Kasich commerce director will push regulation reform

COLUMBUS

Gov.-elect John Kasich has chosen a former state senator to head the Ohio Department of Commerce, and he indicated he will sign an executive order pushing regulation reform across his incoming administration.

David Goodman, a Republican from the Columbus, served more than two years in the Ohio House and nine in the Senate, leaving in December due to term limits. He will take the helm of an agency that will focus on one of Kasich and Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor’s initiatives — streamlining business regulations.

“... one of the things thatyou all understand that we will be doing, and one of the first executive orders that I will issue on Monday when we drop the -elect from my title is the need to have a coordinated effort among all the cabinet working with the small business community and the chamber to repeal burdensome rules and regulations,” Kasich said during a press conference at the Statehouse.

Also Saturday, Kasich named Christine Money director of the Ohio Department of Youth Services.

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