken Paulman of Midwest Energy News provides the comedic commentary.

Kasich's compensation kerfuffle

Plunderbund is all over Ohio Governor Kasich for "inflated" staff salaries. His chief of staff, among others, certainly will collect a nice check. The political blog questions the Governor's shaky rationale for the salaries.

One more important question though is will performance match the pay. There's plenty of work to do rebuilding Ohio and positioning the state for 21st century prosperity. Whether taxpayers will get their money's worth from Team Kasich remains to be seen. What's more, how will Ohioans measure success?

OH Gov-elect John Kasich vilifies the "train cult"

A snippet from the Nov 30 press conference introducing Ohio's new transportation department director...

Clevelander to Kasich: Get on board

Angie Schmitt, a Cleveland resident, wrote an open letter to Ohio Governor-Elect John Kasich, who says that a new passenger rail spur linking Cincy, Cbus and Cleveland is not in Ohio's future.

It makes me question my future in this state. I read today that fewer young people across the nation are choosing to get driver’s licenses and purchase cars. This is part of a national trend away from car-based lifestyles. I consider myself a part of this movement. But the message I am getting from the state of Ohio is that there’s no room for people like me here.

"Rail not in Ohio's future"

That's what Ohio Governor-Elect John Kasich said in his first post-election press conference. Dayton's WDTN has the story:

OH Gov-Elect: We're going to raise the bar