Cincinnati is becoming second fiddle to Columbus (Toledo, Kent: neighborhood, live)

[abr7rmj]

It's clear he doesn't care about Cincinnati, or Cleveland for that matter. He mouthed off at Kentucky after Omnicare moved from Covington to Cincinnati, saying he's the governor of Ohio and not the region. But what does he care? He doesn't live in this city and doesn't have to deal with any ramifications and hard feelings that the move created.

He stripped Cincinnati of the funds that would have allowed the streetcar to link The Banks with uptown, as originally planned. His actions have resulted in the city scrambling to construct a much shorter route. Some of the money that he took from Cincinnati instead went to his wealthy home district in suburban Columbus.

In his recent State of the State address, which was nothing short of a debacle, Kasich said California is "filled with a bunch of wackadoodles."

Classy, governor. Keep it up!

[jmecklenborg]

The Zuillily move is much dirtier than has been reported. It, like his other business attraction efforts, went like this:

1. Kasich gets massive tax cuts for poached business with the understanding that
2. Poached business will realign many of its accounts to businesses owned by Kasich supporters

Specifically, my company (which is in Ohio) lost a fairly large account to Zullily in Hebron. We also send trucks every day to Columbus, but we are losing the account because Kasich's country club buddy has a business that does the same thing.

That's Kasich in a nutshell. And his legions of followers are too stupid to figure out what's going on, and if you tell them, you're the bad guy.

[streetcreed]

Originally Posted by jmecklenborg

The Zuillily move is much dirtier than has been reported. It, like his other business attraction efforts, went like this:

1. Kasich gets massive tax cuts for poached business with the understanding that
2. Poached business will realign many of its accounts to businesses owned by Kasich supporters

Specifically, my company (which is in Ohio) lost a fairly large account to Zullily in Hebron. We also send trucks every day to Columbus, but we are losing the account because Kasich's country club buddy has a business that does the same thing.

That's Kasich in a nutshell. And his legions of followers are too stupid to figure out what's going on, and if you tell them, you're the bad guy.

I by no means like Kasich. I agree I do think that this Zulily move to Columbus from Cincinnati metro is interesting. I also pointed out earlier that Zulily wanted out of their UPS contract, thus causing the layoff of nearly all of the UPS-Hebron workforce.

The company could have set up their "in house" distribution center anywhere within the region, that made business sense. You can't really be mad at Columbus for being the chosen place of location. In the end it's better than the company not moving in state.

Columbus is a distribution hub of sorts at this point and that is something that isn't changing anytime soon. The city/state/and feds funded a massive redevelopment of the old Rickenbacker Airforce Base into a intermodal distribution hub through the 2000s. Some do not know this.

I do think the issue of Cincinnati's metro being in 3 states can harm it when it comes to state policy.

Any governor is likely to favor only businesses within the state. It puts Cincinnati in a tough situation: IE Does an Ohio governor offer incentives for a business to keep a contract in Kentucky? Or do they try to bring the business into the actual state of Ohio and thus increase employment, future tax revenue within the state.

[unusualfire]

^Alot of those jobs are workers from Ohio.

[chet_kinkaid]

the cincinnati enquirer will be printed in columbus soon,anyway i dont think kasich is liked by any city in ohio..to think he purposely steers jobs to columbus is ridiculous..his main goal is reelection..what possible motive would he have ..he has reduced state government jobs drastically in columbus.he need all areas of the state to support him if he wishes to be reelected

[jbcmh81]

Originally Posted by chet_kinkaid

the cincinnati enquirer will be printed in columbus soon,anyway i dont think kasich is liked by any city in ohio..to think he purposely steers jobs to columbus is ridiculous..his main goal is reelection..what possible motive would he have ..he has reduced state government jobs drastically in columbus.he need all areas of the state to support him if he wishes to be reelected

Agreed, I don't think Kasich gives a crap about Columbus, either. His main goal is helping out personal business friends and touting fake successes. The man is just awful for the state overall.

[streetcreed]

Originally Posted by jbcmh81

Agreed, I don't think Kasich gives a crap about Columbus, either. His main goal is helping out personal business friends and touting fake successes. The man is just awful for the state overall.

Ya i agree. If it seems that he cares more about Columbus, it may just be that he has business ties in columbus. As others have pointed out he has cut state jobs, in Columbus, and turned down any funding for Columbus to finally be linked by rail again. Columbus is now the largest city with no rail transport and that's sad. He didn't care to fix that.

[hairmetal4ever]

Originally Posted by abr7rmj

It's clear he doesn't care about Cincinnati, or Cleveland for that matter. He mouthed off at Kentucky after Omnicare moved from Covington to Cincinnati, saying he's the governor of Ohio and not the region. But what does he care? He doesn't live in this city and doesn't have to deal with any ramifications and hard feelings that the move created.

He stripped Cincinnati of the funds that would have allowed the streetcar to link The Banks with uptown, as originally planned. His actions have resulted in the city scrambling to construct a much shorter route. Some of the money that he took from Cincinnati instead went to his wealthy home district in suburban Columbus.

In his recent State of the State address, which was nothing short of a debacle, Kasich said California is "filled with a bunch of wackadoodles."

Classy, governor. Keep it up!

You mean the streetcar that would never have enough ridership to justify the cost? Like all other mass transit projects, it's a money waster no matter how "cool" it might be.

[hairmetal4ever]

Originally Posted by jbcmh81

Agreed, I don't think Kasich gives a crap about Columbus, either. His main goal is helping out personal business friends and touting fake successes. The man is just awful for the state overall.

Lets not forget that it was John Kasich, and partly Gingrich, not so much Clinton, that was one of the big names responsible for the balanced Federal budgets of the '90s.

The guy probably knows a bit more about what he's doing than people think, although the cronyism is a bit out of hand. However, if you're trying to suggest that Strickland or any other prior governor didn't have the same sorts of business arrangements, you're sadly ignorant.

[austiNati]

Originally Posted by hairmetal4ever

You mean the streetcar that would never have enough ridership to justify the cost? Like all other mass transit projects, it's a money waster no matter how "cool" it might be.

Being that the streetcar is only the first phase of a much larger transit plan, I think that assumption is premature, and short sighted. Ridership alone, doesn't determine the success of transit lines, and every city in Cincy's range (Twin cities, Charlotte etc...) that have opened light rail lines, have exceed their initial expected ridership.