Updated: 6:55 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 | Posted: 6:55 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012
Ohio jobs-agency boss leaving for private sector
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio —
The California venture capitalist hired by Gov. John Kasich for a dollar to help jump-start Ohio's job-creation efforts is leaving his state management job and returning to the private sector.
Mark Kvamme will resign as president and interim chief investment officer of JobsOhio effective Nov. 1, board Chairman Jim Boland announced Tuesday.
Boland said the board has chosen John Minor, one of the organization's managing directors, as Kvamme's replacement.
"Ohio has been fortunate to access the talents of a man such as Mark Kvamme at the time when we needed them most," Boland said in a statement. "Mark's leadership of JobsOhio, his intimate understanding of what makes job-creators tick, and his ability to reach agreement on projects that both protect the interests of Ohio taxpayers and help companies succeed have set the gold standard for economic success nationwide."
JobsOhio official stepping down
Published: Wed, October 3, 2012 @ 12:00 a.m.
By Marc Kovac
COLUMBUS
The head of the state’s new nonprofit economic development effort and a longtime friend of Gov. John Kasich’s will step down from his post next month.
Mark Kvamme, short-time director of the Ohio Department of Development (recently renamed the Ohio Development Services Agency) and jobs adviser to Kasich, announced his resignation as president and interim chief investment officer of JobsOhio. The resignation will take effect Nov. 1, and John Minor, one of JobsOhio’s managing directors, will take Kvamme’s place.
Kvamme said in a released statement that he would remain in Ohio, though he and a spokeswoman offered no specifics.
Issue 1: A primer on how it may affect you
12:06 AM, Oct 2, 2012 |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Issue 1: Constitutional convention
Question: Shall there be a convention to revise, alter or amend the state constitution?
What it’s about: Ohio’s Constitution (article 16, section 3) requires the question to be asked every 20 years.
Who’s behind it: Framers of Ohio’s constitution
What happens if it passes: The next step would be to elect convention delegates sometime in 2013. Any changes recommended by the convention would have to be approved by voters before taking effect.
House speaker faces former county judge in 69th District
Filed by Steve Grazier October 2nd, 2012 in News.
Medina Gazette
MEDINA — Republican Speaker of the House Bill Batchelder is facing a challenge in next month’s election from Democrat Judith Cross, a former Medina County common pleas judge.
Bill Batchelder
Batchelder, 69, of Medina, is vying for a fourth and final term as representative of Ohio House District 69.
This is his second stint in the Ohio House. He served from 1969 to 1999, when he was forced to leave because of term limits.
Turning to his home county, he was elected Medina County Common Pleas judge and served on that court briefly before then- Gov. Bob Taft appointed him to the 9th District Ohio Court of Appeals.
Batchelder was elected to the appellate bench in November 2000.
Batchelder was elected to the appellate bench in November 2000.
Batchelder returned to the Ohio House in 2007 and was named house speaker during the 129th General Assembly.
If re-elected, he said he would run again for the speaker’s post.
“It’s an exciting job, and I love it,” he said.
During the last two years, Batchelder said his leadership helped to balance the state budget and pass legislation to expand tax credits to people who transformed old, vacant buildings into new businesses to create jobs.
“Many facilities not usable are now in play,” he said.
Batchelder credited Republican leadership — the GOP swept every statewide office in the 2010 election and holds majorities in both houses of the General Assembly — with dropping Ohio’s unemployment rate from 10.8 percent nearly two years ago to 7.2 percent today.
As an example of a successful strategy, he cited tax breaks for movie companies that film in Ohio. He said the movie, “Avengers,” which was filmed in Cleveland last year, created business opportunities for numerous hotels, department stores and restaurants.
Over the next two years, Batchelder said he wants the state to actively pursue oil and gas companies that conduct safe drilling to create jobs benefiting Ohio workers.
He said he will promote legislation to get companies to open plants in the state to refine oil and gas extracted from Ohio wells.
Hannah Report 10/1/12
House Speaker William Batchelder (R-Medina) responded late Friday to the Ohio Supreme Court’s split decision to withhold jurisdiction to Gov. John Kasich’s lawsuit seeking constitutional standing for JobsOhio.
The 4-2 Court decision refused to hear JobsOhio v. Goodman earlier in the day, saying the administration had failed to exhaust its legal remedies in lower court. (See The Hannah Report, 9/28/12.)
“The Ohio House of Representatives enacted JobsOhio legislation to assist struggling Ohioans in getting back to work and to bring needed business back to our state. Sadly, the Court’s decision will hinder that process and put our citizens at a disadvantage as they try to find jobs,” Batchelder said in an evening statement. http://www.hannah.com/DesktopDefaultPublic.aspx?type=hns&id=190713
Kvamme to Step Down from JobsOhio
Hannah Report 10/2/12
JobsOhio President and Interim Chief Investment Officer Mark Kvamme announced his resignation Tuesday effective Nov. 1. The governor’s handpicked development leader announced a “leadership transition plan” along with JobsOhio board Chairman Jim Boland, who said John Minor, a managing director for the private development group, will take over for Kvamme.
“Ohio has been fortunate to access the talents of a man such as Mark Kvamme at a time when we needed them most,” Boland said in a statement. “Mark’s leadership of JobsOhio, his intimate understanding of what makes job-creators tick, and his ability to reach agreement on projects that both protect the interests of Ohio taxpayers and help companies succeed, have set the gold standard for economic development success nationwide.”
Boland said Kvamme, onetime director of the Ohio Department of Development before questions arose over his residency status, has helped lead the expansion and investment of more than 400 companies in Ohio, resulting in 31,300 in job commitments and $6.1 billion in capital investment.
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