WILMINGTON, Ohio -- This time last year, then-candidate John Kasich appeared in a campaign commercial featuring the economic plight of Wilmington. The city had lost more than 9,000 jobs when the package shipping company DHL pulled out of the Clinton County airport.
Standing amid a group of people in Wilmington, candidate Kasich said in the commercial, "What we've seen here at DHL, really we've seen all over Ohio. My message to people here is - the sun's going to come up again."
Tuesday, Kasich brought a little bit of sunshine with him when he returned to Wilmington to announce the expansion of Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services, an aircraft repair company and the addition of 259 new jobs.
The governor’s message on this visit was that his administration is working hard and making progress.
"We're going to work with you," said Kasich. "We're going to be as creative as our human minds will allow us to be. But I want you to know we're starting to win."
Unemployment in Clinton County remains among the highest in the state at 12.8 percent.
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