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Site of Kasich visit changed
YOUNGSTOWN
A Thursday luncheon that was to be at a Howland restaurant with Gov. John Kasich is being relocated at the request of his staff.
Kasich was to speak at a Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber luncheon at noon Thursday at Leo’s Ristorante in Howland.
But Thomas Humphries, chamber president and chief executive officer, said Tuesday that Kasich’s staff requested it be relocated.
Humphries said he didn’t ask why the staff wanted the event elsewhere.
A final location will be announced today, Humphries said. But several people with reservations for the event said they received telephone calls Tuesday from chamber employees telling them the new location will be at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Vienna.
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Kasich plans to discuss his vision for making Ohio more competitive to businesses and outline his JobsOhio plan, which was signed into law last week. The plan privatizes the state’s economic development efforts.
Meanwhile, hearings on a Republican bill, supported by Kasich, to eliminate collective bargaining for state employees has drawn thousands of union members to the Statehouse last week and Tuesday in opposition to it.
The Kasich luncheon sold all 480 tickets available 24 hours after the event was announced, Humphries said.
“We could have sold 1,000,” he said.
No additional tickets are being made available for the lunch at the new location, Humphries said.