Ohio: Strickland

John Kasich will be at Beef O'Bradys, 3347 SeaJay Drive in Beavercreek, Ohio (Montgomery County.)

Anyone available?

Would love for someone to ask him why if Ohio's income tax is what stands in the way of Ohio developing new high-paying jobs, then why is he telling folks he's probably not going to cut the income tax at all during his first term?  Or ask him what state government programs he'd like to eliminate, etc.

Ask him if he supports the GOP legislators who voted against cutting the state's income tax in the most recent budget, etc.?

I'm going to try to make it, but it's going to be tough because it's a rather long drive for me.

Daniel Wilson let Lutz out briefly before he ordered her back in the trunk, set the gas tank on fire and left her to die.

It was the second time Wilson walked away from someone who would die as a result of his actions.

Wilson, now 39, faces execution Wednesday for Lutz' 1991 death in Elyria, west of Cleveland.

Wilson has asked Gov. Ted Strickland for mercy, although the Ohio Parole Board has recommended that Strickland not grant clemency.

The Ohio Supreme Court on Friday rejected Wilson's latest request to delay his execution.

Events leading to Lutz's death began May 3, 1991, when she went with an old boyfriend and Wilson, whom she had recently met, to the Empire Tavern in Elyria.

Each appointment replaced an outgoing member with similar experience.

Jerry Jurgensen of Columbus, who was the chief executive officer of Nationwide for nine years, replaced Dimon McPherson, who retired as Nationwide CEO in 2000. Jurgensen also had served as executive vice president of Bank One Corp. in Chicago.

McPherson, of Powell, served nine years on the OSU board.

Strickland also appointed Janet Reid of Cincinnati. She is the principal partner of Global Lead Management Consulting and also worked as a research chemist for 10 years at Procter & Gamble Co. She is past chairwoman of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.

Reid replaces G. Gilbert Cloyd on the OSU board, a former veterinarian who is chief technology officer at Procter & Gamble.

On Tuesday, negotiators for the state and union agreed to a new contract that includes $14.9 million in concessions, said Becky Williams, president of SEIU District 1199.

Williams predicted the agreement will be approved by the 4,500-member union representing professional and health-care workers in a number of state agencies.

The contract includes 10 unpaid days off, a wage freeze and give-back of 32 hours of personal leave, Williams confirmed. Other details were not immediately available.

The agreement is similar to the pattern-setting contract worked out earlier this year by state negotiators with the Ohio Civil Services Employees Association.

State officials have been unwilling to comment on the status of negotiations with labor unions.