D I RECTI ON S
UPDATES
SANDY MUNLEY
Executive Director The Ohio Landscape Association
ADVOCACY First, I would like to share that our advocacy is working. While we cannot control outcomes, we can influence them. Our advocacy efforts are getting our voice heard. Last month, I told you about our opportunity to have George Hohman, Joe Drake and Tom Demaline participate in a roundtable discussion with President Trump at the Ohio GOP State Dinner in Columbus. At the President’s request, George provided written information to the president outlining the problems with H2B and what we need to fix the problem. George has continued to follow up with the White House and recently sent them the Plain Dealer article about H2B that ran on Sunday, October 2nd. This effort prompted a representative from the White House to call George. The White House representative was very interested in how the labor shortage – and more specifically, how the shortage of H2B visas has affected his company and the green industry. George was told that President Trump and the Administration have this problem on their radar and want to see it fixed. Wow! It is not every day you get a phone call from the White House! Way to go George! Your persistence is paying off!
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Additionally, Congressman Dave Joyce has introduced us to a contact that is influential at the White House. If you are speaking with Congressman Joyce or his staff, please be sure to say thank you for the help they have been providing.
CDL LICENSE RENEWALS The Ohio Department of Motor Vehicles and Ohio Department of Public Safety have announced that in order to renew a CDL License, individuals will need to present documentation that proves you are a U.S. Citizen or that you have Lawful Permanent Residency. If you have a CDL that expires soon, be sure to check that you have the documentation that is required. If you are a citizen, you will need to present your U.S. Passport, Passport Card, Certified copy of your Birth Certificate, Consular Report of Birth Abroad, Certificate of Naturalization, or Certificate of Citizenship. If your current full legal name isn’t on these documents, you will have to provide a Marriage Certificate, Certified Copy of your Decree of Divorce, Dissolution or Annulment of Marriage, or a Certified Copy of a court order name change. If you are a Foreign National with Legal