Praising Plan to Create Good-Paying Jobs, Cleveland City Council Unanimously Endorses Lee Fisher for U.S. Senate

Members of the Cleveland City Council today praised Lee Fisher’s

plan to create good-paying jobs and rebuild Ohio’s middle class in their

unanimous endorsement of his U.S. Senate campaign. The Council voted 18 to 0 in

support of Lee Fisher.



Fisher unveiled his plan to create incentives for businesses to create jobs,

protect families facing foreclosure, and hold Wall Street and big banks

accountable during a speech last month at Cleveland’s City Club. To read Lee's

plan, visit www.fisherforohio.com/jobs.



City Council President Martin Sweeney said, “We know Lee, and we support him

because he’s been on the ground working to create good-paying jobs and protect

middle class families here in Cleveland whose lives have been torn apart by this

punishing recession.”



Sweeney added, “We also know Congressman Rob Portman and his strong support for

trade policies that ship our jobs overseas. As architect of the Bush economy, we

know better than to send Congressman Portman back to Washington to do more

damage to Ohio families.”



Lee Fisher said, “I’m proud to have the support of Cleveland’s community leaders

as we work together to create jobs across Cleveland and our state. Ohioans

deserve a leader who is dedicated to rebuilding our middle class and keeping

good-paying jobs here in Ohio, not exporting them overseas.”



Fisher Plan to Create Jobs in Ohio

1. Create 5 million jobs nationwide over two years with a new job creation tax

credit. The tax credit would incentivize businesses large and small to hire new

workers here in Ohio, not export jobs overseas



2. Establish a $30 billion fund to boost small business lending and cut red tape

holding back entrepreneurs from expanding their businesses and hiring new

workers.



3. Increase transparency and accountability on Wall Street to ensure that this

global economic mess never happens again, including a new financial watchdog to

protect consumers and reinstating regulations to ensure that no bank is “too big

to fail.”