Posted on 11/03/2010 6:50:56 PM PDT by TSgt
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WDTN) - In his first news conference as governor elect, John Kasich de-railed plans for high speed trains connecting Dayton to the rest of the state.
In a press conference with reporters from around the state, Kasich outlined his priorities for taking Ohio into the future.
"My message today is to get jobs going in this state," said Kasich.
Political analysts said the economy is what helped Kasich win the election, now he wants the economy to win for Ohio.
"We have to become competitive. We've got to show the people of this state that we can manage the budget and we are going to be very aggressively talking to businesses both in this state, and outside of this state," said Kasich.
Kasich also answered questions about education, saying he needed to have a serious conversation with educators about unfunded mandates. Kasich is strongly against Governor Ted Strickland's evidence based model of education, saying there are no funds to enforce it.
"We are going to get dollars into the classroom, and push shared services, and make sure there's no excuse for multiple school districts not being able to share administrators. There's too many things going on out there that are not business like," said Kasich.
Kasich also had a direct message for the teacher's union, who blasted him during the campaign for his stance on the merit pay and holding teachers accountable.
"I am waiting for the teachers union to take out full page ads in all of the newspapers apologizing for what they had to say about me during this campaign," said Kasich.
An issue important to many in the Miami Valley was the future of the 3-C rail, that would bring passenger rail travel into the region.
Kasich minched no words about the future of passenger rail service in Dayton and the rest of the state.
"That train is dead. I said it during the campaign. It is dead. Passenger rail is not in Ohio's future."
Kasich went on to say that he did support expanding the rails to help with the transportation of goods, just not for passengers.
2 News asked Dayton officials about Kasich's remarks.
City economic development director John Gower said it was too early to comment.
And maybe get rid of that stupid “renewable energy requiment”.
I don’t like Rick Snyder or his liberal ideas but I prefer to shut him down gracefully so we don’t end up with a democrat again in just a few years.
Hopefully guys like Kasich will be able to talk some conservative sense into him without starting a fight that none of us need.
Simple solution: government workers cannot unionize and may not vote. Pass a constitutional amendment to that effect.
I hear he’s OUTTA HERE
There have been many thoughtful articles written explaining how this light rail plan was impractcal and infeasible every way itould be examined. Yet the Dems pressed on. Liberalism is a form of insanity.
There have been many thoughtful articles written explaining how this light rail plan was impractcal and infeasible every way it could be examined. Yet the Dems pressed on. Liberalism is a form of insanity.
Wow, they're dropping like flies!
I wonder if he:
a. left on a midnight train to Georgia.
b. jumped in the nearest boxcar heading out of town.
c. is easin' on down the tracks in one of those hand-cranked rail cars we used to see in silent movies.
d. got some TARP money to go off and start his own Train system.
What does a Republican House mean to me?
A Republican House means fewer Socialist rail boondoggles!
That’s exactly what I was thinking.
Apparently,after Jim-Rob smacked him down, he took his ball and slinked home.
I think Washington State needs to take a lesson from this.
Gov elect Scott Walker in WI is going to put an end to a 800 million boongoggle high speed train between Milwaukee and Madison.
ABSOLUTELY!!
The way Jim put it to him: "Zip it or zot it." His profile is still active so I guess his choice was to zip it.
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The thought that this race was so close makes me sick!! Kasich should have have 70% of the vote.
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