John Kasich, Ohio Governor, Declares State Of Emergency After Severe Storm

NEW RICHMOND, Ohio -- Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) has declared a state of emergency in the wake of severe storms that killed 3 people, including a town council member, and leveled dozens of homes in the state.

That means state resources and personnel have been mobilized.

Kasich says spoke to President Barack Obama on Saturday but didn't request a federal emergency declaration. He says officials are still assessing the damage.

The National Weather Service says possible tornadoes were reported in at least six Ohio cities and towns on Friday.

The village of Moscow was among the hardest-hit. The village administrator says the storm destroyed about 25 of the roughly 100 buildings and damaged dozens more.

Comments

[Bienville]

12:07 AM on 03/06/2012

When he cries about delays and inadequacies in federal response, just remember, he waited two days to ask for help.

[mijjy]

11:22 PM on 03/05/2012

So he's backtracked after he wet his finger and held it up to see which way the wind was blowing? ooookkkaaayyyyyyy

Wonder what my fellow Ohioans, who'll vote tomorrow in Moscow and Clermont County, think of him now. And his party.

[warren stickney]

08:44 AM on 03/06/2012

Hopefully another recall like Walker

[mijjy]

11:05 AM on 03/09/2012

Sorry for delay in reply warren...we don't have the option here in Ohio, to recall Kasich, like they do in WI. We started petitions that would've put the option of recall on the ballot for a vote, but he backtracked, on other stuff, too - around the time of SB5, which would've outlawed collective bargaining. He's a sneaky one, & even more rich since he took his millions in bonus & left Lehman Bros. right before they tanked. He's skeery.

[jackdablues]

10:09 PM on 03/05/2012

This what small government looks like.

[JPETERB]

12:17 AM on 03/06/2012

Also what small MINDED and short sighted government acts like. A government of, by and for the few, the rich and the already wealthy both in and out of state.
"Seeing how income inequality in this country is at levels not seen since the great depression era I can guess that most people reading this blog would not fall into the very wealth category. Which is unfortunate because the Ohio legislature and John Kasich are really doing a solid for all of their rich friends in this budget. I mean, teachers get screwed, firefighters get screwed, public employees get screwed, as do local governments and schools but the silver lining here is that rich people make out pretty well in this budget. It’s a shame we can’t all be rich."

Kasich's Ohio Budget: Follow the Money
thereckoner.com/?p=191

[sarajames2]

11:18 AM on 03/06/2012

Excellent! F & F !

[saganz999]

09:00 PM on 03/05/2012

He doesn't declare an emergency until two days after the storm hit. None of the people who needed federal help (like FEMA) could get it until "Wall Street John" decides it's a good idea. Maybe the police that he called idiots will help.

[gevan]

08:31 PM on 03/05/2012

Ohio can take care of her own. It's not as if their rivers ever catch on fire or anything.

[JPETERB]

12:19 AM on 03/06/2012

Good memory. The good old days.

[ajustman]

10:27 AM on 03/05/2012

All the states and Federal Gov need to cut spending to get back in equilibrium. Would you encourage your wife to keep running up the change card!!!!! NO!! you would take it away and burn it then yell at her. I am sure your wife would tell you to get another job so she can keep spending !!!!

[Cygnus1]

01:11 PM on 03/05/2012

Using misogynistic stereotypes to get your already idiotic point across. You must be a Republican.

[ajustman]

02:17 PM on 03/05/2012

well most people on here are dopes and they don't get it!!! And I am a radical liberal

[jackdablues]

10:14 PM on 03/05/2012

In my house, I am one of the adults. I don't get yelled at and noboby takes anything away from me. What's your credit score? I bet I have you beat by at least 100 pounts

[ajustman]

10:26 PM on 03/05/2012

"points"

[elogco]

09:46 AM on 03/05/2012

Yep. Had to after balancing the budget by cutting state services, laying off thousands and refusing to raise taxes. So now the hated Feds will have to use taxpayer money to offset the short fall. Aren't those Gop'ers crafty?

[qball383]

10:03 AM on 03/05/2012

Yeah because balancing the budget caused a tornado. Oh and he is responding to the situation and we are not hearing of people dying from startvation and exposure now are we? Huh, he did not even ask for a federal declaration yet sooo, what angle are you trying to spin?

[jackdablues]

10:17 PM on 03/05/2012

No. I believe it was more likely due to another republican bugaboo, global warming i e. Climate change.

[JPETERB]

12:44 AM on 03/06/2012

The GOP majority balanced the state budget by unbalancing the local and municipal budgets and forcing tax increases and service cuts on local communities state wide.
And now Kasich is balancing the state disaster relief budget by asking for out-of-state federal "big government" money for some of the same local communities he denied funding to last year. The GOP is A-OK with spending with OPTM, other people's tax money.

Kasich Budget Imposes Backdoor Tax Increases on Local ...
ohiodems.org/.../kasich-budget-imposes-backdoor-tax-increases-on-l...Kasich Budget Imposes Backdoor Tax Increases on Local Communities. Mar 15, 2011. COLUMBUS – Today, Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern

[rebchguy]

09:27 AM on 03/05/2012

Does this mean he will petition the Federal Government for help? For money? For the National Guard? What happened to the Bagger mantra of "no government intervention?"

[elogco]

09:46 AM on 03/05/2012

You got it.

[chadizzy]

11:53 AM on 03/05/2012

You dont read very well do you?

Kasich says spoke to President Barack Obama on Saturday but didn't request a federal emergency declaration. He says officials are still assessing the damage.

