Kasich priavitzing state jobs

[liberal N proud]

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Gov. John Kasich has signed a bill that's key to a campaign promise he made to transfer the state's job creation functions to a semi-private, nonprofit corporation.

The bill sets up a framework for JobsOhio and its nine-member board that Kasich would chair and pick. It directs the Department of Development's interim director, Mark Kvamme (KWAH'-mee), to see what agency duties could go to JobsOhio.

Kasich says he will appoint Kvamme to the JobsOhio board.

The legislation zipped through the GOP-controlled Ohio Legislature this week. It won bipartisan support in the Senate after lawmakers changed it to address concerns about ethics and public access. Most House Democrats said those revisions didn't go far enough.

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/state/kasich-signs-jobsohio-bill%2C-key-to-his-agenda

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1. Kvamme doesn't live in Ohio

He's a silicon valley venture capitalist.
He'll work for a dollar a year.
Now what is in it for him?

[ladym55]

2. I have had the same thought

But then we can't know because heaven forbid JobsOhio have any genuine transparency.

I see this as something that funnels funds from Ohio into the pockets of Johnny's friends. We won't see economic growth from this, but his good ol' boy buddies will see lots o' profit.