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Ohio Lieutenant Governor, Lee Fisher, criticized senior executives of NCR Corp. “I have called Mr. (Bill) Nuti many times without a single response,” Fisher said at a press conference in downtown Dayton. Fisher said the state had little time to make an offer to NCR. “We had to simply guess what the company needed and wanted,” he said.
Staff photo by Jim Noelker Ohio Lieutenant Governor, Lee Fisher, criticized senior executives of NCR Corp. “I have called Mr. (Bill) Nuti many times without a single response,” Fisher said at a press conference in downtown Dayton. Fisher said the state had little time to make an offer to NCR. “We had to simply guess what the company needed and wanted,” he said.
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Ohio Lieutenant Governor, Lee Fisher, talks to reporters about the state's efforts to communicate with NCR Corporation on the Old Courthouse in Dayton Tuesday morning June 2, 2009. NCR confirmed this morning it will move its corporate headquarters from Dayton to a suburb of Atlanta.
Staff photo by Jim Noelker Ohio Lieutenant Governor, Lee Fisher, talks to reporters about the state's efforts to communicate with NCR Corporation on the Old Courthouse in Dayton Tuesday morning June 2, 2009. NCR confirmed this morning it will move its corporate headquarters from Dayton to a suburb of Atlanta.
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City manager: "The consequences to the city will be severe"

By William Hershey , James Cummings, Joanne Huist Smith and Thomas Gnau
Staff Writers Updated 3:31 PM Tuesday, June 2, 2009

DAYTON — Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher bitterly criticized senior executives of NCR Corp. today, June 2.

“I have called Mr. (Bill) Nuti many times without a single response,” Fisher said at a press conference in downtown Dayton today.

“The first time the state government spoke with Mr. Nuti was in the last 24 hours.”

Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin shared Fisher’s frustration.

City and NCR officials met Lt. gov. bitterly criticizes NCR for decision

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NCR's factory complex during the early 20th Century. The complex, situated around Main, Brown and Stewart streets, is now mostly vacant land.
Archive NCR's factory complex during the early 20th Century. The complex, situated around Main, Brown and Stewart streets, is now mostly vacant land.

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Ohio Lieutenant Governor, Lee Fisher, criticized senior executives of NCR Corp. “I have called Mr. (Bill) Nuti many times without a single response,” Fisher said at a press conference in downtown Dayton. Fisher said the state had little time to make an offer to NCR. “We had to simply guess what the company needed and wanted,” he said.
Staff photo by Jim Noelker Ohio Lieutenant Governor, Lee Fisher, criticized senior executives of NCR Corp. “I have called Mr. (Bill) Nuti many times without a single response,” Fisher said at a press conference in downtown Dayton. Fisher said the state had little time to make an offer to NCR. “We had to simply guess what the company needed and wanted,” he said.
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Ohio Lieutenant Governor, Lee Fisher, talks to reporters about the state's efforts to communicate with NCR Corporation on the Old Courthouse in Dayton Tuesday morning June 2, 2009. NCR confirmed this morning it will move its corporate headquarters from Dayton to a suburb of Atlanta.
Staff photo by Jim Noelker Ohio Lieutenant Governor, Lee Fisher, talks to reporters about the state's efforts to communicate with NCR Corporation on the Old Courthouse in Dayton Tuesday morning June 2, 2009. NCR confirmed this morning it will move its corporate headquarters from Dayton to a suburb of Atlanta.
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Learn more about Duluth, where NCR is moving its headquarters to in Georgia.
Learn more about Duluth, where NCR is moving its headquarters to in Georgia.
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City manager: "The consequences to the city will be severe"

By William Hershey , James Cummings, Joanne Huist Smith and Thomas Gnau
Staff Writers Updated 3:31 PM Tuesday, June 2, 2009

DAYTON — Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher bitterly criticized senior executives of NCR Corp. today, June 2.

“I have called Mr. (Bill) Nuti many times without a single response,” Fisher said at a press conference in downtown Dayton today.

“The first time the state government spoke with Mr. Nuti was in the last 24 hours.”

Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin shared Fisher’s frustration.

City and NCR officials met once in February and determined additional meetings were necessary. Those additional meetings never took place.

“Technically, we had to fight our way to the table. NCR didn’t invite us to play” McLin said.

