By Jim

June 3, 2009 8:35 AM | Link to this

No one should be surprised by this. NCR moved most of it’s operations to Georgia years ago. The fact they stayed in Dayton as long as they did is probably hard to justify on business reasons. It makes sense for them to move and its silly for us in Dayton to think businesses make decisions based on history or loyalty

By Jim

June 3, 2009 8:35 AM | Link to this

No one should be surprised by this. NCR moved most of it’s operations to Georgia years ago. The fact they stayed in Dayton as long as they did is probably hard to justify on business reasons. It makes sense for them to move and its silly for us in Dayton to think businesses make decisions based on history or loyalty

By Heckofaman

June 3, 2009 7:54 AM | Link to this

John’s correct. Ohio’s economic policy is designed to drive employers from the state…high taxes, high workers comp rates, corrupt politicians looking for a handout. Let’s face reality…Ohio has a bad environment for business and it will only get worse with a “carbon tax” imposed by Washington. Our future has never been this bleak.

By Jesse

June 3, 2009 5:54 AM | Link to this

Why Make a video to point fingers. They are deciding not just Ohio, but the United States is not where they want to do business. We offered them 31. million to stay. Atlanta has delt them 60 million. It is sad these days you have to pay to get a job. Another way for the rich to get richer.I am not mad they are rich, I am mad I am forced to pay. Next time we give tax breaks to big corporations, Ask yourself why If we did not pay them our taxes would be lower. They make a profit from taxes

By tg

June 3, 2009 12:35 AM | Link to this

Unfortunately Boehner remains clueless and clings to the ideology that tax credits are the answer when they are actually the biggest part of the problem. Maybe he needs to read “The Great American Jobs Scam” by Greg LeRoy and learn that corporations just play communities off of each other to get the best possible package. Our tax dollars subsidize private corporations and the tax burden falls to working class families and small businesses. As long as the politicians at all levels (local, state and federal) continue to kiss the butts of corporate America, they will continue to undermine and decimate our communities. NCR didn’t leave because Ohio’s taxes were too high - they left because Georgia offered them $60m in tax credits. Guess who is next in line to be screwed by NCR? That would be Duluth. As soon as someone else comes along with a better deal, that’s where NCR will end up. If NYC offered such a great deal to get the exec team there, why is world HQ now headed to Duluth?

By paul

June 2, 2009 11:16 PM | Link to this

State of Ohio has one of the highest tax rates in the country. The tax- and-spend Democrats don’t “get it”, though. If city government and chamber of commerce had a working relationship with NCR, this might have been avoided, also.

By Vesuvius

June 2, 2009 10:56 PM | Link to this

It is apparent that the Mayor of Dayton and the City Commission system is a failure. We need to start over. There was a time in this city where the corporations were active participants working with the city leadership to foster growth in Dayton. A good example of this was how Mr. Patterson and NCR stepped up to rescue Dayton after the 1913 flood. We now have a commission system and a weak Mayor who is viewed as a joke within the corporate world and political world as well. The leadership of Dayton is not proactive with engaging the largest employers in the area. The Mayor should be talking to the CEOs of corporations in the local area on a regular basis and working with state and federal officials to provide a tax environment that will encourage corporations to come to Dayton. This is not happening and has not happened under the McLin administration. The time is now for the people of Dayton and the remaining corporations to step forward and demand new leadership for the city. To include examining the viability of the commission form of government with a weak Mayor. If the people of Dayton do not step forward, Dayton will continue to die. The corporate graveyard is getting full - Dayton Tire, McCalls, Delco, GM, Huffy, Mead, Frigidaire, and now NCR. The time is now to save this city. The people and remaining corporations must step forward - our city government is worthless.

By Ethel S

June 2, 2009 8:54 PM | Link to this

And what are the Dems who control the WH and Congress doing about this loss of jobs in Ohio?

By Alan from Mass.

June 2, 2009 8:15 PM | Link to this

Reading some of these vitriolic comments, I’m starting to get a feeling why NCR left Ohio. And I thought Massachusetts was the mad-liberal capital of the world!

By mtd

June 2, 2009 8:08 PM | Link to this

We must not forget the past or we are doomed to repeat it. Boehner deserves no respect. He lied, protected liars and continues to lie. Those are facts. The “venom” is justified, considering the “venom” the idiot Boehner dishes out

By Tony

June 2, 2009 7:54 PM | Link to this

The two early posters of comments need to get a life. The congressman is addressing a very depressing situation that affects the entire region. If you want to disagree with THOSE comments, fine. Take your venom and ignorance somewhere else. Today, we have bigger problems than your old hate.

By mtd

June 2, 2009 7:35 PM | Link to this

Boehner, the piece of garbage that he is, supported the lies of Bush and Cheney. You know, WMD’s in Iraq, Iraq/9-11 connection lies. His “drill here, drill now” bs. And, his continual attempts to protect the republican party and ignore his constituents. Boehner should be impeached and thrown into the nearest landfill. After all, he is nothing more than toxic waste

By Mark

June 2, 2009 6:44 PM | Link to this

Hey John,weren’t you a part of Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America”? You know, term limits and all that. Isn’t it time for you to move on and give someone else a chance? Do you think you are what our Found Fathers had in mind when they talked of a “citizen democracy”?