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Not an attorney general's fault
On Mike DeWine's record as attorney general: "Opioid deaths have tripled on his watch and there have been cuts to funds for first responders and people in the community fighting the crisis."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Tuesday, June 12th, 2018
Lots of Dems campaigning, but it wasn't all about Kasich
John Kasich says he won, despite "12 visits by a president, somewhere between $45 (million) and $50 million (spent against him,) 500 paid volunteers in here calling me every name in the book, former presidents, first ladies and God-knows-who-else."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Monday, November 15th, 2010
A guy named Clinton, and others, had a role in it, too
"(John) Kasich was the architect who balanced the budget, cut spending, created a surplus, igniting record job creation."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Sunday, October 31st, 2010
Selective editing puts all the lines together
"Congressman Kasich wants to use our tax dollars to give secret bonuses to his corporate friends."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Might as well call him "Ted the Destroyer"
"Ted Strickland destroyed Ohio jobs when he busted the budget."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Republicans also voted for the 'increase'
"(Strickland) raised taxes last year to the tune of $840 million."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Compares apples to oranges to get the desired result
State government spending will be increase 10.7 percent this year.
— PolitiFact Ohio on Friday, September 24th, 2010
Claim ignores that the department has broad duties
"The total number of dollars that passes through the Department of Development is like $900 million and like $650 (million) of it has nothing to do with development, which is breathtaking when you think about it."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Other people, like President Clinton, also favored these deals
"Kasich’s trade deals cost Ohio thousands of jobs - 49,000 jobs to Mexico, 91,000 to China."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Count is at least $1 billion short
About $4.89 billion in one-time money was used to balance the current state general revenue fund budget.
— PolitiFact Ohio on Friday, September 17th, 2010
Layoffs are part of the picture
Ohio today has the "fewest number of state employees since the Reagan administration."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Monday, September 6th, 2010
Interim directors don't count?
"We didn’t have a development director for over seven months."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Initial big talk replaced with silence, few details
On whether to eliminate the state income tax.
— PolitiFact Ohio on Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Depends how you define Midwest
"In 2009, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council ranked Ohio 11th in the nation and 1st in the Midwest for overall business climate."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
But a neighboring GOP governor says national, global events control
"Ohio lost 400,000 jobs on his (Ted Strickland’s) watch."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Old report has never been updated
"In renewable and advanced energy manufacturing projects, Ohio now ranks first among the 50 states."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Friday, July 30th, 2010
Cincinnati Red Stockings first to get the green
"The first professional baseball team was from an Ohio city."
More like 8 percent
"Ohio’s electricity rates are 10 percent below the national average."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
State funding actually is reduced
"In Ohio, we invested in our children, raising school funding by 5.5 percent in the last budget."
— PolitiFact Ohio on Friday, July 23rd, 2010
We can pick 'em, but we don't often decide the winner
"Since 1904, the Ohio victor has won the presidency 25 out of 27 times "