Fisher said he contacted Bruce Langos, chief operating officer of NCR spinoff Teradata and former NCR senior vice president. Fisher said Langos assured him that Teradata had no plans to leave Dayton.

Fisher said Langos told him “Lee, we have an office in Atlanta but Dayton and Ohio is a great place to work and raise a family.”

Fisher said Langos went on to say they have no intentions of relocating the company.

Fisher said the state had little time to make an offer to NCR.

“We had to simply guess what the company needed and wanted,” he said.

Fisher said it was clear that NCR had shared more information with the state of Georgia.

Other lawmakers and local leaders were dismayed Tuesday, June 2, by NCR’S decision to pull out of Dayton.

“We are extremely disappointed to hear that NCR, a company with a 125-year history in our state, announced today that it will be moving its headquarters to Georgia,” said Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland said in a statement issued Tuesday, June 2.

“NCR’s history in Ohio is rooted in the Dayton region’s skilled work force, and our focus and concern now turns to the workers that are impacted by this news.

“These workers have served the company with dedication and loyalty, and the state stands ready and willing to help Ohioans in any way we can.

“Our Rapid Response and Outreach teams are mobilized to offer retraining and job search opportunities to the Ohioans and their families affected by the company’s decision.”

Strickland on Monday spoke by phone with NCR Chairman and CEO Bill Nuti to offer $31.1 million in incentives to keep the company headquarters in Dayton.

The decision echoed on Capitol Hill, where House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester, called the decision “a staggering loss for Dayton.”

“NCR has been part of the Dayton community for 125 years and has helped shaped the city’s manufacturing identity,” he said. “Ohio’s economy is suffering a death by a thousand cuts as job losses pile up around the state. This dismaying news, coupled with a state unemployment rate of more than 10 percent, is a definitive statement that Ohio’s current economic policies are driving essential businesses and valuable jobs out of our state. It’s time we start taking serious steps to revive our economy and help companies stay here to grow and create jobs. “

Boehner criticized current state and federal policies as “crushing” the state’s economy.

U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, called NCR’s decision “a profound disappointment.”

“NCR’s legacy is directly tied to the innovative spirit, ingenuity and hard work of the region,” he said. “The NCR work force deserves much credit for the company’s success, and its mark on our community remains strong today. NCR may be leaving Dayton, but the creative spirit that gave birth to it remains in the Miami Valley.”

He said the spirit of Dayton “is not tied to any one company,” and promised to work with state and local leaders to transition the region’s economy.”

Dayton City Manager Rashad Young said he learned of NCR’s plans to move its corporate headquarters from Dayton to Georgia late Monday, June 1.

“I was stunned and a bit speechless,” Young said. “Even with rumors around for almost a week... there is still disbelief and, when I heard it, frustration.”

Young said NCR is a significant employer in the city with a 1,000 or more jobs.

“Dayton will take a direct hit on income taxes. It will make a difficult situation worse,” he said. “The consequences to the city will be severe.”

Young said that while many NCR employees live in Dayton and are involved members of the community, that hasn’t been the case with the company in recent years.

“There has been a corporate disconnect between NCR and the city for some time,” Young said. “This announcement was the first information that flowed down to us. They didn’t return our telephone calls, our emails our overtures, nothing.”

Dayton City Commission Joey Williams said it’s particularly disappointing, because the city could not get NCR officials to come to the table and talk prior to the announcement.

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Ohio's state corporate tax is competitive with every one of the 50 states other than about 5 which have a lower state corporate income tax rate. Although, I think Ohio should lower its state corporate income tax rate anyway to avoid losing more jobs in the future. Checkout this table:
http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/co...
Steve
10:17 PM, 6/3/2009
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I have to laugh at all the Wright State students who thought it was so great to get hired on at NCR only to get laid off a few years later. This never was a reliable place to work. Paterson was a convicted felon, remember. As for Duluth...wait til they run out of water.
mike
5:04 PM, 6/3/2009
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I spent 27 years in Dayton before being relocated to Duluth 16 years ago. I watched as the Dayton machine increased taxes and gave no breaks to business corporations. Now Dayton Daily News is in the next county, Frigidaire, GM and Delco are gone. Why is the Dayton government surprised? They spent over 30 years laying the groundwork for this latest move.
Retired NCR
12:01 PM, 6/3/2009
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