{"id":14281,"date":"2011-09-28T04:45:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T09:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=14281"},"modified":"2011-09-29T03:02:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-29T08:02:49","slug":"taylor-promotes-common-sense-initiative-in-vw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/09\/28\/taylor-promotes-common-sense-initiative-in-vw\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor promotes Common Sense Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor speaks at The Hotel Marsh on Tuesday afternoon. (Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent)Common sense is not always something people associate with politicians, but Ohio\u2019s two top elected officials are trying to change that perception with a new government initiative designed to make the state more business friendly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor was at The Hotel Marsh in Van Wert on Tuesday to, first of all, help some local businesses solve problems they have with state government, but also to talk about the Common Sense Initiative (CSI) that she and Governor John Kasich\u2019s administration developed to lower taxes and eliminate regulations that adversely affect job creation.<\/p>\n

\u201cCSI: we all probably immediately think about the TV show, but CSI in Ohio is our effort to get rid of those job-killing regulations,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cMake sure we understand them, investigate them and make them go away, because ultimately we restore prosperity in Ohio by giving Ohioans an opportunity for a good job.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to get out in the communities across our state and make sure we are listening and make sure we understand the roadblocks or the barriers that are preventing our small business owners from being successful or creating new jobs,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Taylor, the first certified public accountant (CPA) elected to high state office when she became Ohio Auditor of State in 2007, also served a term as a state representative from 2003-2007.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also that business background that drives her efforts with CSI, as well as her leadership of the Ohio Department of Insurance. She noted that part of the problem is Ohio\u2019s reputation as a hard state in which to do business.<\/p>\n

\u201cOhio is not known across the country as a positive state to do business,\u201d the lieutenant governor said. \u201cTaxes are higher than they are in many other states, regulations are overly burdensome at times and there is not a culturing attitude that says \u2018we want to help you, instead of stand in your way.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Tort reform and reforming the state\u2019s problematic worker\u2019s compensation program are also priorities, the lieutenant governor said.<\/p>\n

Taylor\u2019s trips across the state are part of the Kasich administration\u2019s efforts to explain CSI to local business and government leaders, while also receiving input from local residents on what types of initiatives they would like to see in state government.<\/p>\n

She also noted that the Kasich administration is also looking at return on investment (ROI), when using tax revenues for a particular project. \u201cAre they ROI positive?\u201d, Taylor explained, meaning the money spent would have to be offset by revenues generated by the project.<\/p>\n

The lieutenant governor also addressed an issue raised at Monday night\u2019s Van Wert City Council meeting related to the possibility of implementing centralized municipal income tax collections, noting that there is no real proposal to do so at this point.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no proposal out there,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cWe\u2019re really in an early, early stage of having a conversation about how to make businesses more competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also addressed City Council\u2019s concern that state centralized tax collections would violate communities\u2019 right to home rule.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur communities have home rule, they\u2019ll continue to have that,\u201d the lieutenant governor said. \u201cWe\u2019re not looking to interfere with that, but what we are looking to do is say \u2018can we sit down at a table and start the conversation \u2026 of how we might get to a point where this is one more barrier we were able remove from our businesses being successful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor was at The Hotel Marsh in Van Wert on Tuesday to, first of all, help some local businesses solve problems they have with state government, but also to talk about the Common Sense Initiative (CSI) that she and Governor John Kasich\u2019s administration developed to lower taxes and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 08:23:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}