[DANIELISTICALL]

09:25 AM on 03/05/2012

CERTAINLY republican governers want FEDERAL AID they just dont want anyone else to have it

[CanYouHearMe]

09:23 AM on 03/05/2012

This was only after he thought we could do it ourselves,, and there was a huge uproar. This is a governor who only wants what he thinks is best for him,, not the people of the state. He is just a copy of another rich dude,,"Do as I say... not as I do." He wanted teachers, police and fireman to take a big hit on pay and rights,, but gave many staff members big raises. SB5 is still in the works,, just under the table!!!!

[MANOFCOMMONSENSE]

08:09 AM on 03/05/2012

Republican asking for Federal help????

[elogco]

10:11 AM on 03/05/2012

Just like Perry in Texas, they cut state services, education, and emergency responders then hold their hands out to the Fed's when they get caught in with 'shorts down their ankles & bent over' budgetary position.

[chadizzy]

11:55 AM on 03/05/2012

Learn to read it says he has not asked for help.

[MANOFCOMMONSENSE]

05:31 AM on 03/06/2012

No. I did not read whole article....I was wrong

[plaidsportcoat]

07:50 AM on 03/05/2012

Cool! Now that he saved so much money in Ohio - they can pay for all their own emergency needs.

[Angela Burnfield Marsh]

08:39 AM on 03/05/2012

He hasn't saved us jack...he has done nothing but take away from we Ohio citizens. I'm glad he was smart enough to declare emergency for these people, instead of delivering more disappointment. He needs to go....

[rebchguy]

09:29 AM on 03/05/2012

Why was he elected in the first place? You all didn't know him for the get-go?

[SoquiliAsgaya]

10:15 AM on 03/05/2012

The gopiggylee governors have cut jobs that paid federal taxes and Red state Ohio and kasich is waiting on a final assessment to make sure he can milk the Federal Government to the last penny they think they are owed as they bad mouth and bite the hand that will be feeding them. This is proven historically before 1860 with republican lincoln who practived stong federal government and "The Union" while the Southern states of Democrat Steven Douglas put it all on the line for States Rights and lesser central government. Proven hipocracy as billionairs establish a propaganda club of Citizens United. The proof of republicans again is that the large corporations gathering for government control in their favor with lobbiest are not all individuals nor all American Citizens either as many are from scores of other contries even china, japan, indonesia and the likes.

[lulubelle1956]

07:49 AM on 03/05/2012

his governorship and manner of ruling are in a state of emergency, like the entire gop/tp.

[jrgilb0729]

06:36 AM on 03/05/2012

So, Gov. Kasich, like all good Republican Governors, is hell bent to get the Obama out of office and get big government out of our lives.

Now he wants a Federal bailout by declaring a State of Emergency. How convenient. Now you want big government in your life.

Life in the Republican bubble.

[busymissnanci]

10:17 AM on 03/05/2012

Whether a state is "red" or "blue" or nothing, has nothing to do with the need for help in emergencies. Y'all need to pull your heads out of the political snad and have a little compassion. It is the PEOPLE of Ohio and Indiana and Kentucky who are suffering, NOT THE GOVERNORS. No, people do NOT knoiw what they are getting when they vote. All politicians lie and promise and finagle, and do and say ANYTHING to get elected.

If this were people in your state, you would feel differently. We are all part of the human family, and this conversation is absolutely scandelous. WHY on earth would all of you wish the poor people of those states to suffer. When everything is said and done, we are still THE UNITED States of America, and we need to start acting and talking like it. It is the diversity of which we are comprised which makes us unique, and we need to remember that in times of tragedy, there ARE NOT RED OR BLUE STATES. Just people hurting. Shame on y'all!

[quadia]

10:47 AM on 03/05/2012

Good post! I doubt if you opened jrbilb0729 eyes on what it means to have a place called a disaster area. It certainly is NOT political. There are some people who must make anything a political comment. If one were to say the sky is blue, some would turn it into a political debate on global warming. Too bad those kinds of people can't just join the thousands of others of diverse (as you stated) people from all walks of life and all political and religious beliefs to help out those who need it because of a wideflung tragedy like this.

[jackdablues]

10:50 PM on 03/05/2012

I have compassion. I had it when mobs attacked people trying to have a reasonable dicourse. I had it when people said vile things about the poor, the minorites, the unemployed, the children, the elderly, the sick, the mentaly ill and the women of this country who weren't listening to the rumblings.

[quadia]

10:44 AM on 03/05/2012

A disaster does not pick and choose a political party. A tornado does not demolish the home of a resident of a, say Republican, and skip over the homes of Democrats and Independents. A tornado knows and respects no politics. This is a HUMAN disaster; not a political one. Your making political shows your immaturity, insensitivity to HUMAN suffering, and also that neither your nor your family is in one of the diaster zones. A State of Emergency is not a political platform; it is getting families who have lost everything (regardless of their political leanings) back on their feet, to help them restore their lives. It is NOT a bailout in any sense of the word. People who get low-cost government-back disaster loans have to pay them back, or weren't you aware of that?

[AndyPhx]

06:07 AM on 03/05/2012

Let's see how many teapubs will pull themselves up by their bootstraps and reject money from taxpayers for temporary food, shelter and to rebuild their houses and communities.

[plaidsportcoat]

07:51 AM on 03/05/2012

They should have to pass a litmus test to receive any help. I love it. GOP voters get a communal house where they can all help each other out. Other taxpayers can receive the help they gladly paid for - with their taxes.

[elogco]

10:26 AM on 03/05/2012

Hell, they should pull themselves up by their own bootstraps like in them thar pioneer days. Get an axe, chop some trees, build a log cabin, outhouse, render animal fat for lamps, hard tack & chewin' baccy to live on and so on....don't need no guvmint revenoo'ers coming around.