Ohio GOP candidate distancing himself from tax bill

COLUMBUS (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate John Kasich praised a northwest Ohio lawmaker last February for a plan to repeal Ohio’s income tax over 10 years.

But Kasich was careful not to embrace the timeline laid out in the tax plan pushed by state Rep. John Adams once he announced his candidacy in June. And now that the bill is under fire at the Statehouse, both men are taking pains to distance Kasich from it.

Repealing the income tax is still central to Kasich’s platform in the race to unseat Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland. He says he doesn’t know how long it will take.