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WWHHAATTGGOOVVEERRNNOORRSSTTRRIICCKKLLAANNDDDDIIDDNNTTSSAAYYREPUBLICANS FILL IN THE GAPS IN THE STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS

Gov. Ted Strickland is

recklessly, obstinately and

selfishly putting Ohio on a

horrible course.

-Dayton Daily News7/12/09

SINCE GOVERNOR STRICKLAND TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY2007:Ohio has lost more than 330,000 jobs, 260,000 of which were lost in the past 12 months alone.

Ohios manufacturing industry has declined by more than 10 percent in the last two years, with losses oabout 107,000 manufacturing jobs since 2007.

Twenty-five major Ohio businesses have relocated to more business-friendly states. Among thebusinesses are DHL of Wilmington (8,000 jobs) and NCR of Dayton (1,200 jobs).

Ohios unemployment reached the highest rate in decades and has remained in the double digits for nin

months.

Ohios creditrating continues to plummet; after being downgraded to negative outlook, the state is danger of having its rating dropped even further.

The Strickland

administration has

turned out to be one

of the most

dysfunctional in Ohio

history.

-Columbus Dispatch10/01/09

THE FAILED SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN

OF THE EDUCATION GOVERNOR

Strickland worked behind closed doors while blocking legislatoand the media from accessing his evidence-based schofunding formula. Only after two public records requests andlawsuit through the Ohio Supreme Court did the governor final

relinquish the research behind his plan.He attacked school choice by severely cutting funding to charteschools and e-schools, while reducing funding for public schooby nearly $400 million. This was the first cut in school fundinsince the DeRolph decision of 1997. The poorer school districwill lose money while the wealthier districts will enjoy largincreases.

He imposed costly unfunded mandates on school districtincluding requiring all-day kindergarten to be fully implementeby the 2010-2011 school year. This mandate will cost at lea$205 million and force many districts to make budget cu

elsewhere.

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Governor Strickland has a notable track record of flip flops on

Ohios most important issues.

FeesWhat he said: What he did:

The new governor also reiterated that he

has no plans to raise taxes to generateadditional revenue--and he went a step

further to say he doesn't plan to raise state

fees, saying, I think higher fees are higher

taxes." (Columbus Dispatch, 1/19/07)

Governor Strickland imposed 134 new fines,

fees and penalties in order to raise more

than $1 billion for the state.

TaxesWhat he said: What he did:

"In my judgment, if the economy falters, the

last thing we should consider would be a taxincrease. I think the economy is fragile and a

tax increase would be detrimental at a time

of economic uncertainty." (Dayton Daily

News, 12/01/07)

Proposed raising income taxes by 4.2 percent

to raise nearly $1 billion for the state.

JobsWhat he said: What he did:

"The issues that I've said are central to my

responsibilities as governor are economic

development and job creation." (Columbus

Dispatch, 5/13/09)

Since Governor Strickland took office in

2007, more than 330,000 jobs have been lost

and 25 major corporations abandoned Ohio.

In 2009 alone, nearly 260,000 jobs were lost

and unemployment remained in the double

digits for nine consecutive months.

GamblingWhat he said: What he did:

"I do not believe that [gambling] is the rightway for Ohio to deal with our budget or to

try to fund education. I think the people of

our state have spoken on this issue clearly,

multiple times, and until the people change

their mind about the issue, then I am

supporting what I believe to be the will of

the people of Ohio (Columbus Dispatch,

6/19/09)

After opposing expanding gambling in Ohio,

the governor proposed adding video slot

machines at Ohio's seven horseracing tracks

to fill the $3.2 billion budget gap.